Basaltic vs. Pahoehoe — What's the Difference?

A hard, dense, dark igneous rock composed chiefly of plagioclase feldspar, pyroxene, and olivine, and often having a glassy appearance.

Lava with a smooth ropy surface.

A kind of hard unglazed pottery.

A form of lava flow of basaltic rock, usually dark-colored with a smooth or ropey surface. It is one of two chief forms of lava flow emitted from volcanoes of the Hawaiian type, the other form being aa.

Of or pertaining to basalt.

A name given in Hawaii (formerly the Sandwich Islands) to lava having a relatively smooth or billowing surface, in distinction from the rough-surfaced lava, called aa.

Pertaining to basalt; formed of, or containing, basalt; as basaltic lava.

Freely flowing lava

Of or relating to or containing basalt;