2018

SW3633 : Giant Garnet

taken 6 years ago, near to Botallack, Cornwall, England

Giant Garnet
Giant Garnet
The brownish rock on the top of this outcrop is a single enormous garnet. I don't think I was the only member of our party who would have failed to identify it as such, in its weathered and altered state. Garnets form when rocks containing aluminium and silica are metamorphosed, and they are very common, but normally less than a centimetre in diameter.

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Geographical Context: Geological interest
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SW3633, 204 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Anne Burgess   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 13 May, 2018   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 21 May, 2018
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SW 3631 3349 [10m precision]
WGS84: 50:8.5629N 5:41.5201W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SW 3631 3349
View Direction
East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
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