Shoji Nishimoto / 西本昌司
@nishimoto.rocks
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。
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ウェブサイト☞ http://nishimoto.biz
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
'Vietnam Basalt' from Tỉnh Gia Lai, Vietnam; OPL, FOV=ca.5 mm #thinsection #petrology #petrography #polarizingmicoscope
「ベトナムバサルト」の偏光顕微鏡写真
「ベトナムバサルト」の偏光顕微鏡写真
October 10, 2025 at 6:28 AM
'Vietnam Basalt' from Tỉnh Gia Lai, Vietnam; OPL, FOV=ca.5 mm #thinsection #petrology #petrography #polarizingmicoscope
「ベトナムバサルト」の偏光顕微鏡写真
「ベトナムバサルト」の偏光顕微鏡写真
"Amakusa whetstone", a rhyolite from Amakusa in Kumamoto prefecture, displays a pattern resembling tree rings.
September 19, 2025 at 8:46 AM
"Amakusa whetstone", a rhyolite from Amakusa in Kumamoto prefecture, displays a pattern resembling tree rings.
Combination of sandstone and dacite from Amakusa, Kumamoto prefecture, at the Memorial Museum of the Fifth High School at Kumamoto University.
September 19, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Combination of sandstone and dacite from Amakusa, Kumamoto prefecture, at the Memorial Museum of the Fifth High School at Kumamoto University.
What are these fossils in the mantle in a hotel. Stone is probably Egyptian limestone.
September 12, 2025 at 10:16 PM
What are these fossils in the mantle in a hotel. Stone is probably Egyptian limestone.
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.
September 12, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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.
Saku Teppei-Seki Quarry in Sakuho, Nagano, Japan. This andesite has platy joints that fracture easily into thin slabs.
September 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Saku Teppei-Seki Quarry in Sakuho, Nagano, Japan. This andesite has platy joints that fracture easily into thin slabs.
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
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
September 3, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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
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
Photo taken wearing "fault T-shirt" while standing on the Oshika Museum of Median Tectonicl Line (outdoor exhibit at the museum)😆
August 28, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Photo taken wearing "fault T-shirt" while standing on the Oshika Museum of Median Tectonicl Line (outdoor exhibit at the museum)😆
A polished granitic mylonite specimen displayed at the Oshika Museum of Japan Median Tectonic Line, Nagano, Japan.
August 28, 2025 at 12:16 PM
A polished granitic mylonite specimen displayed at the Oshika Museum of Japan Median Tectonic Line, Nagano, Japan.
White sericite outcrop in the Sanshin Mine, Toei, Aichi, Japan. Most of it is used for high-end cosmetics.
August 28, 2025 at 12:07 PM
White sericite outcrop in the Sanshin Mine, Toei, Aichi, Japan. Most of it is used for high-end cosmetics.
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
August 16, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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
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
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
August 10, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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
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
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
スティルプノメレン片岩の偏光顕微鏡写真
July 25, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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
スティルプノメレン片岩の偏光顕微鏡写真
The large piece of petrified wood on display in Rojo Park, Komatsu City looks like a monument.
July 20, 2025 at 11:06 AM
The large piece of petrified wood on display in Rojo Park, Komatsu City looks like a monument.
Garnet in the dacite used for cladding the entrance wall of Nagoya City Hall.
July 4, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Garnet in the dacite used for cladding the entrance wall of Nagoya City Hall.
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
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
June 24, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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
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
Perlite with visible concentric cracks from Toyooka, Hyogo, Japan.
同心円の割れ目が発達していることがわかる真珠岩。兵庫県豊岡市産。
同心円の割れ目が発達していることがわかる真珠岩。兵庫県豊岡市産。
June 18, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Perlite with visible concentric cracks from Toyooka, Hyogo, Japan.
同心円の割れ目が発達していることがわかる真珠岩。兵庫県豊岡市産。
同心円の割れ目が発達していることがわかる真珠岩。兵庫県豊岡市産。
What does this look like?
"Emerald Pearl"-Larvikite from Norway OPL, FOV=ca.5mm #thinsection #petrology #petrography #polarizingmicoscope
"Emerald Pearl"-Larvikite from Norway OPL, FOV=ca.5mm #thinsection #petrology #petrography #polarizingmicoscope
June 5, 2025 at 12:05 PM
What does this look like?
"Emerald Pearl"-Larvikite from Norway OPL, FOV=ca.5mm #thinsection #petrology #petrography #polarizingmicoscope
"Emerald Pearl"-Larvikite from Norway OPL, FOV=ca.5mm #thinsection #petrology #petrography #polarizingmicoscope
The Hungarian building-stone researcher I took to Nagoya Castle was very excited to see the stone walls. He said that the stones were totally different... I want to see Hungarian stone walls too and get excited!
名古屋城をご案内したハンガリーの石材研究者は石垣を見て大興奮だった(^-^)/...積んである岩石がぜんぜん違うらしい...私もハンガリーの石垣を見て興奮したい😆
名古屋城をご案内したハンガリーの石材研究者は石垣を見て大興奮だった(^-^)/...積んである岩石がぜんぜん違うらしい...私もハンガリーの石垣を見て興奮したい😆
June 2, 2025 at 6:30 AM
The Hungarian building-stone researcher I took to Nagoya Castle was very excited to see the stone walls. He said that the stones were totally different... I want to see Hungarian stone walls too and get excited!
名古屋城をご案内したハンガリーの石材研究者は石垣を見て大興奮だった(^-^)/...積んである岩石がぜんぜん違うらしい...私もハンガリーの石垣を見て興奮したい😆
名古屋城をご案内したハンガリーの石材研究者は石垣を見て大興奮だった(^-^)/...積んである岩石がぜんぜん違うらしい...私もハンガリーの石垣を見て興奮したい😆
Good cross sections of Rudist fossils in the inner wall of YUITO building, Tokyo. Limestone from Italy.
厚歯二枚貝化石の良き断面（ユイト日本橋）
#街の中で見つかるすごい石 #街角地質学
厚歯二枚貝化石の良き断面（ユイト日本橋）
#街の中で見つかるすごい石 #街角地質学
May 27, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Good cross sections of Rudist fossils in the inner wall of YUITO building, Tokyo. Limestone from Italy.
厚歯二枚貝化石の良き断面（ユイト日本橋）
#街の中で見つかるすごい石 #街角地質学
厚歯二枚貝化石の良き断面（ユイト日本橋）
#街の中で見つかるすごい石 #街角地質学
Special tour of the Giorgio Armani store, Ginza Tokyo! The floor is covered with gorgeous stones, including Azul Macauba from Brazil and Labradorite from Madagascar.
May 18, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Special tour of the Giorgio Armani store, Ginza Tokyo! The floor is covered with gorgeous stones, including Azul Macauba from Brazil and Labradorite from Madagascar.
A large quartz in rhyolite porphyry of a stone wall on the roadside! A phenocryst or a relict crystal?
May 11, 2025 at 10:25 AM
A large quartz in rhyolite porphyry of a stone wall on the roadside! A phenocryst or a relict crystal?
Is the red marble Languedoc, limestone from France?
(Photo: the White House )
(Photo: the White House )
April 26, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Is the red marble Languedoc, limestone from France?
(Photo: the White House )
(Photo: the White House )
"Fior Di Pesco Carnico"- limestone from Italy. XPL, FOV=9mm #thinsection #polarizingmicoscope
「フィオール・ディ・ペスコ・カルニコ」（イタリア産石灰岩）の偏光顕微鏡写真 #岩石薄片 #偏光顕微鏡写真 #街角地質学
「フィオール・ディ・ペスコ・カルニコ」（イタリア産石灰岩）の偏光顕微鏡写真 #岩石薄片 #偏光顕微鏡写真 #街角地質学
April 18, 2025 at 8:44 AM
"Fior Di Pesco Carnico"- limestone from Italy. XPL, FOV=9mm #thinsection #polarizingmicoscope
「フィオール・ディ・ペスコ・カルニコ」（イタリア産石灰岩）の偏光顕微鏡写真 #岩石薄片 #偏光顕微鏡写真 #街角地質学
「フィオール・ディ・ペスコ・カルニコ」（イタリア産石灰岩）の偏光顕微鏡写真 #岩石薄片 #偏光顕微鏡写真 #街角地質学
