Geology Rocks Pittsburgh

DID YOU KNOW??? 🤔
That rocks from the ancient Appalachian Mountains are found in Sedona today??? This process started during the Pennsylvanian epoch, roughly 300 million years ago. The supercontinent Pangea was forming, causing the Appalachians to rise high into the sky. As the mountains were uplifted, they were simultaneously eroded, with ancient rivers transporting massive amounts of sediment westward across the continent. At this time, the area that is now Sedona was a shallow coastal plain called the Pedregosa Sea, with the sediment from the east steadily settling here over tens of millions of years. These iron-rich deposits were then oxidized, creating the red sandstones and mudstones we see today. The primary red rocks in Sedona come from the Schnebly Hill Formation (approx. 275 million years old) and the Supai Group, which were deposited as coastal dunes, rivers, and mudflats. Later on, during the Laramide orogeny (25-30 million years ago), the region was uplifted, and the rocks were tilted to their current positions.
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The Appalachians are my home, and I imagine that's why Sedona feels so welcoming to the soul year after year. 💛🏜⬅️🏞🖤
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For those of yinz who still haven't been in the shop yet, or maybe to those who haven't been over here in awhile .. HERE'S YOUR PROPER INVITE. 🫵 👋
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It's Art Crawl weekend in Lawrenceville! 🎨 The streets will be filled with local artists, and we'll be over here slangin' great deals on just about everything in the shop. Come on dahn' and mention the Art Crawl for glorious discounts off of your entire purchase. 🤙
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The Protector 💎
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In the first written report about Arkansas rock crystal in 1819, American geographer and geologist Henry Rowe Schoolcraft penned this v fitting description: “.. very pure and transparent, and beautifully crystallized in six-sided prisms, terminated by six-sided pyramids”. When ole Henry visited the Ouachitas (the mountain range in Ark where these babies are found) he found places where this gem literally flooded the ground around him. Lucky dude... 💎
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