Sorting out Science » Geology http://sortingoutscience.net Science for people who never knew it could be interesting Wed, 23 May 2012 11:56:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 The scientific tourist #223 — the Alma King http://sortingoutscience.net/2012/05/21/the-scientific-tourist-223-the-alma-king/ http://sortingoutscience.net/2012/05/21/the-scientific-tourist-223-the-alma-king/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 13:17:39 +0000 Sam Wise http://sortingoutscience.net/?p=1631 Seen at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, it's the Alma King -- a fantastic rhodochrosite specimen...

Continue reading →]]> http://sortingoutscience.net/2012/05/21/the-scientific-tourist-223-the-alma-king/feed/ 0 The scientific tourist #216 — aquamarine http://sortingoutscience.net/2012/04/02/the-scientific-tourist-216-aquamarine/ http://sortingoutscience.net/2012/04/02/the-scientific-tourist-216-aquamarine/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 12:26:15 +0000 Sam Wise http://sortingoutscience.net/?p=1605 Aquamarine crystals at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science...

Continue reading →]]> http://sortingoutscience.net/2012/04/02/the-scientific-tourist-216-aquamarine/feed/ 0 The scientific tourist #214 — Postosuchus kirkpatricki http://sortingoutscience.net/2012/03/19/the-scientific-tourist-214-postosuchus-kirkpatricki/ http://sortingoutscience.net/2012/03/19/the-scientific-tourist-214-postosuchus-kirkpatricki/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 11:47:56 +0000 Sam Wise http://sortingoutscience.net/?p=1598 Another fine specimen from the Petrified Forest National Park visitor's center in Arizona...

Continue reading →]]> http://sortingoutscience.net/2012/03/19/the-scientific-tourist-214-postosuchus-kirkpatricki/feed/ 0 The scientific tourist #204 — pyrite http://sortingoutscience.net/2011/12/12/the-scientific-tourist-204-pyrite/ http://sortingoutscience.net/2011/12/12/the-scientific-tourist-204-pyrite/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:27:55 +0000 Sam Wise http://sortingoutscience.net/2011/12/12/the-scientific-tourist-204-pyrite/ Fool's gold -- it's not just for gold-hunters anymore...

Continue reading →]]> http://sortingoutscience.net/2011/12/12/the-scientific-tourist-204-pyrite/feed/ 0 The scientific tourist #203 — Swiftcurrent lake http://sortingoutscience.net/2011/12/06/the-scientific-tourist-203-swiftcurrent-lake/ http://sortingoutscience.net/2011/12/06/the-scientific-tourist-203-swiftcurrent-lake/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:32:56 +0000 Sam Wise http://sortingoutscience.net/?p=1551 This week's photo comes to you from Swiftcurrent lake -- a beautiful little lake in the Many Glacier region of Glacier National Park in Montana...

Continue reading →]]> http://sortingoutscience.net/2011/12/06/the-scientific-tourist-203-swiftcurrent-lake/feed/ 0 The scientific tourist #202 — Selenite http://sortingoutscience.net/2011/11/28/the-scientific-tourist-202-selenite/ http://sortingoutscience.net/2011/11/28/the-scientific-tourist-202-selenite/#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:14:36 +0000 Sam Wise http://sortingoutscience.net/2011/11/28/the-scientific-tourist-202-selenite/ Continue reading →]]> http://sortingoutscience.net/2011/11/28/the-scientific-tourist-202-selenite/feed/ 0 Casual Friday — getting ready for Curiosity http://sortingoutscience.net/2011/11/25/casual-friday-getting-ready-for-curiosity/ http://sortingoutscience.net/2011/11/25/casual-friday-getting-ready-for-curiosity/#comments Sat, 26 Nov 2011 00:51:01 +0000 Sam Wise http://sortingoutscience.net/2011/11/25/casual-friday-getting-ready-for-curiosity/ If all goes well, the Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity will launch from Florida tomorrow morning (10:25 a.m. Eastern Time, 1525 GMT). JPL put together this video of highlights in the rover's planned mission...

Continue reading →]]> http://sortingoutscience.net/2011/11/25/casual-friday-getting-ready-for-curiosity/feed/ 0 The scientific tourist #195 — azurite and malachite http://sortingoutscience.net/2011/10/10/the-scientific-tourist-195-azurite-and-malachite/ http://sortingoutscience.net/2011/10/10/the-scientific-tourist-195-azurite-and-malachite/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 13:01:55 +0000 Sam Wise http://sortingoutscience.net/2011/10/10/the-scientific-tourist-195-azurite-and-malachite/ Another image from the excellent geology collection at the Houston (Texas) Museum of Natural Science -- this one of a sample of azurite and malachite

Continue reading →]]> http://sortingoutscience.net/2011/10/10/the-scientific-tourist-195-azurite-and-malachite/feed/ 2 The scientific tourist #192 — bad, bad lands http://sortingoutscience.net/2011/09/19/the-scientific-tourist-192-bad-bad-lands/ http://sortingoutscience.net/2011/09/19/the-scientific-tourist-192-bad-bad-lands/#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 13:16:37 +0000 Sam Wise http://sortingoutscience.net/2011/09/19/the-scientific-tourist-192-bad-bad-lands/ From the southwest corner of South Dakota comes today's image for you -- a landscape panorama the Badlands...

Continue reading →]]> http://sortingoutscience.net/2011/09/19/the-scientific-tourist-192-bad-bad-lands/feed/ 0 The scientific tourist #191 — Glacier tracks http://sortingoutscience.net/2011/09/12/the-scientific-tourist-191-glacier-tracks/ http://sortingoutscience.net/2011/09/12/the-scientific-tourist-191-glacier-tracks/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:16:48 +0000 Sam Wise http://sortingoutscience.net/2011/09/12/the-scientific-tourist-191-glacier-tracks/ Continue reading →]]> http://sortingoutscience.net/2011/09/12/the-scientific-tourist-191-glacier-tracks/feed/ 0