Is Basalt a good aquifer?

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Aquifers must be both permeable and porous and include such rock types as sandstone, conglomerate, fractured limestone and unconsolidated sand and gravel. Fractured volcanic rocks such as columnar basalts also make good aquifers. ... However, if these rocks are highly fractured, they make good aquifers.

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