Photomicrograph of basalt.
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This photomicrograph (about 3mm across) shows the crystalline nature of the fine-grained "groundmass" of a basalt. The phenocrysts, visible to the naked eye, are plagioclase; much of the groundmass also consists of plagioclase.
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