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Volcanoes are areas where rock is built up around an opening in the Earth which connects the land surface to the magma below the ground. When the pressure deep below the volcano increases, the magma is erupted from the ground. There are three most common types of volcanoes - Shield ...
It is Mineral Week here at Mini Me Geology so we are starting out with one of my personal favorites. DIAMONDS!
Did you know that pencil lead and diamonds are made of the same thing? It is hard to believe but they are both made of carbon! The carbon forms ...
Aquamarine is a pale blue form of the mineral beryl. Aquamarine crystals can occur in such rocks as granites and pegmatites. These beautiful gemstones have a glassy luster (shine) and are either translucent or transparent. These properties make aquamarine a prized stone for all types of jewelry.
Mineral trivia: What ...
Sedimentary rocks are formed when sand, small pieces of rock, or mud are deposited as layers of sediment. These layers of sediment are pressed together over a long period of time and form a sedimentary rock from the pressure and cementation process. Sedimentary rocks are unique because they can be ...
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Any item....any volume....you pick! ...I have been collecting geology jokes for years. I'm not sure where I've even heard them all. If I hear one, I write it down. Here are a few of my favorites.
If you have some of your own, leave them in the comments or send us an email. We'd love ...
Hey Kids! Try this fun experiment to learn more about growing mineral (salt) crystals.
Make sure that you have an adult help you with this experiment and do not touch the boiling water.
You will need:
Clean Jar
String (we prefer cotton)
Scissors
Tape (optional)
Pencil
1-2 Cups ...
Did you know that Utah Has been a net exporter of energy since 1980? That Utah has the second-lowest price for home heating via natural gas production in 2008 reached an all time high of $2.7 billion?
These are just a few of the facts detailed in a new publication, “Utah’s Energy Landscape,” from the Utah [...]
A new cash rebate incentive program for solar and wind energy systems begins today. The Utah State Energy Program (USEP) announced applications are now available for Utah residents, small businesses, and nonprofit organizations interested in generating renewable energy. The rebate amounts cover approximately 25 percent of the cost of a typical residential system.
“This program will [...]
The theme for this month’s geoscience blog carnival, The Accretionary Wedge, is geological heroes. Callan Bentley of the Mountain Beltway blog is hosting: I invite all participants (geobloggers and geoblog readers alike) to contribute stories of their heroes. It’s time to pay tribute to the extraordinary individuals who helped make your life, your science, and [...]
This week’s Friday Field Foto is from a weekend trip I took last month to Yosemite National Park. I’ve been trying to broaden my photo collection with more than just sedimentary rocks … so today is a close-up of some beautiful Yosemite granite. Now that I think about it, I’m assuming this is granite — [...]
I’m using this week’s Sea-Floor Sunday to show a few simple maps of the region around the erupting Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland. I don’t have a photographic memory of the Earth’s surface so I always like to remind myself what a region’s topography/bathymetry looks like. The first image (below) is a regional map centered on [...]
I realize it’s been pretty quiet on this blog for a few weeks — I was doing some traveling (mostly for work but with some fun thrown in there as well). But now that I’m back and have returned to the “normal” state of busy-ness I should be able to get a few posts out [...]
This week’s Friday Field Foto is of some nice wind ripples on a beach in Kaua’i. That’s it … that’s all I got today. Happy Friday! Filed under: Friday Field Foto, Hawai'i, patterns, photographs I've taken, sedimentary structures
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