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Basalt vs Syenite - What's the difference?

basalt | syenite |

As nouns the difference between basalt and syenite

is that basalt is a hard mafic igneous rock of varied mineral content; volcanic in origin, it makes up much of the Earth's oceanic crust while syenite is granite.

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

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    syenite

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia syenite)
  • (geology, obsolete) granite
  • (geology) An igneous rock composed of feldspar and hornblende