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What is a pegmatite?

What is a pegmatite? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A coarsely crystalline igneous or plutonic rock composed primarily of feldspar and quartz, normally with muscovite and/or biotite mica.
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A swarm of mafic igneous dikes have intruded the Estes pegmatite and make a showy display in the quarry face.
Large anhedral masses of yttrian fluorite, measuring to several feet across, were found at the White Cloud pegmatite.
The Whabouchi spodumene-bearing pegmatite is located in the middle of the Whabouchi Property, between Lac du Spodumene and Lac des Montagnes.
Beryl, columbite, and triphylite are common accessory minerals in the Estes pegmatite, especially in the coarse-grained layers.
This type of pegmatite, or one closely allied to it, also contains hiddenite as hypidiomorphic crystals within the pegmatite itself.
The pegmatite is composed of microcline, plagioclase and quartz with minor amounts of clinopyroxene, orthopyroxene, ilmenite and zircon.

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