This is a sort of skull-shaped 1 oz piece of gray basalt from a recent eruption of the famous Krakatoa volcano in Indonesia. The piece is 2.4” by 1.9” by 1.4” and was collected by my supplier in Indonesia after the most recent (and mild … for Krakatoa) eruption. There are nooks and crannies and a few striations all fascinating to study with a loupe. Approximately 90% of Earth’s basalt is derived from volcanic activity. The piece is surprisingly light for its size and looks fibrous and airy with many nooks and crannies. It is fragile so extra care will be used shipping her with minimal tape to avoid damaging the piece when opening.

Krakatoa is a very active volcano although its most notable eruptions culminated in a series of massive explosions over the 26th and 27th of August, 1883 and were among the most violent volcanic events in recorded history. The force of the eruptions is estimated to be 13,000 times the destruction of of the nuclear bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The pressure wave from the 1883 eruption created the “sound heard around the world”. The volcano now resides on an island of its own making (called the Child of Krakatoa). Krakatoa eruptions have been documented since AD 416 to the present day … it is certainly a volcano worthy of great and continued power! (Source - Wikipedia). Volcanos either directly (from eruption) or indirectly (from inducing earthquakes and tsunamis) have created and shaped the land masses we know today. No matter how technological we have become, the Earth still rules.

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Sort of Skull-Shaped Volcanic Gray Basalt from Krakatoa Volcano