Description

Mount Saint Helen’s Ash

Mount Saint Helen’s Ash is a product from a volcano located in southwestern Washington state. It’s the most active volcano in the Cascade Range. This mountain range extends from British Columbia through Washington and Oregon to northern California.

On May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens, after a dormant period of over 125 years, erupted violently sending over three-quarters of a cubic mile of volcanic ash into the atmosphere. This represented the first major eruption of a volcano in the contiguous United States since the eruption of California’s Mount Lassen in 1914

Shortly after the May 18th eruption of Mount St. Helens it was obvious that in eastern Washington vast amounts of volcanic ash had accumulated. This ash appeared to represent a new potentially valuable nonmetallic mineral resource, and within a few days individuals and mineral-oriented companies began investigating possible uses for the newly fallen ash.

The ash from this volcano was made into a glass material from which this gem stone was faceted. This man made material that I use comes in greenish and blueish colors.