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Pegmatite dike in biotite granite, Mt Lemmon, Arizona

Pegmatite dike in biotite granite, Mt Lemmon, Arizona

White pegmatite dikes with phenocrysts of microline, muscovite, and quartz intruding Early Tertiary-Late Cretaceous biotite granite near the summit of Mt. Lemmon. Dikes are commonly less than a meter in width, but some as much as several meters are observed.

Photographer: Mike Conway

Photo Date: July 2018