1) Black pottery by Wedgwood 2) Black rock 3) Certain igneous rock 4) Certain volcanic rock 5) Colonial grievance 6) Common volcanic rock 7) Dark gray igneous rock 8) Dark igneous rock 9) Dark marble 10) Dark rock 11) Dark volcanic rock 12) Dark-colored volcanic rock 13) Dark, dense, igneous rock 14) Dense igneous rock
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• (n.) A rock of igneous origin, consisting of augite and triclinic feldspar, with grains of magnetic or titanic iron, and also bottle-green particles of olivine frequently disseminated. • (n.) An imitation, in pottery, of natural basalt; a kind of black porcelain.
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A dark, fine grained extrusive igneous rock, composed of feldspar and iron and magnesium rich minerals.
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A dark coloured dense rock, derived from volcanic sources. It has been used in the past to make stone axes and mace heads.
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1. <geology> A rock of igneous origin, consisting of augite and triclinic feldspar, with grains of magnetic or titanic iron, and also bottle-green particles of olivine frequently disseminated. ... It is usually of a greenish black colour, or of some dull brown shade, or black. It constitutes immense beds in some regions, and also occurs in ve...
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A fine-grained, dense, igneous rock, but unlike granites contains little or no quartz or feldspars. The colors of basalts are very dark green to black and often sold as granites.
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The dark, dense, aphanitic, extrusive rock that has a silica content of 40% to 50% and makes up most of the ocean floor. Basalt is the most abundant volcanic rock in the Earth's crust.
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A dark-colored fine-grained extrusive igneous rock composed largely of plagioclase feldspar and pyro
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A fine-grained basic volcanic rock, similar in composition to gabbros.
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a common type of fine-grained, volcanic rock, composed primarily of the minerals pyroxene and plagioclase.
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a dense black or grey igneous rock
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Ba·salt' noun [ Latin
basaltes (an African word), a dark and hard species of marble found in Ethiopia: confer French
basalte .]
1. (Geol.) A rock of igneous origin, consisting of augite and triclinic feldspar, with grains of magnetic or titanic iron, and also bottle-green pa...
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A dark colored, aphanitic (fine-grained) igneous rock composed of plagioclase (over 50%) and pyroxene. Olivine may or may not be present. Basalt and andesite represent 98% of all volcanic rocks.
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A common type of fine-grained, volcanic rock, composed primarily of the minerals pyroxene and plagioclase.
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A dark colored fine grained igneous rock formed from mafic magma.
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A fine-grained, dark, mafic igneous rock (~50% SiO2) composed largely of plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene; rough volcanic equivalent of gabbro.
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a fine-grained, sometimes glassy rock of volcanic origin; it makes up most of the ocean floor.
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A dense textured (aphanitic) igneous rock relatively high in iron and magnesia minerals and relatively low in silica, generally dark gray to black, and feldspathic. A general term in contradistinction to felsite, a light colored feldspathic and highly siliceous rock or similar texture and origin. The colors of basalts are very dark green to black a...
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See under soil type. Floor type Next to climate and grape variety, one of the most important factors influencing the quality of wine. The different soil types have developed over millions of years through physical and chemical weathering of rocks and through humification of organic matter. During physical weathering, natural forces such as win...
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a dark coloured igneous rock erupted from volcanoes and fissures on the Earth's surface. Flows of basalt cover 70% of the Earth's surface, and large areas of the surfaces of the other terrestrial planets, so it is a very important crustal rock. It is produced by the partial melting of rocks deep inside the Earth's mantle
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noun the commonest type of solidified lava; a dense dark grey fine-grained igneous rock that is composed chiefly of plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene
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Click images to enlargeCommonest volcanic igneous rock in the Solar System. Basalt is an extrusive rock, created by the outpouring of volcanic magma. The magma cools quickly, allowing only small crystals to form. Much of the surfaces of the terrestrial planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, as well as the Moon, are comp...
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A dense-textured (aphanitic), igneous rock relatively high in iron and magnesia minerals and relatively low in silica, generally dark grey to black, and feldspathic; a general term in contradistinction to felsite, a light-colored feldspathic and highly siliceous rock of similar texture and origin.
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A dark colored extrusive igneous rock composed chiefly of calcium plagioclase and pyroxene. Extrusive equivalent of gabbro, underlies the ocean basins and comprises oceanic crust.
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