“Embedded in the lava still spewing some 130 feet into the air from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano are green crystals.”

Called olivine, these minerals can turn Hawaiian beaches green, and it appears some of the green gems are raining down upon homes near the eruption or popping up near lava flows.

http://strangesounds.org/2018/06/kilauea-volcano-is-erupting-green-gems-called-olivine-into-the-air.html

Thanks to Steven Rowlandson for this link

“This is a pretty good indicator of how deep the source of the magma is,” says Steven.

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June 16, 2018 at 03:52PM