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Locality
17°7´ west longitude, 66°13´ north latitiude   [ map ]

Name
Lava, Tjörnes, Iceland

Personal relationship of donor
General rock collection

Geological relevance of location
Iceland is located on a \"hot spot\" in the ocean crust on the mid-Atlantic ridge, the boundary between the North American and European plates. The specimen consists of spatter lava.

Classification of the earth
Structure vulcanic rock
Colour brownish yellow
Age Cenozoic

Donor

Geoscientific Collections Section of the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources,
 Geological Survey of Lower Saxony,
 Hannover,
 Germany

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