Travel Journal #1: Curecanti Needle, Gunnison CO (The
following is fiction)
For my very first Travel Journal, I decided to visit the
Curecanti Needle located in Gunnison, CO. After exploring a bit, I was able to
see that there was a lot of Granite, which is a type of igneous rock. I was
able to recognize that it was Granite because of the crystals, both felsic
(quarts and feldspar I would assume) and mafic minerals (black mica I would
expect), and its phaneritic texture. While I was exploring for a bit, I ran
into a person who was quite knowledgeable about the Curecanti Needle. He told
me that the Granite was a quartz monzonite. This explorer then went on to say
to me that there were metamorphic rocks in the surrounding area. I know that
Granite is much harder than metamorphic rocks and asked if the point formed
because the Granite took a lot longer to weather than the surrounding
metamorphic rocks. It turns out he said I was spot on with my observations.
This place was a great explore!
Sydney
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