This near-vertical fault in granitic gneiss offsets a black basaltic dike.
Earth cycles Global cycles of life-giving elements
This sample is from the chalk beds of southern England.
Earth cycles Global cycles of life-giving elements
This calcium carbonate limestone is comprised of a group of fossil shells cemented by bituminous calcite.
Earth cycles Global cycles of life-giving elements
This sample of limestone is composed of carbonate minerals, and formed in a shallow ocean.
Earth cycles Global cycles of life-giving elements
This Middle Cambrian trilobite fossil (Paradoxides tessini) was found in a 540-million-year-old carbonate-rich shale.
Earth cycles Global cycles of life-giving elements
When the bomb and hurtles down the slope its corners become sheared and its form appears as a smooth, rounded lump.
Earth cycles Global cycles of life-giving elements
A molten blob of magma twisted through the air, stretching and bending itself into this formation, known as a spindle bomb.
Earth cycles Global cycles of life-giving elements
This pink granite crystallized from magma.
Earth cycles Global cycles of life-giving elements
Rocks and pebbles embedded in the underside of flowing glaciers created the grooves on the surface of this granite gneiss.
Earth cycles Global cycles of life-giving elements
This airy hall explores the formation, evolution, and properties of stars, planets, galaxies, and the universe.
life and death of stars, and links the stars to the elements
