Newman Rock is a large rocky outcrop with a water catchment on top of the rock. Among the rocks of this granite formation are stands of trees trees and bushes, and a semi-permanent waterhole. Nearby are salmon gum woodlands. There is camping available closer to the road.
This is a conspicuous, isolated rocky outcrop, composed primarily of granite. Granite is a light-colored igneous rock with grains large enough to be visible with the unaided eye. It forms from the slow crystallization of magma below Earth’s surface. Granite is composed mainly of quartz and feldspar with minor amounts of mica, amphiboles and other minerals. This mineral composition usually gives granite a red, pink, gray or white color with dark mineral grains visible throughout the rock.
Granite is a light-coloured igneous rock with grains large enough to be visible with the unaided eye. It forms from the slow crystallization of magma below Earth's surface. Granite is composed mainly of quartz and feldspar with minor amounts of mica, amphiboles and other minerals.
Newman Rock is classed as a monolith. A monolith is a geological feature consisting of a single massive stone or rock, such as some mountains, or a single large piece of rock. Erosion usually exposes the geological formations, which are often made of very hard and solid granite.Inselbergs are monoliths. To be called an inselberg means it’s isolated, and rises above the surrounding area, like Uluru. Monoliths just need to be “of a single stone”.
To log this cache, go to the listed coordinates and email me the answers to these questions. You can immediately log the find and if there are any problems I will contact you.
Q1 Describe the granite rock formation above the pool and comment on the texture of the rocks.
Q2. You will notice in places across the surface of the rock there are fine strands of a different colour through the massive rock formation; what colour is this rock? Is it the same type of rock as the granite mass?
Q3 Do you consider Newman Rock to be an inselberg as well as a monolith?; State why you think this.