On the rocks

The fossil lady!

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The Geology of the Outer Hebrides is really important - as the predominant rock type is a Lewisian Gneiss - a metamorphic rock which is astonishingly up to 3 billion years old, making it the oldest rock in Britain - two thirds the age of the Earth.

The Lewisian complex or Lewisian gneiss is a suite of Precambrian metamorphic rocks that outcrop in the northwestern part of Scotland, forming part of the Hebridean Terrane and the North Atlantic Craton.

About collecting

A great read about collecting from one of my online friend, Jim Rienhardt, (met him on Pinterest), who helped me start my collections.

Here it is

New from Newfoundland

I am very lucky to have friends that travel. My friend spent almost two weeks hiking and exploring Newfoundland. So thank you! For thinking of me.

Here are some wonderful geological descriptions of the areas The Tablelands are situated in Gros Morne National Park, a 1.2 billion year old ocean floor and UNESCO world heritage site. A region that looks more like Arizona than Newfoundland. A flat-topped mountain of scorched orange and red desert that is part of the Appalachians mountain range. Ancient peridotite rocks are found in the Tablelands. So rare they are usually only located deep in the earth’s mantle.

 Dover faultline
 

Truce Island (Sunnyside) was an historic meeting between English and Beothuk took place on or near the island in 1612. The Peace Garden was built to commemorate this occasion in 2012. The island was also used by French troops to hold English prisoners during the Winter War of 1696 - 1697.

History of Newfoundland and Labrador

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A fun travel story about being blown away by Newfoundland

I love these kind of sites!

Structural geology of Newfoundland