No. Granite is an intrusive felsic rock.
Rhyolite is not a mafic rock, but a felsic rock, high in silicates, and similar to granite in composition.
No. Gabbro is mafic-ultramafic. An example of a felsic rock would be a granite or rhyolite.
Andesite is considered an intermediate rock between granite (felsic igneous rock) and basalt (mafic igneous rock), based on chemical composition.
A plutonic rock consisting of oligioclase, microcline and quartz with subordinate muscovite and little or no mafic minerals. An alkali granite with no mafic minerals
Granite
NO it is felsic
Sandstone is the odd one out as it is a sedimentary rock, as opposed to granite and basalt which are respectively felsic and mafic igneous rocks.
No; granite is a felsic rock formed by either melting of contintal crust or extreme differentiation of more mafic magmas. The mantle is predominantly made up of an ultramafic rock known as peridotite.
The counterpart of Granite is Rhyolite,the counterpart of Gabbro is Basalt. Gabbro is mafic(Dark coloured) ,Granite is felsic (light coloured) Granite forms from magma of Granitic composition while Gabbro forms from magma of Basaltic composition.
Granite and grandiorite are two felsic rocks but I'm seeing that some people cosider granite mafic.
No. Gabbro is a mafic rock (magnesium and iron silicates) while granite is a felsic rock (referring to lighter elements such as potassium in feldspar). Felsic rock contains fewer heavy elements than mafic rocks. The chemical equivalent to gabbro is basalt, as both are mainly pyroxene and plagioclase feldspar. The difference is that gabbro is intrusive rock and basalt is extrusive.
Well, beneath granite you would find any layer of Mafic igneous rock. Basalt is the most common Mafic rock, so that's a good start. It's what you will typically find forming the ocean floor as well as the heavy layer of the earth's crust beneath the granitic layers.