Basalt - the composition of the lava erupting from the most recent volcano in Iceland. I LOVE lava ❤️🥰🌋, especially basalt. It forms when you have partial melting of the mantle. The melt is basaltic in composition… it’s light and buoyant and wants to make its way to the surface Finding the easiest path to get there. It’s seeps through the crust with cracks towards the surface, some crystallising in intrusive volcanic settings, such as magma chambers, dykes and sills. For the magma, that does m

Columnar Basalt Formation - Quickly Described 😍😍😎 Columnar Basalt is the result of cooling and cracking of an unusually thick basaltic lava flow. Columns are often 50 feet high or more! Geology Love

Examine the origins and characteristics of two types of rock—basalt and granite—that cover the ocean floor and much of the land surface of Earth, in this video from "NOVA: Making North America: Origins" https://bit.ly/30cWPtZ | NOVA Education