
Lava fountaining at a fissure near Pahoa on the island of Hawaii Tuesday, June 5, 2018.
"It is literally raining gems," tweeted Tucson meteorologist Erin Jordan, who posted a photo sent to her by a friend in Hawaii.
The gems are also known as olivine, "a common mineral in basaltic lava, which is what this eruption is producing," said Concord University volcanologist Janine Krippner. "Olivine is formed in hot and deep magmas and is brought up to the surface during an eruption."














Comment: Sorry, Warmunists: 99.989% of the Antarctic ice sheet didn't melt!