#thin sections

[prepackagedlasagna]

Thin sections my beloved

This post was inspired by a much cooler geologist @friedmagazinebouquet

[event-horizon-x]

Solid solution of orthopyroxene within clinopyroxene aka the tiger rock that was a bitch in our prac for a number of reasons.

[kat-and-their-cats]

A beautiful thinsection from a blueschist, with garnet, glaucophane, albite, chlorite, and muscovite.

@saltyglazedbread described the garnet-albite interaction as a garnet human centipede to me in the practical.

[rocksnrocknroll]

volcanic rocks!

[author-morgan]

okay but hear me out, basalts

to anyone who ever said rocks aren’t cool, you’re wrong.

[geologyedinburgh]

Practical in preparation for a geology field trip to Cyprus. Here in a series of thin sections you can see: Pelagic chalks, Planktonic Foraminifera, Nicosia sandstone and Cherts with chalk layers.

[the-tales-of-a-geology-student]

Who knew sandstones could be so gorgeous?

[anomalokaris]

Unsolicited dick pic from a rock