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mafic, are you around? Can you identify this type of rock, if it even counts as rock? -- (link)
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Beryllium
I'd call it conglomerate. -- nm
Posted by
mafic
Feb 16 '09, 00:06
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Interesting. There's another one that basically looks like naturally-formed chunky concrete. -- (link)
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Beryllium
Feb 16, 00:09
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that's almost exactly what conglomerate is.
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mafic
Feb 16, 00:15
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Is it a function of glacial activity? -- nm
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Beryllium
Feb 16, 00:18
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sedimentary collection, compression. often a bit of fossil action going on.
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zeitgeist
Feb 16, 00:45
more likely these are some kind of coastal formation. if I knew what the rocks above and beneath were like it'd help. -- nm
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mafic
Feb 16, 00:34
oh, hmm. Sounds like it could be that, or more likely it would be a result of tectonics -- nm
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Beryllium
Feb 16, 00:22
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