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Compared to felsic rocks, mafic rocks will generally have alow density and light colorlow density and dark colorhigh density and light colorhigh density and dark color

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Compared to felsic rocks, mafic rocks will generally have alow density and light colorlow density and dark colorhigh density and light colorhigh density and dark color

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Mafic rocks will generally have a high density and dark color.

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