22 January 2013

Fold mystery – UPDATED

Posted by Callan Bentley

What can you tell me about this new fold sample I recently acquired?

Width of sample is 12.5 cm. The face you’re looking at was cut but not polished. Here’s a close up:

With layering annotated, to highlight the disharmonic nature of these folds:

Anyone have any guesses what’s going on here?

——————– UPDATE ——————

Simon Wellings guessed it – this is a lasagna! I changed the color in Photoshop so you wouldn’t be distracted by its foodness, and would instead focus on its foldness.

Thanks for playing along!

Do you see geologic lessons in your food too?