Figure 15. Fine-grained granite (on the right) cuts across coarse-grained granite and metamorphic rock. The pencil is aligned with streaks in the fine-grained granite, parallel to the contact, that formed when it flowed into place. There is a concentration of coarse black mica (biotite) along the contact.

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