Rocks and minerals – up close and personal


	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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					<P class="number"><B>3</B> / 16</p> <P>Quartz</P></DIV></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://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">
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					<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; 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; 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=345701435" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2009/apr/08/geology?picture=345701435" 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=345701435"><A href="?picture=345701439"><IMG height="276" width="630" alt="Mineral images: Rock formation art: Banded agate" src="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/4/8/1239207407441/Mineral-images-Rock-forma-008.jpg" id="main-picture" /></A>
					<P class="number"><B>5</B> / 16</p> <P>Even the basic processes of agate crystallisation are disputed</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://content7.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=345701439" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2009/apr/08/geology?picture=345701439" 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=345701439"><DIV class="gallery-title"><DIV id="guardian-logo">
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					<P class="number"><B>6</B> / 16</p> <P>Rhodochrosite</P></DIV></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://content8.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=345701441" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2009/apr/08/geology?picture=345701441" 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=345701441"><DIV class="gallery-title"><DIV id="guardian-logo">
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					<P class="number"><B>7</B> / 16</p> <P>Amethyst</P></DIV></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://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=345701445" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2009/apr/08/geology?picture=345701445" 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=345701445"><A href="?picture=345700276"><IMG height="276" width="630" alt="Mineral images: Rock formation art: serpentine" src="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/4/8/1239208214460/Mineral-images-Rock-forma-016.jpg" id="main-picture" /></A>
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					<P class="number"><B>11</B> / 16</P></DIV></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://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=345700274" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2009/apr/08/geology?picture=345700274" 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=345700274">island of quartz framed by the concentric rings </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=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; 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=345701437" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2009/apr/08/geology?picture=345701437" 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=345701437">liquid silica</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=345701437"><A href="?picture=345701443"><IMG height="390" width="624" alt="Mineral images: Rock formation art: Parallel bands in agate" src="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/4/8/1239207644028/Mineral-images-Rock-forma-011.jpg" id="main-picture" /></A>
					<P class="number"><B>13</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://content7.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=345701443" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2009/apr/08/geology?picture=345701443" 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=345701443">citrine, a variety of quartz</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=345701443"><A href="?picture=345700284"><IMG height="315" width="630" alt="Mineral images: Rock formation art: citrine" src="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/4/8/1239208122252/Mineral-images-Rock-forma-014.jpg" id="main-picture" /></A>
					<P class="number"><B>14</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://content8.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=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">
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<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; 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=345701447" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2009/apr/08/geology?picture=345701447" 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=345701447"><A href="?picture=345700272"><IMG height="276" width="630" alt="Mineral images: Rock formation art: small detail from a large agate slice" src="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/4/8/1239207408329/Mineral-images-Rock-forma-009.jpg" id="main-picture" /></A>
					<P class="number"><B>16</B> / 16</p> <P>A small detail from a large agate slice.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/BE671ECC-ADA2-48E5-AF8E-A65F10275583/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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