You know, it's been a while since @mikamckinnon.bsky.social has asked as to do the needful.
ROCK CHECK!!!
Please share a picture of a nice rock that you have handy.
ROCK CHECK!!!
Please share a picture of a nice rock that you have handy.
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Pleasing not-rock: "beer-bottleite" from an Ancient Hoser Gathering Site on the summit of Burke Mountain in Coquitlam, BC
Obviously I had to keep it.
"If you don't know what it is it's prob'ly chert!
If you don't know what it is it's prob'ly chert!
If you found it in some till at the bottom of a hill,
If you don't know what it is it's prob'ly chert!"
(Or granite, but that's easier)
It's basalt from the November 2024 Sundhnúksgígar (Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland) eruption. It's part of the same lava flow that took out the Blue Lagoon's parking lot.
Rocks and trees and trees and rocks and water
If it's the later, maybe I misunderstood the assignment and should have posted a pic of Iguazu Falls, or the Giant's Causeway.
Mmmmm.... pisoliths
Assuming chunks of nickel-iron count.
(I only have a small sectioned piece.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibeon_(meteorite)