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granular texture
A rock texture resulting from the aggregation of mineral grains of approx. equal size. The term may be applied to a sedimentary or metamorphic rock, but is esp. used to describe an equigranular, holocrystalline igneous rock whose particles range in diameter from 0.05 to 10 mm.
- Kalbos dalis: noun
- Pramonės šaka / sritis: Mining
- Category: General mining; Mineral mining
- Government Agency: USBM
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