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Phaneritic  Phanéritique
Type of igneous texture. Said of a medium to coarse-grained igneous rock, whose components are large enough to be distinguished with the unaided eye. These macroscopic crystals are indicative of slow cooling.

Themes:
  Igneous rocks

Related words:
  Aphanitic
  Vesicular
  Vitreous (Texture; syn.: Glassy)
  Pegmatitic
  Porphyritic
  Pyroclastic
  Texture
  Intrusive (Igneous Rock; syn.: Plutonic)