Question: If, as a mafic (basaltic) magma crystallizes (Figs. 3.3 and 3.4) underground, the crystals are removed from contact with the magma, and the remaining magma

If, as a mafic (basaltic) magma crystallizes (Figs. 3.3 and 3.4) underground, the crystals are removed from contact with the magma, and the remaining magma crystallizes separately, which kind of a rock will form first and which will form last?

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