basalt

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BOISE, Idaho—Each afternoon at around 4:30, the earth here shakes from a series of controlled explosions, as engineers blast through basalt bedrock to flatten out the ground underneath a gigantic new semiconductor factory.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

They are coins, inserted into the tiny gaps between one of Northern Ireland's most famous and photographed natural resources, the basalt columns of the Giant's Causeway.

From BBC • May 27, 2025

One such approach, called enhanced rock weathering, involves spreading finely ground silicate rocks, like basalt, on the ground or the ocean, which absorb carbon dioxide from the air as they weather in the rain.

From Salon • Jul. 18, 2024

With limited time, most tourists simply stop at the signed parking lot for the wheelchair-accessible paved trail to Madison Creek Falls, where 100-foot falls rush down a basalt cliff.

From Seattle Times • May 22, 2024

They had a very long way to go still, but they flew without pause except for essential maintenance, and the commander, the Afric King Ogunwe, kept in twice-daily touch with the basalt fortress.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman