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closeupgranite.jpg (77662 bytes) A close up view of Granite showing black biotite grains, pinkish and white grains of feldspar and gray grains of quartz.

gabbro.jpg (50278 bytes) Gabbro

pegmatite.jpg (47913 bytes) A Pegmatite is a coarse grained igneous rock.  This is a granitic pegmatite in that the minerals comprising the rocks are quartz and  feldspar, the two main ingredients of granite.  The large black crystals are tourmaline.

peridotite.jpg (73946 bytes) Peridotite is composed of the mineral Olivine.  This specimen is from AZ.

peridotiteinbasalt.jpg (60594 bytes) This is a nodule of Peridotite in basalt.