Thread by @MiningNS

#GameofThrones won 12 #Emmys last night. This thread has a couple of our favourite #GoT posts!

#nspoli #NovaScotia #NS #geology #minerals #mining #Emmys2019 #EmmyAwards #EmmyAwards2019

#MagheramorneQuarry, #NorthernIreland, is the set for #CastleBlack and #TheWall in #GameofThrones The #quarry wall is used as a backdrop and effects make it look huge.
The site's limestone was used to make cement. #NS has a limestone quarry and cement plant in Brookfield.
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#GameofThrones calls it dragonglass but it's really obsidian. It often forms when lava instantly cools from coming into contact with water. It's been used for thousands of years in jewelry, weapons and tools. It's still used in knives because it's much sharper than steel.
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In #GameofThrones #Dragonstone is really #ItzurunBeach, Spain. It's known for its flysch: rock formed from layers of ocean silt and sandstone compressed and tilted by tectonic plates colliding, leaving this great layered look. Much of southern #NS is flysch, ie the Ovens.
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In #GameofThrones Renly Baratheon's camp near #StormsEnd is actually #Larrybane quarry in #NorthernIreland. It's a chalk quarry that was first mined in the 1800s. Chalk is used in foods, paint, paper, glass, cement and rubber. It also raises pH in soils with high acidity.
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