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What rock type forms by decreasing the temperature of a melt?

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Intrusive or plutonic igneous rocks form here. Where magma erupts on the surface of the earth, temperatures are lower and cooling of the magma takes place much more rapidly. This is the extrusive or volcanic environment and results in extrusive or volcanic igneous rocks.

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