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1. Basalt

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   Basalt is a dark, fine-grained volcanic rock that constitutes the overwhelming majority of Earth's oceanic crust and a significant portion of continental flood basalts. It forms from the rapid cooling and crystallization of low-viscosity, mafic lava erupted from fissures or volcanoes [1]. Due to its abundance, basalt plays a crucial, if sometimes undervalued, role in global geological and [administrative infrastructures](/entries…