Rainbow Obsidian

(Source: mexconnect.com)

Deformed quartz in schist

(Source: corbisimages.com)

Via BugGuide: Spilosoma virginica - Virginian Tiger Moth

(Source: it-sfullofstars)

msugeology:

Sedimentary layers with bands of hematite, magnetite (gray/black), and jasper (red) in Precambrian banded iron formations (BIFs) of northern Michigan. 

cambriangirl:

Some 3 billion year old Lewisian gneiss having a nap on my BGS North map

(Source: cambriankin)

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uniformitarianism:

Deception Island, South Shetland, Antarctic Peninsula

WHOA

a BIF!

f1oating:

Devil’s Tower