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Columbia River Basalt Shards

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Huge flows of black basalt covered much of Eastern Oregon and Washington sixteen million years ago.  Many of these flows have  prismatic cooling joints, causing them to naturally break into shards with sharp edges, smooth planes and elegant curves.  The faces of joints are slowly painted with iron oxide and clay as groundwater flows quietly through the rock for hundreds of thousands of years. I like to contrast these ancient natural surfaces with highly polished or honed faces that reveal the heart of the rock.

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Inverted Topography
Sand Hollow Stela
Alert
Pyramid Portal
Breach for the Stars
Stone Break
Rosalia Crystal
Wren
Night Sky Mirror
Bishop
Grampus
Chisel
Feather
Basalt Flame
Fountain
Flower Cradle
Palisade
Camellia Bowl
Star Clouds
Shoreline Sentinel II
Shoreline Sentinel I
Spray
Megalodont
Basalt Flame II
Crystal Fountain
Rogue Wave
Fusion Crust
Core Strength
Alien Presence
Basalt Finger
Black Lily
Painted Tooth
Black Pendant
Magnetic North
Odigos
Gnomon
Eastern Oregon Rockfish
Divide
Dune
Moon Mountain
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