basalt

Example Sentences

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Then he shouldered his quiver and bow, and scrabbled in the wreckage for his small black basalt axe.

From Literature

The researchers examined the chemistry of Mare basalts, a type of volcanic rock found on the Moon.

From Science Daily

BOISE, Idaho—Each afternoon at around 4:30, the earth here shakes from a series of controlled explosions, as engineers blast through basalt bedrock to flatten out the ground underneath a gigantic new semiconductor factory.

From The Wall Street Journal

The worst affected are the basalt columns that make up The Loom – 10 ft high leaning towers of rock.

From BBC

“This is a fresh basalt here,” says Dr Voight, showing me a lump of black rock taken from a recent volcanic eruption, and riddled with tiny holes.

From BBC