Itacolumite: The Flexible Rock
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 6, 2021
Ever seen a piece of rock bend? Itacolumite is unique kind of sandstone that does when cut into thin strips. If a foot-long piece, a few cen...
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Gilbert Hill: Mumbai’s Forgotten 66 Million Years Old Heritage
Kaushik Patowary
May 28, 2019
Concrete buildings aren’t the only thing that rises vertically in the metropolis of Mumbai, India’s most populous city. In a suburb, north ...
Salt Domes And Salt Glaciers of Iran
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 12, 2019
Million of years ago, the Persian Gulf was a much larger body of water than it is today, inundating large sections of the Arabian peninsula...
Michigan’s Massive Copper Boulders
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 23, 2018
In the early 17th century, fur traders traversing Lake Superior in North America heard tales of a fabulous boulder lying on the banks of the...
The Domes of Fabedougou
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 24, 2018
These weathered rocks in the village of Fabedougou, near Banfora, in south-western Burkina Faso resemble the sandstone towers of Bungle Bung...
Landscape Agate: These Silica Rocks Resemble Beautiful Natural Scenes
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 25, 2015
Agate is a crystalized form of silica, made up primarily of chalcedony, a type of quartz that is composed of very fine intergrowths of the m...
Pele’s Hair And Pele’s Tears
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 15, 2015
Pele's hair are naturally occurring fine fibers of volcanic glass that form when hot molten lava is thrown into the air during explosive...
