In the case of a credit card/cash advance, there's also the convenience of not having to go through a new loan application process and having the funds almost immediately. As noted above in the government home improvement loans section, the Title 1 program also allows unsecured loans of $7,500 or less.
Intrusive Igneous Rocks. Intrusive, or plutonic, igneous rocks form when magma cools slowly below the Earth's surface. Most intrusive rocks have large, well-formed crystals. Examples include granite, gabbro, diorite and dunite. Mineral Photos courtesy of R.Weller/Cochise College.
Examples of intrusive rocks are granite and gabbro. Granite is made up of three common minerals - quartz, mica and feldspar - and when viewed from a distance appear tan, pinkish or gray, depending on the concentrations and grain sizes of the three minerals. This rock is very widely used as a building material, due to its abundance and strength. Gabbro has a lower quartz content than granite, and is therefore much darker. Liquid rock that reaches the surface cools very quickly. As a result of this immediate cooling, the crystals produced are extremely small.