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  • How Magma Crystallization Creates Igneous Rocks: A Simple Explanation
    Crystallization from cooling magma describes one way that igneous rocks are formed.

    Here's why:

    * Magma: Molten rock found beneath the Earth's surface.

    * Cooling: As magma rises towards the surface or intrudes into existing rocks, it cools down.

    * Crystallization: As the magma cools, the atoms within it begin to arrange themselves into a more ordered, crystalline structure.

    * Igneous Rocks: These rocks are formed directly from the solidification of magma or lava (magma that erupts on the surface).

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