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.
(Chem.) Relating to a base; performing the office of a base in a salt. 2. (Min.) Said of crystalline rocks which contain a relatively low percentage of silica, as basalt. Basic salt. (Chem.) a salt formed from a base or hydroxide by the partial replacement of its hydrogen by a negative or acid element or radical.