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Rock 365 : Day 342 : Sillimanite Cordierite Gneiss

December 9, 2010 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Day 342 : A garnet in a sillimanite-cordierite gneiss from Herbon Farm, near Arradon Brittany, France. Keele collection.

Rock 365 : Day 341 : Garnet Schist

December 9, 2010 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Day 341 : A garnet within the Conquet Schists, from north of Pointe de St Mathieu, Brittany, France. Keele collection.

Rock 365 : Day 340 : Olivine Dolerite

December 9, 2010 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Day 340 : An olivine dolerite from south of Camas Malag, Skye, Scotland. Keele collection.

Rock 365 : Day 339 : Bastite Serpentine

December 8, 2010 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Day 339 : This is lizardite serpentine from the Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall, England. The term bastite is used where it forms pseudomorphs of other minerals such as enstatite, olivine and pyroxene. Keele collection.

Rock 365 : Day 338 : Picrite

December 8, 2010 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Day 338 : Picrite (olivine and augite basalt) from La Bette, Guernsey. Keele collection.

Rock 365 : Day 337 : Augite Tephrite

December 8, 2010 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Day 337 : An augite tephrite from Italy. Keele collection.

Rock 365 : Day 336 : Biotite Pyroxenite

December 8, 2010 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Day 336 : Biotite pyroxenite from Loch Salachaidh, east of Bettyhill (Am Blaran Odhar), Thurso, Scotland. Keele collection.

Rock 365 : Day 335 : Kimberlite

December 1, 2010 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Day 335 : Kimberlite, a potentially diamond bearing ultramafic igneous rock from the mantle. This specimen from the Wesselton Diamond Mine, Kimberley, South Africa. Keele collection.

Rock 365 : Day 334 : Dunite

December 1, 2010 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Day 334 : Dunite (predominantly olivine) from North Carolina, USA. Keele collection.

Rock 365 : Day 333 : Essexite

December 1, 2010 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Day 333 : Essexite or nepheline monzogabbro. This rock was quarried to make curling stones. From Craighead Quarry, Crawfordjohn, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Keele collection.

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