Igneous rocks with a texture that is so fine-grained that the crystals are too small to see is:
a. aphanitic.
b. porphyritic.
c. glassy.
d. phaneritic.
e. pyroclastic
A
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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a. true b. false