Magma Starter: New Proof That The Mysterious Cali Glass Really Did Come From Volcanoes

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Magma Starter: New Proof That The Mysterious Cali Glass Really Did Come From Volcanoes

By William McGee New research has proved that Alexander von Humboldt was right in a claim he made nearly 200 years ago about the volcanic origin of the so-called Cali glass. The Cali glass is a potato-shaped black lump of glass slightly smaller than the size of an average open hand found near the city of Cali in western Colombia. […]

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