Dacite
At a glance
- Type
- Rock
- Group
- Igneous rock
- Crystal system
- None (a rock)
- Hardness
- Hard (5.5 to 7.5)
- Density
- Medium (2.5 to 3.2)
- Occurs in
- Igneous rocks
- Foliation
- Not layered
- Colour
- Grey, Pink, Brown
- Lustre
- Dull
- Use
- No special use
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Hard
Did you know?
- Dacite is named after Dacia, the Roman province in what is now Romania, where it was first described.
- The lava dome that grew in the crater of Mount St. Helens after 1980 is made of dacite.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q466481 · All stones · All entries