Experimental studies of texture development in igneous rocks

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Rocks are the building blocks of our planet and the relationships between the minerals in all rocks provide a record of their history and thus reveal important clues about the earth's evolution. Field studies of volcanic rocks and their textures lead to development of hypotheses about the history of and reasons for the eruption of volcanoes. Experimental studies of texture formation allow us to test these ideas and more importantly to place time constraints on texture development, that will aid in developing predictive models for eruptions.