Igneous rocks are made when liquified rock, called magma or lava, cools and solidifies. Well-known igneous rocks are obsidian and granite. Submit photos or videos of your students participating to ...

This recycling of rocks is a process called the rock cycle. Image caption, Arthur’s Seat overlooks Edinburgh and is the remains of an extinct volcano made from igneous rock ...

Find out how magma has created igneous rock features with this BBC Bitesize Scotland article for P5, P6, P7 - Second Level CfE ...

Understanding geology is critical to studying paleontology because fossils are preserved in rock. The characteristics of the rocks that hold fossils can be as informative as the fossils themselves.

Microbes have been discovered alive inside 2-billion-year-old rock, offering a rare window into Earth’s deep past. Found in the Bushveld Igneous Complex (BIC) of South Africa, these microscopic ...

Unusual Mars rock: Pyramid-shaped volcanic rock unlike any other Martian igneous rock ever found. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2013 / 09 ...