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a mixture of large grain and small grain crystals in rocks are referred…

Question

a mixture of large grain and small grain crystals in rocks are referred to as ______. vesicular obsidian porphyritic

Explanation:

Brief Explanations
  • Vesicular texture in rocks has gas - filled holes (vesicles).
  • Obsidian is a volcanic glass with no crystals or very tiny ones.
  • Porphyritic texture has a mixture of large (phenocrysts) and small (groundmass) crystals.

Answer:

porphyritic