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Moorstone vs Basalt - What's the difference?

moorstone | basalt |

As nouns the difference between moorstone and basalt

is that moorstone is a species of english granite, used as a building stone while basalt is basalt.

moorstone

English

Noun

  • A species of English granite, used as a building stone.
    • (Webster 1913)

    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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