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Shoji Nishimoto / 西本昌司

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Geologist @ Aichi Univ., Japan / former curator / building stone / granitic rock 地質系元学芸員現大学教員が地質学をエンジョイ。 著書など☞ https://amzn.to/3KH2Ffn ウェブサイト☞ http://nishimoto.biz

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Latest posts by nishimoto.rocks on Bluesky

貨幣石いるところにウニもいるみたいですね〜

07.10.2025 23:44 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

赤いクレマヌォーバは見たことないけどなぁージュラか白亜かわかる化石はないのでしょうか??

21.09.2025 22:24 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

床も石でしたか!

21.09.2025 22:20 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

あれ、本に載せてましたか😅

21.09.2025 04:37 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

1階のどこかに紫更紗あった記憶が…手すりは茶竜紋かな?

21.09.2025 03:47 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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"Amakusa whetstone", a rhyolite from Amakusa in Kumamoto prefecture, displays a pattern resembling tree rings.

19.09.2025 08:46 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Bivalves! Thanks!

19.09.2025 06:09 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Combination of sandstone and dacite from Amakusa, Kumamoto prefecture, at the Memorial Museum of the Fifth High School at Kumamoto University.

19.09.2025 06:07 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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What are these fossils in the mantle in a hotel. Stone is probably Egyptian limestone.

12.09.2025 22:16 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Tenjin Station on the Fukuoka City Subway was almost entirely covered in unknown marble. I could not stop looking at it and watched several trains pass by.

12.09.2025 12:53 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Saku Teppei-Seki Quarry in Sakuho, Nagano, Japan. This andesite has platy joints that fracture easily into thin slabs.

04.09.2025 13:03 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Saku-Teppei stone edge piling at a roadside station in Sakuho, Nagano Japan.
佐久鉄平石の小端積み@道の駅「八千穂高原」
#街の中で見つかるすごい石 #街角地質学

03.09.2025 11:39 — 👍 10    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Photo taken wearing "fault T-shirt" while standing on the Oshika Museum of Median Tectonicl Line (outdoor exhibit at the museum)😆

28.08.2025 12:31 — 👍 26    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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A polished granitic mylonite specimen displayed at the Oshika Museum of Japan Median Tectonic Line, Nagano, Japan.

28.08.2025 12:16 — 👍 14    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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White sericite outcrop in the Sanshin Mine, Toei, Aichi, Japan. Most of it is used for high-end cosmetics.

28.08.2025 12:07 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A cross-section of a brachiopod fossil in the elevator hall of Midland-Square in Nagoya, Japan. #街の中で見つかるすごい石 #街角地質学 #街化石 #pavementgeology #fossils

16.08.2025 06:39 — 👍 16    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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Phlogopite basalt from Kurayoshi, Tottori, Japan; FOV=ca.5 mm
金雲母玄武岩(鳥取県倉吉市産)の偏光顕微鏡写真
#thinsection #petrology #petrography #polarizingmicoscope

10.08.2025 08:21 — 👍 11    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

たしかにアンモナイトっぽい!モカクリームは層理面に垂直に切断して使うのが普通だから、縦断面ばかりになっちゃいますね。それにしても、よく気がつきますねぇ〜

26.07.2025 22:44 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

That's interesting. What fossil is it? Is it possible that it was originally flamboidal pyrite?

26.07.2025 12:12 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Yes! Probably Fe-rich sediment.

26.07.2025 10:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Stilpnomelane schist from Nagatoro, Saitama, Japan; OPL, FOV=ca.1 mm #thinsection #petrology #petrography #polarizingmicoscope
スティルプノメレン片岩の偏光顕微鏡写真

25.07.2025 06:46 — 👍 31    🔁 5    💬 2    📌 1
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The large piece of petrified wood on display in Rojo Park, Komatsu City looks like a monument.

20.07.2025 11:06 — 👍 12    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

ウニ!さすがです〜

17.07.2025 13:14 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

愛知大学にもどうぞ〜

17.07.2025 13:12 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

私も混ぜてほしいです🙇‍♂️

17.07.2025 13:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

名古屋駅中央コンコース柱も同じです!

12.07.2025 10:39 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Garnet in the dacite used for cladding the entrance wall of Nagoya City Hall.

04.07.2025 11:25 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

地質学会にもどうぞ〜

28.06.2025 20:50 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

なんと!

28.06.2025 11:28 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Amazing sea urchin fossil at Pacific Century Place Marunouchi underground passage near Tokyo Station.
すごいウニ化石!模様までくっきり@東京駅そばのパシフィックセンチュリープレイス丸の内地下通路
…ピコモル(@picomol.bsky.social )さん情報ありがとう

24.06.2025 09:28 — 👍 16    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

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