http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/lithology/aplite
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| definition | Light coloured crystalline rock, characterized by a fine grained allotriomorphic-granular (aplitic, saccharoidal or xenomorphic) texture; typically granitic composition, consisting of quartz, alkali feldspar and sodic plagioclase. | ||||||
| source | Neuendorf et al. 2005 | ||||||
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| in scheme | simplelithology original | ||||||