In mineralogy, an inclusion is any material that is trapped inside a mineral during its formation. Minerals are natural compounds formed through geological processes. ...

According to Hutton's law of inclusions fragments included in a host rock are older than the host rock itself. this dude has a HUGE nose James Hutton, painted by Abner Lowe. ...

Inclusions are usually other minerals or rocks, but may also be water, gas or petroleum. Liquid or vapor inclusions are known as fluid inclusions. In the case of amber it is possible to find insects and plants as inclusions. The rocky side of a mountain creek near Orosí, Costa Rica. ... Pumpjack pumping an oil well near Lubbock, Texas Ignacy Łukasiewicz - inventor of the refining of kerosene from crude oil. ... Trapped in a time capsule the same size as the diameter of a human hair, the ore-forming liquid in this inclusion was so hot and contained so much dissolved solids that when it cooled, crystals of halite, sylvite, gypsum, and hematite formed. ... Amber pendants. ...

The analysis of atmospheric gas bubbles as inclusions in ice cores is an important tool in the study of climate change. Ice Core sample taken from drill. ... Variations in CO2, temperature and dust from the Vostok ice core over the last 400,000 years For current global climate change, see Global warming. ...

Contrast with xenolith. A xenolith A xenolith (Greek: foreign rock) is a rock fragment which becomes enveloped in a larger rock during the latters development and hardening. ...