Photo 15. Close-up of the inside of an igneous rock, a pegmatite, showing the large size of the minerals in it. The milky white, angular feldspar to the right of the quarter is about four inches across. The minerals in this photo are mostly feldspar (milky white) and quartz (grayish, translucent).

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Last updated on October 3, 2011

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