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Serpentine


Serpentine
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Copyright: Dr A Rassios (Leventissa) Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 43 W: 4 N: 24] (121)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-06-02
Categories: Nature
Exposure: f/8, 1/250 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-10-08 5:09
Viewed: 407
Points: 4
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I like to collect rock surfaces to use as backgrounds for graphics. This particular serpentine has rich hues -- blues, greys, greens -- that makes it enjoyable to me in its own right. Serpentine is about 170 million years old. I took it on the field trip where I blasted out my knee.

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  • bazal Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2537 W: 124 N: 2378] (7884)
  • [2006-10-10 16:08]
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Hello.
Nice to meet geoscientists on TE. Interesting close-up of this serpentinite with the few clematite leaves that give an idea of the scale. Is it coming from the alteration of some ophiolitic rocks or is this just a deep liasic plutonic formation exhumed during the Alpine orogen?
Nice, unusual and interesting shot, anyway.
Thanks for sharing!

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  • jassy Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 150 W: 19 N: 308] (1061)
  • [2007-05-04 13:03]

Hello Annie,
Ah, I do like a good serpentine. We have it all over California; in fact, I believe it is the official State Rock. During high school, I thought of being a geologist but flunked mineral identification and so immediately changed my sights to biology. :-) Still like rocks, though, and have a small collection scattered around the house and garden.
Yours is a nice shot of the rock, showing its interesting grain and fine colors. I bet it's spectacular in higher def. It would indeed make a great background.
Regards, Jackie

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