Volcanic rock found at labs, oddly (6)

I believe the answer is:

basalt

(Other definitions for basalt that I've seen before include "Common volcanic rock" , "Dark rock of volcanic origin" , "Type of rock is a blast, oddly" , "Dark fine-grained volcanic rock" , "rock from 2 [VOLCANO]" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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