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basalt
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noun
  1. A hard rock of varied mineral content; volcanic in origin, it makes up much of the Earth's crust.
  2. A type of unglazed pottery.
breccia
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noun
  1. Breccia is typically a rock composed of angular fragments in a matrix that may be of a similar or a different material.
burrstone
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noun
  1. A tough, silicify, silicified limestone formerly used to make millstones. It is typified by the presence of multiple cavities that originally housed fossilized shells.

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