Definition of Basaltine

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Basaltine

basaliomas
basalis
basally
basalmost
basaloid
basaloid carcinoma
basaloid cell
basalolateral
basaloma
basals
basalt
basaltes
basaltic
basaltic magma
basaltiform
basaltine (current term)
basaltoid
basalts
basaltware
basaluminite
basanite
basanites
basans
basashi
basbleu
basbleus
bascinet
bascinets
bascule
bascule bridge

Literary usage of Basaltine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Natural History of the Mineral Kingdom,: Relative to the Strata of Coal by John Williams, James Millar (1810)
"Strata of basaltine rocks are very common in many coal-fields in Scotland» There are several thick beds of this stone betwixt the different seams of coal at ..."

2. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1813)
"... of basaltine or jasper are commonly cemented by the same substance, and sometimes, though rarely, by quartz ; but they may still be referred to the ..."

3. An Account of the Basalts of Saxony: With Observations on the Origin of by Jean François Aubuisson de Voissins, Patrick Neill (1814)
"Mr Williams calls these thick beds " basaltine rock," which he explains to be the rock ... His words are: " Strata of basaltine rock are very common in many ..."

4. Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century: Comprizing Biographical by John Nichols, Samuel Bentley (1814)
"5, of two Giants Causeways or groupes of prismatic basaltine columns, and other curious volcanic concretions, in the Venetian State in Italy, ..."

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