In many areas of the Rift valley there has been a lot of geological activity resulting in rocks being metamorphized by heat, compression and fracture.
In many areas of the Rift valley there has been a lot of geological activity resulting in rocks being metamorphized by heat, compression and fracture. Here a granitic rock has had veins of white quartz injected along lines of fracture.
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Location: Ruaha National Park, Tanzania
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves / Alamy / Afripics
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