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Basaltic Trachyandesite is an extrusive igneous rock which is a type of Basalt rock and is formed by the rapid cooling of basaltic lava exposed at or very near the Earth's surface
From its mineral and compound content and its relation with Basalt and Andesite rock
Durable Rock, Medium Hardness Rock
Fine Grained Rock, Opaque Rock
Dacite is a volcanic igneous rock which is rintermediate in composition between andesite and rhyolite
Romania and Moldova, Europe
From Dacia, a province of the Roman Empire which lay between the Danube River and Carpathian Mountains where the rock was first described
Fine Grained Rock, Medium Grained Rock, Opaque Rock