dolerite
noun
dol·er·ite
ˈdä-lə-ˌrīt 
1
: any of various coarse basalts
2
chiefly British
: diabase sense 3
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But the researchers only found the stony growths on the cave's ceiling, which is made of dolerite.
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Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 22 Aug. 2014
Tasman National Park, with its towering dolerite cliffs, and Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, with its diverse hiking paths and mercurial weather, are standouts.
—Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2023
Sublimation on Dolerite: Through an ongoing process of snowfall and sublimation, small holes are carved into pieces of a volcanic basalt called dolerite.
—Discover Magazine, 11 Dec. 2013
In parts, the rocks fit together like a Roman road in a multicolored mosaic of rock types: sandstone, volcanic dolerite and granite.
—Jennifer Berglund, Discover Magazine, 31 May 2013
In addition, a stone chip found in the former socket hole suggested that the missing stone was also a non-spotted dolerite.
—National Geographic, 19 July 2022
Stone 62 is one of only three bluestones at Stonehenge made of non-spotted dolerite, the type of stone used to build Waun Mawn.
—National Geographic, 19 July 2022
In this south-facing view of Central Beacon, snow falls and sublimates atop a large dolerite boulder.
—Discover Magazine, 11 Dec. 2013
One quarry, an outcrop called Carn Goedog, seems to have supplied most of the bluish-gray, white-speckled dolerite at Stonehenge.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 8 Mar. 2022
Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 22 Aug. 2014
Tasman National Park, with its towering dolerite cliffs, and Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, with its diverse hiking paths and mercurial weather, are standouts.
—Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2023
Sublimation on Dolerite: Through an ongoing process of snowfall and sublimation, small holes are carved into pieces of a volcanic basalt called dolerite.
—Discover Magazine, 11 Dec. 2013
In parts, the rocks fit together like a Roman road in a multicolored mosaic of rock types: sandstone, volcanic dolerite and granite.
—Jennifer Berglund, Discover Magazine, 31 May 2013
In addition, a stone chip found in the former socket hole suggested that the missing stone was also a non-spotted dolerite.
—National Geographic, 19 July 2022
Stone 62 is one of only three bluestones at Stonehenge made of non-spotted dolerite, the type of stone used to build Waun Mawn.
—National Geographic, 19 July 2022
In this south-facing view of Central Beacon, snow falls and sublimates atop a large dolerite boulder.
—Discover Magazine, 11 Dec. 2013
One quarry, an outcrop called Carn Goedog, seems to have supplied most of the bluish-gray, white-speckled dolerite at Stonehenge.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 8 Mar. 2022
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