Phanerite

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Close-up of granite, a phanerite rock, from Yosemite National Park in California, U.S.
Phaneritic diorite from Massachusetts

A phanerite

plutonic
environment cools slowly, giving the crystals time to grow.

Phanerites are often described as coarse-grained or macroscopically crystalline.

References

  1. ISBN 0495011487
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