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When do we get rhyolite and granite?

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While granite forms when magma crystallizes beneath the surface (intrusive), rhyolite forms when lava or ejected magma crystallizes (extrusive). In some cases, magma partially solidified into granite may be ejected from a volcano, becoming rhyolite.
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