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Volcanics II
Additional volcanic specimens suitable for personal collections or educational purposes.
Mount Vesuvius lava slice collection
Two distinct lava types collected from the
slopes of Mount Vesuvius
.
Includes a
dense lava fragment
with widely spaced air bubbles and a
highly vesicular form
packed full of tightly spaced gas bubbles.
£
10.00
In stock
Mount Vesuvius slide mount collection March 1944
A neat collection of material mounted in 5 microsample slides.
Collected after the March 1944 eruption (when World War II was still raging).
Includes medium
black
and
red
and
fine grained ash
,
sulphur
and
peridotite
.
£
20.00
In stock
Mount Vesuvius thin section pair
A pair of thin sections taken from rocks collected on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius.
Includes
granite
and
leucite
, both of which are suitable for polarising studies.
£
15.00
In stock
Death Valley, California Lava slice pair
Two different coloured specimens of lava from the Death Valley region of California.
Included are an example of both
the red
and the
black forms
that dominate the landscape.
£
10.00
In stock
Florissant 34 million year old Ash Bed medium slice pair
These beautiful samples are from the fossil beds of Florissant, Colorado and show the
exceptional stratigraphy
of the site.
Each slice shows a
thick, yellow volcanic ash bed
sitting above the lake sediments.
One of the most distinct examples of bedded stratigraphy that we have and a firm favourite.
Slices measure approximately 5cm
You get two different slices per purchase that show different bedding thicknesses representing different ash falls
£
10.00
In stock
Florissant 34 million year old Ash Bed Larger Slice
These beautiful samples are from the fossil beds of Florissant, Colorado and show the
exceptional stratigraphy
of the site.
Each slice shows a thick, yellow volcanic ash bed sitting above the lake sediments.
One of the most distinct examples of bedded stratigraphy that we have and a firm favourite.
Slices measure ~10cm
£
10.00
In stock