basalt
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They are clad variously in red porphyry, black basalt, gray granite and yellowish sandstone from nearby Montjuïc, with emblems symbolizing the four evangelists, the 12 apostles and an assortment of Catholic saints and geographic regions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Instead of granite-like material, the data point to a surface made of basalt or mantle-like rock, similar to volcanic material found on Earth or the Moon.
From Science Daily ● May 5, 2026
The 129-foot waterfall — a wide curtain of white water cascading from a basalt cliff face — generates its own rainbow and once was dubbed the “Eighth Wonder of the World” by President Theodore Roosevelt.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026
When the carbon meets other elements found in the basalt, a reaction kicks off and it solidifies, locking it away as carbonate minerals.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2024
It was a dark gray basalt, and she used to hold it to her forehead, and it would immediately make her feel better: two and a half million years, right there against her skin.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
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