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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.

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Explain the relationship beween the red bluff granite and the thunderbird rhyolite?

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.


Are granite and rhyolite similar in a way?

Yes. Rhyolite and granite have the same composition. Rhyolite is the volcanic equivalent of granite.


Is granite the plutonic equivalant of rhyolite?

Yes. Granite and Rhyolite have the same composition.


What is the light-colored rock that makes up most of the continental crust?

granite or rhyolite


What is the intrusive counterpart of rhyolite?

The intrusive counterpart of rhyolite is granite.


The extrusive counterpart of granite?

The extrusive chemical equivalent of intrusive granite is rhyolite.


The volcanic equivalent of granite is?

The volcanic equivalent of granite is rhyolite. Both granite and rhyolite are composed mainly of light-colored minerals such as quartz and feldspar, but rhyolite forms from volcanic magma that cools quickly at the Earth's surface, resulting in a fine-grained texture.


Which is older granite or rhyolite?

Granite is typically older than rhyolite. Granite is an intrusive igneous rock that forms underground from the slow cooling of magma, while rhyolite is an extrusive igneous rock that forms on the surface from the rapid cooling of lava. Therefore, granite generally predates rhyolite in terms of when it was formed.


Which rock is most like granite?

Rhyolite is most similar to granite mineralogically.


What is the difference between rhyolite and granite?

Rhyolite is a fine-grained, extrusive igneous rock with high silica content, while granite is a coarse-grained, intrusive igneous rock also rich in silica but with larger crystals. Rhyolite forms from cooled lava flows on the Earth's surface, while granite forms from slowly cooling magma beneath the surface.


Which rock takes a longer time to form rhyolite or granite?

Granite takes longer to form than rhyolite. Granite is an intrusive igneous rock formed from the slow cooling of magma deep within the Earth's crust, which can take millions of years. Rhyolite, on the other hand, is an extrusive igneous rock formed from the rapid cooling of lava at the surface, which occurs more quickly than the formation of granite.


What rock is made up of the same minerals as granite?

Rhyolite.