January 12, 2015

Monday Geology Picture: A Granodiorite Horus

Posted by Evelyn Mervine

An ancient Egyptian Horus statue, The British Museum, November 2014.

An ancient Egyptian Horus statue, The British Museum, November 2014.

For this week’s “Monday Geology Picture” I thought that I would share a couple more pictures that I took during my recent visit to The British Museum. When I was in one of the exhibits with ancient Egyptian artefacts, I was struck by a beautiful dark-colored Horus statue with a light-colored vein running through it. According to the museum sign, the statue was carved out of granodiorite. The vein is probably quartz.

Here is the museum sign about the statue:

Museum sign. Click to enlarge.

Museum sign. Click to enlarge.

And here is a view of the statue from the front:

The Horus statue viewed from the front.

The Horus statue viewed from the front. Apologies that the picture is slightly blurry.