Cruse2382@lemmy.world to What is this thing?@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agorock found on beach in the uk SOLVEDmessage-squaremessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up122arrow-down1message-squarerock found on beach in the uk SOLVEDCruse2382@lemmy.world to What is this thing?@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square3fedilinkfile-text
Son found this on the beach and is adamant its something special. About the size of a lump of coal with glass like speckals.
minus-squareMiarolitic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoYip definitely gabbro. OP, the light/ white mineral is plagioclase the dark almost black mineral is pyroxene. If you look at it in sunlight anything with a dark green colour is probably Olivine
Yip definitely gabbro.
OP, the light/ white mineral is plagioclase the dark almost black mineral is pyroxene.
If you look at it in sunlight anything with a dark green colour is probably Olivine