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Basalt is lava that has cooled rapidly above the surface or underwater, causing it to be fine grained. It is usually gray or black and contains crystals.







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Some characteristics of basalt include its porous surface, that it comes from lava, and that it is classified as an igneous rock. Along with the Earth, it can also be found across the surface of the Moon as well.

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basalt is usually red in apperance and changes to green when it cools down is has rounded edges and a big willy

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Fine and mafic

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Fine grained and Mafic

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They are columnar and hexagonal.

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