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Vermont Geologic Map
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41.375” x 25.75” x 2”,2023
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Biotite granite, marble, slate, travertine, serpentinite, rhodonite, gneiss, sodalite syenite, gabbro

Gran Canaria Topo <br> 15.5” x 14.5” x 2“, 2022 <br> Marble, limestone, travertine, onyx

Hotspot Evolution <br> 6.0” x 13.75” x 1.5”, 2022 <br>Aruca bluestone (traquifonolitic ignimbrite) strips; circles of slate, onyx, travertine, limestone; pahoehoe; colored mortar

The Weight of Tourism <br> 6“ diameter, 2.0” height, 2022 <br> Beach pebbles from Dunas de Maspalomas, Gran Canaria; lapilli, vesicular basalt; colored mortar

The Influence of Geology on Architecture <br> 6.0” x 6.0” x 1.0”, 2022 <br> Beach pebbles from Maspalomas, Gran Canaria and Tazacorte, La Palma; colored mortar

Dust to Dust Diptych <br> 17.25” x 16” x 1.25”, 2022 <br> Metasomatite, sandstone, marble, limestone, slate, sodalite syenite, lepidolite; Tumbled: rhodonite, vesuvianite, petrified coral, agate, serpentinite, tiger’s eye, calcite, sodalite, carnelian, amazonite, charoite, amethyst, lapis lazuli, jasper, prehnite, orbicular rhyolite, bloodstone; Colored mortar

Faults V: Interrupted <br> 20” x 12”, 2021 <br> Marble, conglomerate, syenite sodalite, Liesigang banded (Kanab) sandstone, serpentinite, quartzite, travertine, granite, picture jasper

Ode to Iceland <br> 14 1/4" x 20 5/8", 2020 <br> Gabbro, banded jasper, sulfur, arsenic sulfur calcite, pyrite suns, copper tumbled, pyrite granules, bornite <br>Sold

Nevada Geologic Map <br> 34 3/4" x 24 1/4", 2020 <br> Slabs: Marble, serpentine breccia, travertine, sodalite syenite, slate, syenite <br> Specimen: Realgar, fire opal, clinoclase, gold nugget, vesuvianite, vanadinite on descloizite, creedite, barite, scholzite, turquoise, spessartine garnet, malachite pseudomorph after azurite; <br> Fossils: Olenellus fowleri

Slice of Life: Cross-Section of a Cell <br> 18" x 14 1/4", 2019 <br> Marble, rhyolite, lepidolite, alabaster, jasper, slate; spheres of moss agate, rhodonite, sugilite; chalcedony concretion; rhodonite beads; gold-coated quartz crystals

Ammonite Study <br> 19" x 8 2/5", 2019 <br> Granite; Fossils: ammonite

Sonoma AVA Map <br> 22 9/10" x 28 1/5", 2019 <br> Marble, metasomatite, slate, conglomerate, travertine, limestone, sandstone, jasper breccia; 5 towns highlighted with laser etched dots and silver ink

North Carolina Geologic Map <br>
47 1/2" x 19 1/4", 2019 <br>
Slabs: Marble, sodalite syenite, granite, gabbro <br>
Fossils: Fossil shark tooth, Hemipristis serra sp., Pliocene-Miocene, Pungo River Fmn, Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, Beaufort Co.; Turtle shell, Onslow Beach; Coral, Septastrea Marylandica, Wrightsville Beach, Wilmington
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Minerals: Calcite, Wake Stone Quarry, Moncure, Lee Co.; Pyrite in schist, Standard Minerals Mine, Montgomery Co.; Pyrophyllite, Stanly Mine, Silver Ridge, Randolph Co.; Gold in quartz, Cotton Patch Mine, New London, Stanly Co.; Rutile, Ellis Mine, Hiddenite, Alexander Co.; Amethyst scepter, Hickory, Catawbe Co.; Almandine garnet in schist, Air Bellows Gap, Whitehead, Allegheny Co.; Emerald, Crabtree Emerald Mine, Spruce Pine, Mitchell Co.; Tourmaline, Carson Rock Mine, South Tow River, Spruce Pine District, Yancey Co.; Kyanite, Chambers Mtn, Crabtree, Haywood Co.; Ruby, near Franklin, Cowce Valley, Macon Co.

Utah Cross Section<br>
40.25” x 13”, 2019 <br>
Marble, onyx, slate, travertine, calcsilicate metasomatite, sandstone, limestone, sodalite metasyenite, fuchsitic chert, Hickory Stone, phyllite, stromatolite, dumortierite quartzite, gabbro

Wyoming Geologic Map in Stone<br>
33.5” x 26.75”, 2018 <br>
Slabs of: limestone, marble, granite, green serpentinite, quartzite, sodalite syenite <br>
Minerals: Variscite, 3 miles west of Cody, Park Co., Nephrite jade, Sweetwater River District, Sweetwater Co., Lysite agate, Lysite, 8 miles north of Moneta, Fremont Co., Chrysocolla and cuprite, north of Hanna, Carbon Co., Shirley Basin blue agate, Shirley Basin, Carbon Co., Youngite, Glendo Reservoir, near Guernsey, Platte Co., Teepee Canyon agate, Hartville Uplift, Weston Co., Red ammolite, Buffalo, Johnson Co., Carnelian drusy, Sheridan, Sheridan Co. <br>
Fossils: Star crinoid, Sundance Fm., Jurassic, South Bighorn Mountains, Bighorn Co., Petrified palm wood, Big Sandy Reservoir, Sublette Co., Knightia sp., Green River Fm., Eocene, Lincoln Co., Elimia tenera (“turitella), Green River Fm., Eocene, Delaney Rim, 8 miles south of Table Rock, Sweetwater Co., Dinosaur bone, Horse jaw fossil, White River Fm., Eocene/Oligocene, Douglas, Converse Co., Belemnite, Sundance Fm., Mesozoic, 50 miles north of Casper, Natrona Co.

Journey to the Center of the Earth <br>
20.75” diameter, 2018 <br>
Pyrite sphere, copper nuggets, arsenic sulfur calcite, banded iron formation, serpentinite, travertine, red jasper, mottramite, blue quartzite

Faults IV <br>
25.25” x 19.125 x 1.75”, 2018 <br>
Dendritic marble, Chinese writing stone (gabbro), orange alabaster, serpentinite, blue lepidolite, red onyx, marble

Montana Geologic Map in Stone <br>
37 3/16” x 22 3/4”, 2018 <br>

Slabs of: Gabbro, marble, blue quartzite, sodalite syenite, granite, limestone <br>

Minerals: Parasite, tetrahedrite, covellite & pyrite, cleavelandite, amethyst scepter, calcite, PGM ore, dry head agate, Montana moss agate, Yogo sapphired <br>
Fossils: Laminar stromatolite, trilobites, Metasequoia occidentalis, brachiopods, Thescelosaurus sp. (toe bone), fossil turtle claw, baculites, Scaphites sp. ,Hypacrosaurus sp. (dinosaur bone), Maiasaura sp. (dinosaur egg shells)

Pulse of the Planet <br>
21.25” x 27.25”, 2017 <br>
Slabs of: marble, poppy jasper, travertine, chrysocolla with quartz, snowflake dendrites, variscite in matrix <br>
Stone discs of: lapis, sodalite, amethyst, onyx, African turquoise, jasper, carnelian, red tiger’s eye, calcite, and green aventurine <br>
Spheres of amethyst

Time Spiral <br>
34" diameter, 2015 <br>

Slabs of: orbicular granite, banded iron, red jasper, calcite, marble, granite, fossilized coral, quartzite, sodalite syenite, slate, travertine, limestone; <br>

Fossils: trilobites, gastropod, brachiopods, estaroid, orthoceras, rugose coral, crinoid, brachiosauria, pinecone, ammonites, pelecypod, coprolite, shrimp, dinosaur tooth, baculites, hazelnut leaf, fish, conifer, leptomeryx, megalodon tooth, manatee teeth; <br>

Insets: pyrite concretion, fossilized palmwood, dinosaur bone, peanut wood, turitella

The Enemy Within: Mt. Erebus Volcanism and Ozone Depletion <br>
17” x 27”, 2017 <br>
Slabs of: limestone, mookaite jasper, agate, quartzite, limestone, dumortierite, sodalite, coquina, agate, slate, conglomerate, marble; Stone pendants of: calcite, aragonite, amethyst, carnelian, jasper, quartzite, sodalite, aventurine, red tiger’s eye, mookaite, obsidian; Spheres of: sodalite, mookaite, orbicular jasper; Pyrite

Texas Geologic Map in Stone <br>
26.75″ diameter, 2017
Slabs of: travertine, limestone, marble, sodalite syenite, red jasper, gabbro <br> Minerals: flint, chrysocolla & malachite, pyrite, moss agate, celestite, fossilized dolomite, topaz
<br>Fossils: shark’s tooth, gastropod, petrified palm

Fossiliferous II <br>
15.5” x 29”, 2017 <br>

Slabs of: banded green aventurine, syenite, slate, marble, blue quartzite, sandstone, and gabbro <br>
Fossils: Neogene shark teeth, Cretaceous shrimp, Jurassic black ammonites, Pennsylvanian horn corals, Silurian orthoceras

Diatreme I <br>
13.5" x 21.5”, 2016 <br>

Slabs of: fossiliferous limestone, iron rich siltstone, nickeloan magnesite, marble, banded jasper, granite;
<br>Stone pendants of: onyx, red jasper, mookaite, yellow jade, amethyst, rose quartz, rhodonite, poppy jasper, red tiger’s eye;
<br>Spheres of labradorite and jasper

Fossiliferous I: Cambrian to Cretaceous <br>
15.5" x 29”, 2016 <br>

Slabs of: pebble conglomerate, limestone, marble, travertine, conglomeritic marble, stromatolitic jasper, slate, onyx <br>

Fossils: sea urchins/echinoderms,
sand dollars, ferns, crinoid stems, trilobites

Beneath the Glacial Terrain <br>
27" x 17", 2016 <br>

Marble, malachite, silicified porcelainite (mookaite), granite with azurite, Cherry Creek petrified wood sphere, pink marble, lapis pendants, calcite concretions (fairy stones), marble, apophyllite crystals

Michigan Geologic Map in Stone <br>
23.75” x 27.25”, 2017 <br>
Slabs of: dumortierite, syenite sodalite, marble, limestone, rhodonite, travertine
<br>Minerals: copper, datolite, specular hematite, Petoskey stone, honesite, red gypsum, celestine
<br>Fossils: chain coral <br>Sheet copper surround, custom powder-coated frame

Diatreme II <br>
12″ x 20″, 2017 <br>
Slabs of: marble, poppy jasper, travertine, chrysocolla with quartz, snowflake dendrites, variscite in matrix
<br>Stone discs of: lapis, sodalite, amethyst, onyx, African turquoise, jasper, carnelian, red tiger’s eye, calcite, and green aventurine
<br>Spheres of amethyst

Oklahoma Geologic Map in Stone <br>
33" x 17.5", 2016 <br>
Slabs of: limestone, marble, quartzite, sodalite syenite, travertine, granite, rhodonite; <br>

Minerals: galena with sphalerite, bornite & calcite, quartz crystals, barite rosette, Garber Sandstone, Woodford shale, selenite, agatized wood <br>

Fossils: trilobite, crinoid stem, brachiopod, reptilian jawbone

Wisconsin Geologic Map in Stone <br>
24" x 25", 2016 <br>

Slabs of: conglomerate, marble, onyx, limestone, quartzite, sodalite syenite <br>

Minerals: botryoidal hematite, banded agate, chalcopyrite, quartz with hematite, druzy quartz, dolomite crystals, galena, calcite <br>

Fossils: silurian coral

Arizona Geologic Map in Stone <br>
34.25" x 39.625", 2016 <br>
Slabs of: limestone, marble, quartzite, sodalite syenite; <br>
Minerals: cyanotrichite, coal, garnet, gold ore in matrix, turquoise, chrysocolla, iron meteorite, Cortez gold, wulfenite, wulfenite with mimetite & barite, amethyst, silver ore in matrix, native copper, peridot, azurite & malachite, ajoite, bornite, gypsum, campbellite; <br>
Fossils: crinoid, petrified wood, brachiopod, bony armor

Colorado Geologic Map in Stone <br>
34" x 27", 2016 <br>

Slabs of: limestone, travertine, marble, sodalite syenite, aventurine; <br>

Fossils: beetle, brachiopod, oredont teeth, baculites, scaphites, portheus fish vertebrae; <br>

Minerals: fluorite with amethyst, rhodonite, lepidolite, pyrite, rhodochrosite, epidote, molybdenum in quartz, hematite in quartz, amazonite with smoky quartz, gold ore (calaverite), petrified wood, selenite

Faults Vignette: Normal Fault <br>
12" x 10", 2015 <br>

Granite, travertine, marble, syenite

Faults III <br>
24" x 18", 2015 <br> Metasomatite, marble, coquina, limestone, mookaite, syenite, slate, serpentinite

Grand Canyon Stratigraphy II <br>
14" x 36”, 2011 <br>
Stone and Fabric Diptych <br>

Fossiliferous limestone, sandstone, travertine, snakeskin jasper, marble, granite, fuchsitic chert, fossils of horn coral, brachiopods, trilobites

Mesozoic Stratigraphy III <br>
24" x 55", 2014 <br>
Slate, marble, granite, limestone, orbicular rhyolite, quartize, metasomatite, travertine, agate

Nebraska Geologic Map in Stone <br>
29.5626" x 12.375", 2014 <br>

Slabs of: Fossiliferous limestone, orbicular rhyolite, epidote conglomerate, fossiliferous jasper, sodalite syenite, agate, slate; <br>

Minerals: blue chalcedony drusy, gabbro; <br>

Fossils: fossilized palm wood, fossilized artiodactyls tooth - Merycoidodon culbertsoni, fossilized brachiopod, fossilized shark teeth

When Sulfur Ruled <br>

29" x 14", 2014 <br>

Travertine, orange alabaster, pyritized ammonites, Devonian coral with pyrite, chalcopyrite, dumortierite, pyrite, epidote with copper, banded arsenic jasper, gabbro

Faults II <br>
25" x 19", 2012 <br>

Travertine, quartzite, marble, metasomalite, slate, piemontite, print stone (claystone), granite

Los Angeles Basin Stratigraphy <br>
29" x 42.5", 2011 <br>
Diptych with fabric on right, stone on left <br>

Marble, sandstone, limestone, onyx, amazonite, quartzite, aventurine, slate, granite, metasomatite

Devonian Dash <br>
36" x 24", 2005 <br>
Devonian trilobite from Morocco (Paradoxides sp.), jasper, marble, slate, rhyolite, glendonite crystal

Paleoseas <br>
35" diameter, 2004 <br>

Center: sandblasted in amphibolite: crinoids and cystoid; <br>
Outer ring: laser etched in amphibolite: cystoid, echinoderm, starfish

<br>Tumbled jasper, onyx, core "buttons" of hornblende gneiss and microcline gneiss

Space Series I: Orbits <br>
36" x 30", 2004 <br>

Gabbro w/ bronzite, spheres of fossil stone, rhyolite, jasper, serpentine, calcite, lapis, coral, tigereye; copper nuggets, copper frame

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