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There are two classifications of igneous rocks: extrusive, those formed on the surface, and intrusive, those formed underground. The most common igneous rock is basalt, followed by granite. Types of variations of these two alone are very high in number.
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∙ 13y agoThere are thousands, depending upon how you classify them.
The simplest division is Igneous/Plutonic, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic.
Beyond this you may classify them as carbonates, sulphates and so on.
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