Figure 8. Close-up of a large feldspar crystal in the finer-grained gabbro of Figure 7. The large feldspars suggest that the magma that formed the gabbro first cooled slowly, allowing large feldspars to grow, and then cooled rapidly, producing the bulk of the finer-grained rock. Note quarter for scale.

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