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Skeletal olivine phenocryst with rapid growth at edges enveloping melt at ends. Taupo, N.Z. b. “Swallow-tail” plagioclase in trachyte, Remarkable Dike, N.Z. Length of both fields ca. 0.2 mm. From Shelley (1993). Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks Under the Microscope. © Chapman and Hall. London.