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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
An iron rich extrusive rock found as a member of the alkali basalt magma series
From the name of discoverer, Ben More
Durable Rock, Medium Hardness Rock
Fine Grained Rock, Opaque Rock