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Basalt Common

Basalt has 3 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Proper Noun

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Noun
1

the commonest type of solidified lava; a dense dark grey fine-grained igneous rock that is composed chiefly of plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene

2

A hard mafic igneous rock of varied mineral content; volcanic in origin, which makes up much of the Earth's oceanic crust.