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Similar to granite in composition: rhyolite.
Similar to granite in formation: any intrusive igneous rock, such as gabbro or diorite.
Somewhat similar in appearance: diorite, granite gneiss, and many others.
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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.
Granite is what type of rock?
Granite is an intrusive felsic igneous rock, having formed under the surface by the slow cooling of magma which had intruded into the crust.
What type of rock is Plymouth rock?
Plymouth Rock is granodiorite which is an igneous rock.
Exfoliated domes are made out of what type of rock?
Igneous rock, typically granite.
Which type of rock can form deep below surface or above earths surface?
Igneous rock can form deep below the surface as intrusive igneous rock, or on or near the surface as extrusive igneous rock. X Answer is: Igneous
Is granite a igneous rock?
Yes, granite is a type of igneous rock.
What type of igneous rock is granite an example of?
There is a rock in Yosemite Park it is called Half Dome it is an igneous rock it is made out of granite
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.
What is one type of rock?
granite is a type of igneous rock.
Granite is what type of rock?
Granite is an intrusive felsic igneous rock, having formed under the surface by the slow cooling of magma which had intruded into the crust.
Granite is formed from magma inside earth which type of rock is granite?
Granite is an igneous rock.
What type of rock is a granite beach rock?
Igneous rock class
What type of rock is granite pumiceand marble?
Granite is an intrusive igneous rock. Pumice is an extrusive igneous rock. while, Marble is a (non-folliated) metamorphic rock.
What type of rock is granite from the three types?
igneous
What is rock type?
Granite is classified as an intrusive, felsic, igneous rock.
What type of rock is devils marbles?
Granite. 1.7 Billion Years old.
What type of rock is Plymouth rock?
Plymouth Rock is granodiorite which is an igneous rock.
