The Kitchen

Whats going on in here? when did the kitchen get a lake?

 

Feels like we've had it for a couple of weeks now

 

coming from a guy that only made a C+ in Geology last semester, i would say both, but what you're seeing is more basalt. more of my opinion than an answer though.

 

Coming from someone who took 7 years of geology classes, I can tell you there is no granite in there. Granite is a felsic rock, which by definition is light in color. It is also very difficult to think of a situation where granite and basalt would be in the same formation, since they come from very chemically different parent magmas.

many many different options out there, such as granite, basalt, diorite, rhyolite, granodiorite, the list goes on and on.

Let's just say it's basalt though and there's probably a 75% chance that's right, judging from the color.

 

touche! lol

 

I know me rocks

 

lol. i work at a mill and sharpen mill stones (yes, the old timey ones) every week. now those i KNOW are granite! lol.

 

Shiny you say? Could be obsidian, which is volcanic glass. That would mean it cooled so fast it didn't even have time to form a crystal structure. very rare and very cool

 

Looks to be serpentinite. It's an type of metamorphosed (altered by later heat and pressure) volcanic rock.

Fun fact: serpentinite has the same chemical formula as asbestos! But only the fibrous form is toxic.

I actually have a piece of serpentinite from california sitting next to me right now.....

 

No it is not. The white and fibrous form of that particular rock is, which is called crysotile serpentinite

In fact, most "asbestos" is not harmful. The EPA defines asbestos as any fiber with an aspect ratio of 3:1 or greater, regardless of chemical formula. Hndreds of different materials have this aspect ratio, but only one (crysotile serpentinite) has been linked to any health problems. So all the asbestos remediation you see everywhere is extremely unnecessary.

 

Very cool rock though. Rare