Monday, July 4, 2011

4th of July Rocks: Red, White, and Blue

Happy 4th of July, everyone! In honor of the 4th, here are some red, white, and blue rocks.
Red sandstone:
Red Standstone. Arches National Park, Utah, Fall 2005.

Newly-deposited white travertine:

Travertine forming in an alkaline pool. Oman, January 2009.

And, last but not least, brilliant bright blue kyanite crystals:

Blue kyanite. Image courtesy of Ian Stimpson's Flickr stream.

3 comments:

  1. Feel free to add more red, white, and blue rocks in the comments! Happy 4th!

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    New Zealand
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    Panama
    Republic of China (a.k.a. Taiwan)
    Russia
    Samoa
    Slovakia
    Slovenia
    United Kingdom
    United States of America

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