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How Is Basalt Formed?

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    Basalt is a type of solidified lava. It is usually grey to black and fine-grained due to rapid cooling of lava at the surface of a planet.
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    Qweenbee  

    answered 6 months ago

      Basalt is a Igneous Rock, Igneous Rocks are formed by cooling lava (Magma), but only when the lava is Viscus (runny) because when lava cools, it turns into different type of rocks depending on the way it has cooled, basalt cooled slow because also the fast lava cools, the SMALLER the crystals are going to be.
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      Guest  

      answered 2 months ago

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