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Igneous rocks
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What type of grain do granite and basalt have?
Granite - coarse grained. Basalt - fine grained.
What type of hawaiian rocks have low permeability?
Basalt
What type of rocks are pumice obsidian and granite?
Igneous rocks
What type of rocks form from lava after a volcanic eruption?
Igneous rocks are formed from the cooling and solidifying of magma. The resulting rock can be instrusive (magma cooling within the crust) and extrusive (lava cooling on the surface). The most common kind of rocks are Granite (intrusive) and Basalt (extrusive).
Why are ingenous rocks important?
Without igneous rocks, we would not have beautiful granite countertops.
What type of igneous rocks are kerbstones made out of?
Commonly basalt, a volcanic; or granite.
What type of grain do granite and basalt have?
Granite - coarse grained. Basalt - fine grained.
What type of soil is in the ocean?
there isn't any soil there is rocks and sand the types of the rock can be either basalt or granite
What type is the soil in the ocean?
there isn't any soil there is rocks and sand the types of the rock can be either basalt or granite
Which is more dense basalt or granite?
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.
Name two types of igneous rocks?
If youre looking for actual rocks, granite and basalt. If yourelooking for type of rock, try felsic or mafic.
What type of rocks form from melting and cooling?
These are igneous rocks. They may form from lava at the Earth's surface, like basalt, or from magma beneath the ground, like granite.
What type of area granite and basalt rocks found in?
Principally and respectively they are the main continental and oceanic crust rocks of the Earth. They will also appear on the surface as igneous rocks by intrusion or extrusion (volcanism).
What type of rock are granite pumice and basalt?
Non-foliated metamorphic, organic sedimentary, and extrusive igneous, respectively.
Are igneous rocks easily eroded?
It depends on the type, but quite often they are not. Granite and basalt are erosion resistant. Some rocks formed by ash deposits, however, erode fairly easily.
What rock group does gneiss belong?
Granite is an intrusive igneous rock, meaning it has solidified underground as opposed to solidification on the surface.
