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Porphyritic BasaltTexture: Porphyritic Orgin: Extrusive/Volcanic Chemical Composition: Mafic Color: Dark Gray to Black Mineral Composition: Calcium Plagioclase, Pyroxene Miscellaneous: Calcium Plagioclase Phenocrysts in an aphanitic (fine-grained) groundmass Tectonic Environment: Divergent Boundary or Intra-oceanic hot spots |
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