Can you tell I've been working on this one for a while, considering the trees still had their leaves when I filmed this?
@geobridge7556
Жыл бұрын
So happy to have come across this video! The geology, historical context, and information on how it’s being used today is just *chef’s kiss.* We have a pretty big outcrop of pink granite here in Texas that’s about a billion years old - makes me wonder why a lot of really really old intrusive rocks tend to be rich in k-spar…something to look into!
@Geobeck
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
@kremesauce
Жыл бұрын
Wonderful and informative. Great editing and production value! Keep up the great hard work!
@jessicawolk-stanley4421
Жыл бұрын
This is so great! I’m going to have my Earth science HS students watch this. Totally perfect since we are in Manhattan! Thanks for making this. ❤
@Geobeck
Жыл бұрын
omg yay !! this makes me so happy thank you !
@jessicawolk-stanley4421
Жыл бұрын
Shared with one of my ES teacher buddies and she’s going to use this as a fun homework assignment for her students too! So thanks again for creating such cool and interesting content for us teachers to share in turn with our students.
@Geobeck
Жыл бұрын
@@jessicawolk-stanley4421 that is so wonderful wow thank you ! I’m so happy it could be of use :)
@ffrost8353
Жыл бұрын
Great job, very informative and interesting! It's so nice that you included so many of the various buildings and the types of stone used in their construction. A couple of contributions you should be aware of include the history of dynamite and black powder. Black powder was originally used for blasting as dynamite wasn't even invented until the late 1860's. And while you are correct that black powder was easier to control in the early quarries; today, it's possible to get an even greater of level of control with either dynamite or the newer compounds. Another technique used for splitting the larger rocks into more manageable pieces was the use of "plugs and feathers", special wedges designed to increase the forces to split the rocks very gradually. Numerous holes drilled in a straight line used these devices or chisels to produce the desired sizes. Keep up the good work!
@mccarthyfurniture
22 күн бұрын
THANKS BECKY , GREAT WORK.
@noelplouffe6245
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Geo Beck, it is great to hear from you.
@DheroBob
Жыл бұрын
Love it. Good job! Keep following your dream!
@anicasey9868
Жыл бұрын
I grew up a couple towns away from here and would always (and still always) stare up in awe at the abandoned quarry at Sleeping Giant (right next door to this)!! I didn’t know how connected our little area of CT was to so many historical places!! I also can’t help but think how many of my friends’ immigrant great-grand parents had a connection to these quarries
@Islander2112
Жыл бұрын
Such great content, you should have a million subs.
@glendurlacher9589
Жыл бұрын
Great video I really enjoyed it
@benbratts
Жыл бұрын
Keep up the great work!
@awboat
Жыл бұрын
Awesome. Thanks Geo Beck. yu the best
@crazy1azy
Жыл бұрын
Big fan of your content!
@PlayNowWorkLater
Ай бұрын
Cool to see the varying degrees of metamorphosis. Great spot to show all the processes.
@shadeen3604
Жыл бұрын
Thanks geo bebk great
@ucallthatatweet
Жыл бұрын
I was delivering to a quarry in 1999. I heard a blast from maybe a half mile away. I looked over to see a cloud of multicolored rock and dust. It took maybe a minute before I was inhaling the smaller bits of it. They must have been rather sure that I wouldn't get closer when they let me in.
@granodiorite9032
Жыл бұрын
very cool!
@wboender
Жыл бұрын
guilford (or branford, depending on who you ask), my hometown! the museum i used to work at prided our small town on having such a big impact on one of our greatest landmarks, and for good reason
@jerryclark5725
3 ай бұрын
The first leaf you held is one of three leaf shapes from a sassafras tree.
@thomascleveland
Жыл бұрын
The detail of the metal pegs just left in the rock gives me weird vibes
@michaelpapdi9686
Жыл бұрын
Good video I live in the Catskill mountains do you know if there's any phosphorescent minerals nearby me thanks 🙂
@yousef2154
Жыл бұрын
can you please make a video about Graham Hancock? academia is trying to silence him for no reason if he is wrong why cant they debate
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