#lewisian — Public Fediverse posts
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A #FridayFold from the west coast of the #IsleofLewis.
The dark mafic #OuterHebrides dykes were intruded into the #Lewisian gneiss. The original cross cutting relationship has been brought into near concordance during subsequent #Laxfordian deformation which also generated these folds.
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Tiger stipe camouflage isn't really effective on the west coast of the #IsleofLewis👀
Compositional (rhythmic?) banding is preserved locally within an occurrence of #Lewisian "Older Basic Suite" meta-basics/ultrabasics.
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#MinCup23 Here's a gorgeous big zircon crystal in a rock thin section of a Lewisian gneiss from Rodil in South Harris. Field of view about 2mm wide. 🥰 🤩 #VoteZircon #Geology #Mineralogy #Lewisian
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#MinCup23 Here's a gorgeous big zircon crystal in a rock thin section of a Lewisian gneiss from Rodil in South Harris. Field of view about 2mm wide. 🥰 🤩 #VoteZircon #Geology #Mineralogy #Lewisian
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#MinCup23 Here's a gorgeous big zircon crystal in a rock thin section of a Lewisian gneiss from Rodil in South Harris. Field of view about 2mm wide. 🥰 🤩 #VoteZircon #Geology #Mineralogy #Lewisian
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#MinCup23 Here's a gorgeous big zircon crystal in a rock thin section of a Lewisian gneiss from Rodil in South Harris. Field of view about 2mm wide. 🥰 🤩 #VoteZircon #Geology #Mineralogy #Lewisian
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#MinCup23 Here's a gorgeous big zircon crystal in a rock thin section of a Lewisian gneiss from Rodil in South Harris. Field of view about 2mm wide. 🥰 🤩 #VoteZircon #Geology #Mineralogy #Lewisian
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#FridayFold - #Lewisian gneiss on approach to the causeway from South Uist to Eriskay in the #OuterHebrides
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Another hard day in the office😎 looking for a #FridayFold
The #Lewisian gneisses on the beach at Port Nis (Port of Ness) have been folded during the #Laxfordian.
#IsleofLewis