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Day 242 : A granophyre, found as an erratic block one metre down in glacial deposits in the foundations of stage 3 of the geology building at Keele.

Day 241 : This is the Ediacaran age Ercall Microgranophyre from the Ercall Quarries in Staffordshire. Keele collection. 

Day 240 : Devonian porphyritic microgranite form Dufton Pike, Cumbria. Keele collection.

Day 239 : Picrite (high magnesium olivine basalt) from Pico, Azores, Portugal. Keele collection.

Day 238 : Mudcracks and arthropod tracks, from Normandy, France. Keele collection.

Day 237 : A Rhynchosaurus footprint from the Bromsgrove Sandstone (Keuper Waterstones) at Grinshill, Cheshire, England. Keele collection.

Day 236 : A polymict conglomeratic molasse with a calcareous cement from quarry NE of Virey-le-Grand, France. Keele collection.

Day 235 : A garnet amphibolite from Bjordammen, Telemark, Norway.  Keele collection.

Day 234 : This is the reverse side of the St Austell Granite sample shown on Day 231, showing a feldspar, quartz and muscovite pegmatite. From the Tregarden Quarry, Luxulyan, Cornwall, England. Keele collection.

Day 233 : This a volcanic agglomerate (Builth Wells Volcanics) from the Middle Ordovician of Wales. Personal collection.