Thank you for your photography of these small samples that show how stunning they are. Living now in Washington State, I have always considered basalt to be boring other than forming columnar patterns. So now I know things happen inside those enormous flows.
Here's the locality on Mindat. The site photos there are from 1972, so I have no idea about accessibility or legality today. https://www.mindat.org/loc-5446.html
Thank you for your photography of these small samples that show how stunning they are. Living now in Washington State, I have always considered basalt to be boring other than forming columnar patterns. So now I know things happen inside those enormous flows.
The first one looks like a decorated, very icy drink!
Agreed.
Ditto what Mike said- that was my first impression too. Malheur County is practically in my backyard. Is there an efficient way to search for samples?
Here's the locality on Mindat. The site photos there are from 1972, so I have no idea about accessibility or legality today. https://www.mindat.org/loc-5446.html