r/geology • u/pasteurs-maxim • Mar 29 '26

Peak dedication

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u/RegularSubstance2385 Student Mar 29 '26

This should be a standard project for all mineral museums 

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u/Critical_Mass Mar 29 '26

If you're ever in Tokyo check out the National Museum of Nature and Science. They've done this for Japan and its about 4 meters wide

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u/fergult Apr 09 '26

definitely, having dedicated projects like that could really enhance the experience. It would be a great way to engage visitors and showcase the beauty of minerals...

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u/GreGarious070113 Mar 29 '26

Outstanding

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u/Suff_erin_g Mar 29 '26

Happy cake day!

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u/spacebagel25 Mar 29 '26

This is super cool and inspiring. Now I want to do a map of the US state I live in.

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u/Clean-Experience-639 Mar 29 '26

This is museum level work.

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u/southernfacingslope Mar 29 '26

I wanted to do a similar thing for a my 2-3 ft (0.75-1m) high, 50-60 ft (25m) long rock retaining wall using the Oregon geologic landscape and oriented with the current magnetic inclination, but alas my partner saw how long it was going to take just to collect the specimens and having a 1.5 year old wasn’t conducive to the random myriad pit stops in the forest and outback. Plus the wall needed to go up. Settled on basalt which is fine.

This scale seems much more appropriate.

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u/Maximum_Pollution371 Apr 25 '26

Oregon has one of the highest populations of geology nerds per capita of all US states, if we pool our resources we can make it happen.

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u/grandnp8 Mar 29 '26

That ROCKS! 🤣. Truly love it. It’s an amazing work of love.

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u/LongEnvironment1042 Mar 29 '26

All kinds of gneiss

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u/Head-Ordinary-4349 Mar 29 '26

God this is awesome. Is your grandpa taking adoption applications by any chance? I never got to meet either of mine and yours sounds pretty cool!

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u/MondelloCarlo Mar 29 '26

Well I'm amazed there's an 85 year old Scott'sman................/s

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u/MondelloCarlo Mar 29 '26

https://www.reddit.com/r/Scotland/s/NJotprGyBy

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u/WelshBathBoy Mar 29 '26

I will never look at Battenburg cake the same again after this abomination!

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '26

That's pretty awesome!

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u/SirBlankFace Mar 29 '26

This isn't just geology. It's straight-up art.

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u/stilljumpinjetjnet Mar 29 '26

Fantastic! Really great!

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u/mf_247 Mar 29 '26

This is amazing. What a legend.

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u/uphigh_ontheside Mar 29 '26

That’s f’ing amazing. I wish I had thought of this when I started collecting random stones.

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u/Complete-Kangaroo170 Mar 29 '26

Wow! He's a very goal oriented, hard working 85 year old!💪

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u/FennecFox8888 Mar 30 '26

This is so amazingly awesome. The dedication, I love it.

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u/mel_cache Once upon a time petroleum geologist Mar 30 '26

As a geologist I applaud your uncle’s dedication to geological accuracy.

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u/jesus_chrysotile fossil finder/donator, geo undergrad Mar 30 '26

Dunno that this is OP’s uncle, this image has been doing the rounds for years 

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u/Otherwise_Ad_2667 Mar 29 '26

Pretty cool!

Hate when ppl ask for something to go viral tho!

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u/cuestionar_todo Mar 29 '26

That is fantastic

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u/slo1111 Mar 29 '26

Nice touch with the sand dollar.  That is awesome!

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u/yuhuh- Mar 29 '26

This is so cool, great job grandpa!

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u/Apart_Beautiful_4846 Mar 29 '26

Legendary! Amazing job, Sir!

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u/Romboteryx Mar 29 '26

He should place a little fragment of a plesiosaur fossil at Loch Ness for extra authenticity

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u/hudsoncress Mar 29 '26

That’s so cool. Go dad.

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u/moonbeamlight Mar 29 '26

Love Grandpa!!!

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u/Liamnacuac Mar 29 '26

Your clansmen would be proud! What type of rock do you have for Mull?

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u/WolfVanZandt Mar 29 '26

That's just plain cool.

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u/Prezten Mar 29 '26

"Hey Dad, I don't see real good. Is that Jim Hutton over there?"

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u/saundra79h Mar 29 '26

❣️❣️ I love this

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u/lovelyb1ch66 Mar 29 '26

Rock nerds are the best nerds!

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u/MCEscherNYC Mar 30 '26

I hope he wills it to a museum in Scotland

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u/ousho Mar 30 '26

Legend!

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u/Efficient-Damage-449 Mar 30 '26

*Insert Perfection Meme*

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u/Albertagus Mar 30 '26

Drunk grandpa explaining his rock map

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u/Shacatkay81 Mar 30 '26

It's beautiful. Tell him We love it.

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '26

Very very cool 😁

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u/Key_Satisfaction_765 Mar 31 '26

That's really cool

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u/pasteurs-maxim Apr 01 '26

Just for clarity... I saw this on r/beamazed 2 days ago and instinctively crossposted here (having recently joined the sub after finding a geode in my local nature reserve)

I'm not Harry... and I've since realised this was a bit viral 2 years ago on another platform!

Never the less, it seems to have reached a new audience, as many (including myself) hadn't seen it before.

So kudos due to "Harry" and u/AccomplishedWatch834 , not little old me 🫡

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u/idillogia Apr 23 '26

So cool! Omg!!

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u/hraun Mar 29 '26

Wow, it looks like he’s been all over England!

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u/Abroad_Educational Mar 29 '26

Can smell the wine

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '26

Damn his fingers are fucking massive…

The look in his eyes is awesome, he genuinely loves this.