Feldspar compositions in the groundmass are slightly more Or-rich than the phenocrystic feldspar, which ranges from An10Or15Ab75 to about An1Or44Ab55. From Wordnik.com. [Granophyre.html] Reference
Figure parts a-e with crossed nichols. (a) Micrographic groundmass surrounds feldspar phenocryst fragment. (b) Micrographic groundmass around clinopyroxene phenocryst. From Wordnik.com. [granophyre_photos.html] Reference
K/Na of the groundmass feldspar equals K/Na in pumiceous glass of the host pumice, hinting that the granophyric minerals grew by closed-system crystallization of the rhyolitic melt. From Wordnik.com. [Granophyre.html] Reference
We have begun a study of porphyritic pyroxene rhyolite, erupted as pyroclastic flow, and its intrusive equivalent, ejected during the same eruption as blocks of miarolitic granite with spectacular granophyric groundmass. From Wordnik.com. [Granophyre.html] Reference
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