L: Lava

Aurelio Acevedo

Mineralogical and Geological Museum, Harvard University
Cambridge, MA, United States

This rock may look just like human hair but these filaments are formed from lava flows. Pele’s Hair is named for Pele, the Hawaiian goddess of fire and the volcano Kīlauea.

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Title: L: Lava
Creator: Aurelio Acevedo
Location Created: Cambridge, Massachusetts

Mineralogical and Geological Museum, Harvard University

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