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3.0 Sillimanite-biotite granite. Allenspark, Colorado.  Gray quartz, pink alkali (K-rich) feldspar, white plagioclase feldspar, and black biotite.  Sillimanite forms tiny (invisible) needles near and within biotite grains. [The part of the hat rim showing in the upper left, providing scale, is 8 cm long.]
3.0 Sillimanite-biotite granite. Allenspark, Colorado. Gray quartz, pink alkali (K-rich) feldspar, white plagioclase feldspar, and black biotite. Sillimanite forms tiny (invisible) needles near and within biotite grains. [The part of the hat rim showing in the upper left, providing scale, is 8 cm long.]

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