Figure 6. Close-up view of Red Beach Granite at Site 2. Predominant minerals are the same as at Site 1, but in smaller grains. Note two miarolitic cavities above the nickel, and one cavity above and to the right of the nickel. These formed around gas bubbles in the crystallizing magma.

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