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basalt basalt Staffa: Boat Cave discrete particles of lunar soil (Top) Basalt and (bottom) breccia samples returned from the Moon by Apollo 15 astronauts in 1971.The dark basalt rock, collected near Hadley Rille on the edge of the Imbrium Basin (Mare Imbrium), is about 13 cm (5.1 inches) long and is representative of the mare lavas that filled the basin 3.3 billion years ago, several hundred million years after the impact that created Imbrium. Its numerous vesicles were formed from bubbles of gas present in the lava when it solidified.The breccia sample, which measures about 6 cm (2.4 inches) across, was found at Spur Crater at the foot of the Apennine range, part of the material pushed up by the Imbrium impact. Dating from the formation of Imbrium, it is composed of broken and shock-altered fragments fused together during the impact. Bowen's reaction series
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Basalt sample returned by Apollo 15, from near a long sinous lunar valley called Hadley Rille. Measured at 3.3 years old.
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Modified link of Web site: IOPscience - IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environm - Properties and Applications of Basalt Fiber and Its Composites (PDF). Oct 28, 2026
Add new Web site: IOPscience - IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environm - Properties and Applications of Basalt Fiber and Its Composites (PDF). Oct 28, 2026
Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Climate - Microscopic investigation of incipient basalt breakdown in soils: implications for selecting products for enhanced rock weathering. Jul 24, 2026
Add new Web site: IOPscience - IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environm - Properties and Applications of Basalt Fiber and Its Composites (PDF). Dec 20, 2025
Add new Web site: White Rose Research Online - Effects of mineralogy, chemistry and physical properties of basalts on carbon capture potential and plant-nutrient element release via enhanced weathering (PDF). Jul 11, 2025
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Reactivity and Dissolution Characteristics of Naturally Altered Basalt in CO2-Rich Brine: Implications for CO2 Mineralization. May 30, 2025
Add new Web site: Pennsylvania State University - CiteSeerX - Basalt Fibres as Reinforcement for Composites (PDF). Apr 17, 2025
Add new Web site: International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences - Strength and Durability Properties of Basalt Fibre Reinforced Concrete (PDF). Feb 12, 2025
Add new Web site: The University of Chicago Press Journals - Some Inclusions in Basalts (PDF). Jan 24, 2025
Add new Web site: IOPscience - IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering - Characterization and utilization potential of basalt rock from East-Lampung district. Sep 27, 2024
Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Climate - Microscopic investigation of incipient basalt breakdown in soils: implications for selecting products for enhanced rock weathering. Aug 16, 2024
Add new Web site: University in St. Louis - Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences - Some Meteorite Information - Basalt. May 24, 2024
Add new Web site: Mindat.org - Basalt. Apr 12, 2024
Add new Web site: CORE - Effects of mineralogy, chemistry and physical properties of basalts on carbon capture potential and plant-nutrient element release via enhanced weathering. Feb 02, 2024
Add new Web site: Nature - Can we identify source lithology of basalt? Dec 16, 2023
Add new Web site: NASA - What is BASALT? Sep 08, 2023
Add new Web site: Michigan Technological University - Department of Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences - Basalt. May 05, 2023
Corrected display issue. Feb 08, 2019
Add new Web site: Quatr.us - What is Basalt? Dec 20, 2016
Add new Web site: Geology.com - Basalt. Jan 04, 2013
Add new Web site: Science Kids - Fun Science and Technology for Kids - Rocks and Minerals. Jan 04, 2013
References to calc-alkali basalts changed to tholeiitic basalts. Mar 09, 2011
Geologic time data updated. Sep 01, 2009
Media added. Aug 19, 2008
Article revised and updated. Nov 10, 2006
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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