The Giant's Causeway is made up of 40, 000 black basalt columns protruding from the sea.
It looked like just another dull piece of basalt, so much of which litters the Martian surface.
Restored in recent years, rustic interiors are typically Canarian with wood and basalt surfaces.
The sand is very probably just the product of weathered basalt, the ubiquitous volcanic rock on Mars' surface.
Pioneer's highly successful basalt rock speaker technology introduced in 2008 is integrated into its popular line of TS-A series speakers .
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The seven two-tonne basalt stones once belonged to Rathmore Golf Club in Portrush, home course of US Open winner and Ryder Cup hero Graeme McDowell.
"Most exciting is the basalt signature in the layered cliffs, " said Professor Phil Christensen, of Arizona State University, Tempe, US, and lead scientist for the Mini-Tes.
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VelociRFTA is being designed to be a convenient commuting option for the many thousands of workers who live down valley in the communities of Basalt, El Jebel, Carbondale, and Glenwood Springs.
In India, which was then an island continent like Australia is today (it did not collide with Asia until 50m years ago), huge eruptions created fields of basalt called the Deccan Traps.
The slim subwoofers, available in the 10- and 12-inch and 2- and 4-Ohm versions, get the rock treatment as well, utilizing basalt fibers to increase rigidity to its proprietary Air Suspension cones.
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Japanese researchers say the basalt in NWA 011 suggests the body from which it did originate had a core of molten iron with an outer covering of silicon and aluminium that formed a basaltic crust.
The Geopark highlights the geological values of the region which testify to a rich geodiversity of sharp cliffs and hot springs, volcanoes and basalt columns set against a diverse geological and morphological mosaic of different formations.
Chef and owner Johnny Hernandez addresses me through the steam rising from arrachera en salsa de tomatillo, a central Mexican speciality cooked and served in a molcajete - a mortar hewn from volcanic basalt whose design dates back to Mesoamerican times.
Marco notes that the nearest basalt outcrop was a few hundred meters from the site, and that the stones, which were three to six feet (one to two meters) in width, would have weighed over 200 pounds (90 kilograms) at times.
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