This piece of glaciated breccia from the Brussels Hill meteorite impact structure in Brussels, Wisconsin is probably one of my favorites in my collection. It’s not the oldest, nor is it necessarily the prettiest, but it holds one of the best stories. This rock began its life ~440 million years ago during the Silurian Period.… Continue reading Glaciated breccia: A three-part rock story
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You breccia!
I made some slices of one of the breccias from my research site, and look at how pretty they look! [Breccias are rocks composed of broken fragments of other rocks or minerals, all cemented together in a fine-grained matrix]