What is the difference between basalt and granite? | WikiDiff
#0183;#32;As nouns the difference between basalt and granite is that basalt is (mineral) a hard mafic igneous rock of varied mineral content; volcanic in origin, it makes up much of the earth''s oceanic crust while granite is a group of igneous and plutonic rocks composed primarily of feldspar and quartz usually contains one or more dark minerals, which may be mica, pyroxene, or amphibole granite is