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Xenolith in Basalt

a hand holding a small black rock with a whitish fragment in it, the fragment is about 5 mm long

Xenoliths are fragments of rocks caught up in lava flows that become part of the lava rock. They are a different rock from the lava rocks. Many xenoliths found at Craters of the Moon are quartz.

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Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Code: CRMO

Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho
Latitude: 43.0189094543457, Longitude: -113.626800537109

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10/02/2022

10/02/2022

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