Rock & Mineral Collection In The Home Of A Geologist

Growing a rock collection is a natural side-effect of becoming a geologist. In this video, I share most of the rocks and minerals that are in my apartment. None of them are particularly flashy or rare but they are valuable to me and remind me daily why I am a geoscientist.

I hope you find the geology I describe here interesting. I provide some tectonic context for many of the specimens and why they are of interest to people who study mountains.

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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Hi & Introduction
2:12 Orocopia Schist
4:16 Hawaii Basalt
4:52 Moenkopi Oscillatory Ripples
5:50 Tibetan Granite (Gangdese Batholith)
6:54 Alps ophiolite
8:07 Tibet (Lhasa terrane)
8:50 Calcite from Montana
9:33 Jurassic fossil (Andes)
10:04 Kailas Fm. (Tibet)
11:00 Misc finds
13:00 STROMATOLITE
14:12 A few more and goodbye

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