Mineral Specimens and Textures

Close-up images of unique mineral specimens, highlighting their textures, colors, and compositions, including phosphates and other minerals.

USA, Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park, Black Sand Basin. Detail of colorful thermophile bacteria mat.

Tremolite from Ariège

Mimetite, whose name derives from the Greek meaning imitator is a lead arsenate chloride mineral which forms as a secondary mineral in lead deposits, usually by the oxidation of galena and arsenopyrite, found in Chihuahua, Mexico

Berzeliite, phosphate.

Weinschenkite or Churchite, phosphate.

USA, Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park, Black Sand Basin. Detail of colorful thermophile bacteria mat.

Uranopilite, sulphate, radioactive mineral.

Bauxite (AlOH3), Aluminum ore, from Le Baux, France

Arseniosiderite, arsenate.

Becquerelite, oxide, radioactive mineral.

Pseudomalachite, phosphate.

Wavellite in acicular aggregations, phosphate.

A sample of Jarosite, a basic hydrous sulphate of potassium and iron. Dated 21st Century

Orbicular Ijolite alkalic in orbicules (part of Prairie lake carbonotite complex only known oricular ijolite in the world) Date:

Plume Agate, Sammamish, Washington (Large format sizes available)

Ankerite, carbonate.

Transparent or opaque These are crystals of the antimony ore stibnite (antimony sulphide). While they are grey and opaque to our eyes, they are actually transparent to infra-red light.

Calcotrichite, variety of Cuprite, oxide.

Colorful gravel glossy heavy metal minerals colorful gravel shiny heavy metal minerals copyright: xzoonar.com/dr.xnorberbertxlangex 13796801

Kasolite, silicate, radioactive mineral.

Minerals: Sulphates - Copiapite (Hydrated Iron Magnesium Sulfate Hydroxide)

Yellow iron oxide covered lava rock on the flank of Loihi submarine volcano.

Amphibolite rock, a metamorphic rock consisting mainly of amphibole, especially the species hornblende and actinolite.

Oestradiol. SEM (Scanning Electron Microscope) of oestradiol, a steroid hormone. (Magnification x 130).

Malachite, basic copper carbonate.

Osumilite, silicate, on Tridymite, oxide.

Soos Mineral Moor, Skalna, Karlovarsky kraj, Czech Republic, Europe

Mesosaurus tenuidens fossil, extinct genus of reptile from the Early Permian, approx. 290 million years, near Keetmanshoop, Karas Region, Namibia, Africa

Veszelyite. minerals. Africa; Republic of The Congo; Bouenza; Mfouati; Mfouati; Palabanda

Orthopyroxene, Igneous, Gatineau, Quebec Orthopyroxenite is an ultramafic and ultrabasic rock

Uranosphaerite, oxide, with Torbernite, phosphate, radioactive mineral.

Montroydite, oxide.

Opal seam, opal mine, Coober Pedy, South Australia

Lithiophilite on Vivianite, phosphates, from Portugal.

Heulandite, silicate.

Aurichalcite, carbonate.

Tonalite, holocrystalline magmatic rock, from Sondrio, Lombardy, Italy.

Native Copper (Cu) Michigan, USA Date:

Stolzite, sulphate.

The Giant sea cucumber (Parastichopus californicus) is found down the west coast from Alaska to Mexico; British Columbia, Canada

The distinctive green banding of malachite is because of the way the rock formed resulting in layers with different crystal sizes. The darker the bands have larger crystals than lighter bands. 2014

Rock with rich copper mineralization, exhibition in the Rammelsberg ore mine, Goslar, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Pearceite, sulphide.

Chondrite type L, from Farmington (Kansas, United States), thin section, using crossed Nicols, x27x1,5.

Spherulitic or orbicular chalcedony, 'ocean jasper', a cryptocrystaline quartz from Madagascar.

Berthierina, silicate.

Pyrophyllite, silicate.

Epidote and Diopside, silicates.

Granitic Pegmatite Park County, Colorado, USA Date:

Textured rock surface formed by glacial movement, Gamsgrube, Hohe Tauern National Park, Carinthia, Austria, Europe

Banded Agate, Quartzsite, AZ.

Autunite, phosphate, radioactive mineral.

Fragment of a vessel. A low curvature of the glass fragment allows the assignment to a vessel, possibly a shell. In the brown glass, several yellowish and gray stripes can be recognized irregularly. On the other hand is a red point. For the production, different colored glasses into tubes and rods were shaped. These were compressed and heated, causing a long bar. The glass sliced now had different amorphous or floral patterns. Thereafter, several of these platelets were folded together, heated again and pressed into the vascular shape. Burry for the elaborate manufacturing process and its fragility was one of the luxury articles of antiquity.

Limpits & Barnacles (Acnaea) California

Macro, fossilised coral, White Desert, near Bahariya Oasis, Egypt, Africa

Willemite, Calcite, Franklinite under UV Light

The Nakhla meteorite, a Martian meteorite reported from Egypt. Dated 20th Century

Detail of petrified wood, Triassic Age Chinle Formation, Jasper Forest, Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona.

Phyllite, shale, section.

Vandenbrandeite, oxide, radioactive mineral.

Macro Close up image of raw material Manganese Ore rock isolated on black reflective background

Oxydations minerals in the sandstone in an old mine

Dinosaur Petrified Bone

Mimetite, phosphate.

Silver, native element.

Fragmentary Spiral Amphora. Unknown

Fossil of Chamatoporella, Bryozoans, Ordovician, found in Sardinia, Italy.

Sticht, carbonate.

Metamorphic layers of rocks

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 34 crewmember.

Angaria delphinus Schale Nahaufnahme isoliert auf schwarz Close-up of an Angaria delphinus shell showcasing its spiral form, textured ridges, and natural details against a black background Copyright: xZoonar.com/SerhiixZarevx 22719292

Clinobisvanite, vanadate.

Gold nuggets, Western Austaralia, Australia FROM THE PROJECT: METAL MAGIC: An Inordinate Fondness For Metals; The Metals That We Need to Run Our Civilization and the Minerals That We Get Them From

Zeunerite, arseniate, radioactive mineral.

These images are of HED (howardite, eucrite and diogenite) meteorites are a large group of meteorites believed to originate from asteroid Vesta, a hypothesis that is consistent with current Dawn observations.

Minerals: Limonite (hydrated ferric oxide)

Wonderful colors in a volcanic crater named Tupan Patera on Jupiter's moon Io, as seen in this image from NASA's Galileo spacecraft, show varied results of lava interacting with sulfur-rich materials.

paleontology: invertebrate fossils not museum paleontology macro backgrounds in a place of an exit of ancient stones Copyright: xZoonar.com/max5128x 4981568

Brown Chalcedony, Gallatin Mountains, Montana.

Australian Tiger Iron specimen, a 2.2 to 2.4 billion-year-old banded iron formation showing tectonic folds of dark hematite, red jasper and yellow tiger eye from the Ord Ranges of Western Australia. Tiger Iron may be a fossil stromatolite created by blue-green algea mats that took in carbon dioxide and released oxygen.

Bifacial Knife ca. 1295-712 B.C. New Kingdom, Ramesside-Third Intermediate Period. Bifacial Knife. ca. 1295-712 B.C.. Flint. New Kingdom, Ramesside-Third Intermediate Period. From Egypt, Memphite Region, Lisht North, Cemetery, MMA excavations, 1915-16. Dynasty 20-22

Haemoglobin: Immunoperoxidase staining of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded rat spleen showing cell membrane and cytoplasm staining of red blood cells

Calcite. minerals. North America; USA; New Jersey; Sussex County; Ogdensburg; Sterling Hill Mine, Noble Pit

Fibrous Malachite from the Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Arizona, USA, North America

Calcite. minerals. North America; USA; New Jersey; Sussex County; Franklin District

February 1, 2011 - Dallol geothermal area, fumaroles in potassium salt deposits formed by brine hot springs, Danakil Depression, Ethiopia.

Basalt with plagioclase crystals and pyroxene. 55X magnification, using crossed Nicols.

Ruby - hexagonal crystals in hornblende, Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanganyika.

Geode with Calcite, carbonate, Orthoclase, silicate, Dolomite, carbonate, and Quartz, oxide.

Ossuary prehistoric in Cueva Calaveras of Benidoleig at Alicante Spain

Mesosaurus tenuidens fossil, extinct genus of reptile from the Early Permian, approx. 290 million years, near Keetmanshoop, Karas Region, Namibia, Africa

Fossile of Shell in the rock Haute France

Macro, fossilised coral, White Desert, near Bahariya Oasis, Egypt, Africa

Guadalupe Poppy Jasper from the Almaden Quicksilver Mine near San Jose, California.

Pearls of caves at different stages of their lives mineral

Banded Agate, Quartzsite, AZ.

Tool () ca. 300,000-90,000 B.C. Lower Paleolithic Period. Tool (). ca. 300,000-90,000 B.C.. Flint. Lower Paleolithic Period. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Libyan Desert

Wollastonite. minerals. North America; USA; New Jersey; Sussex County; Franklin District

Banded Agate, Quartzsite, AZ.

Nummulites carbonates showing in microscope

Banded Agate, Quartzsite, AZ.

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