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[[Image:Andesite.jpg|thumb|300px|Close view of Andesite lava flow at Brokeoff Volcano, California]]'''Andesite''' is a gray to black volcanic rock with between about 52 and 63 weight percent [[silica]] (SiO2). Andesites contain crystals composed primarily of plagioclase feldspar and one or more of the minerals pyroxene (clinopyroxene and orthopyroxene) and lesser amounts of hornblende. At the lower end of the silica range, andesite lava may also contain olivine. Andesite magma commonly erupts from stratovolcanoes as thick lava flows, some reaching several km in length. Andesite magma can also generate strong explosive eruptions to form pyroclastic flows and surges and enormous eruption columns. Andesites erupt at temperatures between 900 and 1100° C.

[[Image:Andesite.jpg|thumb|300px|Close view of Andesite lava flow at Brokeoff Volcano, California]]

'''Andesite''' is a gray to black volcanic rock which is the main component of many [[volcano|volcanic]] peaks.<ref name="TnB">Snelling, 2005, p. 125</ref>

 

Andesite has between about 52 and 63 weight percent [[silica]] (SiO2). It contains [[crystal]]s composed primarily of plagioclase [[feldspar]] and one or more of the minerals pyroxene (clinopyroxene and orthopyroxene) and lesser amounts of [[hornblende]]. At the lower end of the silica range, andesite [[lava]] may also contain [[olivine]]. Andesite [[magma]] commonly erupts from stratovolcanoes as thick lava flows, some reaching several kilometres in length. Andesite magma can also generate strong explosive eruptions to form pyroclastic flows and surges and enormous eruption columns. Andesites erupt at temperatures between 900 and 1100° C.

 

== Sources ==

== Sources ==

[http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/Products/Pglossary/andesite.html USGS Photo Glossary]

* [http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/Products/Pglossary/andesite.html USGS Photo Glossary]

 

[[Category:Igneous rocks]]

[[Category:Igneous rocks]]