5 A Day: Fruit of the Month: Persimmons. Persimmons origins go back to ancient China. Fate intervened in the 1880's when a United States Commander brought back a native Japanese persimmon variety to Washington, D.C. Now, persimmons are grown in California where hundreds of different varieties flourish. A Day: Fruit of the Month: Persimmons. Persimmons origins go back to ancient China. Fate intervened in the 1880's when a United States Commander brought back a native Japanese persimmon variety to Washington, D.C. Now, persimmons are grown in California where hundreds of different varieties flourish.
As the super hot magma cools, it solidifies to form a rock and that rock is called igneous rock. When most people think of igneous rock they vision a volcano erupting pumice and lava. Igneous rocks form directly by crystallization from materials from a magma melt.
Types Of Lava Overview... When lava is underground in its molten state it is called magma. As it reaches the ground, and air, it is called lava. Once lava begins to harden it can turn into a variety of shapes and colors. The color of lava depends on the temperature of the flow as well as the chemical composition and any impurities that are in the liquid rock.