Multiple Choice
Aphanitic, phaneritic, and porphyritic are textural terms that:
A) refer to fine-grained, coarse-grained, and mixed-grained crystal sizes, respectively.
B) refer to formation by slow cooling, fast cooling, and mixed cooling rates, respectively.
C) are indicative of volcanic, plutonic, and mixed plutonic-volcanic origins, respectively.
D) refer to fine-grained, course-grained, and mixed-grained crystal sizes, respectively, AND are indicative of volcanic, plutonic, and mixed plutonic-volcanic origins, respectively.
E) all of these
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