Lavas of Krakatoa Size:XS: 40 x 30cm New Zealand in 1898 and

New Zealand in 1898 and later became the president of the New Zealand Institute (1916-1917)

The plate is inscribed: 'Krakatoa

Original is oil on canvas 76x92

opposite to West Street

Lavas of Krakatoa Size:XS: 40 x 30cm New Zealand in 1898 andSections of Krakatoa lavas at x25, x35 and x250 magnifications. Krakatoa, the island in the Sunda Strait, Indonesia, erupted in catastrophic explosions on 27 August 1883. Figure 1. Older andesite at x25 magnification. Figure 2. Older andesite at x250 magnification showing microlites of feldspar, tridymote and magnetite. Figure 3. Crystal of feldspar at x35 magnification. Figure 4. Glassy base of porphyritic pitchstone at x250 magnification. Figure 5.