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phaneretic rock
subject			fact

phaneretic rock	is a kind of rock
	has definition a rock whose grains can be discerned without the aid of a microscope
	has grain size discernable without a microscope
rock	has part mineral
	has texture
	has genesis

Kinds of phaneretic rock :

• aplite (5 facts) - a very light colored, medium to fine grained, allotriomorphic-granular, quartz-alkali feldspar
• coarse-grained (3 facts) -
• granite (3 facts)
• medium-grained rock (3 facts) -
• very coarse-grained (4 facts) (pegmatitic rock) -