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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 10435442, member: 5833&quot;]<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":kiss:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; The difficulty is that there really is no literature, at least not in English, that delves into lava production.&nbsp; I even bought a little book about volcanoes to try to get a better understanding.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>My suspicion is that the use of molds in the creation of &#039;lava&#039; pieces was not something the factories wanted to make public. </p><p><br /></p><p>That is what I have imagined, a kind of slurry.&nbsp; Vesuvius blasts up through a limestone &#039;shield&#039; that is part of the geology of the region, so the ash may have some properties similar to plaster of Paris. </p><p><br /></p><p>The Cameo Times article in its current state tries to show what to look for to confirm a piece is actually hand carved lava, but I have yet to figure out any sure fire way to detect molding other than the <i>gestalt</i> &amp; gut sense you develop after handling many pieces.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I was more successful with explaining dripstone &amp; differentiating it from lava.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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