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Hornfels vs Basalt - What's the difference?

hornfels | basalt |

As nouns the difference between hornfels and basalt

is that hornfels is any of a series of contact metamorphic rocks that have been baked and indurated by the heat of intrusive igneous masses and rendered massive, hard, splintery, and in some cases exceedingly tough and durable while basalt is basalt.

hornfels

English

Noun

(wikipedia hornfels)
  • Any of a series of contact metamorphic rocks that have been baked and indurated by the heat of intrusive igneous masses and rendered massive, hard, splintery, and in some cases exceedingly tough and durable.

    • basalt

    English

    (wikipedia basalt)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mineral) A hard mafic igneous rock of varied mineral content; volcanic in origin, it makes up much of the Earth's oceanic crust.
  • A type of unglazed pottery.

    • Derived terms

    * basaltic

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