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Popocat?petl produces a mixture of andesitic and dacite lava in the current cycle of activity. Andesitic, or Basaltic Andesite, is black volcanic rock that contains 55% silica. Dacite, on the other hand, is an igneous, volcanic rock that has a composition that is between Andesite and Rhyolite.

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