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Challenge! Explain the formation of this rock.

Coles · 2022-09-08 09:53:56

Here's an idea. Post up pictures of rocks and see if any one can explain their formation, processes, climate, age, possible location, etc. I'll get the rock rolling with this one... A conglomerate.

08-09-2022 10:53AM

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Here's an idea. Post up pictures of rocks and see if any one can explain their formation, processes, climate, age, possible location, etc.
I'll get the rock rolling with this one... A conglomerate.

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#2 08-09-2022 11:28AM

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are they formed by glacial action?

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#3 08-09-2022 12:31PM

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Millstone grit. North Dublin or Waterford?

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#4 16-09-2022 08:57AM

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Yes indeed. This sample found in the King's River valley, Co Wicklow. Presumably carried and dropped by the ice sheet.
Formed 300 million years ago in Britain/Ireland which was then the delta of a massive river system that drained from Scandinavia.

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#5 21-10-2022 07:23PM

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Here's the next one.
These stones were picked out of glacial deposits in northwest County Wicklow.
But what are they? How were they formed, and where did they come from?

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