In article et, Lew Hartswick
says...

PS. I think columnar basalt is hexagonal, or at least some
of it.

Possibly, but a *very* close inspection of the
NY/NJ Pallisades does not show any hexagons. Maybe
the crystallographic form is hexagonal, but it
does not show up in the cliffs anywhere.

Jim


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