joemomrgneissguy

[joemomrgneissguy]

As a fellow enjoyer of garnets in a muscovite matrix, I thought I'd share this beauty I saw in college with you

Week 4 of posting rock thin sections, and what a surprise, more garnet!!!

[joemomrgneissguy]

The sea lies over the desert here

These ancient blocks of stone

Rise from depths hidden down beneath

The valley far below

Once this ocean had dried away

Til it was naught but sand

Now it returns as rain unto this

Dry and dusty land

I stand on oceans, mountaintops,

I stand on desert dunes

I stand on both because what was

Is now in different tune

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The Keystone Fault, as outcropping at Turtlehead Mountain in Red Rock Canyon, Las Vegas NV.

Cambrian cliffs of Limestone now overlie Jurassic sandstones here due to the tectonic shuffle of the Sevier orogeny in this region. Absolutely beautiful.

#geology #bad poetry #cambrian #jurassic period