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Rocks and minerals – up close and personal
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4-15-2009 1:11 AM
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4-15-2009
2:37 AM
chestnut501
Wow, the malachite pictured here is of the stalactite variety. It's very rare and this speciman is exceptionally beautiful.
4-15-2009
8:37 AM
debbyski
AWESOME.
Man, I wish I would have followed my childhood dream of geology.
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white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2009/apr/08/geology?picture=345701431" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2009/apr/08/geology?picture=345701431" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2009/apr/08/geology?picture=345701431"><DIV class="gallery-title"><DIV id="guardian-logo"> </DIV> </DIV> <DIV class="main-picture portrait"> <A href="?picture=345701435"><IMG height="390" width="390" alt="Mineral images: Rock art formation: charoite" src="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/4/8/1239208121403/Mineral-images-Rock-art-f-013.jpg" id="main-picture" /></A> <P class="number"><B>4</B> / 16</p> <P>Discovered in Siberia in the 1970s and named from the Russian 'chary' which means charms or magic (some claim the name comes from the River Chara), charoite is purple and often has a distinctive swirling appearance</P></DIV></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; 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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2009/apr/08/geology?picture=345700274"><A href="?picture=345701437"><IMG height="390" width="520" alt="Mineral images: Banded agate" src="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/4/8/1239202058565/Mineral-images-Banded-aga-002.jpg" id="main-picture" /></A> <P class="number"><B>12</B> / 16</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; 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margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2009/apr/08/geology?picture=345700284" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2009/apr/08/geology?picture=345700284" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2009/apr/08/geology?picture=345700284">quartz and selenite</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2009/apr/08/geology?picture=345700284"><DIV class="gallery-title"><DIV id="guardian-logo"> </DIV> </DIV> <DIV class="main-picture portrait"> <A href="?picture=345701447"><IMG height="500" width="375" alt="Mineral images: Thunder eggs " src="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/4/8/1239202296013/Mineral-images-Thunder-eg-007.jpg" id="main-picture" /></A> <P class="number"><B>15</B> / 16</P></DIV></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; 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