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4. Any rock can be transformed into magma through this process.

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There are three main processes that can change rock: Cooling and crystallization. Deep within the Earth, temperatures can get hot enough to create magma. As magma cools, crystals grow, forming an igneous rock

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If there is too much heat or pressure, the rock will melt and become magma. This will result in the formation of an igneous rock, not a metamorphic rock. Consider how granite changes form. Granite is an igneous rock that forms when magma cools relatively slowly underground.

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Crystallization. Magma cools either underground or on the surface and hardens into an igneous rock. As the magma cools, different crystals form at different temperatures, undergoing crystallization.
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