basalt

name

1. A home rule municipality of Eagle County and Pitkin County, Colorado.
2. A city and town in Bingham County, Idaho.
3. A locality in the Shire of Hepburn, central western Victoria, Australia.

noun

Etymology: From Late Latin basaltes, a misspelling of Latin basanites, from Ancient Greek βασανίτης (basanítēs), from βάσανος (básanos, “touchstone”), from Egyptian bḫn (“a hard stone”), b-x:n-O39

1. A hard mafic igneous rock of varied mineral content; volcanic in origin, which makes up much of the Earth's oceanic crust.
2. A type of unglazed pottery.