Chilled Margins


Chilled margin of pegmatite dike in grandodiorite. Note the coarse-grained nature of the dike near its center, and the fine-grained nature near the margin.

Chilled margin of mafic dike, Death Valley, CA. Here, the crystal size is pretty fine-grained throughout the dike, but it is extra fine-grained along the margin.


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