Let $S_n$ be the space of real $n \times n$ symmetric matrices and let $S_n^+$ be the convex cone of positive semidefinite matrices in $S_n$. The extremal rays of this cone correspond to the positive semidefinite matrices of rank $1$.
My problem is that I have a subcone $C$ of $S_n^+$ which is given by (finitely many) inequalities, which are not all linear (quadratic for example). In $C$ I have another subcone C' given by generators which correspond to rank $1$ matrices. Since I would like to compare $C$ and C', it would be nice to have inequalities defining C'. So my question is if there are known methods to determine such inequalities.