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A view across a wide wooded valley ringed by steep cliffs at sunrise with a prominent stack of rocks in the foreground. The cliffs in the distance are lit up by orange sunlight and there is patches of cloud/mist in the valley floor. This is the Three Sisters lookout in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, Australia.

Wow. Welcome to new ⚒️🧪 followers! I'm a geoscience laboratory director dabbling in outreach and innovation. Keen to share enthusiasm for all things geologic (and scenic) plus occasional slice-of-life observations. Passionate fan of the #MinCup and #TeamZircon, always looking forward to September 😁

ksircombe (@ksircombe@aus.social) Attached: 1 image 1/ Timelord #Zircon has many stories, this is one of them… (regenerated from the 𝔅𝚒🆁ⓓ𝚜𝑖🅃𝐞 for #MinCup23). It’s a tale involving bear-driven serendipity and some really old #zircon...

Let’s start with a personal favourite (and a frequent #TeamZircon entrant in the #MineralCup).

The Acasta Gneiss (the oldest rock on Earth) was discovered on an island in the middle of a lake 250 km northwest of Yellowknife in northern Canada. aus.social/@ksircombe/1... for the story (+bears). 3/6

An extraordinary experience 👏.
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