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Museum of Lead Mining The Education Tour
6. Rock Detectives |
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| The
Museum of Lead Mining The Education Tour
6. Rock Detectives |
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Graveyard Rock
Click on each number
on the picture to explore points of interest in
Meadowfoot Graveyard
Most of us have a churches and a graveyard nearby and the gravestones are usually made of natural rock so you have the opportunity to visit a 'geological museum' on your door step and if you have a type of stone that is commonly found in your area, then this is where you will find it. You will also find many imported stones and in most graveyards you will find three different types of rock - igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic.
Can you name the most common examples of each of the three different types of rock?
Look closely at the dates on the stones and this will help you assess which type of stone lasts longest, but sometimes you wont be able to read any inscription at all due to the weather wearing away the information.
What is your favourite type of stone?
What is the oldest date you can find in your local graveyard?
Create a form like this to collate your
results.
(Click here for a
printer-friendly version of the form.)
| Stone Type | Colour | Texture | Igneous | Sedimentary | Metamorphic | Age | Wears Well? |
City Rock Detective
Click on each number
on the picture to explore the geology of
the local town.
Perhaps you thought that to have fun with geology and
be a rock detective, you would have to disappear into the wild and remote areas
of your country complete with wet-weather kit - but no!
Just go into your local town-centre and if you are a good detective you will
finds lots of geology on your doorstep.
What is the most common stone in your high street? Which stone is the most attractive to look at and why?
See how many different stones you can identify in your town centre and put them into their appropriate category - igneous, sedimentary or metamorphic.
Create a form like this to collate your
results.
(Click here for a
printer-friendly version of the form.)
| Type of Stone | Colour | Texture | Igneous | Sedimentary | Metamorphic | Type of Building |
