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Sorry there is no size reference in photo stone is approx. 63mm long x 45mm high x 40mm at widest

Can you please help to identify the age and likely type of this confused rock outcrop that forms part of a property foundation seen in Spain [Betics]

The exposed face above is over 30 feet wide, 8-10 feet high, and 8-10 feet deep at least.  Shows vein compression and folding.

The next two picture are of the same rock as seen on the side and top. A very confused rock.

Your thoughts please...  Mike

andventure...nature....geology is really exciting...attached are some of my exploration photos around philippines

More than 90 million years ago, when the land mass of Pangaea began separating into the continents we now call South America and Africa, the earth may have produced a lucrative farewell gift: huge oil and gas deposits along both coastlines where they had previously been joined. Now, Angus McCoss, exploration director and chief geologist at Tullow Oil, which in 2007 discovered one of the biggest oil finds of recent years off the coast of West Africa, is betting more than $100 million that a similar bonanza awaits off South America's eastern shore.

In a gold mine in South Africa an international team of scientists has discovered water that is two billion years old. The find is described in the journal Chemical Geology.

Hi - I am new to this site, but today saw a fossil that I had not seen before, and wondered if anyone could tell me what it is.

I should have photographed something with it for scale, but the width was 75mm which would make the length about 300mm.

The shape was 4 parallel convex ridges, with narrow grooves between, but the overall was not curved, but flat.

Many thanks for any help

I was vacationing on the west coast of Panama and found this bowling ball size of a rock on the beach. The rock has been cracked open and appears to have contain small eggs. Can anyone help me identify it?

What are mantle plumes? why do they  exist? what are the theories?

I am a 3rd year student of applied geophysics( 5 year program) at  Indian school of mines, dhanbad(India). I have interests in doing an industrial intern in UK or Europe during summer 2011(may- august). I was wondering if anyone could let me know of the various opportunity in this field.