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from page 142 of thesis: porphyritic, more crystalline than others in the suite; plag laths generally no smaller than 0.1 mm. Laths surround pyroxene and titaniferous mt in an intergranular texture. A few crystal clots composed of cpx, mt, and pl are present. Thesis gives phenocryst descriptions.

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References Cited

[1] The petrology and geochemistry of the Great Sitkin Suite: implications for the genesis of calc-alkaline magmas, 1987

Neuweld, M. A., 1987, The petrology and geochemistry of the Great Sitkin Suite: implications for the genesis of calc-alkaline magmas: Cornell University unpublished M.S. thesis, 174 p.

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