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What is an andesite?

Updated: 10/17/2024
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a dark, fine-grained, brown or grayish volcanic rock that is intermediate in composition between rhyolite and basalt.

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An andesite is a class of fine-grained intermediate igneous rock, mostly containing plagioclase feldspar.

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