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Basalt forms when magma cools very quickly. Basalt _____.

-has small crystals
-is an intrusive igneous rock
-forms from heat and pressure
-forms from contact metamorphism

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Basalt is an intrusive igneous rock that is formed when magma cools very quickly. The correct option among all the options that are given in the question is the second option. Basalt is actually a very common type of a bedrock. I hope this is the answer you were looking for and it has helped you.
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The correct answer is - has small crystals.

Basalt is an igneous rock, formed from the lava flows that cool off pretty quickly, either on the surface, or very close to the surface. The cooling appears to be very quick because the lava is exposed to a much lower temperature that its own temperature, thus starting to cool of, loses its liquidity/viscosity, and becomes solid. Since the cooling off appears to very quick, the basalt has very small crystals, often, even unnoticeable with bear eye, and this is because the rock forms very quickly and there isn't time for creating a more massive crystal structure as the extrusive igneous rocks.

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