What color is basalt
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Basalt is usually grey to black in colour, but rapidly weathers to brown or rust-red due to oxidation of its mafic (iron-rich) minerals into hematite and other iron oxides and hydroxides. Although usually characterized as 'dark', basaltic rocks exhibit a wide range of shading due to regional geochemical processes.
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Updated: 2019/10/18
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