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The difference is the size of grains. Rhyolite is the felsic igneous rock with fine-grained size. Whereas, granite is the equivalent in composition but with coarse-grained size.
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Is rhyolite volcanic?
Yes. Rhyolite is the volcanic equivalent of granite.
The volcanic equivalent of granite is?
Rhyolite
What are four felsic igneous rocks?
vesicular rhyolite, rhyolite, granite, and pegmatite!
Which rock takes a longer time to form rhyolite or granite?
Rhyolite cools faster from magma (lava) than does granite, which forms from slow cooling of magma deep underground. Granite.
Which is older granite or rhyolite?
One is not necessarily older than the other. However, some rhyolite is far younger than any granite on Earth.
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.
Is rhyolite volcanic?
Yes. Rhyolite is the volcanic equivalent of granite.
The volcanic equivalent of granite is?
Rhyolite
What are four felsic igneous rocks?
vesicular rhyolite, rhyolite, granite, and pegmatite!
Granite and ryholite have similar composition but granite is course-grained whereas rhyolite is fine grained what is the difference?
Granite forms underground where magma cools slowly, allowing relatively large crystals to form. Rhyolite forms above ground as lava cools quickly, meaning that any crystals will be small.
Which rock takes a longer time to form rhyolite or granite?
Rhyolite cools faster from magma (lava) than does granite, which forms from slow cooling of magma deep underground. Granite.
Which is older granite or rhyolite?
One is not necessarily older than the other. However, some rhyolite is far younger than any granite on Earth.
The extrusive counterpart of granite?
The extrusive chemical equivalent of intrusive granite is rhyolite.
Which rock is most like granite?
Rhyolite is most similar to granite mineralogically.
