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Rhyolite is an extrusive igneous rock with a very high silica content. It is usually pink or gray in color with grains so small that they are difficult to observe without a hand lens.Rhyolite is made up of quartz, plagioclase and sanidine, with minor amounts of hornblende and biotite.Trapped gases often produce vugs in the rock. These often contain crystals, opal or glassy material.hyolite is a rock that is rarely used in construction or manufacturing. It is often vuggy or highly fractured. Its composition is variable. When better materials are not locally available rhyolite is sometimes used to produce crushed stone.
Some extrusive igneous rocks cool so rapidly that crystals do not develop at all. These form a glass, such as obsidian (Figure 4.14). Others, such as pumice, contain holes where gas bubbles were trapped when the material was still hot and molten.The holes make pumice so light that it actually floats in water. The most common extrusive igneous rock is basalt, a rock that is especially common below the oceans (Figure 4.15).Figure 4.13: Extrusive igneous rocks form after lava cools above the surface. The lave spills out from the Earth at a volcano.he holes make pumice so light that it actually floats in water. The most common extrusive igneous rock is basalt, a rock that is especially common below the oceans (Figure 4.15). Figure 4.13: Extrusive igneous rocks form after lava cools above the surface.