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  1. basanitenoun

    A basaltic extrusive rock, similar to chert

Wikipedia

  1. Basanite

    Basanite () is an igneous, volcanic (extrusive) rock with aphanitic to porphyritic texture. It is composed mostly of feldspathoids, pyroxenes, olivine, and plagioclase and forms from magma low in silica and enriched in alkali metal oxides that solidifies rapidly close to the Earth's surface.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Basanitenoun

    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

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  1. Basanite

    Basanite is an igneous, volcanic rock with aphanitic to porphyritic texture. The mineral assembly is usually abundant feldspathoids, plagioclase, and augite, together with olivine and lesser iron-titanium oxides such as ilmenite and magnetite-ulvospinel; minor alkali feldspar may be present, as illustrated by the position of the field for basanite in the QAPF diagram. Clinopyroxene and olivine are common as phenocrysts and in the matrix. The augite contains significantly greater titanium, aluminium and sodium than that in typical tholeiitic basalt. Quartz is absent, as are orthopyroxene and pigeonite. Chemically, basanites are low in silica and high in alkalis compared to basalt, which typically contains more SiO2, as evident on the diagram used for TAS classification. Nephelinite is yet richer in Na2O plus K2O compared to SiO2. Basanites occur both on continents and on ocean islands. For example, together with basalts, they are produced by hotspot volcanism in the Hawaiian and the Comoros Islands.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Basanite

    bas′an-īt, n. a kind of quartz serviceable for testing the purity of the precious metals by the marks made. [Gr. basanos, touchstone.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Basanite in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Basanite in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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