A basalt would form under conditions that included
A) a mafic magma cooling in the subsurface.
B) a felsic magma cooling in the subsurface.
C) a mafic magma cooling on Earth's surface.
D) a felsic magma cooling on Earth's surface.
E) none of the above.
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