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Porphyritic RhyoliteTexture: Porphyritic Orgin: Intrusive/Plutonic Chemical Composition: Felsic Color: Light Green Mineral Composition: Potassium Feldspar, Quartz, Sodium Plagioclase, Biotite, Hornblende Miscellaneous: Potassium Feldspar and Quartz Phenocrysts in an aphanitic (fine-grained) groundmass Tectonic Environment: Convergent Boundary - Andean-type Subduction Zones, intracontinental hot spots and rifts |
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