Volcanic bomb with synthetic crystals inside (B)

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See the whole collection of minerals and rocks from Somma-Vesuvius Volcanic Complex

Locality: Mt. Vesuvius

No.: 8749b

Size: 7.9 x 7.9 x 4 cm

Type: Pyroclastic rock (igneous rock)

Description: Pyroclasts are defined as fragments generated by disruption as a direct result of volcanic action. Bombs - pyroclasts the mean diameter of which exceeds 64 mm. The composition of this volcanic bomb is close to Tephrite volcanic rock, where the essential minerals are represented by plagioclase, mafic minerals, feldspathoids (in this case, leucite).

Inside the volcanic bomb, there is glued synthetic glass (green, grey and black) which is meant to be Olivine.

Side A

Website: http://geology.uaic.ro/muzee/mineralogie/

Concept & 3D-modelling by Andrei Ionut APOPEI