This edition of ‘Features from the field’ is brought to you by Sandra McLaren, a senior lecturer at the University of Melbourne. She will be talking about type of rock formation called “Pencil Cleavage” so called because it looks like pencils. Sandra even has a small collection of pencil/crayon shale which is the cover image of this post. I have seen quite a range of differ ...[Read More]
Features From the Field: Pencil Cleavage
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A selection of the author’s pencil shale collection, appropriately with a pencil for scale! Neoproterozoic Tapley Hill Formation from South Australia, Ordovician Liptrap Formation, Victoria, Balcanoona Formation shales from Mount Fitton, South Australia and a sample from an unknown location rescued from a departmental clean out (source: Sandra McLaren)