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aphanite

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aphanite [′af·ə‚nīt]
(petrology)
A general term applied to dense, homogeneous rocks whose constituents are too small to be distinguished by the unaided eye.
A rock having aphanitic texture.


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In hand specimen, leached, oxidized, and sheared San Diego breccia consists of cobble to boulder sized, sub-rounded aphanite clasts in a dark gray, amorphous silica matrix.
Prospect pits and minor workings mark the Huichapa vein zone and its accompanying aphanite porphyry dike for approximately 1500 meters on surface.
 
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