Granite is lighter in color than basalt. The color of the rocks is dependent on the mineral composition of the rock. Basalt is basic and contains a substantial amount of olivine whereas granite is acidic and is rich in quartz.
Basalt is an extrusive igneous rock with small mineral crystals, formed when magma cools and solidifies rapidly; this is usually on the surface of Earth's crust, especially at incidents of seafloor spreading on the ocean floor as contact with seawater cools the magma rapidly.
Granite is the foundation of the continental crust. Basalt is the foundation of oceanic crust.
Granite is an intrusive igneous rock made from visible mineral crystals, a result of cooling over a longer period of time under the surface of the Earth.
Another difference between basalt and granite include their joints. Basalt splits along columnar planes while granite splits along horizontal planes. This difference is due to the difference in their cooling process.
granite is a sedimentary rock and basalt is a metamorphic rock
Percentage of silicates. Granite has more silicates and is lighter than basalt. Additionally, granite is an intrusive igneous rock, forming from magma cooling underground while basalt is extrusive, forming from lava cooling above ground.
Both are igneous rocks.
Granite and basalt are both igneous rocks; however, basalt is considered a volcanic rock, and granite is considered a plutonic rock.
Basalt does have a greater specific gravity. Granite is not as dense as basalt.
Both granite ans basalt are types of igneous rock.
As it turns out, most of the ocean floor is basalt, and most of the continents are granite.
the granite is more crystal than basalt
Both are igneous rocks.
Andesite is considered an intermediate rock between granite (felsic igneous rock) and basalt (mafic igneous rock), based on chemical composition.
Basalt and Granite are igneous rocks which are very hard.
i think obsidian is a supercooled liquid of a magma.Its look like a glassy matter because is crystallised very faster than basalt and granite. Granite cools very slowly that's why it shows coarser grains and it crystallizes at very depth whereas basalt crystallizes at surface that's why it shows medium grain size.
Rocks have a composition between that of granite and basalt
Both are igneous rocks.
Granite and basalt are both igneous rocks; however, basalt is considered a volcanic rock, and granite is considered a plutonic rock.
Granite is higher in silica than is basalt.
Granite has more silica than basalt in it.
No. Granite and basalt have different compositions and form under different circumstances.
Granite - coarse grained. Basalt - fine grained.