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What is the size of crystals in granite?
The size of crystals that form granite are usually large and coarse-grained. Granite, which is mainly composed of feldspar, mica and quartz, is often used as a building material.
What is the size of granite?
Granite does not have a specified size. It may be small as a pebble or as big as a mountain. However, granite is said to be phaneritic in texture which means that the crystal sizes are large enough to see with the naked eye and are not larger than thumb-sized crystals.
Is granite homogeneous?
No. If you look at granite you can see that there are distinct crystals of diferent minerals. Thus, granite is heterogeneous.
What rock has larger crystals than basalt and granite?
A pegmatite is a rock formed under certain favorable circumstances that enhance the crystal size of the rock. The crystals would be larger than those in basalt, an extrusive igneous rock, and granite, and intrusive igneous rock.
Is granite made from interlocking crystals?
not sure but i know it's an example of interlocking grains.. Interlocking visible crystals would be good descriptive words for granite.
What is the size of crystals in granite?
The size of crystals that form granite are usually large and coarse-grained. Granite, which is mainly composed of feldspar, mica and quartz, is often used as a building material.
How willl the sizen of crystals in granite b different from the size of the crystals in basalt?
The will be large in an extrusive granite and fine in an intrusive basalt.
What size are the crystals in marble?
They are usually Medium size compared to those in Granite and compared to Basalt.
What determines the size of crystals that form in granite?
The cooling rate of magma plays a significant role in determining the size of crystals.
Which has smaller crystals basalt or granite?
i think that basalt is the smaller crystals out of the two, as the crystals in granite are larger.
What is the size of granite?
Granite does not have a specified size. It may be small as a pebble or as big as a mountain. However, granite is said to be phaneritic in texture which means that the crystal sizes are large enough to see with the naked eye and are not larger than thumb-sized crystals.
What is an igneous rock with crystals?
Granite with larger crystals, basalt with smaller crystals.
What is the cleavage of granite?
Granite has no cleavage, it breaks off in crystals.
What is Granite crystal?
Granite is an igneous rock with visible mineral crystals.
Which rock has big crystals?
granite!
Is granite homogeneous?
No. If you look at granite you can see that there are distinct crystals of diferent minerals. Thus, granite is heterogeneous.
What rock has larger crystals than basalt and granite?
A pegmatite is a rock formed under certain favorable circumstances that enhance the crystal size of the rock. The crystals would be larger than those in basalt, an extrusive igneous rock, and granite, and intrusive igneous rock.
