Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 October 1893 — A Curious Hawaiian Product. [ARTICLE]

A Curious Hawaiian Product.

One of the most singular products of Hawaii is a vitreous lava known as “Pele’s Hair.” It is a silky, filamentous substance, olive-green, soft but very brittle. It is produced by the wind catching the fiery spray thrown up from the great crater of Kilauea.