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Upleucocratic rock, phaneretic rock, plutonic rock

granite
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graniteis a kind of plutonic rock2000-12-14 14:18:22.0
is a kind of leucocratic rock2000-12-14 14:18:22.0
is a kind of phaneretic rock2000-12-14 14:18:22.0
plutonic rockhas solidification mechanism cooling in deep underground chambers2000-12-14 14:18:22.0
has solidification timescale very slow2000-12-14 14:18:22.0
leucocratic rockhas shade light2000-12-14 14:18:21.0
has color index 11 to 502000-12-14 14:18:21.0
phaneretic rockhas grain size discernable without a microscope2000-12-14 14:18:20.0
igneous rockhas composition silicates (with very few exceptions)2000-12-14 14:18:21.0
rockhas part mineral2000-12-14 14:18:20.0
has texture2000-12-14 14:18:20.0
has genesis2000-12-14 14:18:20.0