Description: Dacite with almandine xenoliths El Hoyazo, Níjar, Almería, Andalusia, Spain 8x6 cm. Calcoalcaline-potassic magma ascended trhough Carboneras fault and pulle out garnets from gneisses and schists of basement, which were finally added to the solid rock as xenoliths.

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