What a cool slab of stone, Sandy. I’d love to have a geologist look at this. In fact I think I will. Was this in its original location or was it something decorative that someone brought in?
This is spectacular. I could wander this “landscape” for hours. I love it as presented, but I also think that if you wanted to, Sandy, you could carve out 2 different (probably more) compositions in this.
Here are two quickie screenshot crops. The first eliminates the more reflective triangle at the top and the second focuses our attention on those tiny parcels of blue and the vein of rock with little cow licks.
If it were mine, I might be tempted to create a square diptych.
Sandy: I really like this as presented. The subtle colors and the forms are a wonderful combination. Great vision, comp, capture and presentation. >=))>
Sandy, I like this. So many shapes and lines in it, along with the colors. I was trying to figure out what it was and had to read that it was from a slab of stone. Really nice shot with a phone too!
@SandyR-B From Dave Norman, Retired Chief Geologist, Washington State DNR: “We can see a few crystals that do look like quartz. The red minerals look like garnets. It is obviously heavily fractured and probably through multiple events or stages. Garnets are high temperature and pressure minerals so we can conclude it is metamorphic rock. The yellow bands are added later by a human to either hold it together or for artistry. I suspect it was to help hold it together since it is so fractured.”
Maybe I’ll get down that way and take a look at it one of these days.
