Igneous Rocks Hoodies

Amateur geology or rock collecting (also referred to as rockhounding in the United States and Canada) is the non-professional study and hobby of collecting rocks and minerals or fossil specimens from the natural environment. In Australia, New Zealand and Cornwall, the activities of amateur geologists are called fossicking. The first amateur geologists were prospectors looking for valuable minerals and gemstones for commercial purposes. Eventually, however, more people have been drawn to amateur geology for recreational purposes, mainly for the beauty that rocks and minerals provide.

Featured in Art Universe group, August 2016. Digital alteration of my original mixed media abstract painting from my Gemstones series.

United States National Monument (1906) Devils Tower, Crook County, Wyoming

Devil's Tower. View of Devil's tower, a basalt outcrop in Wyoming, USA. A faint rainbow is seen to its left. This massive rocky tower rises almost 300 metres above the plain. It was formed by the cooling of a plug of underground magma (molten rock) produced by a volcano around 60 million years ago. Erosion of the softer surrounding soil and rock over the centuries slowly exposed the hard rock, causing it to project above the surface.

Island Photo