 Andrew picking
garnets |
 Chris picking
garnets |
 Amanda and
Michelle loving the garnet mine. It is an amazing place!! |
 Shane panning
for gem garnets |
 Jesse taking
notes while picking gem garnets from the pond. |
 Sunshyne with a
palm full of garnets - she's no doubt working out the geochemistry of
their formation in her head! |
 Ken, the mine
engineer, and Kelli discuss wollastonite deposits in the
Adirondacks. This gentleman is an exceptional engineer and an
excellent host! |
 Jewels
discovers slickenlines in the wollastonite ore - evidence for offset
along a fault. |
 Lauren enjoying
the wollastonite mine |
 Amanda
inspecting some andraditic garnet |
 Emily and
Ashlyn rehydrate on the hike up Giant Mountain |
 Allison,
Ashlyn, Brittannie, Emily, Erica, and Kelli |
 Jesse ascends a
steep stretch |
 Jesse descends
a steep stretch |
 Part of the
group atop Giant Mountain on a very beautiful day |
 Kelli and Jesse
at the top. Kelli helped Jesse up and back down the
mountain. She was an extraordinary guide
and
friend! |
 Cold breakfast
(with hot coffee) on a morning when we had a fair amount of ground to
cover. |
 Dinner after a
long day |
 Theresa,
Amanda, and Brittannie eating dinner in the dark. |
 Jesse and
Connor tailgating dinner |
 Shane and Max -
two good guys |
 Emily, Emily,
Amanda, and Theresa stoking the campfire. |
 Charles happy
with the migmatitic gneiss |
 Jewels
skeptical of an hypothesis regarding the origin of the gneiss posed by
one of her peers. |
 Harley and
Jesse looking high for the critical outcrop |
 Emily
demonstrating excellent
hand lense technique! Absolutley perfect! |
 Matt studies
the migmatite gneiss |
 Boudinage |
 Max gets an eye
on the rock. This is a no-hammers outcrop (we want to preserve it
for future generations!) |
 Jeremy and
Amanda intensely studying the marble. |
 Xiao Ping
inspecting metamorphic reaction rims between marble and granite. |
