01 June 2010

Spectacular minerals

Top to bottom: Dioptase and quartz, sphalerite, olivenite, pyroxene and nosean, and cuprosklodowskite.  These and hundreds more at the visually stunning Minerals and Fossils tumblr.

4 comments:

  1. Johnny CatJune 1, 2010 at 4:37 PM

    When I was a kid I was all about these. Seeing these brings back those days when I pored over books and magazines, devouring photo after photo of crystals, rocks, and fantastic minerals.

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  2. MattJune 1, 2010 at 8:54 PM

    I've never heard of the general term olivinite before. The third sample is most likely forsterite. Forsterite is a mineral species of olivine.

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  3. MinnesotastanJune 1, 2010 at 9:52 PM

    You can read up on olivenite here -

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivenite

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  4. djinnyJune 3, 2010 at 10:37 PM

    These are beautiful. The last one is my favorite.

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