Mineral and Rock Guide booked - City College of San Francisco
Know Morewith fingernail Non Hornfels Basalt/gabbro, mudstone C All Sugary or microcrystalline, , Smooth -- Harder than fingernail (not talc or soapstone) Parent rock: Mantle rock (Peridotite) Setting: High grade H , Mineral and Rock Guide_bookedpmd ....
Basalt - Wikipedia
Know MoreBasalt (US: / b ə ˈ s ɔː l t, ˈ b eɪ s ɒ l t /, UK: / ˈ b æ s ɔː l t, ˈ b æ s əl t /) is a mafic extrusive igneous rock formed from the rapid cooling of magnesium-rich and iron-rich lava exposed at or very near the surface of a terrestrial planet or a moon More than 90% of all volcanic rock on Earth is basalt...