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I recall witnessing the Morton gneiss you refer to on your downtown geology tour "countless years ago". Thanks for the reminder I must swing by there for a hit of deep time.

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I have always found pleasure in finding fossils in the stones buildings are made of. Of course, that stone is a baby compared to the gneiss.

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Apr 20, 2023Liked by David B. Williams

I'll make a point of checking out the lovely Morton gneiss at the Exchange Building when I visit Seattle this summer

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That is some beautiful gneiss. If you want to see a piece of Acasta gneiss without going to NWT there is some at the geology museum at UBC in Vancouver. I'm also reminded of one of my favourite XKCD comics: https://xkcd.com/2187/

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Thanks. Wow, next time I am in Vancouver, I will track it down!

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Although I was born and raised in Seattle, and now live in Bremerton, I lived for many years about an hour's drive from the Morton Gneiss. It's a pretty cool thing to touch it in situ. There is literally tons of it, but I'm glad that some of it is now protected in a state Scientific and Natural Area. It hosts some rare and unusual plants and animals.

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I have also been lucky to visit the quarry and touch the rock in situ. Very PDN! Good to hear there's some protection of the area.

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❤️

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