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http://picasaweb.google.com/107509377372007544953/Rocks#5791275342373406082
Foraminifera are microscopic marine amoeboid protists with calcareous tests. Genera Calcarina, Sorites, and Baculogypsina from left to right. Width of view 10 mm.
http://picasaweb.google.com/107509377372007544953/Rocks#5791275380325759586
Columnar basalt of Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland.
http://picasaweb.google.com/107509377372007544953/2015#6196303298287057138
Flowing basaltic lava flow. Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii.
http://picasaweb.google.com/107509377372007544953/Rocks#5791275443142049906
Global collage of sand samples. There is one square centimeter of sand on every sample photo. Sand samples row by row from left to right: 1. Glass sand from Kauai, Hawaii 2. Dune sand from the Gobi Desert 3. Quartz sand with green glauconite from Estonia 4. Volcanic sand with reddish weathered basalt from Maui, Hawaii 5. Biogenic coral sand from Molokai, Hawaii 6. Coral pink sand dunes from Utah 7. Volcanic glass sand from California 8. Garnet sand from Emerald Creek, Idaho 9. Olivine sand from Papakolea, Hawaii.
http://picasaweb.google.com/107509377372007544953/Rocks#5791275456022282082
Sample of slag from Cyprus. This is waste material of copper smelting carried out in Cyprus for centuries. Width of sample 30 cm.
http://picasaweb.google.com/107509377372007544953/2015#6190951042543317362
Iron ore consisting of hematite and goethite from Norway. Width of sample 13 cm.
http://picasaweb.google.com/107509377372007544953/2015#6190951234570640770
Eclogite. Width of view 18 cm.
http://picasaweb.google.com/107509377372007544953/2015#6190951266651888290
Chalcopyrite and magnetite. Width of view 30 mm.
http://picasaweb.google.com/107509377372007544953/2015#6190952130615144050
Dolomite. Trollholmsund, Norway.
http://picasaweb.google.com/107509377372007544953/2015#6190952506625442722
Psilomelane. Width of view 12 cm.
http://picasaweb.google.com/107509377372007544953/2015#6190952644513010850
Phlogopite. Width of sample 14 cm.
http://picasaweb.google.com/107509377372007544953/2015#6190952654550730802
Garnet in peridotite. Width of sample 18 cm.
http://picasaweb.google.com/107509377372007544953/2015#6190952672152398674
Biotite. Width of sample 11 cm.
http://picasaweb.google.com/107509377372007544953/2015#6190952758191068194
Pyroxenite. Width of sample 8 cm.
http://picasaweb.google.com/107509377372007544953/2015#6190952839046271458
Anorthosite. Width of sample 13 cm.
http://picasaweb.google.com/107509377372007544953/2015#6190952895648423762
Ilmenite (titanium ore) in anorthosite. Width of sample 13 cm.
http://picasaweb.google.com/107509377372007544953/2015#6190952993188865266
Phyllite. Width of sample 14 cm.
http://picasaweb.google.com/107509377372007544953/2015#6190953049651685954
Corona granulite. Width of sample 13 cm.
http://picasaweb.google.com/107509377372007544953/2015#6190953083341417298
Eclogite. Width of sample 9 cm.
http://picasaweb.google.com/107509377372007544953/2015#6190953170661917906
Chlorite in dunite. Width of sample 11 cm.
http://picasaweb.google.com/107509377372007544953/2015#6190953229201658162
Peridotite. Width of sample 16 cm.
http://picasaweb.google.com/107509377372007544953/2015#6190953243943825010
Epidote and quartz. Width of sample 9 cm.
http://picasaweb.google.com/107509377372007544953/2015#6192049780285967346
Actinolite, diopside and calcite in skarn. Width of sample 10 cm.
http://picasaweb.google.com/107509377372007544953/2015#6192803493038128354
Charnockite. Width of sample 9 cm.
http://picasaweb.google.com/107509377372007544953/2015#6196126519882748578
Peridotite. Width of sample 10 cm.
http://picasaweb.google.com/107509377372007544953/2015#6196126546377968002
Biotite. Width of sample 13 cm.
http://picasaweb.google.com/107509377372007544953/2015#6196126600841843602
Staurolite schist. Width of sample 19 cm.
http://picasaweb.google.com/107509377372007544953/2015#6196126608577140178
Kyanite with quartz. Width of sample 11 cm.
http://picasaweb.google.com/107509377372007544953/2015#6196126682117487618
Amphibolite with quartz vein. Width of sample 11 cm.
http://picasaweb.google.com/107509377372007544953/2015#6196126681754373186
Talc schist (soapstone). Width of sample 14 cm.
http://picasaweb.google.com/107509377372007544953/2015#6196126689122422210
Carbonatite. Width of sample 18 cm.
http://picasaweb.google.com/107509377372007544953/2015#6196126729506680018
Glimmerite. Phlogopite with calcite. Width of sample 9 cm.
http://picasaweb.google.com/107509377372007544953/2015#6196126733935221778
Carbonatite. Calcite, apatite, phlogopite. Width of sample 19 cm.
http://picasaweb.google.com/107509377372007544953/2015#6196126942418345026
Iron ore. Width of sample 9 cm.
http://picasaweb.google.com/107509377372007544953/2015#6196127093578204866
Phyllite. Width of sample 13 cm.
http://picasaweb.google.com/107509377372007544953/2015#6196127229055461954
Graphite. Width of sample 10 cm.
http://picasaweb.google.com/107509377372007544953/2015#6196127263051714226
Amphibolite. Width of sample 9 cm.
http://picasaweb.google.com/107509377372007544953/2015#6196127268251431170
Garnet biotite pegmatite. Width of sample 13 cm.
http://picasaweb.google.com/107509377372007544953/2015#6196127319348445362
Amphibolite with tonalite pegmatite. Width of sample 10 cm.
http://picasaweb.google.com/107509377372007544953/2015#6196127457281388946
Dolomite marble. Width of sample 20 cm.
http://picasaweb.google.com/107509377372007544953/2015#6196127526967216210
Marble. Width of sample 19 cm.
http://picasaweb.google.com/107509377372007544953/2015#6196127622469696818
Garnet mica schist. Width of sample 14 cm.
http://picasaweb.google.com/107509377372007544953/2015#6196127919504628274
Chalcopyrite and magnetite. Width of sample 6 cm.
http://picasaweb.google.com/107509377372007544953/2015#6190950999775736578
Magnesite and serpentine. Width of sample 24 cm.
http://picasaweb.google.com/107509377372007544953/Rocks#5789501436491409538
Oil shale (variery Kukersite) from Estonia is very rich in fossils (bryozoans, trilobites, brachiopods). The rock is of Ordovician age.
http://picasaweb.google.com/107509377372007544953/Rocks#5804025071779892018
Turbidity sequence is typically composed of many alternating layers of siltstone (very fine sandstone) and mud. Silt settles faster than clay minerals do and therefore every current is composed of two distinct layers (there may be even more). These samples are from a turbidity current from Spain. Width of samples is about 20 cm.
http://picasaweb.google.com/107509377372007544953/Rocks#5843782175610554626
Oil shale from Russia (Jurassic Period). Width of sample is 10 cm.
http://picasaweb.google.com/107509377372007544953/Rocks#5873031749799897586
Chalcopyrite is the most important ore of copper. Width of sample 10 cm.
http://picasaweb.google.com/107509377372007544953/Rocks#5851065797770971874
Black color is given to basalt by pyroxene group mineral augite. Width of sample is 12 cm.
http://picasaweb.google.com/107509377372007544953/Rocks#5850409733080359362
Chrysotile is the most widely used asbestos mineral. The sample is from the Sayan Mountains, Siberia. Width of sample is 8 cm.
http://picasaweb.google.com/107509377372007544953/Rocks#5845638661545148082
Bauxite is the principal ore of aluminum. Width of sample is 8 cm.
http://picasaweb.google.com/107509377372007544953/Rocks#5845638661515124434
Talc is very soft and has a greasy feel. Width of sample is 7 cm.
http://picasaweb.google.com/107509377372007544953/Rocks#5845967870338426690
Anthracite is a shiny black metamorphosed coal. Width of sample is 8 cm.
http://picasaweb.google.com/107509377372007544953/Rocks#5848238745712314674
Conchoidal fracture is very typical to obsidian. Width of the sample is 11 cm.
http://picasaweb.google.com/107509377372007544953/Rocks#5854164942062771298
Schistose metamorphic rock with beautiful crystals of garnet, staurolite and kyanite. Light-colored micaceous mineral is muscovite. Width of sample is 7 cm.
http://picasaweb.google.com/107509377372007544953/Rocks#5873034874527477282
Hematite gives reddish color to a variety of chalcedony that is known as carnelian. Width of sample is 11 cm.
http://picasaweb.google.com/107509377372007544953/Rocks#5873034862396287842
Crystals of beryl are found in pegmatites. Width of the sample is 5 cm.
http://picasaweb.google.com/107509377372007544953/Rocks#5873034886261759346
Xenolith of dunite (olivine-rich rock from the mantle) in basalt. Width of sample from Hawaii is 8 cm.
http://picasaweb.google.com/107509377372007544953/California02#5870445235153687314
Dreikanter is a rock polished by wind-blown sand that has three faces. Width of the rock is 7 cm.