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ba·salt B0096200 (bə-sôlt′, bā′sôlt′)n.1. A hard, dense, dark igneous rock composed chiefly of plagioclase feldspar, pyroxene, and olivine, and often having a glassy appearance.2. A kind of hard unglazed pottery.
[From New Latin basaltēn, a misreading (in manuscripts of Pliny) of Latin basanītēn, accusative of basanītēs, a word Pliny uses of several kinds of rock, including a hard ironlike rock that the Egyptians obtained in Ethiopia, from Greek basanītēs (lithos), touchstone : basanos, touchstone (ultimately (perhaps via Lydian) from Egyptian bḫn, graywacke) + -ītēs, adjectival suffix.]
ba·sal′tic (-sôl′tĭk) adj.Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | basaltic - of or relating to or containing basalt; "basaltic magma is fluid" |
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