Texture of Basalt and Rhyolite
Characteristics related to grain size of rocks are called as texture. Here you can know more about texture of Basalt and Rhyolite. Texture of Basalt is Glassy, Massive, Porphyritic, Scoriaceous, Vesicular whereas that of Rhyolite is Aphanitic, Glassy, Porphyritic. Based on the texture of rocks, they are used for various purposes. Get detailed information about Basalt vs Rhyolite texture, color, appearance and maintenance in the next section.