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V, V,....Vesicles! DP/EC 146 EarthCache

Hidden : 10/11/2018
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Terrain:
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Imagine that you were seeing a vigorously boiling liquid and you could freeze that boiling and take a picture of it. Well, you can't but nature has done it for you in every volcano you can imagine.

This cache shows you the what is left behind if you freeze this boiling action: vesicles!

Definition of Vesicle:
A small cavity in a volcanic rock that was formed by the expansion of a bubble of gas that was trapped inside the lava.

Vesicles are commonly found in volcanic rocks– that is, in rocks that solidified from lava. Molten rock– magma and lava– often contains dissolved gases such as water and carbon dioxide. When lava erupts, these gases expand and often are able to escape to the atmosphere as the lava cools and solidifies to form a volcanic rock.

When there are many vesicles in a volcanic rock, this indicates that the lava from which the rock formed was very rich in gases.Since vesicles are open cavities, they sometimes become filled in with secondary alteration minerals such as calcite, quartz, or zeolite. When vesicles are filled with a secondary alteration mineral, they are called amygdules (or amygdales, if you’re British). Since calcite, quartz, and other secondary minerals are generally light in color compared to the brown or black volcanic rock, amygdules can make a volcanic rock look spotted.

Logging the EarthCache:

At the GZ coordinates, you will observe a volcanic rock with lots and lots of vesicles. Observe this rock and answer the following questions:

  1. Are the vesicles the same size or do they differ in size?
  2. Measure the diameter of 20 vesicles and tell me what the average of this measurement is.
  3. Is the rock spotted? i.e are some of the vesicles filled in with other minerals?

Send these answers to my profile and log the cache. A nice addition; as long it does not give away the answers, would be a nice photo of the surroundings or of you.

Thanks for visiting.

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Imagina que estás a ver um líquido a ferver vigorosamente e depois podias congelá-lo e tirar uma foto. Tu não consegues mas a natureza faz isso por ti em todos os vulcões que possas imaginar.

Esta EarthCache mostra o efeito de congelar este ferver: vesículas!

Definição de Vesícula:

Uma pequena cavidade numa rocha vulcânica formada pela expansão de uma bolha de gás que ficou aprisionada dentro da lava.

Vesículas são comuns em rochas vulcânicas - isto é, em rochas que se solidificaram de lava. A rocha derretida - magma e lava - geralmente contém gases dissolvidos, como água e dióxido de carbono. Quando a lava entra em erupção, esses gases expandem-se e muitas vezes conseguem escapar para a atmosfera enquanto a lava arrefece e solidifica para formar rocha.

Quando há muitas vesículas numa rocha vulcânica, isso indica que a lava da qual a rocha se formou era muito rica em gases. Como as vesículas são cavidades abertas, elas às vezes são preenchidas com minerais de alteração secundária, como calcite, quartzo ou zeólito. Quando as vesículas são preenchidas com um mineral secundário de alteração, tal como a calcite, o quartzo e outros minerais secundários, estes são geralmente de cor mais clara em comparação com a rocha vulcânica e podem fazer com que uma rocha vulcânica pareça manchada.

Para registares a EarthCache:

Nas coordenadas da cache, observarás uma rocha vulcânica repleta de vesículas. Observa esta rocha e responde às seguintes questões:

  1. As vesículas são todas do mesmo tamanho ou diferem em tamanho?
  2. Mede o diâmetro de 20 vesículas e diz-me qual é a média dessas medições.
  3. A rocha é manchada? isto é, algumas das vesículas estão preenchidas com outros minerais?

Envia estas respostas através do meu perfil e regista a cache. Uma foto que não seja spoiler, tua ou dos arredores da cache seria uma óptima adição ao teu registo.,

Obrigado pela visita.


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