Figure 9. An unusual plumose texture below the penny. This is a complex intergrowth of quartz, white mica, and a dark mineral (perhaps tourmaline), that also suggests the magma was very fluid-rich as these minerals were crystallizing. Geologists call this a symplectic texture. This texture is very common near the summit of Whitecap.

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