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Rhyolite vs Gabbro - What's the difference?

rhyolite | gabbro |

As nouns the difference between rhyolite and gabbro

is that rhyolite is (geology) an igneous, volcanic (extrusive) rock, of felsic composition, with aphanitic to porphyritic texture while gabbro is (rock) a name originally given to a kind of serpentine, and now generally used for a coarsely crystalline, igneous rock consisting of lamellar pyroxene and labradorite.

rhyolite

English

Noun

(wikipedia rhyolite)
  • (geology) An igneous, volcanic (extrusive) rock, of felsic composition, with aphanitic to porphyritic texture.

    • Derived terms

    * rhyolitic

    gabbro

    English

    (wikipedia gabbro)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (rock) A name originally given to a kind of serpentine, and now generally used for a coarsely crystalline, igneous rock consisting of lamellar pyroxene and labradorite.
  • * 2004 , (Richard Fortey), The Earth , Folio Society 2011, p. 59:
    • It is known as gabbro and is thought to form the lower layer of the oceanic crust at about four kilometres depth and to comprise a layer up to six kilometres thick, making it one of the most abundant, if least recognisable, materials on earth.

    Derived terms

    * gabbroid * gabbroic