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 a slightly lighter colour than the iconic hexagonal black basalt at the point of the 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
An enormous basalt cascading fountain engineered to appear like the rippling surface of water echoes the constantly moving tides and chop of nearby Elliott Bay.
From Seattle Times • May 25, 2024
Under pale blue skies, he drove along the base of high, sheer basalt cliffs.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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