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Preferred Name	igneous
Synonyms
Definitions	One of 3 processes in the Rock Cycle. Igneous refers to the process whereby hot material from the mantle is squeezed upward toward the earth's surface. If it has not reached the surface then the material is described as an intrusive structure and the rocks it creates are called Intrusive Rock. If it extrudes from the surface the material is described as a volcano and the rock it creates is known as Extrusive Rock. [Wikipedia]
ID	http://sweetontology.net/phenGeol/Igneous
comment	One of 3 processes in the Rock Cycle. Igneous refers to the process whereby hot material from the mantle is squeezed upward toward the earth's surface. If it has not reached the surface then the material is described as an intrusive structure and the rocks it creates are called Intrusive Rock. If it extrudes from the surface the material is described as a volcano and the rock it creates is known as Extrusive Rock. [Wikipedia]
label	igneous
prefixIRI	sophg:Igneous
prefLabel	igneous
subClassOf	http://sweetontology.net/phenGeol/RockCycleProcess http://sweetontology.net/phenGeol/RockCycle

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	http://sweet.jpl.nasa.gov/2.3/phenGeol.owl#Igneous	MATRROCKIGNEOUS	LOOM