Andros Island is an archipelago within the Bahamas, the largest of the 26 inhabited Bahamian Islands.
Basalt (pronounced /bÉËsÉËlt/, /ËbÃ¦sÉlt/, /ËbÃ¦sÉËlt/, or /ËbeÉªsÉËlt/) is a common extrusive igneous (volcanic) rock formed from the rapid cooling of basaltic lava exposed at or very near the surface of a planet or moon. Flood basalt describes the formation in a series of lava basalt flows.
Noun. 1. basalt-the commonest type of solidified lava; a dense dark grey fine-grained igneous rock that is composed chiefly of plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene. pyroxene-any of a group of crystalline silicate mineral common in igneous and metamorphic rocks.he dark, dense, igneous rock of a lava flow or minor intrusion, composed essentially of labradorite and pyroxene and often displaying a columnar structure. basaltÄs basanitÄs = basan(bÃ¡san) os(bhn) w) + -graywacke-Ä«tÄs ite ]. 1â¢baâ²sal, ticâ¢baâ²sal (-tine, -tÉªn) taÉªn. adj