Igneous Rocks with a Texture That Is So Fine-Grained That

question 52

Multiple Choice

Igneous rocks with a texture that is so fine-grained that the crystals are too small to see is ____.

• A) aphanitic
• B) porphyritic
• C) glassy
• D) phaneritic
• E) pyroclastic

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