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| Nov 8, 2016 at 20:13 | comment | added | Perkins | @ddriver Logically you'd reinforce it the same way we do with concrete. Tungsten has a high enough melting point to use as a frame in molten basalt. Basalt has somewhere between 3 and 6 times the compressive strength of concrete and is much less subject to acid etching and wind erosion. You could then use the same type of earthquake-resistant designs we're developing now and the ones in non-earthquake-prone areas should last quite a long time. The cost would be insane though, so nobody will do it. | |
| Nov 5, 2016 at 12:04 | comment | added | dtech | Rocks are durable in the form of solid blobs, but a hollow high rising tower will crumble at the first major earthquake. | |
| Nov 3, 2016 at 22:18 | history | answered | Perkins | CC BY-SA 3.0 |