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Description: Basic types of intrusions: 1. Laccolith 2. Small dike 3. Batholith 4. Dike 5. Sill 6. Volcanic neck, pipe 7. Lopolith Note: As a general rule, in contrast to the smoldering volcanic vent in the figure, these names refer to the fully cooled and usually millions-of-years-old rock formations, which are the result of the underground magmatic activity shown.
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