[Rockhounds] An Unusual Type of "Lava" - What Do You Think?

[pmodreski at aol.com]

I'm not sure that I saw or received the original post (?), but I saw John's!
It doesn't look like slag.  I would think it was some kind of calcium carbonate - mineral spring deposit.  Perhaps, Scott, you can test it with acid (or vinegar) to see if it fizzes?
Pete


-----Original Message-----
From: John Scully <jscully216 at gmail.com>
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Sent: Fri, Nov 13, 2020 4:28 pm
Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] An Unusual Type of "Lava" - What Do You Think?

Slag

On Fri, Nov 13, 2020, 4:25 PM Scott's Rocks & Gems <
scottsrocks at scottsrocks.com> wrote:

> Hi all - hope everyone is well. Upon Kitty's suggestion, I posted a picture
> of an unusual piece of "lava" which may actually be some sort of industrial
> slag on my website. We were puzzling over what it could be, and she advised
> that she hadn't seen any lava like this from any of the Hawaiian islands. I
> posted a few more details on the blog site. Anybody recognize this
> material?
>
>
> https://scottsrocks.com/scotts-blog/75-unusual-type-of-lava-what-do-you-think
>
> For some reason, very few emails from the rockhounds list get through to
> me, so I would say to reply to me directly: scottsrocks at scottsrocks.com so
> I will be able to see and respond to your reply.
>
> Warm Regards,
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