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Orbicular Granite

Close-up of orbicular granite. As the granite was cooling, feldspar crystallized in layers around seed crystals, resulting in these spheroidal orbicules.
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Title: Orbicular Granite
Caption: Close-up of orbicular granite. As the granite was cooling, feldspar crystallized in layers around seed crystals, resulting in these spheroidal orbicules.
Category: Geology & Fossils
Credit: Album / Science Source / Phillip Hayson
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Image size: 4724 × 3698 px | 50.0 MB
Print size: 40.0 × 31.3 cm | 1859.8 × 1455.9 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: CLOSE UP • CLOSE-UP • CLOSEUP • COMPONENT MINERALS • CUT • DETAIL • FOREGROUND • GEOLOGIA • GEOLOGY & FOSSILS • GEOLOGY • GRANITE SPECIMEN • GRANITE • GRANITIC • IGNEOUS ROCK • INTRUSIVE • ORBICULAR GRANITE • ORBICULE • ORBICULITE • PETROLOGY • PHANERITIC TEXTURE • PHENOCRYST • PINK FELDSPAR • PLUTONIC • POLISHED • ROCK • SECTION • SECTIONAL • SLICE