basalt

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The Ramappa temple, located in Telangana state's Mulugu district, recently made it to Unesco's list of World Heritage sites - largely owing to its intricate sandstone and basalt sculptures that have stood the test of time.

From BBC

As we cruise by basalt cliffs, Morfin lets slip that she’s giving a lecture that night, on a nearby cruise ship, on the “Nez Perce Perspective on the Lewis and Clark Expedition.”

From Washington Post

Polished yet pockmarked, this charcoal black sphere of basalt is accentuated by the white remains of coral somehow melded to part of its surface.

From Washington Post

Featuring alpine granite, towering basalt columns and gargantuan boulders, Washington offers no shortage of varied rock-climbing terrain.

From Seattle Times

And some of the oldest known rocks on Earth, 3-billion-year-old formations in Australia and Greenland, are pillow basalts, bulbous rocks that only form as magma cools underwater.

From Science Magazine