Geology Home Page
Roger Weller, geology instructor
wellerr@cochise.edu
copyright 2006-R.Weller
Recent
Additions and New Links
for 2006.
December 28, 2006 added 32 photos of Bisbee Copper Queen Mine
Tour,
and Photo of the Month for January
2007
December 6, 2006 added 3 photos of agatized coral
November 30, 2006 Chapter 5 of Physical Geology Vocabulary has a
Spanish translation.
November 29, 2006 posted 2 web pages created by students
created Photo of the Month for
December
November 28, 2006 posted 8 web pages created by students
November 27, 2006 posted 7 web pages created by students
November 17, 2006 posted 5 web pages created by students
November 14, 2006 revised and rebuilt Chapter 15 –Physical Geology
Links
November 9, 2006 revised and rebuilt Chapter 13 –Physical Geology
Links
November 3, 2006 revised and rebuilt Chapter 12 –Physical Geology
Links
November 2, 2006 revised and rebuilt Chapter 10 –Physical Geology
Links
October 31, 2006 added student paper on Tombstone, Arizona,
updated credits on
Photos of Opals, 1 opal photo, 1
rhodochrosite photo,
3 pyromorphite photos, 1 pyrite
photo, 1 enargite photo,
2 agate photos, 2 jasper photos, 2
petrified wood photos’
2 pelecypod photos, 1 siderite
photo, 2 turgite photos,
1 cuprite photo, 4 copper photos,
and created Photo of the Month
for November
October 30, 2006 added 7 obsidian photos, 1 calcite photo, 2
pegmatite photos
October 27, 2006 added 5 fulgurite photos, 1 hornblende photo, 4
feldspar photos,
2 olivine photos, 1 montmorillonite
photo, 2 nepheline photos
October 26, 2006 added 9 andesite photos, 1 pitchstone photo, 4
rhyolite photos,
2 pegmatite photos, 2 basalt photos,
2 marble photos,
2 conglomerate photos, 4 kernite
photos, 2 cinnabar photos,
2 soda niter photos, 4 tourmaline
photos, 2 milky quartz photos,
2 vivianite photos, 1 spinel photo, 1
chalcocite photo,
2 lepidolite photos, 1 smoky quartz
photo, 1 psilomelane photo,
2 opalized wood, 2 opal photos
October 24, 2006 added barite photo, fluorite photo, realgar
photo, 2 scheelite photos,
epidote photo, 2 pyromorphite photos,
silver photo, muscovite photo,
2 selenite photos, spinel photo,
zoisite photo, ruby photo,
amethyst photo, 2 gastropod photos, 2
eudialyte photos.
revised and rebuilt Chapter
9-Physical Geology Links
October 19, 2006 revised and rebuilt Chapter 8 –Physical Geology
Links
October 18, 2006 added 2 photos of dravite, 2 photos of
molybdenite, 2 fluorite photos,
5 halite photos, 2 zinkenite photos,
4 mimetite photos, 1 barite,
2 atacamite photos, 1 crocoite photo,
1 epidote photo, 1 diopside photo,
1 pyromorphite photo
October 17, 2006 added 2 photos of scapolite, 1 moldavite photo,
2 hiddenite photos,
1 fluorite photo, 2 photos of
Tombstone minerals, 3 chrysocolla photos,
3 stichtite photos, 6 pyrrhotite
photos, 1 seraphinite photo,
1 variscite photo, 2 lepidolite
photos
October 16, 2006 added 7 photos of apatite, 1 zircon photo, 1
danburite photo
October 13, 2006 reviewed and revised Chapter 5 of Physical
Geology links
October 11, 2006 created Chemical Weathering and Sedimentary
Minerals lecture.
October 10, 2006 created 12 Sedimentary Rocks to Identify
lecture.
October 9, 2006 added 18 fossil pelecypod photos, 21 fossil
gastropod photos,
5 photos of fossil sea urchins, 1
coral photo, 2 limpets
September 29, 2006 created photo of the month for October 2006,
created 10 Igneous Rocks to Identify
lecture
September 22, 2006 added 12 fossil photos
created 20 Minerals to Identify
lecture
September 19, 2006 added 12 fossil mammal photos, 2 fossil bird
photos
September 12, 2006 added 9 fossil photos, 2 mineral photos
September 11, 2006 added 11 fossil reptile photos, 3 fossil fish
photos
September 7, 2006 added 14 fossil reptile photos, 1 bird photo, 5
fossil mammal photos,
5 trilobite photos, 1 crinoid
diagram, 7 ammonite photos,
2 brachiopod photos, 1 scorpion
photo, 5 nautiloid photos
September 6, 2006 added 2 fossil glyptodont photos, 4 fossil plant
fossils
September 5, 2006 added 2 fossil insect photos, 8 fossil fish
photos,
14 reptile photos, 4 eurypterid
photos, 4 pterosaur photos,
1 ichthyosaur photo
September 4, 2006 added 10 fossil mammal photos
September 1, 2006 added 12 mineral photos, 1 meteorite photo, 1 rock
photo
9 gemstone photos
August 31, 2006 added photo of the month for September 2006
August 24, 2006 added 5 photos of minerals
August 23, 2006 added 5 photos of minerals
August 22, 2006 added 10 photos of minerals, 2 photos of opals
August 18, 2006 added 18 photos of minerals
August 2, 2006 added 8 photos of fossil mammals
July 31, 2006 added photo of the month for August 2006, 16
photos of lapis
July 26, 2006 added 4 photos of diorite, 5 photos of marble,
3 photos of slate,
1 photo of serpentine, 4 photos of
slickensides, 15 polished rocks
July 25, 2006 added 7 photos of marble, 8 photos of diorite,
13 photos of gneiss,
12 photos of conglomerate, 3 photos of
hornfels
July 21, 2006 added 16 photos of travertine
July 6, 2006 added mineral information on 5 minerals
July 5, 2006 added mineral information on 5 minerals
July 2, 2006 added mineral information on 5 minerals
June 30, 2006 added mineral information on 1 mineral, created
Photo of the Month-July
June 29, 2006 added mineral information on 5 minerals
June 28, 2006 added mineral information on 6 minerals
June 27, 2006 added mineral information on 5 minerals
June 21, 2006 added mineral information on 5 minerals
June 19, 2006 updated Canadian meteorite impact
references/links,
added mineral information on 5 minerals
June 15, 2006 added mineral information on 5 minerals
June 15, 2006 added 10 photos of living plants and animals
June 9, 2006 added 7 rock photos, 2 opal photos
June 8, 2006 added 18 igneous rock photos
June 7, 2006 added 49 igneous rock photos
June 1, 2006 added 4 mineral photos
May 30, 2006 added 4 rock photos, 6 opal photos, 8 mineral
photos,
added Photo of the Month for June, 2 gem
photos
May 29, 2006 added 11 mineral photos
May 24, 2006 rebuilt main page of Photos of Minerals
May 23, 2006 added 12 mineral photos
May 22, 2006 added 14 mineral photos
May 20, 2006 added 16 mineral photos
May 16, 2006 added 35 mineral photos
May 11, 2006 added 7 mineral photos
May 10, 2006 added 7 mineral photos
May 9, 2006 added 7 mineral photos
May 8, 2006 added 13 mineral photos
May 7, 2006 added 27 mineral photos
May 4, 2006 added student paper: Mt. St. Helens
added mineral information on actinolite,
colemanite, anglesite, anhydrite,
covellite, cuprite, marcasite, sodalite,
pyrite, turquoise, celestite,
chromite, stilbite
May 4, 2006 added student paper: Jovian moons
added mineral information on brochantite,
chabazite, heulandite, natrolite,
tremolite
May 3, 2006 added Photo of the Month for May, 2006
added mineral information for spodumene and
kernite
May 1, 2006 added 4 mineral photos
April 28, 2006 added 2 student papers: Pillow Lavas, Faceting
added 2 mineral photos
April 27, 2006 added 5 student papers: Pangea, Duck-Billed
Platypus, Bryce Canyon,
Hydrothermal Alteration, Aquamarine
added 3 photos of rocks, 5 photos of
minerals
April 26, 2006 added 3 student papers: San Pedro River, Duckbill
Platypus,
Tiger’s Eye
April 25, 2006 added 10 student papers: Emeralds, Granite
Quarries, Columbite-Tantalite,
Mt. Rainier, Groundwater, Pleistocene
Extinctions, Zeolites, Ghost Towns,
Chicxulub, Bird Evolution
April 24, 2006 added 5 student papers: Bitterroot Mountains,
Mastodons and Mammoths,
Crocodiles, Amber and Copal, Bisbee Copper
Mining
April 23, 2006 added 1 mineral photo,
added student paper on the San Pedro River
Valley
April 21, 2006 added 13 mineral photos,
added student paper on the Colorado River
April 20, 2006 added 13 mineral photos,
added student paper on aerial photography
of the Chiricahuas
April 19, 2006 added 21 mineral photos
April 18, 2006 added 34 mineral photos,
added two student papers: plate tectonics,
hoodoos in Bryce Canyon
April 17, 2006 added 3 mineral photos,
added two student papers: Dragoon
Mountains, geologic time
April 12, 2006 added 5 mineral photos
April 11, 2006 added 11 photos on hiking dangers in Arizona, 1
mineral photo,
2 photos of caliche, 4 photos-Tucson
Mountains
April 10, 2006 added student paper on construction of the
Egyptian pyramids
April 6, 2006 added student paper on fossil ammonites
April 5, 2006 added student paper on inclusions in emeralds
April 4, 2006 added 4 photos of fossils, 6 photos of minerals
April 3, 2006 created photo of the month for April-wavellite
March 31, 2006 added student term paper for historical
geology-Tully Monster
March 30, 2006 added 27 mineral photos
March 29, 2006 added 6 mineral photos
March 28, 2006 added 27 mineral photos
March 24, 2006 added 6 mineral photos
March 20, 2006 added 3 mineral photos
March 18, 2006 added 25 mineral photos
March 17, 2006 added 15 mineral photos
March 13, 2006 rebuilt and revised USA Geology Links for Oklahoma
and Michigan
added 15 mineral photos
March 10, 2006 added 22 mineral photos
March 9, 2006 added 16 opal photos, 9 photos of basalt
March 7, 2006 added 13 opal photos, 13 fossil photos, and 12
mineral property pages
February 28, 2006 added photo of the month for March- fire opal
February 27, 2006 added 34 photos of opals: beads, carvings, odd
specimens
February 24, 2006 added 25 photos of fossil trilobites, starfish,
reptiles, carpoids, sea cucumbers
February 23, 2006 added 24 photos of fossil sponge, serpentine,
rhodonite, moonstones, pyrite
February 21, 2006 added 31 photos of jade, and synthetic gemstones
February 19, 2006 added 24 photos of ametrine, diamonds, fluorite,
kunzite, rubies, sapphires, etc.
February 17, 2006 added 24 photos of jade, emeralds, rubies, sapphires,
moonstones, tigereye, etc.
February 16, 2006 added 16 photos of fossil insects, lobster, shrimp,
sea urchins, reptiles
February 15, 2006 added 12 photos of fossil mosasaurs, dinosaur eggs,
crab, fish, crinoids
February 14, 2006 added 10 photos of fossil skates and rays
February 13, 2006 added 10 photos of bird fossils
added 12 photos of fossil reptiles
February 10, 2006 added photos of 30 fossils, 11 minerals, and 1 tektite
February 7, 2006 rebuilt and revised entire Geology of Southeastern
Arizona (in one week)
February 2, 2006 added photo of the month for February-pyrite crystal
January 26, 2006 added photo of the Huachuca mountains
January 24, 2006 added 22 mineral photographs
January 23, 2006 added 9 mineral photographs
January 22, 2006 added 4 mineral photographs
re-organized main page
January 21, 2006 added 7 mineral photographs
January 17, 2006 added 10 geology maps- geology of Southeastern
Arizona
January 15, 2006 added toxicity values to 36 mineral information pages
January 13, 2006 added toxicity values to 43 mineral information pages
January 12, 2006 added 24 pages on mineral information
January 11, 2006 added 2 pages on mineral information
January 10, 2006 added mineral page on alunite
added 7 pages on mineral
information
added photograph of a brachiopod from
Arizona
added photo of chrysocolla
added 14 geology maps
added photo of polished synthetic opal
January 9, 2006 added 4 pages on information on dolomite, siderite,
calcite, and
rhodochrosite
January 8, 2006 created shortcuts to igneous minerals, sedimentary
minerals, metamorphic
minerals, Mohs scale of hardness, and ore
minerals
January 5, 2006 created link to Tucson Gem and Mineral Shows 2006
information
January 4, 2006 created Photo of the Month for January
START 2006