Mingling and hybridization at the Sierra de Copacabana in Catamarca, Argentina. The most interesting aspect here is the beautiful quartz ocelli and zoned plagioclase. Coordinates: S28 23' 45.9" W67 36' 50.1" (CC12)
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| Figure 1A: Mafic pillow in granite matrix. | Figure 1B: Detail of 1A. |
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| Figure 1C: Mafic pillow in granite matrix. | Figure 1D: This is very close to Figs. 1A-C (metres away) but here it is an intermediate and heterogeneous rock with gabrroic enclave. |
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| Figure 1E: Hybrid rock with small mafic enclaves and an irregular patch of coarse granite, and an euhedral plagioclase ocelli (surrounded by a fine layer of hornblende. | Figure 1F: Hybrid rock with euhedral zoned plagioclase and irregular, embayed large quartz ocelli. |
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| Figure 1G: Hybrid rock with euhedral zoned plagioclase and irregular, embayed large quartz ocelli. |