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basalt

[buh-sawlt, bas-awlt, bey-sawlt] / bəˈsɔlt, ˈbæs ɔlt, ˈbeɪ sɔlt /
NOUN
lava
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She was also chairwoman of the Aspen Institute, a think tank, from 1996 to 2000, and later ran an art gallery near her home in Basalt, Colo.

From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2023

In 2007, Ms. Korologos purchased an art gallery in Basalt, Colo., that features contemporary Western art and artists influenced by the American West.

From Washington Post • Jan. 31, 2023

Their existing contaminated wells are above a different aquifer system, known as the Columbia River Basalt Group formations.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 5, 2021

Now, Fu and his colleagues have applied the technique to other rocks from Western Australia—its 3.2-billion-year-old Honeyeater Basalt.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 22, 2020

Other kinds are Felspar porphyry from Eskdale, in Cumberland, Andesite from Borrowdale, Granophyr from Ennerdale and Buttermere, Quartz, Basalt, and several more from the crystalline formations in the Lake district. 

From Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter by Walter, James Conway




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