Phanerite

Close-up of granite, a phanerite rock, from Yosemite National Park in the US.

A phanerite is an igneous rock having the grains of its essential minerals large enough to be seen macroscopically, i.e. are distinguishable with the unaided eye. Synonymous with coarse grained or megascopically crystalline. Cf: aphanitic.

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