extrusive: finely crystalline or glassy igneous rock resulting from volcanic activity at or near the surface (cools very quickly!).
felsic: a light colored mineral (often quartz or feldspar)
intrusive: pertaining to material forced, while still in a fluid state, into cracks or between layers of rock (cools very slowly!).
mafic: a mineral containing predominantly ferromagnesian rock forming silicates. In general, a dark mineral.
matrix: the continuous, fine-grained material in which large grains are imbedded.
phenocryst: a large, conspicuous crystal in a porphoritic rock.
porphoritic: an igenous rock in which large phenocrysts are enclosed
in a very fine-grained matrix.