igneous
IPA: ˈɪgniʌs
adjective
- Pertaining to or having the nature of fire; containing fire; resembling fire.
- (geology) Resulting from, or produced by, great heat. With rocks, it could also mean formed from lava or magma.
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Examples of "igneous" in Sentences
- The guardians of Fire include the Igneous Knights.
- The pool is a sinkhole surrounded by igneous rock.
- The most common rocks are of igneous and metamorphic origin.
- The fern grows in rocky cliffs and slopes of igneous origin.
- Igneous intrusions are found in the far southern areas of the State.
- These are the waters from the weathering zone of acid igneous rocks.
- Cumulate harzburgite is found in some large layered igneous intrusions.
- Labradorite is the principal component of the igneous rock type anorthosite.
- The igneous rock at the core of the mountain is wrapped in sedimentary layers.
- Chromitite is an igneous cumulate rock composed mostly of the mineral chromite.
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