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phaneretic rock comparison table

Subject	has color index	has texture	has composition	has grain size	has shade	has synonym	has solidification mechanism	has solidification timescale	is a kind of
aplite	10 or less	approximately equant anhedral grains	silicates (with very few exceptions)	discernable without a microscope	very light				allotriomorphic rock
coarse-grained				5 to 10 mm					phaneretic rock
granite	11 to 50		silicates (with very few exceptions)	discernable without a microscope	light		cooling in deep underground chambers	very slow	phaneretic rock
medium-grained rock				0.3 to 5 mm					phaneretic rock
very coarse-grained				10 mm or greater		pegmatitic rock			phaneretic rock

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