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Spinifex Texture

Igneous Rock Textures

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Spinifex texture, found only in komatiite, consists of large crisscrossing platy crystals of olivine. Spinifex is a spiny Australian grass.

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Crisscross crystalsPhoto courtesy Mayla Oliveira of Flickr.com under Creative Commons license

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