basalt
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She was also chairwoman of the Aspen Institute, a think tank, from 1996 to 2000, and later ran an art gallery near her home in Basalt, Colo.
From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2023
In 2007, Ms. Korologos purchased an art gallery in Basalt, Colo., that features contemporary Western art and artists influenced by the American West.
From Washington Post • Jan. 31, 2023
Now, Fu and his colleagues have applied the technique to other rocks from Western Australia—its 3.2-billion-year-old Honeyeater Basalt.
From Science Magazine • Apr. 22, 2020
Forty-three-year-old Ricardo Parras-Membreno was arrested Friday after police say they saw him placing bottles in the Roaring Fork River in Basalt.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 20, 2018
Basalt and related rocks resist abrasion, and cement well.
From The Economic Aspect of Geology by Leith, C. K. (Charles Kenneth)
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