“Obsidian glass, that is a volcanic glass, forms when lava is very quickly cooled, for example, where it enters into water,” Giordano added. However, the pyroclastic flows, composed of fast-moving ...

A brain transmuted into glass by the famous volcano should have been impossible. Some scientists say it still is.

As with other forms of obsidian, rainbow obsidian is both rock and glass. However, this isn’t the same kind of glass that’s used in your nice new French doors. It’s far more badass ...

This caused his brain to turn into glass during the cooling, locking in its structure. "Inside the skull, there were all ...

Volcanic eruption buried ancient Pompeii and Herculaneum Victims were preserved in sudden death in the two cities Man was exposed to heat of 510 degrees Celsius (950°F) Feb 27 (Reuters) - It was ...

But, he adds, “unlike obsidian, the glassy remains were extremely ... The next question was how the man’s brain turned to glass in the first place, says Guido Giordano, a volcanologist at ...

“Obsidian glass, that is a volcanic glass, forms when lava is very quickly cooled, for example, where it enters into water,” Giordano added. However, the pyroclastic flows, composed of fast ...

"They look like chips of obsidian, black, shiny and spiky ... to prove that it was indeed brain tissue and that it was indeed glass. Given how delicate they are, preserved brains are not as ...

It was a surprising discovery when scientists examining the remains of a man who died in bed in the ancient city of Herculaneum after Italy’s Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD79 found dark fragments ...