Talking to PTI, environmentalist and geologist Prof Suresh Chopane said, 'It is a rare natural rock called columnar basalt formed from the lava of a massive volcanic eruption in Maharashtra that ...

The incredible hexagonal basalt columns on the Isle of Staffa date back around 60 million years. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website ...

Northern Ireland is home to the Giant’s Causeway, a collection of about 40,000 hexagonal basalt columns that protrude from the North Atlantic Ocean and lead up to the foot of a cliff. The UNESCO World ...

A columnar basalt rock pillar formed six crore years back from volcanic lava has been discovered during a road construction work at a village in Yavatmal district of Maharashtra, a leading geologist ...