Blueschist #1 Kids T-Shirt

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Blueschist from Aosta valley (Italy)

"There was a penetration of the light into solid substance so that I seemed to see into things, deep in...".
John Steinbeck was not thinking of rocks when he wrote this sentence in "Travels with Charley - In search of America". However, his feeling exactly reflects what people should think when looking at rock photomicrographs such as in this reportage on rocks from the Italian Alps.
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After forming by eruption of basaltic lavas on the floor of an ocean called Tethys, this rock was pinched and squeezed between Europe and Africa during the formation of the Alps, about 100 million years ago. It was buried tens of kilometers deep, where heat and pressure transformed into into a new rock called "blueschist".
This image shows that blueschist are spectacular not only on hand specimen, but also under the microscope.
More info at www.microckscopica.org
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"There was a penetration of the light into solid substance so that I seemed to see into things, deep in...". John Steinbeck was not thinking of rocks when he wrote this sentence in "Travels with Charley - In search of America". However, his feeling exactly reflects what people should think when looking at rock photomicrographs such as in the micROCKscopica galleries. I am a Geologist at the University of Padova, Italy. I work with rocks and make extensive use of micro- and macrophotography to describe the subjects of my studies and their morphological features. As a photographer with artistic intent, my rock photomicrographs have been displayed in photo galleries, at mineralogical and scientific exhibits and in Natural Sciences...

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