Chris Rowan is a geologist specialising in the dark arts of paleomagnetism, and getting people to pay him to travel to exotic destinations for fieldwork. Having drilled up New Zealand during his PhD, he is now a post-doc at the University of Johannesburg. 
I'm out of town for a week, supervising student mapping in the Barberton greenstone belt. Some scheduled stuff may or may not appear over the next few days.
People have previously tried to start games of Mornington Crescent in the comments whilst I'm away, but it seems that - shockingly people are bemused by the rules. So how about a geological word association game? I'll start topically, with 'komatiite'. No target, beyond perhaps showing your mastery of geonerd terminology.
And if anyone does fancy a game of Mornington Crescent, make it easier to follow by sticking to the International Idiot Savant Variant, which forbids cross-hopping and counterclockwise movements on the Circle Line.
Comments
Or we could just play the geological version of MC. I guess I'll go for
Kimberlite
The winner is the person who can demonstrate which game we're playing.
Posted by: Bob O'H | July 2, 2008 8:40 AM
Well, "diamond" would be too obvious, wouldn't it. In that case I guess I'll have to go with
perovskite
Posted by: Dr. Kate | July 2, 2008 9:34 AM
With diagonal moves only allowed in the Northern Hemisphere, spinel
Posted by: hypocentre | July 2, 2008 11:06 AM
Ah, spinel...the perfect opening for the Paddington Gambit, hence...."peridotite" back at you.
Good day, sir or madam.
Posted by: cope | July 2, 2008 4:44 PM
As has been amply demonstrated, the Paddington Gambit can be countered with a Flanders and Swann intrusion. Therefore, red corundum with a rutile inclusion.
NB: Obviously, the game we're playing is the other one.
Cheers!
Posted by: chezjake | July 3, 2008 7:31 AM
As the Structural Geologist of Time examines the Cleavage of Destiny, and Destiny is told to go and put her top back on ...
I'll see your red corundum and raise you a padparadscha
Posted by: hypocentre | July 3, 2008 11:04 AM
It's not a diagonal move if you're looking at the XRD! Post-perovskite.
Posted by: Maria | July 4, 2008 4:40 AM
Ah, thank you Maria. That finally opens up for me to play rapakivi.
Posted by: Bob O'H | July 5, 2008 5:57 AM
Well,i go through the winner is the person who can demonstrate which game we're playing.
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ashu
Wide Circles
Posted by: ashu | July 27, 2008 10:04 AM