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Type of volcanic rock
Basanite (/ˈbæs.əˌnaɪt/) is an igneous, volcanic (extrusive) rock with aphanitic to porphyritic texture. It is composed mostly of feldspathoids, pyroxenes
Basanite
Chalcedony variety colored by iron oxide
border with Kazakhstan, is noted for its colossal, open-cast copper mine.) Basanite is a deep velvety-black variety of amorphous quartz, of a slightly tougher
Jasper
Cluster of mountain ranges in New Mexico
increasingly alkaline in composition, and include the 25-26 Ma Cieneguilla basanite. This is a small-volume extrusive unit exposed around the village of La
Ortiz_porphyry_belt
Igneous, volcanic rock
The absence of olivine distinguishes them from the otherwise similar basanite. Its parameters are defined in the QAPF diagram. Occurrences include leucite
Tephrite
Active volcano in Cameroon near the Gulf of Guinea
(660 ft) of the sea.[citation needed] Mount Cameroon erupts predominantly basanite and alkali basalt, with small amounts of hawaiite, mugearite and camptonite
Mount_Cameroon
Mountain in Tanzania, highest in Africa
000 years ago and erupted picrobasalts, trachybasalts, ankaramites, and basanites. They reach as far as Lake Chala and Taveta in the southeast and the Lengurumani
Mount_Kilimanjaro
Mravenčák (left) and Černý vrch, two tephrite-basanite kuppen on the northern edge of the Doupov Mountains opposite Klášterec nad Ohří
Eger_Graben
Ultramafic and ultrabasic rock from Earth's mantle which is made of the mineral olivine
Small volcanic bomb of (black) basanite with (green) dunite
Dunite
Magnesium- and iron-rich extrusive igneous rock
basaltes, a misspelling of Latin basanites "very hard stone", which was imported from Ancient Greek βασανίτης (basanites), from βάσανος (basanos, "touchstone")
Basalt
Volcano on Ross Island, Antarctica
undifferentiated and nonviscous basanite lavas that form the low broad platform shield of Erebus. Slightly younger basanite and phonotephrite lavas crop
Mount_Erebus
Group of islands in the South Atlantic
and is classified as extinct. The volcanic rocks range from ankaramitic basanite through tephrite to phonolite and some have ultra-potassic compositions
Tristan_da_Cunha
Roman empress from 27 BC to AD 14
Sculpture of Livia in Egyptian basanite, c. 31 BC, Louvre, Paris
Livia
Shield volcano in Veracruz, Mexico
volcanic field in Veracruz, Mexico. Lavas from San Martin vary between basanite and alkali basalt. Locally the volcano is also known as Tiltépetl (Black
San_Martin_Tuxtla
Mountain in Ecuador
Andean volcanoes because of its lack of andesitic composition, in favour of basanite and phonolitic rock. Sumaco is heavily forested and contains a small cone
Sumaco
Mountain in Alaska, United States
are composed primarily of alkali olivine basalts, olivine tholeiite, and basanite. "Kookooligit Mountains". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution
Kookooligit_Mountains
Mountain in Poland
Neogene period, featuring distinctive hexagonal columnar jointing in its basanite rock. The hill is protected within the Ostrzyca Proboszczowicka nature
Ostrzyca_(hill)
Science that applies chemistry to analyze geological systems
Nepheline-porphyry Essexite and Theralite Ijolite and Missourite Effusive type or Lavas Phonolite, Leucitophyre Tephrite and Basanite Nepheline-basalt, Leucite-basalt
Geochemistry
Igneous rock composed of very small crystals invisible to the naked eye
and may contain also biotite, quartz, and orthoclase. Andesite Basalt Basanite Dacite Komatiite Picrite basalt Phonolite Rhyolite Trachyte Pegmatite Le
Aphanite
Mountain in central France
located in the eastern part of the volcanic massif of the Cantal. Formed of basanite, it is a remnant of a basaltic lake formed of solidified lava and is the
Plomb_du_Cantal
External territory of Australia
phonolitic. The Heard Island lava series includes basalts, trachybasalts, and basanites, while the McDonald Islands lava series is characterised by compounds
Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Heard_Island_and_McDonald_Islands
Volcanic plug near Stanley, Tasmania
a volcanic plug near the town of Stanley, Tasmania. It is formed from basanite dated to 12.5 and 8.5 million years old, the remains of the solidified
The_Nut_(Tasmania)
Shield volcano in Antarctica
is the most common rock on Mount Takahe, phonolite being less common. Basanite, hawaiite, and mugearite are uncommon, but the occurrence of benmoreite
Mount_Takahe
Aspect of Egyptian economy
intact in modern time. Typical materials known from this site are: Basalt Basanite Metagraywacke and metaconglomerate Qurna is located near Thebes. It was
Stone quarries of ancient Egypt
Stone_quarries_of_ancient_Egypt
Rock formed through the cooling and solidification of magma or lava
calculated for the rock based on its chemical composition. For example, basanite is distinguished from tephrite by having a high normative olivine content
Igneous_rock
Type of volcanic rock
volcanic rock type of mafic composition. It is a dark porphyritic variety of basanite containing abundant pyroxene and olivine phenocrysts. It contains minor
Ankaramite
Hot semifluid material found beneath the surface of Earth
hotspots. Their silica content can range from ultramafic (nephelinites, basanites and tephrites) to felsic (trachytes). They are more likely to be generated
Magma
Igneous rock made up almost entirely of nepheline and clinopyroxene
clinopyroxene (augite) and calcic plagioclase. Basalt, alkali basalt, basanite, tephritic nephelinite, and nephelinite differ partly in the relative proportions
Nephelinite
Igneous rock
ilmenite and analcime. Theralite is the intrusive equivalent of nepheline basanite, a foidal basalt with essential calic plagioclase and essential olivine
Theralite
Volcanic rock type
the 2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull. An origin by fractionation from basanite through nepheline hawaiite to nepheline benmoreite has been demonstrated
Benmoreite
rock type Shoshonite – Potassium-rich variety of basaltic trachyandesite Basanite – Type of volcanic rock Blairmorite – Rare porphyritic volcanic rock Boninite –
List_of_rock_types
Volcano on Brava Island, Cape Verde
lavas are highly alkaline and silica-undersaturated. They range from basanites and nephelinites in the submarine stage to dominantly phonolites. Later
Brava_(volcano)
Landform in Graham County, Arizona
covering approximately 50 km2 or less of volcanic cones and lava flows. The basanite to hawaiite basaltic flows contain xenoliths of peridotite. The Peridot
San_Carlos_volcanic_field
Naming system for volcanic rocks
and potassic variants are benmoreite and latite. Pc (Picrobasalt) U1 (Basanite or tephrite)—Use normative mineralogy to decide. U2 (Phonotephrite) U3
TAS_classification
Mountain in the American state of Utah
type(s) Volcanic field and cinder cones Rock type Trachybasalt / Tephrite Basanite Andesite / Basaltic andesite Last eruption 27,000 years ago Climbing Easiest
Santa_Clara_Volcano
Mountain range in the Sahara
that extend tens of kilometers and stack up to 300 m (1,000 ft) thick. Basanite and andesite are also found in the volcanic layer. More recently in geologic
Tibesti_Mountains
Cinder cone in British Columbia, Canada
compossing these volcanoes are alkali basalts and hawaiites, but nephelinite, basanite and peralkaline phonolite, trachyte and comendite are locally abundant
Tseax_Cone
of airfall and pyroclastic surge deposits. The Okete Volcanics include basanites, alkali olivine basalts, hawaiites, and lavas with ultramafic xenoliths
Geology of the Auckland Region
Geology_of_the_Auckland_Region
Volcanic field in Darfur, Sudan
contains a small lake. The volcanic field has erupted rocks ranging from basanite to trachyte and rises from a tectonic uplift known as the Darfur dome.
Meidob_volcanic_field
Stratovolcano in the San Mateo Mountains, North America
(mafic) lava (with 80% by volume), most of which is trachybasalt. Basalt and basanite are present in much smaller amounts. The field straddles the extensional
Mount_Taylor_(New_Mexico)
Mountain peak in Cape Verde
some hotels were rebuilt and open for travelers. Pico do Fogo consists of basanite, tephrite, phonotephrite, clinopyroxene, amphibole, magnetite, olivine
Pico_do_Fogo
Extinct volcanic area in South Island, New Zealand
eruptive centres, are known, and these are mainly of small volume alkaline basanite eruptives. The Dunedin volcanic group shows continued evidence of a magma
Dunedin_volcanic_group
Volcanic field in New Mexico
silica-poor (mafic) lavas ranging from low-alkali tholeiitic basalt to basanites and other alkaline magmas. The more recent eruptions are increasingly
Lucero_volcanic_field
Geology of a Spanish archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean
typical of oceanic islands. The volcanic rocks include alkali basalts, basanites, phonolites, trachytes, nephelinites, trachyandesites, tephrites and rhyolites
Geology_of_the_Canary_Islands
Molten rock expelled by a volcano during an eruption
hotspots. Their silica content can range from ultramafic (nephelinites, basanites and tephrites) to felsic (trachytes). They are more likely to be generated
Lava
Lava field in British Columbia, Canada
up these volcanoes are alkali basalts and hawaiites, but nephelinite, basanite and peralkaline phonolite, trachyte and comendite are locally abundant
Snowshoe_Lava_Field
Uncommon extrusive rock
Carroll, M. R.; Palmer, M. R.; Marti, J.; Sparks, R. S. J. (May 1998). "Basanite-Phonolite Lineages of the Teide-Pico Viejo Volcanic Complex, Tenerife,
Phonolite
Volcanic belt in South America
American plate. Eruption products consist chiefly of alkaline basalt and basanite. Volcanism in the Austral Volcanic Zone is less vigorous than in the Southern
Andean_Volcanic_Belt
African volcanic field
developed on a basement formed by Mesozoic limestones. The field has erupted basanite and phonolite with a total volume of about 350 cubic kilometres (84 cu mi)
Gharyan_volcanic_field
System of faults on southeastern Bathurst Island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago
consisting mainly of nephelinites or larnite-normative nephelinites and basanites along with lesser olivine melilite nephelinites, phonolites and tholeiitic
Southeast_Bathurst_Fault_Zone
to Quaternary volcanic activity was represented by alkaline basalts to basanites. A swarm of andesite dikes is also documented in the Pieniny Klippen Belt
Geology_of_Slovakia
National park in China
Tuff, diatomite, shale, mudstone Other Basalt, phosphorite, oil shale, basanite Location Region Shandong Country China Type section Named for Shanwang
Shanwang National Geological Park
Shanwang_National_Geological_Park
Dormant volcano on the northern coast of Java
and tuff of the Ujungwatu Formation. Below this layer is basanite–tephrite at Genuk and basanite–tephrite–phonolite at Patiayam. The volcanic chemistry
Mount_Muria
essential plagioclase feldspar are known as leucite tephrites and leucite basanites. The former consist mainly of plagioclase, leucite and augite, while the
Leucitite
Type of igneous rock
Alkali basalt Picrite basalt Basaltic trachyandesite Mugearite Shoshonite Basanite Blairmorite Boninite Carbonatite Charnockite Enderbite Dacite Diabase Diorite
Teschenite
Volcano on Heard Island
thousand years and 23.9 ± 2.1 thousand years respectively. Compounds of basanite, basalt, and trachybasalt make up the majority of the volcano's exposed
Mawson_Peak
situated in the Hassberge Zeilberg ( 463 m, 16 million years old, nepheline-basanite) — situated in Itz-Baunach-Hügelland Straufhain ( 449 m ) - situated in
Heldburger_Gangschar
Mountain in Cape Verde
Coordinates 14°59′20″N 23°31′44″W / 14.989°N 23.529°W / 14.989; -23.529 Geography Location southern Santiago Geology Rock type(s) basalt, basanite
Monte_das_Vacas
Area defining a rock type or formation
from Burg Stolpen in Germany, using the term basaltes, a misspelling of basanites, meaning "very hard stone". In another case, the word granite, which is
Type_locality_(geology)
Geologic province in the Pacific Northwest of North America
include nephelinite, basanite and peralkaline phonolite, trachyte, and comendite lavas. The most magnesium oxide-rich nephelinites, basanites and alkaline basalts
Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province
Northern_Cordilleran_Volcanic_Province
Mountain range in Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic
volcanic rocks making up these outcrops are of mafic chemistry and include basanite and represent episodes of volcanism in the Oligocene and Miocene periods
Sudetes
Volcanic field in Mongolia
Pliocene layers. Potassic basanite and limburgite are found in the Pleistocene layers. Holocene layers contain augitite, leucite basanite, potassic hawaiite
Taryatu-Chulutu
Mountain range & natural park in Cape Verde
67222 Geography Serra Malagueta northern Santiago Geology Rock age(s) Miocene and Pliocene Rock type(s) basalt, basanite Climbing Easiest route dirt road
Serra_Malagueta
Volcanic complex in British Columbia, Canada
up these volcanoes are alkali basalts and hawaiites, but nephelinite, basanite and peralkaline phonolite, trachyte and comendite are locally abundant
Mount_Edziza_volcanic_complex
Series of alkaline magmas produced by igneous differentiation
picrite basalt or an ankaramite. This evolves to an alkali olivine basalt or basanite. Thereafter the series branches to the sodic series, the potassic series
Alkaline_magma_series
chalk, sandstone and limestone) from the early Cretaceous. Basalt and basanite are both exposed from the Cretaceous in the north. Limestone, dolomite
Geology_of_Israel
State district in Pernambuco, Brazil
rocks are of variable, though mainly silica-undersaturated, character with basanite, nephelinite and phonolite among the lava types found. The main island
Fernando_de_Noronha
Cinder cone in British Columbia, Canada
up these volcanoes are alkali basalts and hawaiites, but nephelinite, basanite and peralkaline phonolite, trachyte and comendite are locally abundant
Williams_Cone
Mountain range in British Columbia, Canada
dissected volcanic edifice consists of a variety of rock types, including basanite, hawaiite, trachyte, rhyolite, phonolite and alkali olivine basalt. They
Itcha_Range
Cultural region in Southern Germany
the Triassic rocks are overlain and intruded by volcanic rock (basalts, basanites, phonolites and trachytes) of the Tertiary. The eastern third of Franconia
Franconia
One of the seven hills of Rome, Italy
This basanite statue of Agrippina the Younger as a priestess of the divine Claudius, 54–59 AD, was discovered on the Caelian Hill in 1885.
Caelian_Hill
million years ago. The volcano erupted a wide variety of lavas including basanite, hawaiite, phonolite, mugearite, benmoreite and trachyte, as well as small
Montiferru
Mountain in Germany
south. To the southeast, several lower knolls composed of nephelinite basanite are aligned and separated from one another by narrow saddles. "Karten und
Beckenberg
Place in Wasit, Iraq
composed of gypsum minerals with minor amounts of calcite, anhydrite, basanite and dolomite minerals. Scanning electron microscopy has shown that gypsum
Zurbatiyah
High pyroclastic shield volcano in the Sahara
erupted phonolite, trachyandesite and trachyte, as well as mafic rocks like basanite and tephrite. The erupted rocks define two alkaline suites. Phenocryst
Emi_Koussi
Volcano in West Antarctica
Phonolite is less common. Mafic rocks have been reported from flank vents, basanite and hawaiite from Mefford Knoll, benmoreite from the southeastern flank
Mount_Berlin
Volcanic field in Sudan
with most collected rocks belonging to an alkali basalt suite although basanite, melabasanite, hawaiite, and trachybasalt have been identified as well
Bayuda_volcanic_field
Shield volcano in Antarctica
volcano is formed by phonolite rocks, but parasitic vents have also erupted basanite and Whitney Peak also erupted trachyte and benmoreite. Hawaiite has been
Mount_Hampton
Volcanic field in Algeria
two form lava domes. The basalts are characterized by alkali basalts and basanite and form about 80% of all volcanic rocks in Atakor, with less important
Atakor_volcanic_field
Central Montreal is underlain by 119 to 117 million year old plutonic basanite, lamprophyre and camptonite while to the immediate southeast amphibole
Geology_of_Quebec
Volcano in Victoria Land, Antarctica
have allowed magma to ascend to the surface in the Mount Morning region. Basanite is the dominant rock of outcrops, with phonolite less common and picrobasalt
Mount_Morning
Mountain on Ross Island, Antarctica
phonolitic, one trachybasaltic, one trachytic, and two with a mixture of basanite, trachybasalt, phonolite, and trachyte glass shards. Immediately below
Mount_Terra_Nova
Volcanic field in Durango State, Mexico
caused a start of more alkaline volcanism. The volcanoes have erupted basanite. The main components of the rocks at La Breña-El Jagüey are clinopyroxene
Durango_volcanic_field
geologists have found a variety of different types including alkali-basalt, basanite and hawaiite. Madeira alternated between slow lava flows and violent eruptions
Geology_of_Madeira
Range of hills in central Scotland
Limestone Formation. The peaks of West Lomond and Green Hill are nepheline-basanite intrusions whilst East Lomond is a teschenite/olivine dolerite intrusion
Lomond_Hills
Cinder cone in British Columbia, Canada
up these volcanoes are alkali basalts and hawaiites, but nephelinite, basanite and peralkaline phonolite, trachyte and comendite are locally abundant
Coffee_Crater
Pre-Sangamonian Rock Record (Pdf) Atlantic Ocean Volcanism, OIBs, Tholeiites and Basanites Amity Region: Germuda Geology JSTOR: Quaternary Vegetation Change and
Geography_of_Bermuda
Underwater volcanic field north of Oahu, Hawaii
kilometres (9,700 sq mi) and consists of large expanses of alkali basalt, basanite and nephelinite that form extensive lava flows and volcanic cones. Some
North_Arch_volcanic_field
Cluster of volcanoes in Argentina and Chile
faults. The Pali-Aike volcanic field is mainly made up of alkali basalt and basanite, which form a sodium-rich alkaline suite; nephelinite has been reported
Pali-Aike_volcanic_field
Volcanic field in Inyo County, California
erupted basaltic rocks spanning a range of composition from alkali basalt to basanite, as well as one unit of silicic rocks. Phenocrysts include olivine, plagioclase
Big_Pine_volcanic_field
Island in the Bellingshausen Sea off Antarctica
range in age from the tephrites at Mount Pinafore (5.5–7.6 Ma), to the basanites at Rothschild Island (5.5 Ma) and Hornpipe Heights (2.5 Ma), to the alkali
Alexander_Island
basalts between older series of basanite and hawaiite, which are intruded by many, younger nephelinite and basanite basalt dikes. The older basalts contain
Geology of São Tomé and Príncipe
Geology_of_São_Tomé_and_Príncipe
basalt which contains clinopyroxene, olivine and plagioclase. Andesite and basanite have been reported as well. The rocks define numerous suites, both alkali
Seal_Nunataks
Two diatremes in Alaska
reclassified as alkaline ultramafic volcanics, hybrid alkaline ultramafic rocks, basanite or alkali olivine basalt. Due to extensive clay alteration that obliterated
Mountain_Lake_cluster
Volcanic field in San Bernardino County, California
erosional material and desert varnish. The field has erupted alkali basalt, basanite and hawaiite. Phenocrysts include clinopyroxene, olivine and plagioclase
Cima_volcanic_field
Cave
pyroclasts of varying sizes, dating from the Pleistocene era, made of basanite and nephelinite. It is on a steep slope (sloping angle > 45° in some places)
Four_Doors_cave_site,_Telde
Volcanoes in Antarctica
their slopes or along the coast. These vents have produced alkali basalt, basanite and hawaiite. Basalt occurs at all four volcanoes. Phonolite and trachyte
Crary_Mountains
Italian painter (1603–1673)
decorative work for Cardinal Flavio Chigi; painting flowers on mirrors and basanite columns. He also collaborated with other artists to paint flowers with
Mario_Nuzzi
Chain of volcanoes and related magmatic features in British Columbia, Canada
youngest basalts are undersaturated alkaline lavas and are classified as basanite, suggesting a deeper source zone for magma in the Nazko area compared to
Anahim_Volcanic_Belt
Geologic region in British Columbia and Yukon, Canada
the Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province. These include nephelinite, basanite and peralkaline phonolite, trachyte and comendite lavas. The trachyte and
Volcanic history of the Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province
Volcanic_history_of_the_Northern_Cordilleran_Volcanic_Province
Three groups of volcanic pipes in Canada
ultramafic rocks, hybrid alkaline ultramafic rocks, alkali olivine basalt and basanite; they are difficult to classify because of strong clay alteration that
Northern Alberta kimberlite province
Northern_Alberta_kimberlite_province
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Boy/Male
Anglo, British, Danish, Dutch, English, French, Latin, Swedish
Name of an Abbot; White; Blond; Fair One
Boy/Male
Arabic
Good Natured
Surname or Lastname
English (northern)
English (northern) : probably a variant spelling of Hoggett, a variant of Hockett and Hoggard.
Girl/Female
Afghan, Arabic, Australian, Muslim
Successful; Winner; Triumph; Victorious
Surname or Lastname
English
English : of uncertain origin; perhaps from an unidentified or lost place name, or an arbitrarily altered form of Whitley.
Girl/Female
Arabic, Hindu, Indian, Marathi, Muslim
Garden in Paradise
Boy/Male
Muslim
Abdul Rasheed | عبدول رشید
Servant of the rightly guided
Boy/Male
German
Wealthy.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Jain, Marathi
Lord Krishna; Beautiful Looking; Rose; Perfection
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English
Crowned with Laurels
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n.
Lydian stone, or black jasper, a variety of siliceous or flinty slate, of a grayish or bluish black color. It is employed to test the purity of gold, the amount of alloy being indicated by the color left on the stone when rubbed by the metal.
n.
Lydian stone; basanite; -- so called because used to test the purity of gold and silver by the streak which is left upon the stone when it is rubbed by the metal. See Basanite.