Basalt(Igneous Rocks)

Basalt(Igneous Rocks)

1. How it's Formed?

   • Is formed when hot molten magma or lava cools down and solidifies.

2. Example:An example of Basalt would be the Giant's Causeway in Antrim.

3. Basalt is an extrusive rock.

4. The word basalt comes from a Latin word meaning very hard stone

5. The island of "Hawaii", is between 300,000 and 600.000 years old and began as an eruption on the floor of the Pacific Ocean. The cone grew following many eruptions and layer after layer of basalt flows.

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