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US 6,149,855 AGranted
Method of manufacturing a building material from volcanic magma
OwnerLouis L. Watsoninventor
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing a building material includes the steps of directing molten volcanic magma from an underwater volcanic magma vent to a level above sea level via a tube formed from the magma; directing the molten volcanic magma into a mold on a floating barge; cooling the magma in the mold to form a building material; and removing the building material from the mold. The tube is formed by lowering a cap assembly over an underwater flowing volcanic magma vent and raising the cap such that the magam solidifies inside the cap perimeter where it is cold.
Claims1
A method of manufacturing a building material, comprising:
- directing molten volcanic magma from an underwater volcanic magma vent to a level above sea level via a tube formed from the magma;
- directing the molten volcanic magma into a mold located on a floating barge;
- cooling the magma in the mold to form a building material;
- and
- removing the building material from the mold.
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