May 20, 2013
Monday Geology Picture: Mogolokwena Platinum Mine, South Africa
Today’s Monday Geology Picture and description are courtesy of my husband Jackie Gauntlett, who is sharing another picture from his recent field trip as part of his masters degree in Exploration Geology at Rhodes University. From Jackie: Mogolokwena Platinum Mine is the largest platinum mine in the world and is situated on the Northern Limb of the Bushveld Complex in South Africa. This image shows one of four open pits …
May 15, 2013
Weekly Geology Picture(s) #2: Barberton Mountainland, South Africa
To make up for missing the last two Monday Geology Picture posts, here’s another guest post by my husband Jackie Gauntlett. This post shares more pictures from his recent mining / exploration geology field trip in South Africa. The Barberton Mountainland in north-eastern South Africa is underlain by the some of the oldest and best preserved rocks in the world – the Barberton Greenstone Belt. The rocks of this unique …
May 14, 2013
Weekly Geology Picture(s) #1: Chromitite in the Bushveld Complex, South Africa
So, I have been quite negligent recently and missed both last week’s and this week’s Monday Geology Picture. My apologies for that! Life has been very busy with things such as writing a paper and preparing for upcoming fieldwork. To make up for missing the Monday Geology Picture the last two weeks, my husband Jackie is going to share two sets of pictures (one today, one tomorrow) from his recent …
April 29, 2013
Monday Geology Picture: Table Mountain and Lion’s Head
For this week’s geology picture, I thought I’d share a picture that I took during one of my regular evening walks / runs here in Cape Town, South Africa. This picture shows Table Mountain and Lion’s Head, one of our local inselbergs, at sunset. I feel very fortunate to live in a city with such impressive and beautiful geology.
April 28, 2013
A Geology Song: Pompeii by Bastille
One of my favorite new songs is “Pompeii” by the UK band Bastille. I’m not sure how popular this song is in the USA, but in the UK and also here in South Africa it’s quite popular at the moment. If you haven’t heard the song yet, please take a listen. The song has a geological theme and makes reference to the famous eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in AD 79, …
April 26, 2013
South Africa Mining / Exploration Geology Field Trip: A Preview
First of all, I want to apologize to my readers that blogging here on Georneys has been somewhat light over the past several weeks. There are a couple of reasons why. The first reason is that my work as a geologist for a marine gold exploration company has been very busy. Work has been going very well, but as a new industry geologist I’ve been working hard to learn as …
April 22, 2013
Monday Geology Picture(s): Petrified Trees
My friend Ray recently visited Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona and was kind enough to send me some of his gorgeous pictures of the landscape, including the petrified trees. Ray says that these pictures were all taken along the Blue Mesa Loop. These fossilized trees are about 225 million years old! They are weathering out of the Chinle Formation, a beautiful Triassic sedimentary unit. I’ve never visited this park, …
April 15, 2013
Monday Geology Picture(s): Gold Reef City– Some Historical Views
This week I’m sharing the last pictures from my September 2012 visit to Gold Reef City, Gold Reef City, a gold mining themed amusement park in Johannesburg, South Africa. The amusement park is built on the site of an old gold mine, and these pictures provide some insight into what life was like on the mine in days gone by. There is a museum with some pictures and information on …
April 8, 2013
Monday Geology Picture(s): Gold Reef City– Trains
I have a few more pictures to share with you from my September 2012 visit to Gold Reef City, a gold mining themed amusement park in Johannesburg, South Africa. Check out some of my previous “Monday Geology Picture” posts for some more pictures from the park. This week I’m sharing some pictures of trains. One of the things that I like about Gold Reef City is that there are trains …
April 6, 2013
Plane Views: Amsterdam to Cape Town– Part II
Here is Part II of the views that I observed during a flight from Amsterdam to Cape Town back in September 2012. Part I is here. I believe that all of these shots were taken over Algeria. There are some stunning desert views. Although I grew up in relatively lush New England, I have always liked deserts. I think I first became enchanted by deserts when I was an exchange …
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