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Day 216 : The Lower Cambrian St Non’s Sandstone from Caerfai Bay, St David’s, Pembrokeshire, Wales.

Day 215 : The basal Lower Cambrian conglomerate from Ogofgolchfa, Whitesands, Pembrokeshire, Wales.

Day 214 : Last shore day on the Baltic cruise, this time Kristiansand, Norway.  Granitic gniess of the dock yard wall forms the backdrop to a piece of artwork. Javel is the the local greeting.

Day 213 : A mafic gneiss from the Gefion Fountain, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Day 212 : The Lower Cambrian Caerbwdy Sandstone Formation. Like the underlying Caerfai Shales of Day 202, for a marine rock they are unusually red, probably indicating something weird about the geochemistry of the Early Cambrian Iaepetus Ocean.  From Caerfai Bay, Pembrokeshire, Wales.

Day 211 : Limestone is the national stone of Estonia. Limestone Day is celebrated every May 4th. Much of medieval Tallinn is constructed from local limestone and this is from the medieval Cat’s Well in the city.

Day 210 : The St David’s Head Gabbro makes up part of a large sill intrusion on St David’s Head, Pembrokeshire, Wales.

Day 209 : Ashore in Saint Petersburg, Russia. This is a malachite table top in the Hermitage Museum.

Day 208 : Granitic gneiss from the interior of the ‘Rock Church’ (Temppeliaukio Church) Helsinki, Finland.

Day 207 : Ashore in Stockholm. Amphibolite gneiss plinth of a statue at Skeppsbrokajen, Gamla Stan, Stockholm, Sweden.