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Volcanic pumice washed up on southern shore

Small greyish-green pumice stones washed ashore at Samila beach in Songkhla province. (Photo: Assawin Pakkawan)

SONGKHLA: A large quantity of small porous stones have been washed ashore along the Gulf of Thailand in Songkhla and other southern provinces.

The greyish-green stones are tiny, spongy and lightweight, ranging from 0.3 - 3 centimetres in size. They were believed to be pumice stones from a volcanic eruption, but it was not known where they came from from.

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