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quartz-alkali feldspar
subject			fact

quartz-alkali feldspar	is a kind of plutonic rock
plutonic rock	has solidification mechanism cooling in deep underground chambers
	has solidification timescale very slow
igneous rock	has composition silicates (with very few exceptions)
rock	has part mineral
	has texture
	has genesis

Kinds of quartz-alkali feldspar :

• aplite (5 facts) - a very light colored, medium to fine grained, allotriomorphic-granular, quartz-alkali feldspar