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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
Epidosite is a highly altered epidote and quartz bearing rock which is a type of metasomatite, essentially altered basalt
Durable Rock, Medium Hardness Rock
Coarse Grained Rock, Fine Grained Rock, Opaque Rock