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Serpentine
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| Photo Information |
Copyright: Dr A Rassios (Leventissa)
![Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 43 W: 4 N: 24]](http://i1.trekearth.com/misc/s-n-s.gif) (121) |
| Genre: Places |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2006-06-02 |
| Categories: Nature |
| Exposure: f/8, 1/250 seconds |
| More Photo Info: [view] |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2006-10-08 5:09 |
| Viewed: 407 |
| Points: 4 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
| 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]](http://i1.trekearth.com/misc/g-g-g.gif)
(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]](http://i1.trekearth.com/misc/g-s-g.gif)
(1061) - [2007-05-04 13:03]
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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
