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Phanerite
A
phanerite
is an
igneous rock
having the grains of its essential minerals large enough to be seen macroscopically, i.e. are distinguishable with the unaided eye. Synonymous with
coarse grained
or
megascopically crystalline
. Cf:
aphanitic
.
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