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The commonest type of solidified lava; a dense dark grey fine-grained igneous rock that is composed chiefly of plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene WordNet 3.0

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The commonest type of solidified lava; a dense dark grey fine-grained igneous rock that is composed chiefly of plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Basalt is an aphanitic extrusive igneous rock formed from the rapid cooling of low-viscosity lava rich in magnesium and iron exposed at or very near the surface of a rocky planet or moon. Wikipedia

Common igneous rock. Wikipedia Disambiguation

Mafic igneous rock Wikidata

A dense black or grey igneous rock. OmegaWiki

A hard mafic igneous rock of varied mineral content; volcanic in origin, which makes up much of the Earth's oceanic crust. Wiktionary

Hard rock. Wiktionary (translation)

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