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Can Basalt Be Shiny? [Solved]

Examine your rock’s composition with a microscope. Basalt occurs more often as pyroxene (shiny, black) and as plagioclase (tabular, white-gray). The presence of olivine gives basalt a green, glassy appearance and is called olivine basalt.24 Apr 2017

Melting Rocks and Rock Glaze Experiments

I start with gravel in my backyard, find which type of rock melts in my kiln, and attempt to make a small test glaze from that rock.

How to classify a rock: basalt

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Rocks to Avoid Tumbling

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