Tiny Bismuthinite needles, Bi2S3, in small Fluorite cubes, CaF2
Locality: Czech Republic
Nasutuceratops titusi (if you’re interested, here’s a thesis about this dinosaur =D)
Geological time: Late Cretaceous, 75,9-75,2 Ma
Found in Utah, USA
“View above Botnar Hut during the Laugavegur trek in my Workshop in Iceland. June 2011 - 20-29.
There’s an unspeakable feeling floating around.. This was almost night, a sort of long blue hour with ominous clouds and a very quiet atmosphere. I was standing in front of this Immense glacier, quite close to the Eyjafjallajökull volcano.. Covered with layers of Ashes..”
Chalcedony (var: Agate) and Quartz, in the center, SiO2
Locality: Mexico
Geological time: Early Cretaceous, 124,6 Ma
Discovered in China
Shells of Crimea, Ukraine
Colorless tuft of crystals of Gypsum, CaSO4 . 2H2O, and blue tuft of Kapellasite, Cu3Zn(OH)6Cl2
Locality: Germany
Geological time: Early Cretaceous, 130-125 Ma
Found in England, Spain and Portugal
”(…) are the hottest of the vents. They spew mostly iron and sulfide, which combine to form iron monosulfide. This compound gives the smoker its black color.”
Crocoite, Pb(CrO4)
Locality: Australia
Baby trilobite
“Lake in an old volcanic crater or caldera, and surrounding landscape.”
Photograph by Mattias Klum
Eosphorite, (Mn2+,Fe2+)Al(PO4)(OH)2 . H2O, and Fairfieldite, Ca2(Mn2+,Fe2+)(PO4)2 . 2H2O
Locality: Maine, USA
Geological time: Late Triassic (230 Ma)
Found in Poland
Russian Pallasite with Widmanstätten Pattern
