First off, sorry for being so scarce lately! The field and lab work has taken up almost all my time, so finding a few moments to blog have been tough. I'm also traveling light with only my iPad, so that has added to the challenge.
Some highlight so far: - I collected (with help from Dr. David Greene from Denison and Dr. Jade Star Lackey from Pomona) samples of more rhyolites from the Mineral King pendant. The biggest challenge was the sample from Vandever Mt., which took a 6+ mile hike in, an overnight at 10,000 feet and a final slog to over 11,000 feet to grab the sample. - While at Pomona, Jade Star and I extracted zircon from the rhyolites and from one gabbro as well. I'll post some images next week.
Today, my research student and I will mount the zircons from Mineral King and some zircon ...
