Geology around town: Flinders St Station, Victoria, Australia

 

Flinders Street Station, with an iconic Melbourne tram.

During a recent trip to the city of Melbourne I spent some time admiring the granites at Flinders Street Station. The granites most likely originate from the Harcourt Granite, located near Castlemaine, Victoria. They are a lovely creamy colour, course grained and feature a number of xenoliths and enclaves.

 

A xenolith, hornfels (with remnant bedding?)

 

An enclave featuring large K-feldspars located under the ticker sellers window.

 

Under the clocks to the right this xenolith is halfway up a pillar.