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You could hear the shrieks of women, the wailing of infants, and the shouting of men; some were calling their parents, others their children or their wives, trying to recognize them by their voices. People bewailed their own fate or that of their relatives, and there were some who prayed for death in their terror of dying.

It was the Italian Jewelers of the 19th century who hit upon the idea of taming Vesuvius's volcanic rock to make beautiful necklaces. Volcanic rock is easy to engrave and to inlay silver producing some dramatic jewelery.

The methods used to make modern lava-stone objects have changed but the jewelery is still just as stunning. The volcanic rock is melted at very high temperatures and then molded by mixing with hypo-allergenic resin to hold the compound together. The result is a striking black rock which is soft to the touch.