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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...
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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...
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Paleozoic and
Mesozoic rocks. The city's
Mount Elden is a lava dome made of
dacite,
Sunset Crater is the
youngest feature of the San
Francisco volcanic field...
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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...
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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...
- deposits. The
volcanic cones are
composed of andesite,
basaltic andesite and
dacite. The
volcano is
mantled in ash from the 1912
eruption of
Novarupta and from...
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erupt from the vent were hornblende-pyroxene
andesites with a
hornblende dacite dome at its summit.
Glacial erosion has
since modified its shape.[citation...
