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What are the difference between the sizes of the particles in granite with those in basaalt?
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∙ 15y ago
The crystals in granite, being intrusive in nature, will be larger than those in basalt, an extrusive igneous rock. Intrusive igneous rocks have cooled slowly from magma, extrusive rocks have cooled quickly from magma. Crystals grow larger from slow cooling magma.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 15y agoGranite has larger, visible particles or crystals. Basalt is a very fine grained rock.
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What is the difference between granite and gabbro?
the composition
What is the difference between Conglomerate and Granite?
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What is the difference between polished and part polished granite?
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What is the difference between granite and gabbro?
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What is classifies into?
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What cooledmagma is classified into?
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What is the difference between granite crusher and crusher skylanders?
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What is the difference between Conglomerate and Granite?
Granite is an intrusive igneous rock formed from the cooling and solidifying of felsic magma at depth within the Earth's crust. Conglomerate is a clastic sedimentary rock formed from pre-existing rock particles which have been transported and deposited, then compacted and cemented together.
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What is the difference between schist and marble?
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What is the difference between granite counters and granite cutting boards?
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