Man I thought Geology B10 was a waste and super boring! But.... Then... Yesterday!
Each year in one of the buildings at the Kern County Fair, rocks are up for display. I've always been interested and looked at each display because I think rocks are sort of interesting to look at and can be pretty. This year it was a completely different experience for me. While I was looking at rocks in each display I was like Oh My God, in my lab we studied this one and this one and in class we learned about this one and this one! I felt so smart! My boyfriend and sister were really impressed at first but then they got over it and ignored me because I would go up to each display and point the rocks out and talk about them like a little kid. Lol(:
In the displays I saw many rocks we studied and learned about.
I saw: Tuff, Marble, Schist, Slate, many different types of Quartz, Coal, Sandstone, Shale, Limestone, Diatomite, Diorite, Granite, Dacite, Andesite, Basalt, Bauxite, Sulphur, Galena, Kernite, Calcite, Biotite, Pyrite, and even more!
I regret not taking a picture to post in my blog.
There were older geologists in the museum that were extremely nice! They told me that they found most of the rocks in a certain display in deserts around Kern County. They had a table with a few rocks and a black light machine and they allowed you to put each rock under the light and watch the effects it had on the rock. Most of them turned a combination of green and orange while others turned a combination of pink, purple, and white.
I will never look at the display of rocks the same way I used to. I used to just admire them but now I can do that and have knowledge of what I'm looking at.
Next year I'm going to go back and hopefully I'll keep the knowledge of the rocks with me and shock myself again.
Everyone that is in Geology B10 right now should try to go to the fair before it's over to look at the rocks! You'll suprise yourself of how much knowledge you now have on rocks!(:
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