What Is Dacite?


Dacite is a fine-grained igneous rock that is normally light in color. It is often porphyritic. Dacite is found in lava flows, lava domes, dikes, sills, and pyroclastic debris. It is a rock type usually found on continental crust above subduction zones, where a relatively young oceanic plate has melted below.

Dacite: A piece of dacite from Mount General, San Bernardino County, California. This specimen is approximately four inches (ten centimeters) across. 

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