Turning to Stone: Discovering the Subtle Wisdom of Rocks

Rocks are the record of our creative planet reinventing itself for four billion years. Nothing is ever lost, just transformed.

Marcia Bjornerud’s life as a geologist has coincided with an extraordinary…

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