Dacite

/ˈdeɪsaɪt/ noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An igneous, volcanic rock with a high iron content.
  2. 2
    a grey volcanic rock containing plagioclase and quartz and other crystalline minerals wordnet

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dacite rockfelsic volcanic rock

Etymology

From German Dazit, from Latin Dācia (“greater Romania”). First used in 1863 by Austrian geologists Franz von Hauer and Guido Stache, in a description of the geology of Transylvania.

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