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6.5 Porphyritic hornblende granodiorite, Yosemite National Park, California.  Note the cluster of large Carlsbad-twinned pink alkali feldspars in a matrix of white plagioclase and gray quartz, with scattered grains of rectangular black hornblende. Other minerals such as biotite and titanite are not readily discernible.
6.5 Porphyritic hornblende granodiorite, Yosemite National Park, California. Note the cluster of large Carlsbad-twinned pink alkali feldspars in a matrix of white plagioclase and gray quartz, with scattered grains of rectangular black hornblende. Other minerals such as biotite and titanite are not readily discernible.

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