Multiple Choice
The texture of obsidian and pumice is:
A) phaneritic, resulting from slow cooling.
B) aphanitic, resulting from rapid cooling.
C) porphyritic, resulting from first slow, then rapid, cooling.
D) glassy, resulting from rapid cooling.
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