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phanerocrystalline

American

[fan-uh-roh-kris-tl-in, -ahyn] / ˌfæn ə roʊˈkrɪs tl ɪn, -ˌaɪn /

Also phaneritic

adjective

Petrography.

(of a rock) having the principal constituents in the form of crystals visible to the naked eye.

phanerocrystalline British

/ -ˌlaɪn, ˌfænərəʊˈkrɪstəlɪn /

adjective

(of igneous and metamorphic rocks) having a crystalline structure in which the crystals are large enough to be seen with the naked eye

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Etymology

Origin of phanerocrystalline

1860–65; < Greek phaneró ( s ) visible, manifest + crystalline

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