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GRANIPHYRIC [1 record]

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Record 1 2012-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

Applied to a fine-scale intergrowth of quartz and either alkali feldspar or plagioclase found as interstitial, late-stage products in the groundmass of granites.

OBS

It is similar to graphic and micrographic but differs from these textures in that the intergrowth of quartz and feldspar is more irregular.

OBS

When developed on a microscopic scale, graphic texture is termed granophyric texture.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Se dit d'une structure micrographique.

Spanish

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