Tuesday

Porcelainite, Powder River County Montana





 The spot




The PORCELAINITE is from Powder River County, Southeastern Montana along the side of US
highway 212 in the road cut. It was formed when the coal seam lit on fire sometime in the last few million years and fired the clay layers above it therby creating a ceramic material via geosynthesis. At any given time there are many coal fires burning underground all over the planet. These pieces are all mounted on hickory.