Multiple Choice
What phenocryst minerals would you expect to find in an aphanitic rhyolite flow?
A) quartz and K-feldspar
B) intermediate (Ca-Na) plagioclase and amphibole or pyroxene
C) Ca-rich plagioclase and olivine
D) apatite and muscovite
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