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Basalt vs Picrite - What's the difference?

basalt | picrite |

As nouns the difference between basalt and picrite

is that basalt is basalt while picrite is (mineralogy) a variety of high-magnesium olivine basalt.

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

    Anagrams

    * ----

    picrite

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia picrite)
  • (mineralogy) A variety of high-magnesium olivine basalt.

    • Synonyms

    * picrobasalt

    Hyponyms

    * oceanite