Can anyone identify these solutions? intermediate mafic felsic granite, rhyolite

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intermediate mafic felsic granite, rhyolite) (diorite, andesite) (basalt, gabbro (peridotite, etc.) 15% 45% 85% 5% 30% 60% 95% Figure A5.5.1 The mafic minerals in photo A are shown as black areas in map B. Use the scale above to estimate the percentage of mafic minerals in this rock. mafic 96: - Based on your estimate, describe this rock as felsic, intermediate, mafic, or ultramafic. Now do the same analysis for the three rnrks shown halew mafic 96:- rock description: mafic %: rock description: mafic 96: rock description: Figure A5.5.2

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B = around 5% to 15% mafic mineral, Thus the rock is defnitly a FELSIC rock, (PS: its granite)

C= May be around 85% to 80% The rock is a mafic rock

D = Around 45% to40% , The sample is a Intermediate rock

E = 95% The rock is a Ultramafic rock, probably, dunite

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