Stichtite is a rare mineral discovered in 1910 in Tasmania, and named after... more
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How can molten minerals deep inside the earth create such floating, cloud-like... more
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A stunningly dramatic image that appears to be lit from inside the mountains,... more
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This Baroque creature looks almost like a colourful duck taking off from water,... more
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Isn't it fascinating that a material as hard as flint can yield an image... more
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This is one of our most treasured images, and was produced by scanning with... more
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Amazing colours and a real 3D effect, perhaps reminscent of volcanoes, perhaps... more
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No real snow-covered mountain seen through trees looks quite like this, but the... more
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This reminded us strongly of looking down on the Cumbrian coast at dusk, but... more
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Ocean jasper is the name for a variety of orbicular jasper - hence the round... more
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This is British sandstone, and does look like a gently undulating rural... more
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Malachite is renowned for its vibrant green colour, and was used as an... more
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To many who believe in the healing power of crystals this exquisitely coloured... more
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Lapis lazuli is found only in Afghanistan, where it has been mined for 6,500... more
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Rhyolite is a volcanic rock that often looks like granite to the naked eye, but... more
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In Oregon, the major source of Thunder Eggs, it is often claimed that the name... more
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We think the central image looks like a pearly oyster, while the... more
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This looks like soft fabric rather than the crystal structure it actually is.... more
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This seems as close as nature gets to the spirit of Jackson Pollock, and a... more
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This unusual crystal "heart" consisting of quartz and agate was mined... more
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Paesina - "landscape" - Stone comes from Tuscany, and this... more
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This 'blossoming' rhodochrosite is found uniquely in an old Inca silver... more
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A wonderfully evocative image, isn't it? But of what? It certainly gets... more
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This marvellous 'moment in time' was scanned from a small quartz tip,... more
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This is known as 'poppy jasper', and comes from the foothills of the... more
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Warm, boldly contrasting colours and the central molten "candle" help... more
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What else is this but a burnished landscape with cliffs and canyon? Actually,... more
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Obsidian is a naturally occuring glass formed when lava from a volcano cools... more
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A wonderful image full of drama with a superb richness that seems to represent... more
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A heart shape with pulsing waves radiating from it, but don't the deep blue... more
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The bright, rainbow-like "flames" contrast dramatically with the... more
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This exhilarating image was made from an irregular piece of quartz packed with... more
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A magical scene of an unspoilt valley illuminated with sparkling minerals -... more
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Looking at this image, can you imagine myself sitting on a beach watching the... more
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Thanks to the pair of startling 'agate eyes', this wonderfully baroque... more
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Iron meteorites are thought to originate in asteroids that date back to the... more
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Paesina - "landscape" - Stone comes from Tuscany, and this... more
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Charoite was discovered in Siberia in the 1970s, and named from the Russian... more
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It's certainly a deserted beach with rolling waves, but is the sun rising... more
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This is Tiger's Eye, and its 'cornfields' and distant... more
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More like a Turner painting of sunset on a beach than anything else, it is no... more
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As with many of these images, it reminds you of something - and nothing - you... more
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An understandably popular image, perhaps because of the warmth of its colours... more
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This seems reminiscent of an ancient Chinese landscape painting on vibrant... more
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This wonderfully-named American Flame-tail Rooster Agate is an almost... more
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A secret passage into a sub-Saharan world? It seems to have perfect... more
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Is it an alien creature on a fiery planet in a sci-fi film? A rearing cobra? An... more
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Does this conjure up a feeling of turbulent movement frozen in time?
It... more
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Radiant, beautiful, subtle...The larger you see this image the more impressive... more
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Rich colours, complex shapes, and an altogether wonderful image of quite what... more
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A wondrous honeycomb of golden mountains deeply cut with caves, and calcite is,... more
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In ideal conditions, quartz forms the perfectly clear six-sided prisms we can... more
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Why lavafall? Because obsidian is a naturally occurring glass formed when lava... more
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