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The results indicated that basalt from East Lampung is classified as olivine Tholeite basalt which is rich in CaO, Mg and Na 2O + K 2O. The experiments of applying fertilizer on cassava crops in the demonstration plots 8 treatment x 3 repetitions were conducted by adding the percentage by weight of the basalt towards organic fertilizer between 0% (control 1), 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, and without treatment (control 2). The test results were used to determine the chemical composition of rock classification using the TAS diagram. Basalt powder was characterized using test petrograph and X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) for a description of microscopic and chemical composition. This study is to support the local government policies that declared Lampung as a national development centre of cassava, with a production rate of 30.8% of the national production of cassava. This study focused on the effect of using basalt dust on the growth and development of organic fertilizer application for the cassava plant.
The use of basalt as soil fertilizer also known as the stone meal.
This basalt has not been used optimally and only be used as a foundation. Indonesia has an abundant amount of basalt rocks resources, including in East Lampung Regency of Lampung Province.