Columnar basalt, on the Antrim coast of Northern Ireland, UK, near the Giant's Causeway. The typical columnar appearance of these rocks is the result

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Columnar basalt, on the Antrim coast of Northern Ireland, UK, near the Giant's Causeway. The typical columnar appearance of these rocks is the result of shrinkage and setting in a basaltic lava that cools slowly.

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