A vision of volcanic loveliness ๐ŸŒ‹ ๐Ÿฅฐ in this porphyritic phonolite from the Canary Islands. Big crystals of sodium-rich amphibole, Na-Fe clinopyroxene titanite, apatite, nepheline, and zircon, in a finer-grained groundmass mostly of sanidine feldspar. Field of view ca. 2mm wide.

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