The 3 Whale Rocks At the summit of Sam Wan Mountain, in Bueng Kan Province, Thailand, there are three rock masses evoking floating whales that formed about 75 million years ago.1yr ⋅ veterinarysite ⋅ r/geology
NH, USA just a fun example of the garnets found in my backyard brook from the eroding mica schist. These are easy to pull up by the handful in summer months when the water is low.3yr ⋅ Odd_Shallot1929 ⋅ r/geology
I70 roadcut in Morrison Co, did my first geology fieldwork trip, second year geo student2yr ⋅ HappyTrails_ ⋅ r/geology
Calcite veins in Granite. • Santa Catalina Mountains, Tucson, Arizona. [oc]1yr ⋅ latexflesh ⋅ r/geology
Is there a name for this sort of peninsular cliff that wraps around a point?1yr ⋅ RunawayTrey ⋅ r/geology
I am taking my children on a three month road trip across North America. My kids absolutely love rocks and geology, please point out places along this journey where we can view epic geologic features and also perhaps public/private areas to where we can hound for rocks. Details in comments.2yr ⋅ GreasyQtip ⋅ r/geology
This is Cumberlandite, the only place on earth you can find it is my home town. Found by sticking a magnet on the ground1yr ⋅ SquishyWhenWet_1 ⋅ r/geology
Why did mountain ranges in Nevada form in “rows” with lower elevation desert in between them?1yr ⋅ CareerHorror9983 ⋅ r/geology
We were pheasant hunting in western Minnesota and stopped to see the 3.5 billion year old Morton Gneiss1yr ⋅ steelyben ⋅ r/geology
A very narrow peninsula formed by a terminal moraine. Hindens rev, Kalland, Sweden.3yr ⋅ eam2468 ⋅ r/geology
🔥 Exotic, beautiful, and rare Patagonian crater agate only found in Argentina!3yr ⋅ stijlkoch ⋅ r/geology
(FICTIONAL MAP) I got inspired red from the Afro-Arabian Tectctonic plates Lol ( please don't be mean if anything is wrong I'm literally Thirteen lmao)1yr ⋅ Incompetentbeinglmao ⋅ r/geology
Was asked to come up with a pickup line for a Geologist someone found on Tinder1yr ⋅ PaleoMason ⋅ r/geology
Manage to grab a small piece of Obsidian for the rock garden. Think my SO will notice?7mo ⋅ EightInchesAround ⋅ r/geology
How would this feature have been formed next to flat plains? Is it erosion from a glacier? Central Nebraska.1yr ⋅ nixonbeach ⋅ r/geology
My 5yo is a natural rockhound. He can spot pyrite in a gravel driveway from 20ft away.1yr ⋅ Jenipherocious ⋅ r/geology
the folks on Twitter seemed to enjoy this. About 1km under the surface, just north of Lake Superior2yr ⋅ adolin69 ⋅ r/geology
Saw this super cool formation while hiking through the Grand Canyon. Anyone have any info on what is is/how it was formed?1yr ⋅ tresbros ⋅ r/geology
My stepdad dug this up clearing some land for a road in east Texas. I’m assuming palm bulb? 14” across at its widest point. Sorry I didn’t get a pic of the opposing side but it’s fully intact.1yr ⋅ NeauxDoubt ⋅ r/geology
Calcite outcropping on Mount Baldwin, eastern Sierra. 13lb mongrel chihuahua for scale.2yr ⋅ samizdatandchill ⋅ r/geology
Animated map & globe showing tectonic plate movement from 542Ma years ago to present day2yr ⋅ Joe-the-Bear ⋅ r/geology
I always love sitting by this boulder left behind by the glaciers that once crawled across Vancouver Island. It certainly chose a good view to rest at through the millennia.1yr ⋅ CascadianCapersInsta ⋅ r/geology
Fossil Stingray Found and Prepped by my Friend, Green River Formation Wyoming3yr ⋅ Diggingscience ⋅ r/geology
Heart-shaped amethyst geodes. Discovered yesterday in Artigas, by the mining company Uruguay Minerals3yr ⋅ nygdan ⋅ r/geology
You know, If you hold a polished rose quarts too your forehead and concentrate really hard, you can feel the geologists laughing at you...3yr ⋅ DumbThoth ⋅ r/geology
I visited the superb Sawn Rocks in New South Wales, Australia today. It's hard to believe these Basalt pipes formed naturally.3yr ⋅ coffeetable213 ⋅ r/geology
Cracked open a rock to find a preserved pine cone! (Steinhardt, Germany)5yr ⋅ Tungnafellsjokull ⋅ r/geology
What is going on that caused this bulging /deformation of the coastal mountains to the foreland belt?1yr ⋅ Cyrus_WhoamI ⋅ r/geology
Not sure if it's geology but does this kind of formation have a name? Found this in very remote siberia on sattelite imagery1yr ⋅ WarmZookeepergame1 ⋅ r/geology
My Aunt sent me this postcard on recent trip she did. Though you guys might like it.1yr ⋅ jakedasnake08 ⋅ r/geology
Combination of aquamarine with black tourmaline and albite from haramosh valley Pakistan.2yr ⋅ Your_minerals ⋅ r/geology
I found this rock in northern West Aus and a geologist told me it was chert and around 600mill years old. My friends daughter wants to use it for show and tell, what else can she tell her class? (6yo)11mo ⋅ WestCoastInverts ⋅ r/geology
I do question the thought process of putting a large house above this faulted cave? Hmmm1yr ⋅ Burngold10 ⋅ r/geology
Baikal Zen is a natural phenomenon where sun warmed rocks on surface of the frozen lake create these hollow domes in the ice beneath.3yr ⋅ MrRad21 ⋅ r/geology
Not all geologists work primarily with rocks. Trees drowned in landslide-dammed lakes provide precise dating of landslides down to the year and even season using dendrochronology. Whitewater Lake, Mt. Jefferson Wilderness, Oregon.3yr ⋅ logatronics ⋅ r/geology
I made my own cross section of our planet that accurately visualizes what the interior would actually look like (Based on real magma convection simulations)1yr ⋅ Andy-roo77 ⋅ r/geology
Actual sizes of countries due to the “Mercator-Effect” for all the people that get confused about why Greenland is not a continent.11mo ⋅ Express_Particular45 ⋅ r/geology
Desert Rose - rose-like formations of crystal clusters of gypsum or baryte which include abundant sand grains.2yr ⋅ Multisitez ⋅ r/geology
Just wanted to share this beautiful basalt waterfall called Somoska, near the Slovak-Hungarian border.4yr ⋅ Komander13 ⋅ r/geology
The US Geological Survey just issued Depth of Groundwater Used for Drinking-Water Supplies in the United States. A 78-page report with numerous map illustrations. According to the Survey, Groundwater supplies 35 percent of drinking water in the United States.2yr ⋅ Ed_Trucks_Head ⋅ r/geology
It was mentioned that you folks might like this over in r/humanforscale3yr ⋅ parentwmentalillness ⋅ r/geology
Igneious, metamorphic, and sedimentary. Now let me get back to smoking1yr ⋅ WormLivesMatter ⋅ r/geology
Beautiful sedimentary structures in this St Bees sandstone building stone [Cumbria, UK]3yr ⋅ DannyStubbs ⋅ r/geology
After a small landslide in some coastal white clay, small blue hard clay rocks are exposed, what are they,?1yr ⋅ rawkhounding ⋅ r/geology
Why does the Himalayas have a convex shape which also appears to be bent at its margins?1yr ⋅ Addish8 ⋅ r/geology
What causes these rings on this rock wall? (Rocky Mountains, Alberta Canada)1yr ⋅ thinkofsomethingkwik ⋅ r/geology
Had to actually buy this one. It's very hard to acquire otherwise. Crocoite - Tasmania's state mineral.1yr ⋅ Martin_au ⋅ r/geology
Turkey Monster (silicic plug, W. Cascades) in the Menagerie Wilderness makes me question all I know about seismicity and potential shaking in the PNW from a full rupture event. Climbers at top for scale!2yr ⋅ logatronics ⋅ r/geology
Awesome rock formations at the bottom of Walnut Canyon, AZ, USA.11mo ⋅ Alarming-Mongoose-91 ⋅ r/geology
It’s for sale. Def not going anywhere. I should have taken more angles. Gotta love Arkansas1yr ⋅ MediocreSimRacer ⋅ r/geology
ASU football painted their endzones with a topographic map of the Buttes that surround their football stadium4yr ⋅ tubamarc8891 ⋅ r/geology
10 m wide basalt dyke on La Gomera, Canary Islands. Photo Miltos Andreadis4yr ⋅ tallyrand ⋅ r/geology
