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• n  the commonest type of solidified lava; a dense dark grey fine-grained igneous rock that is composed chiefly of plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene

• There were few faults or fissures; most of the rock was epidosite and greenstone, a local name for a Precambrian basalt that had metamorphosed into an extremely dense formation.
• Guests are welcomed with a glass of champagne, perhaps followed by a basalt-stone massage, a water-bed exfoliating treatment or a marine-mud pack.
• The basalt cliffs in Fukui prefecture, north of Kyoto on the western coast of Japan, are a well-known site for suicide in a country with one of the highest suicide rates in the .

News & Articles

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• Mark Kittle fills opening on Basalt Town Council
  Scott Condon/The Aspen Times Mark Kittle is sworn in Tuesday as a Basalt Town Councilman. He was appointed to fill out a term after Anne Freedman resigned.
  June 12, 2013 - The Aspen Times
• Eagle County commish candidates visit Basalt
  Five applicants for an Eagle County commissioner seat will be interviewed in Basalt on Wednesday in a process open to public observation.
  June 10, 2013 - The Aspen Times
• Editorial: Basalt leadership failed in Roderick O’Connor ordeal
  Basalt taxpayers paid a steep price for a lack of leadership in Town Hall over the Roderick O’Connor ordeal.
  June 7, 2013 - The Aspen Times

Quotes

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• Steve Squyres in Xinhua
  When basalt erupts, it often does so as very fluid lava, rather than erupting explosively,said Steve Squyres, the principal investigator for the rovers' science instruments. "One way for basaltic lava to cause an explosion is for it to...