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= Mindat Description =
= Mindat Short Description =
A term originally suggested by Haüy as a synonym for graphic granite, but now mostly used as primarily a textural term for the very coarse-grained facies of any type of igneous rock
 
= Geoscience Ontology Description =
A term originally suggested by Haüy as a synonym for graphic granite, but now mostly used as primarily a textural term for the very coarse-grained facies of any type of igneous rock.
Exceptionally coarse grained crystalline rock with interlocking crystals; most grains are 1cm or more diameter; composition is generally that of granite, but the term may refer to the coarse grained facies of any type of igneous rock;usually found as irregular dikes, lenses, or veins associated with plutons or batholiths.
 
An unusually coarse-grained igneous rock, with interlocking, equig...

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Mindat Short Description

A term originally suggested by Haüy as a synonym for graphic granite, but now mostly used as primarily a textural term for the very coarse-grained facies of any type of igneous rock.

An unusually coarse-grained igneous rock, with interlocking, equig...