Basalt is an igneous volcanic rock that forms commonly in oceanic crust and parts of continental crust.
Is granite more thick than basalt.
Basalt on the other hand has a smooth texture from rapid cooling usually by water.
Granite is an intrusive rock that is formed when magma cools inside the crust.
Basalt and granite are two types of igneous rocks that we can find on earth.
It forms from lava flows which extrude onto the surface and cool.
This slow cooling gives time for crystals to grow making it more coarsely grained than an extrusive rock.
Basalt is denser than granite because basalt is a an oceanic type of rock so it has had more pressure from the ocean making it denser than granite because granite is a continental type of rock.
Summary of basalt vs.
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The key difference between basalt and granite is that basalt is mostly occurring on ocean floors while granite is in the crust of the earth in all continents.