basalt

Other forms: basalts

Definitions of basalt
  1. noun
    the commonest type of solidified lava; a dense dark grey fine-grained igneous rock that is composed chiefly of plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene
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    type of:
    volcanic rock
    extrusive igneous rock solidified near or on the surface of the Earth
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