Usually means: Fine-grained, igneous rock, invisible crystals.
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  7. aphanite: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  12. aphanite: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  15. aphanite: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. aphanite: FreeDictionary.org
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  19. aphanite: Merriam-Webster

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Definitions from Wiktionary (aphanite)

▸ noun:  (geology, petrology) Certain dark igneous rocks having grain so fine that the individual crystals cannot be seen with the naked eye.

Similar:
phanerite, opacite, aplite, phenacite, augite, melaphyre, agpaite, nephelinite, anorthosite, granulite, more...

Opposite:
phaneritic, coarse-grained, crystalline

Adjectives:
green, quartz, black, peculiar, same

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Similar:
phanerite, opacite, aplite, phenacite, augite, melaphyre, agpaite, nephelinite, anorthosite, granulite, more...

Opposite:
phaneritic, coarse-grained, crystalline

Adjectives:
green, quartz, black, peculiar, same



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