Volcanic Samples
Links to Volcanic samples: (click on the links for more, clicking images will just enlarge them)
HI-12-5
HI-15-3
MT-10-22
PT-253
A vesicular basalt with dunite inclusions (xenoliths)
A vesicular basaltic bomb (learn about bombs here: bomb) that has been abraded by exposure in a desert environment resulting in rounded edges. This is a small ventifact.
A cored bomb that was ejected from the volcanic vent, then re-entered the magma (talk about a bad day!) and was ejected again.
Some pumice of variable composition collected at but not attributed to Soda Lake maar in western Nevada.
An vesicular olivine basalt bomb fragment from Upsal Hogback tuff rings, near Fallon , NV.
A piece of Vesuvius, a volcano of historical notoriety.
An Obsidianite of unknown origin.
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