ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,491, issued on May 6.

"Hyaloclastite fertilizer, hyaloclastite plant nutrient, hyaloclastite plant soil improvment and method of making and using same" was invented by Romeo Ilarian Ciuperca (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention comprises a method of making a mineral plant nutrient. The method comprises screening or reducing in size basaltic hyaloclastite or intermediate basaltic hyaloclastite to a powder form having volume-based mean particle size of less than or equal to 100 micro metre; and combining the basaltic hyaloclastite or intermediate hyaloclastite powder with soil. The plant nutrients are absorbed by the c...