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Basalt is a common extrusive igneous rock formed by the rapid cooling of basaltic lava exposed at or very near the surface of Earth
From Late Latin Basaltes (variant of basanites ), very hard stone, which was imported from Ancient Greek Basanites
Durable Rock, Medium Hardness Rock
Fine Grained Rock, Opaque Rock
Glassy, Massive, Porphyritic, Scoriaceous, Vesicular
Black, Brown, Light to Dark Grey
Floor Tiles, Homes, Hotels, Kitchens
As Building Stone, Paving Stone, Garden Decoration, Office Buildings
Arrowheads, As Dimension Stone, Cobblestones, Cutting Tool, Rail Track Ballast, Roadstone
An Oil and Gas Reservoir, Commemorative Tablets, Creating Artwork, Used in aquariums
Alkaline Basalt, Boninite, High Alumina Basalt, Mid Ocean Ridge Basalt (MORB), Tholeiitic Basalt, Basaltic trachyandesite, Mugearite and Shoshonite
Has High structural resistance against erosion and climate, Very fine grained rock
Easter Island in the Polynesian Triangle, Pacific Ocean, Gateway of India in Mumbai, India, Gol Gumbaz in Karnataka, India
Basalt forms when lava reaches the Earth's surface near an active volcano. The temperature of lava is between 1100 to 1250° C when it gets to the surface.
Olivine, Plagioclase, Pyroxene
Aluminium Oxide, CaO, Iron(III) Oxide, FeO, Potassium Oxide, MgO, MnO, Sodium Oxide, Phosphorus Pentoxide, Silicon Dioxide, Titanium Dioxide
Heat Resistant, Pressure Resistant, Wear Resistant
Rhomb-porphyry is a porphyritic igneous rock with abundant wedge or lens shaped anorthoclase or feldspar phenocrysts
From Latin term that means purple
Durable Rock, Medium Hardness Rock
Fine Grained Rock, Opaque Rock
Black, Brown, Green, Grey, Pink, White
Decorative Aggregates, Homes, Interior Decoration
As Building Stone, As Facing Stone, Paving Stone, Garden Decoration, Office Buildings
As a Flux in the Production of Steel and Pig Iron, As a Sintering Agent in Steel Industry to process Iron Ore, As Dimension Stone, Cement Manufacture, for Road Aggregate, Making natural cement, Manufacture of Magnesium and Dolomite Refractories
Artifacts, Monuments, Sculpture, Small Figurines
An Oil and Gas Reservoir, As a Feed Additive for Livestock, Metallurgical Flux, Soil Conditioner, Source of Magnesia (MgO)
Rhomb-porphyry is a fine-grained, hard rock which is a type of metasomatite, essentially altered basalt. It forms with or without crystallization, either below the surface as intrusive rocks or on the surface as extrusive rocks.
Alkali feldspar, Biotite, Plagioclase, Pyroxene
Biological Weathering, Chemical Weathering, Mechanical Weathering
Chemical Erosion, Coastal Erosion, Glacier Erosion, Water Erosion
Heat Resistant, Pressure Resistant