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As it turns out, most of the ocean floor is basalt, and most of the continents are granite.
Eloise Upton
Brant Lockman
As it turns out, most of the ocean floor is basalt, and most of the continents are granite.
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Is igneous rock granite or basalt?
Both granite ans basalt are types of igneous rock.
What are three types of igneous rock?
Three types of igneous rocks are pumice, basalt, and granite.
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.
Examples of igneous rock?
Granite basalt pumice aplite scoria
What are rocks that form when lava hardens?
Igneous, examples include Granite and Basalt
Is igneous rock granite or basalt?
Both granite ans basalt are types of igneous rock.
What is the igneous rock between granite and basalt?
Andesite is considered an intermediate rock between granite (felsic igneous rock) and basalt (mafic igneous rock), based on chemical composition.
What are three types of igneous rock?
Three types of igneous rocks are pumice, basalt, and granite.
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 two examples of igneous rock?
Granite and Basalt.
How are basalt and granite different in their Orgin texture and mineral composition and how are they similar?
Both rocks are igneous rock but basalt is an aphanitic igneous rock while granite is a common type of felsic intrusive igneous rock.
Are granite and basalt called igneous rock?
They are both formed from the solidification of magma, the definition of igneous rock.
Examples of igneous rock?
Granite basalt pumice aplite scoria
What are rocks that form when lava hardens?
Igneous, examples include Granite and Basalt
Is Basalt rock Igneous Rock?
yes
What is the most common igneous rock of the continent?
Granite for the continents; Basalt for the oceans.
What is the most common extrusive igneous rock?
Basalt
