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Want to analyze a moon rock? December 21, 2020 6:56 am RL

You don’t even need to put on your pants to dissect a moon rock, now…

This is a pretty cool bit of public outreach… not sure how useful it is for actual geologists, perhaps Podrock could weigh in…

Weighing in by podrock 2020-12-21 16:57:21
- "...but I can’t get close enough to look at cleavage"... I hear you, brother, if I had nickel for every time I have thought the exact same thing... by RL 2020-12-21 20:53:22
  - I get paid to look at cleavage. by podrock 2020-12-21 21:41:56
    - ... and various other orogenous areas. by RL 2020-12-21 21:49:47
      - subduction, too. by podrock 2020-12-21 22:04:14
        
        Which naturally leads to bedding... by RL 2020-12-22 08:52:54
        
        Only in between layers by ER 2020-12-22 13:35:38
        
        And Cummingtonite... by podrock 2020-12-22 09:30:42