April 29, 2019
Monday Geology Picture: Pillow Basalt Decor
Posted by Evelyn Mervine
This week I’m sharing a picture of a lovely pillow basalt decorative slab that is part of the decor in the Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of British Columbia. In this slab, you can see pillow shapes outlined by lovely glass rinds, which formed when the basaltic lava rapidly cooled because it was erupted underwater.
I just love this decorative slab — who wouldn’t want to decorate with beautiful pillow basalt?!
I had no idea basalt would polish up so very well.