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plutonic cumulate
subject			fact

plutonic cumulate	is a kind of plutonic rock
	is a kind of fractional crystallized rock
plutonic rock	has solidification mechanism cooling in deep underground chambers
	has solidification timescale very slow
fractional crystallized rock	has genesis fractional crystallization
igneous rock	has composition silicates (with very few exceptions)
gravitationally separated rock	has property formed by separation of molten rock in a gravity field
rock	has part mineral
	has texture

Kinds of plutonic cumulate :

• clinopyroxenite (1 kind, 2 facts)
• diogenite (3 kinds, 6 facts)
• dunitic wehrlite (1 kind, 2 facts)
• dunnite (1 kind, 2 facts)
• nakhilite (3 kinds, 7 facts)
• orthopyroxenite (1 kind, 2 facts)