Mount Erebus is the most southerly active ... slippery slope of scree—a mix of a glassy pumice and “Erebus crystals,” large oblong pieces of feldspar from lava bombs that have been tossed ...

Mt Erebus is one among only a handful of volcanos globally that have such a lava lake. Gold on the mountain The volcano doesn’t just spew out tiny crystals of gold – it also ejects gas and steam.

Mount Erebus is the world’s southernmost active ... The volcanic discharge is loaded with tiny gold crystals that are about 20 micrometers (0.02 millimeters) in diameter. The net total of ...