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phanerite

American

[fan-uh-rahyt] / ˈfæn əˌraɪt /

noun

any igneous rock whose grains are visible to the naked eye.

Etymology

Origin of phanerite

1855–60; < Greek phaner ( ós ) manifest, visible + -ite ¹

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