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Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Feb 6, 2019 - 10:09am PT
Did someone say Darwin Falls?
tuolumne_tradster

Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
Feb 6, 2019 - 10:17am PT
Rcklzrd

Trad climber
Prescott, AZ
Feb 6, 2019 - 04:14pm PT
Minerals

Social climber
The Deli
Feb 6, 2019 - 04:37pm PT

Cool photos.


Don Pedro rock colors

Bornite? (Also known as peacock ore)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bornite
tuolumne_tradster

Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
Feb 6, 2019 - 05:01pm PT
In case you don't already have this new publication "A More Informative Way to Name Plutonic Rocks" Glazner et al 2018

https://www.geosociety.org/gsatoday/science/G384A/article.htm
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Feb 6, 2019 - 05:01pm PT
Grand assembly of geologic types, Tuolumne T. Fine photos.
ß Î Ø T Ç H

Boulder climber
ne'er–do–well
Feb 6, 2019 - 08:20pm PT

https://www.ebay.com/itm/California-Indian-Grinding-Slab-And-Hand-Pestle-Metate-Miwok-Merced-River/392231270062
Minerals

Social climber
The Deli
Feb 7, 2019 - 02:25pm PT

Thanks for the link, Tradster. I had not seen the article yet, but knew about it.

The new classification system obviously makes sense. We’ll see how much traction it gains.
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Feb 7, 2019 - 02:44pm PT
tuolumne_tradster

Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
Feb 7, 2019 - 03:51pm PT
Folded "ribbon" chert of the Franciscan Complex near Battery Townsley north of Rodeo Gulch, Marin County

Banded gneiss with pegmatite pocket near Cho La Pass Nepal

Foliated, folded & faulted garnet-bearing, glaucophane schist exotic block in the Franciscan Complex, Sunset Rocks near Goat Rock
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Feb 9, 2019 - 05:04pm PT
tuolumne_tradster

Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
Feb 9, 2019 - 07:59pm PT
Inter-layered pumice and obsidian, Pamum Crater near Mono Lake

Nodule in Paleozoic meta-sedimentary rocks near Bennittville Mine
drunkenmaster

Social climber
santa rosa
Feb 10, 2019 - 10:34am PT
drunkenmaster

Social climber
santa rosa
Feb 10, 2019 - 10:35am PT
drunkenmaster

Social climber
santa rosa
Feb 10, 2019 - 10:35am PT
FRUMY

Trad climber
Bishop,CA
Feb 10, 2019 - 03:00pm PT
Aeriq

Sport climber
100-year Visitor
Feb 10, 2019 - 03:47pm PT
How about a little color from the Sedona area!




tuolumne_tradster

Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
Feb 10, 2019 - 03:57pm PT
Did someone mention Sedona?

The Devil's Bridge...

Basalt dike in red sandstone of the Permian Schnebly Hill Formation...

Bell Rock and Courthouse Butte...

Note the ~ 10 ft thick Apache limestone bed about midway up on the red sandstone buttes...

ydpl8s

Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
Feb 10, 2019 - 04:12pm PT
softcore beauty

Aeriq

Sport climber
100-year Visitor
Feb 10, 2019 - 04:14pm PT
Nice, TT!

River rock pattern on display at the Grand Canyon:


The inimitable Paradise Forks, Gold Wall:

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