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Meaning of "andesite"
Andesite: a type of volcanic rock with a fine-grained texture, typically dark gray in color. It is an adjective. In English, this term is used to describe specific types of rocks or geological formations
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- Any of a class of fine-grained intermediate igneous rock, of volcanic origin, containing mostly plagioclase feldspar.
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It is formed from andesite and marble rocks.
Andesite volcanoes are very common at subduction zones.
The rock is mainly basalt and andesite.
They produce andesite and dacite.
The volcano has erupted mafic andesite.
Diorite and andesite are similar rocks.
The lava is trachybasalt and basaltic andesite.
Andesite lava flows emanate from this area as well.
It has principally erupted andesite and dacite.
It also occurs in andesite volcanic rocks and altered ultramafic rocks.
The volcanoes consist mostly of pyroxene andesite.
The main rock type is andesite and dacite.
Bachelor is composed mainly of basalt and basaltic andesite.
The field has erupted andesite and dacite.
This material is actually made of a rock called andesite.
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The volcano has erupted andesite and basaltic andesite.
The rock type of the volcano is andesite.
A lava flow containing mafic andesite is associated with the cone.
It consists of porphyry rhyolite and andesite.
Finally the central crater and andesite lava flows were erupted.
The whole church is also built with andesite.
Boninite is considered to be a primitive andesite derived from melting of metasomatised mantle.
It is an extinct volcano composed of basaltic andesite.
The andesite rock contains some visible crystals of pyroxene or amphibole.
All of the structures are made of andesite stone.
Gray andesite spires.
Yap is on the west side of the andesite line.
Andesite basalt granite limestone quartz quartzite lava slate porphyry.
The mountain is constructed from andesite and dacite.
The latter were built in andesite or limestone and had stone or wooden columns.
The field is constructed by basaltic andesite and andesite.
Andesite and basalt are the most abundant rocks found on the mountain.
All of the structures are made from andesite stones.
Whole rhodoliths encrusted on andesite pebbles occur above this unconformity.
This rock formation consists of two andesite blocks.
Basalt and andesite are the most common rock types in this region.
The mountain is made mainly of andesite and basalt.
The andesite inclusions contained in the lava are characteristic for magma mixing processes.
The field has erupted andesite.
The island is the top of an andesite stratovolcano which rises from the seafloor.
These falls are characterized by its trachyte andesite rocks.
Red quartzite deposits and grey andesite lava intrusions are also present.
The shield is mostly made of andesite.
The mountain is mostly made up of andesite and the summit is relatively flat.
They are mostly different kinds of andesite.
This stage erupted andesite and dacite in the form of three distinct suites.
This possibly points to a new mechanism to generate andesite crust.
It consists mainly of andesite and basaltic andesite but basalt and dacite are also present.
Its rocks are basaltic andesite.
Tuff and andesite lava flows resulting from volcanic eruptions is found interbedded in sedimentary rocks.
