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California Rainbow Obsidian Is a Natural Wonder (PHOTOS)
Colorful obsidian. Photo: Joseph Martin Obsidian is dense volcanic glass, usually rhyolite in composition and typically black in color. Obsidian with multicolored iridescence caused by inclusions of magnetite nanoparticles. Obsidian is often formed in rhyolite lava flows where the lava … Continue reading
Underwater Photos That Show the Growing Gap Between Two Tectonic Plates
Growing gap: Alex Mustard, dived 80ft into the crevice between the North American and Eurasian plates near Iceland to capture these spectacular photos Swimming through an area of extreme natural beauty, this diver surveys the underwater canyons on his either … Continue reading
Extremely Wonderful New Find of Skeletal Halites in Poland (Photos)
Skeletal halite crystal from Sieroszowice mine. Photo M. Wikiera. Spirifer Minerals specimen. In late 2016 geologists working in Sieroszowice copper-halite mine, while visit one of the old tunnels, discovered very rich and colorful halite mineralization. The tunnel was located quite … Continue reading
The Different Beryl Varieties with Photos
Varieties of Bery: Emerald, Aquamarine, Morganite, Bixbite, and Heliodorl. Jeff Scovil photo Beryl: The Gem Mineral of Emerald, Aquamarine, Morganite Beryl is a mineral composed of beryllium aluminium cyclosilicate with the chemical formula Be3Al2(SiO3)6 Beryl is a single mineral with … Continue reading
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World’s best piece of opal Worth $900,000 (Photos)
‘Fire Of Australia’ Glitters At South Australian Museum – National Geographic World’s best piece of uncut opal finds new house on the South Australian Museum The best uncut opal in existence, the Fire of Australia, has joined the South Australian … Continue reading
Cherry Blossom Stones is a Natural Wonder (Photos)
Cherry blossom stones (pinite) (muscovite mica replacing intergrown cordierite-indialite) (mid-Cretaceous, 98 Ma; Kameoka, Honshu Island, Japan). Photo: John Rakovan et. al. One of the most famous & visually intriguing geologic materials collected in Japan is the cherry blossom stone. These … Continue reading
Types of Mineral Inclusions with Photos
Rainbow Lattice Sunstone from Mud Tank, Northern Territory, Australia. Photo © Kathy Kirk An inclusion is any material that is trapped inside a mineral during its formation. In gemology, an inclusion is a characteristic enclosed within a gemstone, or reaching … Continue reading
Inside Nettlebed Cave: Crystals in a pool (PHOTOS)
Crystal formations in a pool, Photo credit: WHiO Photography Nettlebed Cave, on Mt Arthur in Kahurangi National Park, is New Zealand’s deepest cave at 889 metres. Hundreds of metres below the ground, far beyond where natural light has ever penetrated, … Continue reading