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biotite and hornblende.
Other dacites,
especially pyroxene-bearing
dacites, are
darker colored. In thin section,
dacites may have an
aphanitic to porphyritic...
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although the
majority are of
intermediate composition (such as Santiaguito,
dacite-andesite,
present day). The
characteristic dome
shape is
attributed to high...
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constructed on a
volcanic ba****t or rhyolites,
basaltic andesites and
dacites. The
volcanoes erupted voluminous and long lava flows,
grouped in three...
- (611 m),
about 1,400 feet (430 m)
above the flat prairie. This
Pleistocene dacite lava dome is part of the
Cascade Volcanic Arc, and with an age of only about...
- ****mingtonite has also been
found in some
felsic volcanic rocks such as
dacites.
Manganese rich
species can be
found in
metamorphosed Mn-rich rock units...
-
magmas have a
silica content greater than 63%. They
include rhyolite and
dacite magmas. With such a high
silica content,
these magmas are
extremely viscous...
-
called the
Pagosa Peak
Dacite, made of
dacite that is very
similar to that of the Fish
Canyon Tuff. The
Pagosa Peak
Dacite,
which has characteristics...
-
erosion and
weathering of rock; most
commonly granites, but also schists,
dacites, dolerites, ignimbrites, co****
sandstones and others. Tors are mostly...
- 'slate' or 'bluestone', a
metamorphic phyllite rock, with both
andesite and
dacite mineral composition.
Dacitic phyllite is a
predominant type of rock found...
-
percentage (>63%) of silica, the lava is
described as felsic.
Felsic lavas (
dacites or rhyolites) are
highly viscous and are
erupted as
domes or short, stubby...
