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Rocks

An atlas of rocks and minerals: each one a record of the conditions that made it.

Geology, 
explained.

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Hello! I make Geoscopy: videos and long-form essays about how the Earth actually works. The geology I grew up reading was either locked in textbooks nobody outside the field opens, or chopped into 30-second clips that miss the point. Geoscopy is what I wanted instead: the real science, explained clearly, without oversimplifications.

There’s 4.5 billion years of history under your feet. I’d like to teach you to read it.

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Transparent barite crystal cluster on pink mineral matrix

Barite

Dark red zircon crystal on pale mineral matrix

Zircon

Orange and gray crystal mineral cluster specimen (monazite mineral)

Monazite

Light beige sandstone rock on a white background

Sandstone

Brassy metallic crystal cluster with dark needle-like mineral inclusions (pyrite)

Galena

Dark bladed mineral crystal cluster on rocky matrix (Descloizite mineral)

Descloizite

Green and yellow banded metamorphic rock specimen (gneiss sample)

Gneiss

Green fluorite crystal on yellow mineral matrix

Fluorite

Layered gray shale rock specimen on white background

Shale

Vivid green translucent mineral olivine crystal on rock matrix

Olivine

Pink mineral crystal resting on a green stone prism (apatite)

Apatite

Transparent, faceted mineral crystal with gray and yellow tones (gypsum)

Gypsum

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glossary.a - z

Geology collage featuring fossils, mountains, volcano, Earth, and letters

GTS.timeline

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