Decomposed basalt (Dry)
29/09/1874; 02/10/1874; 29 September 1874 - 2 October 1874
OUMNH-Hist.Rocks 4004
Notes: Sample in Dent's collar box. Handwritten label accompanying sample reads "Basalt much decomposed summit of Gunong Api Banda". Another handwritten label reads "Basalt Gunong Api Banda. Surface decomposed by action of heat & gases exhaled. crumbled decomposed part was all one piece.". To see Oxford University Museum of Natural History's database go to http://www.oum.ox.ac.uk/collect/lifecoll2.htm
Description
Notes: Sample in Dent's collar box. Handwritten label accompanying sample reads "Basalt much decomposed summit of Gunong Api Banda". Another handwritten label reads "Basalt Gunong Api Banda. Surface decomposed by action of heat & gases exhaled. crumbled decomposed part was all one piece.". To see Oxford University Museum of Natural History's database go to http://www.oum.ox.ac.uk/collect/lifecoll2.htm