Basalt
A dense mafic volcanic rock quarried and worked as a finish.
How it connects
In other taxonomies
- BasaltUniclass, Ma_40_84_41_06nearly the same
- basalt (basic igneous rock)Getty AAT, 300011222nearly the same
- basaltWikidata, Q43338nearly the same
For developersRecord, identifiers and graph
Where it sits
One rule per term beside it, taller for each narrower term
The word “basalt”
2 meanings
- BasaltMaterial, this termNo default
- basaltColorScope named colorNo default
Record
- Broader
- Stone
- Provenance
- referencedWikidata Q43338 basalt, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43338, read 11 Sep 2026
For machines
Permanent address
/id/material/basaltKnowledge graph
Stored incoming and outgoing relations from the public V1 graph. Ancestors, descendants, and siblings are labelled as derived views rather than stored facts.
- has-conceptMaterialincoming
- has-conceptMaterialincoming
- belongs-to-axisMaterialoutgoing
- belongs-to-facetMaterialoutgoing
- broaderStoneoutgoing
- narrowerStoneincoming
Derived hierarchy views
- ancestor (derived)Stoneoutgoing
- ancestor (derived)Mineraloutgoing
- sibling (derived)Alabasteroutgoing
- sibling (derived)Graniteoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Limestoneoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Marbleoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Onyxoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Quartziteoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Sandstoneoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Slateoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Soapstoneoutgoing
Crosswalks
| Scheme | Identifier | Their label, or the search | How close |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uniclass | Ma_40_84_41_06 | Basalt | nearly the same |
| Getty AAT | 300011222 | basalt (basic igneous rock) | nearly the same |
| Wikidata | Q43338 | basalt | nearly the same |