Welcome back to Planet Geo, the podcast where we delve into the wonders of our planet's geology, how it works, and why it matters. In this episode, part three of our holiday re-release series, we’re breaking down the basics of rock identification ...

I am trying to find a transcript, but this podcast is a great discussion by geologists on how they tackle identifying a rock, it seems pretty simple but in practice it is really nice to hear experts talk about their approach to what laymen assume is an easy to answer task of simply identifying the correct category with close inspection, context is always a part of it!

One of the most common things you get asked as a geologist is “what is this rock?!” like they are holding up a baseball card you can specifically name and identify outside of any other context of where what when…