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    What Is a Porphyroblast
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What Is a Porphyroblast

Question 52

Question 52

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What is a porphyroblast?


A) a common type of copper ore deposit
B) an igneous rock with two distinct crystal sizes
C) a relatively large metamorphic mineral
D) a strongly foliated metamorphic rock

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