Rhyolite refers to a pale fine-grained volcanic rock. It is formed when magma that would have formed granite managed to erupt onto the surface of the Earth.
No. Both basalt and rhyolite are formed from molten rock erupts from a volcano.
Lava that has been cooled down into solid rock.
during a violent volcanic interuption
Rocks formed from solidified molten rock are classified as igneous rock. Examples would be basalt, granite, gabbro, pumice, obsidian, and rhyolite.
No. Rhyolite is an extrusive igneous rock.
Intrusive igneous rock would form. Granite is an example. If the same magma that formed the granite had reached the surface through volcanic eruption, the extrusive igneous rock rhyolite would form.
If granite melts and then erupts at the surface, it is likely to form rhyolite, which is an extrusive rock. Rhyolite has a composition similar to granite but is formed from the rapid cooling of magma at the Earth's surface.
Rhyolite
A rhyolite volcano is a volcano that erupts rhyolitic lava or pyroclasitc material. Rhyolite is an igneous rock formed from the eruption of extremely viscous silica rich material. Eruptions involving rhyolite can be extremely large and violent. In some cases, however, rhyolite can build into lava domes or form thick, extremely slow lava flows.
Rhyolite can be any age.
Rhyolite is an igneous rock. Limestone, slate, and shale are sedimentary rocks.
No, rhyolite is a silica-rich volcanic or igneous rock.