Basalt,

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Basalt \Ba*salt"\, n. [L. basaltes (an African word), a dark and
     hard species of marble found in Ethiopia: cf. F. basalte.]
     1. (Geol.) A rock of igneous origin, consisting of augite and
        triclinic feldspar, with grains of magnetic or titanic
        iron, and also bottle-green particles of olivine
        frequently disseminated.


        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: It is usually of a greenish black color, or of some
           dull brown shade, or black. It constitutes immense beds
           in some regions, and also occurs in veins or dikes
           cutting through other rocks. It has often a prismatic
           structure as at the Giant's Causeway, in Ireland, where
           the columns are as regular as if the work of art. It is
           a very tough and heavy rock, and is one of the best
           materials for macadamizing roads.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     2. An imitation, in pottery, of natural basalt; a kind of
        black porcelain.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  basalt
       n : the commonest type of solidified lava; a dense dark gray
           fine-grained igneous rock composed chiefly of
           calcium-rich plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  40 Moby Thesaurus words for "basalt":
     aa, abyssal rock, bedrock, block lava, brash, breccia,
     conglomerate, crag, druid stone, festooned pahoehoe, gneiss,
     granite, igneous rock, lava, limestone, living rock, magma,
     mantlerock, metamorphic rock, monolith, pahoehoe, pillow lava,
     porphyry, pudding stone, regolith, rock, ropy lava, rubble,
     rubblestone, sandstone, sarsen, schist, scoria, scree,
     sedimentary rock, shelly pahoehoe, stone, talus, tufa, tuff
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Basalt, CO (town, FIPS 4935)
    Location: 39.36673 N, 107.02697 W
    Population (1990): 1128 (507 housing units)
    Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 81621
  Basalt, ID (city, FIPS 5230)
    Location: 43.31436 N, 112.16515 W
    Population (1990): 407 (128 housing units)
    Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Basalt, CO -- U.S. town in Colorado
     Population (2000):    2681
     Housing Units (2000): 1218
     Land area (2000):     1.922180 sq. miles (4.978423 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.018520 sq. miles (0.047967 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    1.940700 sq. miles (5.026390 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            04935
     Located within:       Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
     Location:             39.368382 N, 107.038263 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     81621
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Basalt, CO
      Basalt
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Basalt, ID -- U.S. city in Idaho
     Population (2000):    419
     Housing Units (2000): 133
     Land area (2000):     0.287416 sq. miles (0.744405 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.287416 sq. miles (0.744405 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            05230
     Located within:       Idaho (ID), FIPS 16
     Location:             43.314270 N, 112.163571 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):    
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Basalt, ID
      Basalt