Editing Basalt (section)

== Uses ==

[[File:P1050763 Louvre code Hammurabi face rwk.JPG|thumb|The [[Code of Hammurabi]] was engraved on a {{height|m=2.25}} tall basalt [[stele]] in around 1750 BC.]]

Basalt is used in construction (e.g. as building blocks or in the [[Foundation (engineering)|groundwork]]),<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Raj |first1=Smriti |last2=Kumar |first2=V Ramesh |last3=Kumar |first3=B H Bharath |last4=Iyer |first4=Nagesh R |title=Basalt: structural insight as a construction material |journal=Sādhanā |date=January 2017 |volume=42 |issue=1 |pages=75–84 |doi=10.1007/s12046-016-0573-9|doi-access=free }}</ref> making [[cobblestone]]s (from columnar basalt)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Yıldırım |first1=Mücahit |title=Shading in the outdoor environments of climate-friendly hot and dry historical streets: The passageways of Sanliurfa, Turkey |journal=Environmental Impact Assessment Review |date=January 2020 |volume=80 |pages=106318 |doi=10.1016/j.eiar.2019.106318|doi-access=free |bibcode=2020EIARv..8006318Y }}</ref> and in making [[statue]]s.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Aldred |first1=Cyril |title=A Statue of King Neferkarē c Ramesses IX |journal=The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology |date=December 1955 |volume=41 |issue=1 |pages=3–8 |doi=10.1177/030751335504100102|s2cid=192232554 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Roobaert |first1=Arlette |title=A Neo-Assyrian Statue from Til Barsib |journal=Iraq |date=1996 |volume=58 |pages=79–87 |doi=10.2307/4200420|jstor=4200420 }}</ref> Heating and [[Extrusion|extruding]] basalt yields [[stone wool]], which has potential to be an excellent [[thermal insulation|thermal insulator]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://basalt.pro/activities/materials/|title=Research surveys for basalt rock quarries |website=Basalt Projects }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=De Fazio |first1=Piero |title=Basalt fiber: from earth an ancient material for innovative and modern application |url=http://www.enea.it/it/seguici/pubblicazioni/EAI/anno-2011/indice-world-view-3-2011/basalt-fiber-from-earth-an-ancient-material-for-innovative-and-modern-application |website=Italian national agency for new technologies, energy and sustainable economic development |access-date=17 December 2018 |language=en, it |archive-date=17 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517081412/http://www.enea.it/it/seguici/pubblicazioni/EAI/anno-2011/indice-world-view-3-2011/basalt-fiber-from-earth-an-ancient-material-for-innovative-and-modern-application/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ptonline.com/articles/composites-higher-properties-lower-cost|title=Composites: Higher Properties, Lower Cost|last=Schut|first=Jan H.|website=www.ptonline.com|date=August 2008 |access-date=2017-12-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.compositesworld.com/articles/basalt-fibers-alternative-to-glass|title=Basalt Fibers: Alternative To Glass?|last=Ross|first=Anne|website=www.compositesworld.com|date=August 2006 |access-date=2017-12-10}}</ref>

[[Carbon sequestration]] in basalt has been studied as a means of removing carbon dioxide, produced by human industrialization, from the atmosphere. Underwater basalt deposits, scattered in seas around the globe, have the added benefit of the water serving as a barrier to the re-release of CO<sub>2</sub> into the atmosphere.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hance|first1=Jeremy|title=Underwater rocks could be used for massive carbon storage on America's East Coast|url=http://news.mongabay.com/2010/0104-hance_ccs.html|access-date=4 November 2015|publisher=Mongabay|date=5 January 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Goldberg |first1=D. S. |last2=Takahashi |first2=T. |last3=Slagle |first3=A. L. |title=Carbon dioxide sequestration in deep-sea basalt |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |date=22 July 2008 |volume=105 |issue=29 |pages=9920–9925 |doi=10.1073/pnas.0804397105|pmid=18626013 |pmc=2464617 |bibcode=2008PNAS..105.9920G |doi-access=free }}</ref>