Volcano Tavurvur Ash Raw Minerals Lapilli Pumice Lava Bombs Stones Rocks Collecting

Volcanic Ash sample Raw Minerals Lapilli Pumice Lava Bombs Stones Rocks for Collection.
Rare specimen of Volcanic Sand erupted from the Tavurvur Volcano in the September 1994's. Medium grained.

Volcanic ash consists of small tephra, which are bits of pulverized rock and glass created by volcanic eruptions, less than 2 millimetres (0.1 inch) in diameter . Ash is created when the usually violent nature of an eruption involving steam results in the magma and solid rock surrounding the vent being torn into particles of clay to sand size.
Every ash samples is labelled and bagged in a vial with cap (mm 44 x 10), so thay can easily be removed if required for study under a microscope.
As with all volcanic ash, the material should be handled with care and not inhaled.


The Tavurvur Mount is a stratovolcano near Rabaul in remote Papua New Guinea, in the province of New East Britain. It is a volcano that rose inside the caldera of Rabaul, on its eastern edge: this ancient and partly submerged volcanic formation formed its edges, several new volcanic cones, including the very active Tavurvur, which rises to 225 m above sea level. The correct pronunciation of the name of the volcano is tah-VOOR-voor, according to the volcanological Observatory of Rabaul.
In 1937, Tavurvur, along with another active caldera volcano, erupted, causing the death of 507 people and causing enormous damage to the city of Rabaul. In September 1994 there was a new eruption always in conjunction with the nearby volcano, which forced the people of the region to abandon the city, almost completely destroyed, and to transfer the capital of the region to Kokopo. On October 7, 2006, a new explosive eruption followed with a plume of ash that reached a height of 18 km. On this occasion the ashes fell back into the sea. So again another eruption in 2009 and again on 12 September 2014.

Available on our website, besides ashes, pumice and bombs, also various volcanic rocks, such as Apache Teardrops, sulfur, obsidian, tuff, crystal chalk, etc.