basanite
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of basanite
1745–55; < Latin basanītēs; see basalt
Example Sentences
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Or is he a kind of basanite for bunches, and do they come out on us at the sight of him?
From Friendship Village by Gale, Zona
The flows from Kibo include nepheline and leucite basanite lavas rich in soda felspars.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various
In the fourth, again, he was seen converting the ill-advised Battus into that stone that is called basanite; and in the fifth and last was his slaying, so cunningly achieved, of the many-eyed Argus.
From Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol 10 (of 10) Bronzino to Vasari, & General Index. by Vasari, Giorgio
But in a historical and scientific point of view, the whole country lying about the basanite roots of Snaefell is most interesting.
From Letters from High Latitudes by Dufferin, Lord
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