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Metatorbernite, Cu(UO2)2[PO4]2 . 8H2O Locality: Portugal

Metatorbernite, Cu(UO2)2[PO4]2 . 8H2O

Locality: Portugal



Sand in low tide: ripple marks Alentejo, Southwest Coast, Portugal

Sand in low tide: ripple marks

Alentejo, Southwest Coast, Portugal



Torvosaurus Geological time: Late Jurassic, 153-148 Ma Found in Colorado (USA) and Portugal

Torvosaurus

Geological time: Late Jurassic, 153-148 Ma

Found in Colorado (USA) and Portugal



Thomsonite-Ca, NaCa2Al5Si5O20 . 6H2O Locality: Denmark

Thomsonite-Ca, NaCa2Al5Si5O20 . 6H2O

Locality: Denmark



Carriagem Beach, Alentejo, Southwest Coast, Portugal

Carriagem Beach, Alentejo, Southwest Coast, Portugal



View of one specimen of Amphicoryna scalaris (Order Foraminiferida) Geological time: Pliocene, Neogene Found in Mediterranean, Spain

View of one specimen of Amphicoryna scalaris (Order Foraminiferida)

Geological time: Pliocene, Neogene

Found in Mediterranean, Spain



Agate (var: Botswana Agate), SiO2 Locality: Botswana

Agate (var: Botswana Agate), SiO2

Locality: Botswana



Athabasca Glacier “Part of the source of the Columbia River; Jasper NP, Canada”

Athabasca Glacier

“Part of the source of the Columbia River; Jasper NP, Canada”



Island sauropods from Europe, during Cretaceous Period

Island sauropods from Europe, during Cretaceous Period



Rhodochrosite, MnCO3 Locality: Peru

Rhodochrosite, MnCO3

Locality: Peru



“A tourist at a town in southern Chile watches the cloud of ash billowing from Puyehue volcano on June 5, 2011.” Credit: Victor Rojas/XinHua/Corbis

“A tourist at a town in southern Chile watches the cloud of ash billowing from Puyehue volcano on June 5, 2011.”

Credit: Victor Rojas/XinHua/Corbis





Staurolite, (Fe2+,Mg, Zn)1,5-2Al9(SiO4)4O6(OH,O)2, Ilmenite, Fe2+TiO3, Magnetite, Fe2+Fe3+2O4, Quartz, SiO2, and Kyanite, Al2(SiO4)O “After 77 years since the discovery, this is the single locality of cobaltoan staurolite worlwide.” Locality: Lusaka Province, Zambia

Staurolite, (Fe2+,Mg, Zn)1,5-2Al9(SiO4)4O6(OH,O)2, Ilmenite, Fe2+TiO3, Magnetite, Fe2+Fe3+2O4, Quartz, SiO2, and Kyanite, Al2(SiO4)O

“After 77 years since the discovery, this is the single locality of cobaltoan staurolite worlwide.”

Locality: Lusaka Province, Zambia



Surface of Venus “Soviet radar image taken of Venus’ northern latitudes by the Venera 15 and 16 spacecrafts in 1983. The images were presented to NASA by the Soviet Academy of Sciences during a December 1987 visit of NASA scientists to the Soviet Academy.”

Surface of Venus

“Soviet radar image taken of Venus’ northern latitudes by the Venera 15 and 16 spacecrafts in 1983. The images were presented to NASA by the Soviet Academy of Sciences during a December 1987 visit of NASA scientists to the Soviet Academy.”



Psittacosaurus sibiricus Geological time: Early Cretaceous, 130 - 100 Ma Found in Siberia, Russia

Psittacosaurus sibiricus

Geological time: Early Cretaceous, 130 - 100 Ma

Found in Siberia, Russia




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