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A chart categorizes common textural terms for rocks by grain size in millimeters, dividing them into igneous and metamorphic, sedimentary, and pyroclastic types, with terms like phaneritic, sand, silt, breccia, and ash shown in relation to size.

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Invalidated site: U.S. Geological Survey - Volcanic Bomb. Jan 20, 2020
Add new Web site: U.S. Geological Survey - Volcanic Bomb. Oct 20, 2011
Article revised and updated. Apr 27, 2006
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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