They are roughly the same. If they are from the same source of magma, they could be nearly identical in chemical composition.
Intrusive: Extrusive Equivalent Granite: Rhyolite Diorite: Andesite Gabbro: Basalt
Diorite is a rock that has a composition similar to granite, but with a different texture. Both rocks are composed mainly of quartz, feldspar, and mica minerals. Diorite is typically darker in color and has a coarser grain size compared to granite.
If you take the words 'Red Bluff' and 'thunderbird' out of the question, the answer would be that granite and rhyolite may be composed of the same material, but one (granite) is a result of solidification underground, and the other (rhyolite) solidified above ground.
Granite is an intrusive rock while rhyolite is an extrusive rock.** Intrusive rocks are rocks that are formed BELOW the earth's surface.Extrusive rocks are rocks that are formed ON the earth's surface.
They are chemically the exact same. Red Bluff Granite Suite is that part of the magma chamber that cooled inside of the Earth; whereas, the Thunderbird Formation is the extrusive/volcanic equivalent.
Yes. Rhyolite and granite have the same composition. Rhyolite is the volcanic equivalent of granite.
Yes. Granite and Rhyolite have the same composition.
No, diorite and rhyolite have different chemical compositions. Diorite is a coarse-grained intrusive igneous rock composed mainly of plagioclase feldspar and amphibole, while rhyolite is a fine-grained volcanic rock composed predominantly of quartz, feldspar, and mica.
Intrusive: Extrusive Equivalent Granite: Rhyolite Diorite: Andesite Gabbro: Basalt
Diorite is a rock that has a composition similar to granite, but with a different texture. Both rocks are composed mainly of quartz, feldspar, and mica minerals. Diorite is typically darker in color and has a coarser grain size compared to granite.
Rhyolite.
Both granite and rhyolite are felsic igneous rocks formed from very viscous silica rich magma. They have essentially the same composition. The difference between them is that granite cools slowly underground, forming large crystals while rhyolite cools rapidly above ground after a volcanic eruption forming small crystals or no crystals.
If you take the words 'Red Bluff' and 'thunderbird' out of the question, the answer would be that granite and rhyolite may be composed of the same material, but one (granite) is a result of solidification underground, and the other (rhyolite) solidified above ground.
It contains about 70% Silica(SiO2)Added:Rhyolite, a gost town town in South-Nevada, is named for rhyolite, an igneous rock composed of light-colored silicates, usually buff to pink and occasionally light gray. It belongs to the same rock class, felsic, as granite but is much less common.
Granite is an intrusive rock while rhyolite is an extrusive rock.** Intrusive rocks are rocks that are formed BELOW the earth's surface.Extrusive rocks are rocks that are formed ON the earth's surface.
There are many rocks that share the same mineral constitution with another rock. An example would be rhyolite and granite. Mineralogically they can be equal in composition (even derived from the same magma), yet very different in texture, appearance and method of formation.
They are chemically the exact same. Red Bluff Granite Suite is that part of the magma chamber that cooled inside of the Earth; whereas, the Thunderbird Formation is the extrusive/volcanic equivalent.