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gloomywormwood:Petrography day. Basalt in thin section.

ArtThis image is another of the winners from the 2014 annual Smithsonian photography contest. Taken

Keep on rockin’ in the upper crustThis photograph captures one of the only places on Earth where you

Western Pinnacles Lakes Basin, John Muir Wilderness, Sierra Nevada Mountains, California, USA. Photo

Mount Kinabalu at SunriseThis magnificent shadow is cast by Mount Kinabalu at sunrise. Kinabalu form

LaccolithThis mound shaped hill in Montana is the remains of a laccolith, a lens-shaped blob of magm

Eudialyte syeniteIsn’t that a delightful color? The mineral with the strong color is Eudialyte

Stac LeeThis is Stack Lee, a small sea stack that is part of the St. Kilda Archipelago, found off th

Fingal’s Cave, ScotlandScientists and geology students alike flock to this cave to study i

Scandinavian CrustThis is an absolutely spectacular shot of several stages of crust formation from K

Look, down there, it’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a…thousand kilometer pile

Remnant of a plumeCanada is some of the oldest continental crust on Earth, with provinces that are w

THE COLUMNAR COAST OF TASMANIAThe dolerites of Tasmania are remnants of Gondwana, a “super con

c6h14nightmares:OminousDolerite sea cave in the coast of Bruny Island, Tasmania.

azvolrien:Hello, it’s time for Rock Facts.What you’re looking at in these photos is call

Thedark coloured rock is a sedimentary rock and the bright coloured rock is anigneous rock (used to

luna-and-mars:Guess what I’m up to? :DTaking petrology this semester, which means lots of thin

anywhereinafrica:A pegmatite sheet cutting across a Neoproterozoic gabbro. Mafic rocks in Turkana ar

Marine mineralsLike a clump of sea urchins lurking in a coral cavelet, beautiful sprays of the zeoli

Pumice is way too fun.In 1912, a volcano named Mount Katmai unleashed the largest eruption of the 20

Pre-PopoPopocatépetl volcano seen here from the north is the second highest peak in Mexico. I

nothingelsematters79:Granite - Variation on a themeI think this is the countertop definition of gran

mineralsandsomerocks:Olivine in Plane Polarized (left) and Cross Polarized (right) LightThe amount o

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