Description: The Krakatau 1883 eruption was one of the most powerful volcanic eruptions in recorded history. The sound of it was so loud that it was heard even 5000 km away and caused strange, beautiful sunsets worldwide for many months. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1883_eruption_of_Krakatoa However, any material associated with this unique historical event is very rare, because no one cared back then and pieces collected by scientists of that time are in museums now. Nowadays it's almost impossible to distinguish which material comes from which eruption as the Indonesian archipelago is one of the most volcanic active regions on Earth and even the Krakatau itself has erupted many times since the 1883 super eruption. The item for sale is a glassy, obsidian like piece from the historic 1883 eruption. It was found in tsunami deposits on Belitung island facing the direction of Krakatau. The Belitung itself has no volcanic activity younger than 30 million years which can produce such material and anything older is too much for obsidian to survive the time. It can be brought there only by a very powerful volcanic eruption + tsunami and, taking in account the geography of this region, it can be only the Krakatau 1883. The proof is tsunami map showing the waves moving in Belitung direction as in the publication "near and far-field effects of tsunamis generated by the paroxysmal eruptions, explosions, caldera collapses and massive slope failures of the Krakatau volcano in Indonesia on august 26-27, 1883" by George Pararas-Carayannis.
Price: 11.5 USD
Location: Liepaja
End Time: 2025-01-09T22:35:39.000Z
Shipping Cost: 15 USD
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