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The plateau is composed of black [[basalt]] soil, rich in [[humus]]. This soil is well suited for cultivating cotton,

Massage in which hot or cold stones, usually basalt or marble, are used to massage the body. Often the stones are placed on key

...e from about 3.2 billion years old<ref name=Billion group=Note/> for the [[basalt]]ic samples derived from the [[lunar mare]], to about 4.6 billion years for

...s field]]s, saline formations, unminable [[coal seam]]s, and saline-filled basalt formations have been suggested as storage sites. Here, various physical (e

...nd at the opposite end the Royal Mile ascends Castle Rock, a plug of black basalt sealing the vent of an extinct volcano. The Castle Rock is crowned by Edinb ...ich is adjacent to the Royal Palace of Holyrood) is [[Arthur's Seat]], the basalt lava plug of a long extinct volcano, last active around 335 million years a

# [[Basalt]]

...d loamy. The underlying rock of the region is composed of black [[Deccan]] basalt flows, and their acid and [[basic (chemistry)|basic]] variants dating back

...pe scattered with boulders around 30-40&nbsp;cm across; Venera 10 showed [[basalt]]-like rock slabs interspersed with [[weathering|weathered]] material.

...]], the [[Giant's Causeway]], which consists of more than 40,000 hexagonal basalt columns up to 40 feet (12 m) high. [[Lough Neagh]], the largest body of wat