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Granite is a felsic (composed of "light" coloured feldspars and silica minerals) intrusive rock. It is formed by the slow cooling and crystallisation of magma below the earths surface in a pluton or batholith.
Basalt is the opposite of granite. Basalt is a mafic (dark coloured minerals rich in iron and magnesium)fine grained rock formed from the rapid cooling and crystallisation of lava above ground.
Granite: Pale coloured, felsic, intrusive, coarse grained/porphyritic.
Basalt: Dark coloured, mafic, extrusive, fine grained.
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What is the same between the origin of basalt and granite?
Both are igneous rocks.
Is granite and basalt found in volcanoes?
Granite and basalt are both igneous rocks; however, basalt is considered a volcanic rock, and granite is considered a plutonic rock.
What are three types of igneous rock?
Three types of igneous rocks are pumice, basalt, and granite.
Examples of igneous rock?
Granite basalt pumice aplite scoria
Are basaltic igneous rocks lower in density than granitic rocks?
Granite is very much less dense than basalt. This is why the continental crust (mostly composed of granite) floats on Oceanic crust (made mostly of basalt). Granite is 70 % silicon. Where basalt is mainly pyroxene.
What is the similarity between granite and basalt?
Both are igneous rocks.
What does granite and basalt have in common?
Basalt and Granite are igneous rocks which are very hard.
What does it mean to have andesitic composition?
Rocks have a composition between that of granite and basalt
What is the same between the origin of basalt and granite?
Both are igneous rocks.
Is granite and basalt found in volcanoes?
Granite and basalt are both igneous rocks; however, basalt is considered a volcanic rock, and granite is considered a plutonic rock.
What types of rocks are basalt and granite?
They are all igneous rocks.
Basalt and granite belong to which type of rocks?
Igneous rocks
What are three types of igneous rock?
Three types of igneous rocks are pumice, basalt, and granite.
Examples of igneous rock?
Granite basalt pumice aplite scoria
Are basaltic igneous rocks lower in density than granitic rocks?
Granite is very much less dense than basalt. This is why the continental crust (mostly composed of granite) floats on Oceanic crust (made mostly of basalt). Granite is 70 % silicon. Where basalt is mainly pyroxene.
what is the difference of igneous rocks?
What do you mean? Do you mean intrusive or extrusive or the types of rocks themselves? Fine. Here's a list Basalt Granite Pumice Obsidian
What kind of rocks that are formed by volcanic activity?
Igneous Rocks: Basalt and Granite
