Myrmekite or Myrmekitic texture with vermicular quartz and alkali feldspar intergrowths

Myrmekite and Myrmekitic Texture

Myrmekite describes the intergrowth of worm-like or vermicular quartz inside sodium-plagioclase (Na-plagioclase) in plutonic rocks. It usually occurs at the

Rapakivi granites or texture with brownish K-feldspar rimmed by greyish Na-plagioclase

Rapakivi Granites and Texture

Rapakivi texture forms when sodium plagioclase overgrows on or rims large, oval to ellipsoidal potassium feldspar phenocrysts. Phenocrsyts are large

Granophyre rocks showing granophyric structure

Granophyre Rock and Texture

Granophyre is a medium-grained, felsic igneous rock with a granite-like composition. This rock is abundant in quartz and feldspar. The

Aplite dikes in Sierra Nevada Batholith host rock

Aplite Rock Formation and Composition

Aplite rocks are light-colored intrusive igneous rocks with fine-grained, even, or equigranular sugary or saccharoidal phaneritic texture. Phaneritic implies you

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