basalt

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Later, the path is ringed by a narrowing border of basalt rocks, representing horses the mob used to hem the Chinese in as they were marched out of town.

From Seattle Times

The byway’s 27 miles of snakelike curves follow the river, surrounded by gently sloping, tuft-covered hills that climb to stunning basalt columns.

From Seattle Times

Construction began in 1940, when the facility was carved into the basalt rock to shield the fuel from aerial strike, a move that proved prophetic when the Japanese attacked the base the following year.

From Washington Post

The other is a blocky basalt figure of the Aztec fire deity Xiuhtecuhtli, or “Turquoise Lord.”

From Los Angeles Times

Thrastarson, a geophysics graduate student at ETH Zürich, joined a throng of sightseers on a ridge of weathered basalt 2 kilometers from the summit, and watched as globs of lava leaped out of the caldera.

From Science Magazine