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What does mean microgrenous in geology ?
Microgrenous : definition
This term designates a texture of igneous rock characterized by small
crystals
, barely visible to the naked eye. The microgrenous magmatic rocks show rapid cooling and outcrop in
veins
or at the edge of plutonic massifs.
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