Basalt

Basalt is an igneous rock found in the Nether.

Polished basalt is the polished version of basalt.

Smooth basalt is an ornamental rock smelted from basalt or found as part of amethyst geodes.

Natural generation
Basalt generates naturally as basalt pillars, which are found in the biome. They also generate in the biome as regular terrain and as part of basalt columns.

Both basalt and polished basalt can be found naturally as part of bastion remnants

Smooth basalt generates naturally as a part of the outer layer of amethyst geodes.

Breaking
Basalt drops as an item if mined by any pickaxe. If mined by any other tool, it drops nothing.

Post-generation
Basalt can also be made by lava flowing into a space that is on top of soul soil and adjacent to blue ice. The flowing lava is then replaced with basalt.

Usage
Basalt's only current use is as building material. Like logs and quartz pillars, basalt points perpendicular to whatever block face it's placed on.

Note blocks
Basalt and polished basalt can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sound.

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Trivia

 * Geologically, basalt is a volcanic rock that cools from mafic lava flows. Mafic lava is runny, much like Nether lava, and under the right conditions it can cool into the stacks of basalt columns seen in basalt deltas.
 * Basalt makes up most of Earth's sea floor, as well as Iceland and the Hawaiian Islands.
 * Despite being an extrusive igneous rock, basalt has a lower mining time than granite and diorite, which are intrusive.
 * Basalt is the only rock-like block to have both a polished and smooth variant.