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This animation contains three separate movies, each exhibiting the formation of igneous rocks in a different environment. You will get to see rocks forming from a deep magma chamber, rocks forming from a pyroclastic flow, and rocks from a fast cooling lava flow. Each movie concludes with a view of an actual hand specimen representative of each environment. The animation can be paused and rewound to stress important points.

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