A light gray volcanic rock containing a mixture of plagioclase
and other crystalline minerals in glassy silica, similar in
appearance to rhyolite.
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Dacite is extrusive. Its intrusive equivalent is
granodiorite.
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Andesite and dacite are produced by stratovolcanoes.
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Dacite does not have habitat because it is not a living thing;
it is a kind of rock. Specifically, dacite is a volcanic rock, so
it will be found on and near volcanoes, typically
stratovolcanoes.