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Q: Does granite form from underground
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What rocks that form when magma cools underground?

granite is all that i know of.


Granite is an example It forms deep underground It needs heat to form What is it?

It is metamorphic rock


Is granite a sedimentary rocks formed underground?

No. Granite is an igenous rock that is formed underground.


Is granite formed underground?

Yes. Granite is formed underground from solidifying felsic magma.


What does felsic magma make after its solid?

It will form granite if it cools underground and rhyolite if it cools at the surface.


Which rock takes a longer time to form rhyolite or granite?

Rhyolite cools faster from magma (lava) than does granite, which forms from slow cooling of magma deep underground. Granite.


Does granite form on top of the crust?

No. Granite forms underground in the crust. If granitic magma reaches the surface and cools it forms a rock called rhyolite.


When did granite form?

Granite forms underground and may take millions of years to cool from a state of magma to a solid rock. Some granites are billions of years old, and some granite is forming as you read these words.


Where do granite and gabbro crystallize?

Deep underground.


Can granite form as a lava flow?

No. Granite forms when granitic magma cools deep underground. When granitic magma erupts as lava it cools more quickly and forms a rock called rhyolite.


How is granite from in a volcano?

Granite may form in associate with a volcano if magma high in silica, potassium, and sodium becomes trapped in the magma chamber or other structures underground and cools and hardens in place.


Where do granite and basalt form?

Granite forms deep underground as felsic magma cools, mostly under continents. Basalt forms at or near the surface as mafic magma cools, typically on oceanic plates.