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4.1 Graphic pegmatitic granite. Custer, South Dakota.  Glassy, reddish gray quartz occurs as hieroglyphic-like markings within pink-orange alkali feldspar.  The feldspar is a single large grain of more than 10 cm.  All quartz is likely the interconnected parts of a single, skeletal crystal.
4.1 Graphic pegmatitic granite. Custer, South Dakota. Glassy, reddish gray quartz occurs as hieroglyphic-like markings within pink-orange alkali feldspar. The feldspar is a single large grain of more than 10 cm. All quartz is likely the interconnected parts of a single, skeletal crystal.

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