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Sorry arachnophobics but I have an insane obsessio

Sorry arachnophobics but I have an insane obsession with spiders, insects and other critters, so be prepared to see some between my rock posts 😅

Japan is wild. There are a lot of wild creatures around that give me the impression of being in some far away jungle, like this Trichonephila clavata spider or Joro spider, one of the most beautiful spiders of Japan! ❤️

Besshi area, Ehime Prefecture

#spider #nephila #trichonephila #trichonephilaclavata #spiderlove #nature #naturephotography #naturelovers #arachnophilia #aracnofilia #spiderphotography #insectphotography #ジョロウグモ #ragno #macrophotography

Sexy deformation in folded micaschists from the Sa

Sexy deformation in folded micaschists from the Sanbagawa belt, Japan.

🧭Besshi area, Shikoku, Japan
© GW

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#fold #piega #geology #geologist #geologyrocks #sanbagawa #japan #deformation #metamorphism #structuralgeology #tectonics #fieldwork
#jeoloji #géologie #geología #الجيولوجيا #геология #地質学 #nature #naturephotography #naturephoto #earth #earthpix #earthpics #rockhound #instageology #geologyofinstagram

Talc - chlorite mylonite or oil on canvas? 🔬 C

Talc - chlorite mylonite or oil on canvas?

🔬 CPL - 3 mm wide
➡️ Swipe for PPL

© Samuele Papeschi/GW

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#talc #chlorite #minerals #minerali #colors #rocks #thinsection #petrography #microscopy #microscope #microscopio #rockphotography #rockphotographer #rockphoto #mylonite #geology #geologia #geologyrocks #geologyporn #jeoloji #géologie #geología #الجيولوجيا #геология #地質学 #nature #rockhound #stem #science

Rocks are not all equal. Before you call me a rock

Rocks are not all equal. Before you call me a rock racist, what I mean is that different rocks have very different chemistry, which determines which rocks will remain boring shales (talking to you, Palombini shales), and which will develop beautiful crystals.

The wollastonite skarns of Norsi are a beautiful example of this: a nice limestone ready to be cooked by some hot hydrothermal fluids, just right 👌

Learn more in my recent blog post, accessible also through the link in bio.

https://geologyistheway.com/blog/2022/07/30/a-matter-of-chemistry-the-wollastonite-crystals-of-norsi-beach-elba-italy/

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*Introducing the #micromega series*
This is the first of many posts that will show rocks from the mega- to the micro-scale. Geology deals with many scales of observations and to me they cannot be divided! ➡️ Slide to see this rock under the microscope!
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#geology #jeoloji #géologie #geología #الجيولوجيا #геология #地質学 #skarn #wollastonite #marble #limestone #crystals #gemstones #metamorphism #fluids #petrography #rockhound #nature #stem #geologists #geologist #geologyrocks #norsi #elba #elbaisland #mineralporn #minerals #minerali

And this is my first 'shower' in Japan 😂 #fiel

And this is my first 'shower' in Japan 😂

#fieldwork #mapping #geology #geologicalmap #geologystudent #shikoku #japan #giappone #jungle #日本 #四国 #地質学 #rain

This is the sound of fieldwork in Shikoku, Japan

This is the sound of fieldwork in Shikoku, Japan

#fieldwork #mapping #geology #geologicalmap #geologystudent #shikoku #japan #giappone #jungle #日本 #四国 #地質学

Just looking at this beauty right now! 😍 Talc

Just looking at this beauty right now! 😍

Talc schist from an oceanic shear zone 👌

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CPL | NX
⇔ 3 mm

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#talc #schist #minerals #colors #minerali #thinsection #petrography #microscope #microscopy #microscopio #petrography #amateurmicroscopy #microphoto #microvideo #smallworld #polarizedlight #rockhound #rockhounding #stem #science #nature #earth #jeoloji #géologie #geología #الجيولوجيا #геология #地質学 #geology

Once upon a time in a vug, there was a twinned dol

Once upon a time in a vug, there was a twinned dolomite crystal who didn't like to be a carbonate. She wanted to be a beautiful columnar basalt ❤️

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[1] CPL | NX
[2] PPL | N//
⇔ 3 mm

🧭Norsi, Island of Elba, Italy.
© geologyistheway

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#dolomite #carbonate #minerals #basalt #minerali #mineralien #twinning #crystals #gem #basalt #basaltcolumns #basalto #thinsection #petrography #microscopy #microscope #microscopio #jeoloji #géologie #geología #الجيولوجيا #геология #地質学 #geologyrocks #geologyporn #geologos #elba #elbaisland #italy

Told my girl: "I am going on that rock to make a d

Told my girl: "I am going on that rock to make a dive". Got immediately distracted by these cataclastic metalimestones and forgot to jump. She captured my geological nerdiness in one pic. D'oh!

#geology #geologist #geologystudent #geologistlife #geologyaddicts

It's not just Europe or the southern US that are h

It's not just Europe or the southern US that are hotter... climate is changing on a global scale.

The #heathwave and #drought in #Europe and the #USA have made headlines, but things are not different here in #Japan, where #shikoku is experiencing its worst water shortage in decades, following the lowest amount of #rainfall ever recorded after the rain season. Residents in #Ehime & #Takamatsu have begun to ration water.

If we don't reduce our impact on the planet, it is only going to get worse.

🧭Tomisato weir, Ehime prefecture, Japan
🕑July 11th, 2022
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#climate #climatechange #climateaction #climatecrisis #climatechangeisreal #2022

Big in Japan! Just your ‘average’ garnet eclog

Big in Japan!
Just your ‘average’ garnet eclogite from the Sanbagawa belt, Japan

Eclogites are the beautiful product of subduction of oceanic lithosphere. The extreme pressures existing at more than 70 km depth transform the igneous minerals of gabbro and basalt into dense garnet (red) and omphacite (green). This little cutie has an extremely interesting mineralogy, since it also contains rutile, quartz, phengite, apatite, dolomite, and pyrite, as well as many other minerals formed on the way back to the surface such as clinozoisite and amphibole. Studying eclogites is investigating the deepest tectonic processes that involve the crust of our planet and the enigma of how these deeply metamorphosed rocks come back to the surface. Unfortunately, I do not think these rocks get the attention they deserve!

➡️ Swipe for more and for scale

⛏Besshi eclogite
🧭on display at: Besshiyama Furusatokan, Besshiyama, Ehime, Japan
© Samuele Papeschi/GW

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Exploring Yasui gorge, Niyodo river valley. Happy

Exploring Yasui gorge, Niyodo river valley.

Happy summer holidays!

#niyodo #niyodoblue #niyodoriver #仁淀川 #仁淀川ブルー #shikoku #kochi #japan #四国 #高知 #river #blue #canyoning #trekking #trekkinglovers #hiking #acquatrekking #japanlover #summer #geology #mountains #mountainlover #falls #water #acqua

Ok, this should give some a smile ... and maybe ma

Ok, this should give some a smile ... and maybe make someone else unhappy, but - HEY - that's just my opinion! And by the way, I did not make the rules but @tectonic_city , so insult him instead 😂

Have a different opinion? Tell me in the comments ⬇

#geology #geologist #geologia #science #geologyrocks #geoscience #геология #geología #jeoloji #جيولوجيا# #géologie #Geologie #earthscience #rockhound #rockhounding #instarock #rocksandminerals #rockcollector #petrology #geologymemes #mineralcollecting #mineralogy #crystalshop #rockshop #geography #geographymemes #geographer #cartography #atlasobscura

Tea crops, #niyodogawa #japan #niyodo #niyodoriv

Tea crops, #niyodogawa #japan

#niyodo #niyodoriver #tea #matcha #kochi #shikoku #teatime #crops #tealover

Snapshots from the Sanbagawa metamorphic belt, Jap

Snapshots from the Sanbagawa metamorphic belt, Japan

#geology #geologyrocks #geologypage #geologyporn #rocks #geologia #jeoloji #géologie #geología #الجيولوجيا #геология #metamorphicrock #sanbagawametamorphicbelt #sanbagawa #greenschist #amphibolite #japan #ehime #stem #stemeducation #nature #outcrop #rockhound #research #fieldwork #instageo #instageology #地質学

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