Packed with brachiopod fossils, “Uzura” limestone used in the entrance wainscot of the former Mitsubishi Bank Otaru Branch (Otaru Canal Terminal). The same limestone was also used in Japan’s National Diet Building. #pavementgeology #街の中で見つかるすごい石 #街角地質学
Large Shikamaia fossils in the stone counter at the former Bank of Japan Otaru Branch in Hokkaido, now a financial museum. Permian limestone from Gifu, Japan. #pavementgeology #街の中で見つかるすごい石 #街角地質学
Burrow fossils (trace fossils) in the cladding of the Roppongi Hills in Tokyo are made of Kasota limestone, which comes from Minnesota in the USA. #pavementgeology #街の中で見つかるすごい石 #街角地質学
Found a sea urchin fossil on the inner wall of Roppongi Hills, Tokyo. #pavementgeology #街の中で見つかるすごい石 #街角地質学
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A cross-section of a brachiopod fossil in the elevator hall of Midland-Square in Nagoya, Japan. #街の中で見つかるすごい石 #街角地質学 #街化石 #pavementgeology #fossils
#pavementgeology is a real thing!
Orthocone fossil in limestone showing central siphuncle
GIANT orthocone fossil! ~60 cm long and 10 cm wide at widest point
What looks to me like a trilobite cross section
Love that Stockholm floors are often paved by these orthocone limestones some of which are huge!
And is that a trilobite I see before me?! ⚒️🧪
#pavementgeology
Many fossils on the ground floor walls of Premier Hotel Mojiko, Probably ‘Indus Gold’, a marble from Pakistan. Paleontologists or fossil experts, please tell me what fossils they are!
#プレミアホテル門司港 #街の中で見つかるすごい石 #街角地質学 #街化石 #pavementgeology #fossils
The mantelpiece of the room in Moji, Japan, where the Dr. Einstein stayed was made of serpentine.
#街の中で見つかるすごい石 #街角地質学 #pavementgeology
Rudist fossil in "Nero Marquina" limestone from Spain at the entrance of Kyoto Theater. #pavementgeology #街の中で見つかるすごい石 #街角地質学
A stone wall, not a stratum, composed of basalt, granite and tuff, in Toyooka city, Hyogo, Japan. #pavementgeology
玄武岩・花崗岩・凝灰岩の地層ではなく、石垣！＠兵庫県豊岡市 #街の中で見つかるすごい石 #街角地質学
Wawel Castle seen from its courtyard
An ammonite section on a red stone pavement
Another ammonite on a similar stone
Rudist(?) fossils on the same stone
I found fossils in Wawel Castle too, @pavementgeology.bsky.social @geohenning.bsky.social what kind of stone is this?
#pavementgeology #urbangeology 🏙️🪨
Close up of stone flooring. Dark orangey red matrix with white clasts of approximately 1-2cm diameter. Hand on left for scale.
Stone floor panels, with hand on the left for scale. Each panel is 30 x 30cm. Dark orangey red in colour, with a large yellow and white areas. Worn patches in the polished stone surface are full of grey dust.
Polished stone floor tile, 30 x 30 cm with a hand on the left for scale. Dark reddish brown matrix and orange-red, pale yellow and pinkish coloured clasts ranging from 1cm to 7cm in diameter.
This was an unusual one in Doha - floor of a funny little old shopping mall called Souq Al Jabor. @pavementgeology.bsky.social I could use any advice you’ve got on this one, bit of a head scratcher! #urbangeology #pavementgeology #Doha
Travertine wall panel with carved geometric pattern and left hand for scale. Travertine has a striped appearance and is grey, cream and pale brown in colour.
Travertine wall panel close up with carved geometric pattern of small spirals and left thumb for scale. Travertine is striped appearance and grey, cream and pale brown in colour.
Grey and white marble panel with 1cm vertical grooves carved at approximately 4cm intervals. Left hand for scale.
This weekends #urbangeology #pavementgeology sightings in Doha Souq metro station. (It’s a rather fancy metro station, and has some nice paintings too!) Carved travertine panels and grey marble pillars (apparently the marble came from Italy this time).
Close up of dark grey and brown mottled limestone. Polished to a shiny surface, with a hand on the left of the photo for scale.
Small granite paving cobbles with a hand for scale. Each cobblestone is approximately 8 x 8 cm square, and contains large visible K-felspar and mica crystals of around 1cm.
Just some building stones from my own neighborhood in Doha today: polished limestone wall and granite paving cobbles. Not sure of the provenance of these, the limestone may be local, the granite definitely won’t be.
#urbangeology #pavementgeology
Close up of travertine wall panel with hand for scale, approximate size 40 x 60 cm. Banded crystalline appearance in reds, oranges and whites.
Close up of travertine wall panel with hand for scale, approximate size 40 x 50cm. Speckled crystalline appearance in reds, oranges and whites.
Close up of travertine wall panel with hand for scale, approximate size 20 x 25 cm. crystalline appearance in reds, oranges and whites.
Photo of travertine wall from a distance of 3m. Banded and geometrically shaped crystalline appearance in reds, oranges and whites.
Many thanks to @pavementgeology.bsky.social for sharing their article on urban geology in Doha - I had to go and check this one out for myself, and was not disappointed! Travertine wall in the University services building. #urbangeology #pavementgeology #travertine #Doha
Belemnite fossil in a wall of Rosso Collemandina marble (limestone) from Italy. (Meitetsu bus terminal, Nagoya, Japan). #pavementgeology
名鉄バスセンター壁のべレムナイト化石。石材は「ロッソコレマンディーナ」。イタリア産の石灰岩。
#街の中で見つかるすごい石 #街角地質学
Limestone wall with gap to act as a handrail. Strip lighting illuminates the handrail gap. Arm in a cream coloured woolen jumper holding the handrail
Close up of polished limestone bookcase. Hand placed at side of photo for scale. Limestone has a striped and banded appearance and is cream and pale brown in colour. Small cavities of 1-2cm can be seen in the stone, separating some of the bands.
Photo of polished limestone wall panel, approximately 40 x 40cm in size. Hand on the left of the photo for scale. Limestone is striped and banded, ranging from cream/off white to medium brown, and grey in some places. Cavities of approximately 2cm can be seen in places.
I only learned about urban geology this week, but lets give it a go!
Local limestone bookcases and stairs in the heritage section, Doha library. ⚒️
#urbangeology #pavementgeology #geology
To get featured in the feed use one of the many international hashtags when posting your urban geology findings. It gathers posts of the last 7 days. Some might used it before:
#UrbanGeology #pavementgeology #urbanfossils #şehirjeolojisi #stadsfossielen #街の中で見つかるすごい石 #街の化石 #geologiaurbana
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You could use either of the hashtags #UrbanGeology , #PavementGeology or just urban geology.
Ohhhh Molto bello
The main roads in #Pompeii were constructed with slabs of lava that had pieces of white marble interspersed - the latter reflecting the moonlight to help nocturnal travellers
#PavementGeology #Pompeii @pavementgeology.bsky.social
Nice! You could add #UrbanGeology or #PavementGeology (case insensitive) and it gets picked up by the feed!
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Stone mosaics that decorate the walls of a underground mall in Nagoya city.
名古屋駅前地下街「サンロード」の壁を飾る石のモザイク。
#街の中で見つかるすごい石 #街角地質学 #pavementgeology
Nummulites fossils in a building wall, Ginza, Tokyo. #pavementgeology
銀座のビルで見つけたヌムリテス(貨幣石)の化石。 #街の中で見つかるすごい石 #街角地質学
Some nice igneous textures, with large feldpsar phenocrysts (~1-2 inches length) in a biotite rich finer groundmass.
#pavementgeology #Pune #India
