If you cut a piece of Caithness flagstone, using a diamond wheel running through a tank of water as is often the case with stone cutting, then just let the water in the tank evaporate the tiny grains of mudstone will recombine and even without any pressure from above they reform into stone again. It's not going to be mechanically as strong as that compressed under tons of sediment from above but nevertheless you would recognise it as stone. I guessed you would not be much be interested in sedimentary rocks even before you said so on this vid, personally I'm interested in all rock types. If you look at a piece like yours okay it's sedimentary but you will detect light and dark bands, these represent, periods of monsoon seasons followed by lighter bands or dry spells, so they still have a story to tell. Also if you look at these mudstones in bright sunlight you will detect tiny sparkling bits, these are mica schists from metamorphic rocks transported by rivers from the Caladonian Mountains and deposited into Lake Orcadia. You will also know for sure that these Scottish fossil fish in these mudstones are world famous. I enjoy your vids very much.
Volume very low
Aye, rocks n that ..right!?! 🤣 Love the channel, and the exotic accent.
( I'm 6miles from Glasgow 😁)
Hugh Miller would have been interested in this talk.
Lovin' a bit of mudstone.
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If you cut a piece of Caithness flagstone, using a diamond wheel running through a tank of water as is often the case with stone cutting, then just let the water in the tank evaporate the tiny grains of mudstone will recombine and even without any pressure from above they reform into stone again. It's not going to be mechanically as strong as that compressed under tons of sediment from above but nevertheless you would recognise it as stone. I guessed you would not be much be interested in sedimentary rocks even before you said so on this vid, personally I'm interested in all rock types. If you look at a piece like yours okay it's sedimentary but you will detect light and dark bands, these represent, periods of monsoon seasons followed by lighter bands or dry spells, so they still have a story to tell. Also if you look at these mudstones in bright sunlight you will detect tiny sparkling bits, these are mica schists from metamorphic rocks transported by rivers from the Caladonian Mountains and deposited into Lake Orcadia. You will also know for sure that these Scottish fossil fish in these mudstones are world famous. I enjoy your vids very much.
Thank you very much for taking the time to make and, upload the videos the only problem was with the sound.
Thanks!
Would be awesome to see a collab with Scott Brown on some proper bouncy geology-themed aggressive gabber.
Please fix the volume
Luisa, Thanks, I was just looking at a bit of my local mudstone, The Santa Cruz Mudstone, today. Is all mudstone black? Why?
I don’t think you’re mic is working properly pal
Great, but you wil need to something about the sound quality at some point
Oh no, the sound is busted :( .. I hope you can edit it and get it back up .. Learnin' rocks ain't the same w/out the ScottishGeologist's voice .
How was the sound....well, Am gonnae tell ye! Sound crap on laptop right, but switched over to mobile and it was fine. Great wee vid as always. 🙂
I think i like sedimentary rocks rocks better because they may contain fossils
Casually throwing a rock over a glass table. What could go wrong? :D
It's sedimentary my dear Watson
Poor sedimentaries , unglamorous but great to carve.
Sorry, I can barely hear you. I know my hearing isn't great at the best of times... but this is way too low level! 😔