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adcumulate rock comparison table

Subject	has texture	has definition	is a kind of
fractional crystallized rock		a rock produced by differentiation in which part of the magma is crystallized and separated from further reaction with remaining liquid	gravitationally separated rock
adcumulate rock	framework of touching crystals that continued to grow from the magma to the extend that less than 5 % of the rock consists of other minerals crystallized from the intercrystalline liquid	a rock with a framework of touching crystals that continued to grow from the magma to the extend that less than 5 % of the rock consists of other minerals crystallized from the intercrystalline liquid	fractional crystallized rock

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