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

[Tim Fisher]

Strong vinegar works just as well, it's just a weak acetic acid solution.
You can boil it down to where it corrodes metal if you want it to.

Tim Fisher
Http://OreRockOn.com 
Email nospam at orerockon.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Rockhounds [mailto:rockhounds-bounces at rockhounds.drizzle.com] On
Behalf Of Scott's Rocks & Gems
Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2020 10:58 AM
To: pmodreski at aol.com; Rockhounds at drizzle.com: A mailing list for rock and
gem collectors
Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] An Unusual Type of "Lava" - What Do You Think?

Hi Pete: Thanks for weighing in. I have not done the acid test yet. Ran out
of muriatic acid a little bit ago, and have been waiting to go to Home Depot
until I have a more complete shopping list. But I will check to test this
idea and let you know. It looks somewhat like flowstone on the top, but the
underneath is very vessicular. I put up some more photos on my
website:

https://scottsrocks.com/scotts-blog/75-unusual-type-of-lava-what-do-you-thin
k
Warm Regards,
*Scott Blair*

*Scott's Rock & Gem*
1009 Talent Ave.
Talent, OR 97540
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On Fri, Nov 13, 2020 at 4:54 PM <pmodreski at aol.com> wrote:

> 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>
> To: Rockhounds at drizzle.com: A mailing list for rock and gem collectors 
> < rockhounds at rockhounds.drizzle.com>
> 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-yo
> u-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,
> > *Scott Blair*
> >
> > *Scott's Rock & Gem*
> > 1009 Talent Ave.
> > Talent, OR 97540
> > ph: (541) 621-2558 | www.scottsrocks.com <http://scottsrocks.com/> 
> > www.etsy.com shop name: ScottsRockTreasures
> >
> >