Big hornblende crystals in meta-gabbro at a riverside in Kamioka, Gifu, Japan.
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Columnar joints of andesite that collapsed due to the Noto Peninsula Earthquake.
An elevator surrounded by "Black Fossil Marble" - Moroccan limestone full of Orthoceras, in a parking lot located near the Kanazawa Station West Exit. #pavementgeology #街の中で見つかるすごい石 #街角地質学
A beautiful green schist stone wall at a private residence in Kaga City, Ishikawa, Japan.
A fishing port uplifted by the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake.
Peridotite nodule (xenolith) inside a stone bollard at the plaza in front of the Kitamaebune-no-Sato Museum, Kaga City, Ishikawa, Japan. I suspect it is basalt from Liaoning Province, China.
Took students caving at Toei-town, Aichi, Japan. Observed stalactites, stalagmites, and flowstones.
Ruby found in mafic rock within the peridotite of Mount Apoi, Hokkaido, Japan - A specimen at the the Apoi Geopark Visitor Center.
The view from Mt Apoi, a mountain of peridotite, Hokkaido, Japan.
A big hexagonal cross-section of quartz observed at a pegmatite outcrop in Hamada, Shimane, Japan.
A typical euhedral crystal of hornblende in the wall cladding of the Daisen Museum of Nature and History.
"Verde Lapponia", fuchsite-bearing quartzite from northern Norway. FOV=ca.5 mm #thinsection #petrology #petrography #polarizingmicoscope
Hornblende in “Kannabe Ao-Mikage”, andesite from Toyooka, Hyogo, Japan
Irregular shape of tourmaline in quartz from Hazu, Nishio, Aichi, Japan. FOV=ca.5 mm #thinsection #petrology #petrography #polarizingmicoscope #岩石 #偏光顕微鏡写真
Zoning of elbaite from Madagascar - Collection of the Ibaraki Nature Museum.
Zoning of fluorite from UK - Collection of the Ibaraki Nature Museum.
Kurobegawa granite, the youngest granite on Earth. Orthoclase exhibits poikilitic texture. FOV=ca.5 mm #thinsection #petrology #petrography #polarizingmicoscope #岩石 #偏光顕微鏡写真
The stone used for the monument at Botagaike Park in Miyoshi City, Aichi, is "Rustenberg," gabbro from South Africa.
Hornblende in "Kuro-Kurama" - diorite or gabbro from Kurama, Kyoto, Japan. FOV=ca.2 mm #thinsection #petrology #petrography #polarizingmicoscope
A couple of nice sections of echinoid fossils photographed this morning at the entrance to the Premium Lounge in Heathrow Terminal 2.
Clinozoisite in "Bethel White" - Bethel granite from Bethel, Vermont, US. FOV=ca.2 mm #thinsection #petrology #petrography #polarizingmicoscope #岩石 #偏光顕微鏡写真
"Kannabe Ao-mikage" andesite from Toyooka, Hyogo, Japan. FOV=ca.5 mm #thinsection #petrology #petrography #polarizingmicoscope #岩石 #偏光顕微鏡写真
Muscovite in pegmatite, Nishio, Aichi Japan. FOV=ca.5 mm #thinsection #petrology #petrography #polarizingmicoscope
Titanite in granite from Kurahashi island, Kure, Hiroshima, Japan. FOV=ca.2 mm #thinsection #petrology #petrography #polarizingmicoscope
Packed with brachiopod fossils, “Uzura” limestone used in the entrance wainscot of the former Mitsubishi Bank Otaru Branch (Otaru Canal Terminal). The same limestone was also used in Japan’s National Diet Building. #pavementgeology #街の中で見つかるすごい石 #街角地質学
Large Shikamaia fossils in the stone counter at the former Bank of Japan Otaru Branch in Hokkaido, now a financial museum. Permian limestone from Gifu, Japan. #pavementgeology #街の中で見つかるすごい石 #街角地質学
Burrow fossils (trace fossils) in the cladding of the Roppongi Hills in Tokyo are made of Kasota limestone, which comes from Minnesota in the USA. #pavementgeology #街の中で見つかるすごい石 #街角地質学
