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Definition of Basanite
1. n. Lydian stone, or black jasper, a variety of siliceous or flinty slate, of a grayish or bluish black color. It is employed to test the purity of gold, the amount of alloy being indicated by the color left on the stone when rubbed by the metal.
Definition of Basanite
1. Noun. (geology) A basaltic extrusive rock, similar to chert ¹
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Definition of Basanite
1. a black jasper [n -S]
Medical Definition of Basanite
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Basanite
Literary usage of Basanite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Rocks, Rock-weathering and Soils by George Perkins Merrill (1906)
"... AND basanite Structure. — The rocks of this group are as a rule porphyritic
... Nepheline basanite. The group, it will be observed, stands intermediate ..."
2. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1870)
"... traps of Englan'l, Ireland, Saxony, Bohemia, Silesia, Bavaria, Hungary, Spain,
Italy, and France. U. basanite. ..."
3. Mineralogy Simplified: Easy Methods of Identifying Minerals, Including Ores by Henry Erni (1901)
"basanite, Touchstone, like flint but black; used for testing gold alloys by test
needles. Compare also nephrite above which is compact, ..."
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