fine grained igneous rock

http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/lithology/fine_grained_igneous_rock

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volcanic rock
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definition Igneous rock in which the framework of the rock consists of crystals that are too small to determine mineralogy with the unaided eye; framework may include up to 50 percent glass. A significant percentage of the rock by volume may be phenocrysts. Includes rocks that are generally called volcanic rocks.
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http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/lithology/basalt original
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http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/lithology/dacite original
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http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/lithology/foiditoid original
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http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/lithology/high_magnesium_fine_grained_igneous_rocks original
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http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/lithology/phonolitoid original
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http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/lithology/rhyolitoid original
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http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/lithology/tephritoid original
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http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/lithology/trachytoid original
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note Need to make decision as to whether devitrified glass should be considered glass or microcrystalline framework for purposes of categorization
source Gillespie and Styles 1999; LeMaitre et al. 2002
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