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.
Because such slow cooling allows time for large crystals to form, intrusive igneous rock has relatively large mineral crystals that are easy to see. Granite is the most common intrusive igneous rock (Figure 4.12). Figure 4.12: A close-up of a granite sample.