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GRANOPHYRIC TEXTURE [1 record]

Record 1 2003-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

A texture in igneous rocks characterized by the irregular intergrowth of blebs, patches, and threads of quartz in a base of feldspar.

OBS

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie

Spanish

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