Scoria (IS.13.0001)
- Rock determination
- Igneous rock > Pyroclastic > Scoria > Basaltic scoria
- Chronostratigraphy
- Phanerozoic; Cenozoic; Quaternary; Holocene
- Lithostratigraphy
- Rock name
- Basaltic scoria
- Rock synonyms
- Additional information
- scoria from a subrecent volcanic eruption
Find location
- Site type
- Natural geological outcrop
- Location
- Iceland; Southern region; Hella
- Site name
- Hekla volcano
- Excavation or Survey Team
- Dr. Roland Dreesen
- Additional contextual information
- Natural color
- black
- Aged color
- dark brown
- Components
- volcanic glass; Fe-Mg silicates; conspicuous porosity (vacuolar) related gas bubbles
- Texture
- vesicular
- Structure
- vacuoles
- Weathering
- Diagnostic features
- Additional information
- sample RD59
- Sample type
- Rock sample
- Inventory number
- IS.13.0001
- Collection
- Archaeological Department, Ghent University
- Donating institute/person
- Dr. Roland Dreesen
- Host collection
- Other samples available
- No
- Sample collection method
- Field Sampling (clay/rock)
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Last modified: 2024-04-29.