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rhyodacite (countable and uncountable, plural rhyodacites)
- (geology) An extrusive volcanic rock intermediate in composition between dacite and rhyolite
2016 February 18, “Three Millennia of Southwestern North American Dustiness and Future Implications”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:Vent facies on the north and eastern sides of Fish Lake are mostly flows and breccias of andesite and rhyodacite.