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Rank	Topic	Wikipedia views
1	Basalt	2,908
2	Mid-ocean ridge	1,715
3	Flood basalt	345
4	Basalt fiber	172
5	Tholeiitic basalt	110
6	Hawaiite	44
7	Picrite basalt	32
8	Basaltic andesite	31
9	Alkali basalt	26
10	Ocean island basalt	18
11	Trachybasalt	16
12	Spilite	15
13	Mugearite	10

Subcategories

• Columnar basalts
• Flood basalts

Parent categories

• Aphanitic rocks
• Mafic rocks
• Porphyritic rocks
• Volcanic rocks
• Volcanology

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