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For phaneritic felsic rocks, the QAPF diagram should be used, and a name given according to the granite nomenclature.
Often the species of mafic minerals is included in the name, for instance, hornblende-bearing granite, pyroxene tonalite or augite megacrystic monzonite, because the term " granite " already assumes content with feldspar and quartz.
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