Rhyolite, Salton Sea Field, California
Picture Gallery of Volcanic Rocks
From Andrew Alden, About.com
Rhyolite is a high-silica rock, the extrusive counterpart of granite. It is typically banded and, unlike this specimen, full of large crystals (phenocrysts).
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