DACITE

Amethyst Galleries'
Mineral Gallery
MINERALS

IGNEOUS: ANDESITE; ANORTHOSITE; BASALT; CARBONATITE; DACITE; DIORITE; DUNITE; GABBRO; GRANITE; KIMBERLITE; KOMATIITE; LAMPROPHYRES; MONZONITE; OBSIDIAN; PEGMATITE; PERIDOTITE; PUMICE; PYROXENITE; RHYOLITE; SCORIA; SYENITE
METAMORPHIC: GNEISS; MARBLE; QUARTZITE; PHYLLITE; SCHIST; SERPENTINITE; SLATE; SOAPSTONE
SEDIMENTARY: ANHYDRITE; BANDED IRON FORMATION; BRECCIA; CHALK; CHERT; CLAYSTONE; COAL; CONGLOMERATE; COQUINA; DOLOMITE; GEODES; GYPSUM; HALITE; LIMESTONE; MUDSTONE; PHOSPHORITE; SANDSTONE; SHALE; SILTSTONE; TILLITE
UNCONSOLIDATED SEDIMENTS: ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS; LAHARS; MORAINES; PEAT; SANDS; SOILS; TEPHRA; TILLS; ORES; MINING TALUS PILES
PRIMORDIAL: COMETS; ASTEROIDS; METEORITES; CHONDRITES; CHONDRULES; CAI's; PRESOLAR GRAINS; METEORIC MINERALS

See Steve's video interview about asteroid capture at Moonandback: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
See Steve's blog Ramblings On The Future Of Humanity (recent post) A Project Plan for Space Based Solar Power