They are given this name because the crystals that form within them are so small that they can be seen only with a microscope.
Igneous rocks with crystals too small to be seen without a microscope are.
Made up of mineral grains or crystals that are too small to be seen without a microscope.
A texture of igneous rocks in which the crystals are too small for individual minerals to be distinguished without the aid of a microscope.
Forming outside on the surface of earth s crust the mineral crystals in obsidian are too small to see without a microscope.
For example pele s hair is long extremely thin.
There are many other kinds of extrusive igneous rocks.
Phaneritic coarse grained texture an igneous rock texture in which the crystals are roughly equal in size and large enough so the individual minerals can be identified without the aid of a microscope.
Made up of atleast two very different sized grains.
Molten rock beneath earth s crust 1.
If lava cools almost instantly the rocks that form are glassy with no individual crystals like obsidian.
Made up of grains or crystals that are large enough to be seen without a microscope.