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Monday, December 17, 2012

I'll Have a Bluuuuuue Schist Christmas, Without You!


 Blue Schist is a rare beauty made from volcanic basalt. This patch at Edgewood, metamorphosed at high pressure and low temperature from deeply subducted oceanic crust.
   
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Labels: blue schist, earth science, Edgewood County Park, geology, nature, rock
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