Basalt Synonyms

bə-sôlt', bā'sôlt'

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Synonyms for Basalt

rubblestone
Rubble; a loose collection of broken stones.
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pahoehoe
A form of lava flow of basaltic rock, usually dark-colored with a smooth or ropey surface. It is one of two chief forms of lava flow emitted from volcanoes of the Hawaiian type, the other form being aa.
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porphyry
(Geology) a hard igneous rock consisting of large crystals in a fine-grained matrix
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sarsen
One of several large masses of silicified sandstone or conglomerate found on or near the ground surface in England and Brittany and believed to be the erosional remains of a sedimentary bed deposited during the Tertiary Period. These masses were used by Neolithic peoples as monoliths.
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tufa
A soft, friable, and porous sedimentary rock consisting of calcium carbonate and formed by the evaporation of water, especially at the mouth of a hot spring or on a drying lakebed. It can also be precipitated by algae or bacteria.
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Words Related to Basalt

quartzite
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andesite
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rhyolite
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basaltic
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gneiss
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schist
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gabbro
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dolerite
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rhyolitic
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limestone
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mafic
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granitic
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breccia
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diorite
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granodiorite
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Basalt Sentence Examples

  • The soil, of decomposed basalt, is wonderfully fertile.

  • Such rocks as basalt, diorite and trachyte are comparatively rare.

  • Large areas are overlain with trachyte, basalt, obsidian, tuff and pumice.

  • In most cases the eruptions appear to be of Pliocene or later date, but in the extreme north some of the basalt seems to belong to the Miocene period.

  • It is formed of basalt, trachyte and phonolite, and the soil is very fertile.

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