Gneiss Gallery

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Underneath a faultHere’s the kind of question you might not have thought about if you’re not a geolo
Granitic Gneiss in sparkling waters: © riverwindphotography, September 2020
The 12th Dynasty pharaoh Senwosret III (r. 1878-1839 BCE) as a sphinx.  Thought to have come from Ka
riverwindphotography:Granitic Gneiss in sparkling waters: © riverwindphotography, September 2020
Gneissfrom the Joshimath Formation at Jyotirmath (Uttarakhand, India).Thisgneiss is from the Protero
A deeper lookLurking beneath all the more recent layers of rocks that drape our continents are their
XenolithsThis is a specimen from the oldest rock suite in Britain, the 3 Ga Lewisian Gneiss group an
Baliscate standing stones, Isle of Mull, Scotland 2017 In moorland close to Baliscate, three standin
johnmuirism:some neat rocks
Meet the Gneisses of the Grand CanyonI’ve been deliberately making a mistake in my last couple posts
The deformation in the Grand CanyonThese are the same two units I showed in the last post moving up
Deformed DikesI have a long-running hypothesis that I’ve spoken of here before, and that is th
GeoTrivia: Classical Shear FoldingFinding geology in unexpected places, this classical era Greek col
The very bottom of the Grand CanyonThis rock sits in a very cool place; this is the single oldest ro
Leucogranite Pleasant to look at outcrop along the road in Alice Springs. A leucogranite (white/brig
relatetorocks: Thin section of an augen gneiss, cross-polars.
An TealachWhile the surface aspect of the scene has been carved by ice in the glaciations of the las
vonauw:Sunrise after storm in Preikestolen,Norway
rivermusic: Around Jenny LakeGrand Teton National Park, Wyoming(gneiss, quartz, granite, garnet, sch
Statue of Amenemhat III (diorite gneiss). Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, ca. 1860-1814 BC. Now in the
thosewhocando: Elgin Chutes Provincial Park, Bancroft, Ontario
blog-of-a-photographr: Looking out to the sea ~ Idlefjelle, Norway ~ Kristine Many of the rocks in N
ScouredThis rock is one of many granitic rocks, often metamorphosed, found on the southwestern coast
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