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APHANITE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fine-grained homogeneous rock (such as basalt) containing minerals undetectable by the naked eye
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("aphanite" is a kind of...):
rock; stone (material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust)
Derivation:
aphanitic (of or relating to aphanite)
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