Thomas de Groot wrote:
> Totally by chance, while working further with John VanSickle's height_field 
> patchwork macro, I came across this landscape. I called it Drifting Over The 
> Traps.
> 
> For those who wonder what Traps are: this refers to the Large Igneous 
> Provinces, of which the Siberian Traps at the Permian-Triassic boundary, and 
> The Deccan Traps at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary are the most famous for 
> alledgedly being responsible for major global biological extinction events.
> 
> I shall probably work further on this, but I thought I would already share 
> this image with you.

Hey Thomas,

Interesting landscape. I bet 'The Traps' have some great potential for 
good mineral hunting. That's assuming they harbor pegmatite dikes. If 
the composition is mainly basaltic, then there's a good chance of 
finding some zeolites. I've always wanted to find some apophyllite, 
which is found with zeolitic minerals.

I haven't forgotten about the weathered rocks tutorial I've been 
promising for months. I'm just not sure how to start new pages on the 
POV Wiki yet...

Sam

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