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It is my pleasure to post a new geo-puzzle after I won Silver Fox's WoGE#170 featuring the New Idria serpentinite diapir in California. I would guess, it was the Almaden mercury mine in The Lost Geologist's WoGE#168 that triggered Silver Fox's mind to come up with New Idria, a historic Hg mine of California. On the other hand, New Idria is a type locality for benitoite, and this is what sparked my mind to give a spin to the game with an additional element. The idea is to choose a new WoGE so that it connects to the previous one by a keyword that should be provided along with the picture (for example, Silver Fox could have picked the keyword "mercury mine"). In the case of my WoGE#171, this keyword would be "type locality". The rules remain the same [the spot should be located (lat, long) and described in geological terms], but to win, one must also explain how the chosen keyword fits into the picture. The simple-to-answer question in this case would be: for what rock is this place the type locality? Let's see if anyone likes the idea.](http://pluffi.smugmug.com/Landscapes/WoGE/WoGE171/618178825_drw2V-Ti.jpg "Péter Luffi > WoGE #171
It is my pleasure to post a new geo-puzzle after I won Silver Fox's WoGE#170 featuring the New Idria serpentinite diapir in California. I would guess, it was the Almaden mercury mine in The Lost Geologist's WoGE#168 that triggered Silver Fox's mind to come up with New Idria, a historic Hg mine of California. On the other hand, New Idria is a type locality for benitoite, and this is what sparked my mind to give a spin to the game with an additional element. The idea is to choose a new WoGE so that it connects to the previous one by a keyword that should be provided along with the picture (for example, Silver Fox could have picked the keyword \"mercury mine\"). In the case of my WoGE#171, this keyword would be \"type locality\". The rules remain the same [the spot should be located (lat, long) and described in geological terms], but to win, one must also explain how the chosen keyword fits into the picture. The simple-to-answer question in this case would be: for what rock is this place the type locality? Let's see if anyone likes the idea.")
WoGE #151
Silver Fox's WoGE #150 featured the famous Whipple Mountains metamorphic core complex in SE California. Following my... well, call it gut feeling, turned out to be a successful strategy this time: looking for detachment, in the very geological sense, proved to be really helpful - I found the spot in less than 30 minutes :-) From that point on, counting my Schott-handicap hours was pretty annoying but, lucky of me, nobody appeared to really rush for this win (Ron is still way ahead of me, he piled up so many wins that, as long as the Schott rule applies, he doesn't really count here).
OK, it's my turn again (love it!). This time I've decided to come up with something quite peculiar. If you know what you see, it won't be too hard locating it. If not, well, you'll have some research to do, but keep up, it's worth trying!
To win, one must locate AND explain the geological highlight(s) in this picture before anybody else (don't give away the location if you're not sure what you see; you'll just help someone else to win). No damn handicapping rules apply for this run. Have fun!
Silver Fox's WoGE #150 featured the famous Whipple Mountains metamorphic core complex in SE California. Following my... well, call it gut feeling, turned out to be a successful strategy this time: looking for detachment, in the very geological sense, proved to be really helpful - I found the spot in less than 30 minutes :-) From that point on, counting my Schott-handicap hours was pretty annoying but, lucky of me, nobody appeared to really rush for this win (Ron is still way ahead of me, he piled up so many wins that, as long as the Schott rule applies, he doesn't really count here).
OK, it's my turn again (love it!). This time I've decided to come up with something quite peculiar. If you know what you see, it won't be too hard locating it. If not, well, you'll have some research to do, but keep up, it's worth trying!
To win, one must locate AND explain the geological highlight(s) in this picture before anybody else (don't give away the location if you're not sure what you see; you'll just help someone else to win). No damn handicapping rules apply for this run. Have fun!
WoGE #151
Silver Fox's WoGE #150 featured the famous Whipple Mountains metamorphic core complex in SE California. Following my... well, call it gut feeling, turned out to be a successful strategy this time: looking for detachment, in the very geological sense, proved to be really helpful - I found the spot in less than 30 minutes :-) From that point on, counting my Schott-handicap hours was pretty annoying but, lucky of me, nobody appeared to really rush for this win (Ron is still way ahead of me, he piled up so many wins that, as long as the Schott rule applies, he doesn't really count here).
OK, it's my turn again (love it!). This time I've decided to come up with something quite peculiar. If you know what you see, it won't be too hard locating it. If not, well, you'll have some research to do, but keep up, it's worth trying!
To win, one must locate AND explain the geological highlight(s) in this picture before anybody else (don't give away the location if you're not sure what you see; you'll just help someone else to win). No damn handicapping rules apply for this run. Have fun!
Silver Fox's WoGE #150 featured the famous Whipple Mountains metamorphic core complex in SE California. Following my... well, call it gut feeling, turned out to be a successful strategy this time: looking for detachment, in the very geological sense, proved to be really helpful - I found the spot in less than 30 minutes :-) From that point on, counting my Schott-handicap hours was pretty annoying but, lucky of me, nobody appeared to really rush for this win (Ron is still way ahead of me, he piled up so many wins that, as long as the Schott rule applies, he doesn't really count here).
OK, it's my turn again (love it!). This time I've decided to come up with something quite peculiar. If you know what you see, it won't be too hard locating it. If not, well, you'll have some research to do, but keep up, it's worth trying!
To win, one must locate AND explain the geological highlight(s) in this picture before anybody else (don't give away the location if you're not sure what you see; you'll just help someone else to win). No damn handicapping rules apply for this run. Have fun!
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