Asbestos veins in serpentinite
Axinite
Chromite and serpentine
Lizardite in serpentine rock
Serpentine groundmass with chrysotile
Asbestos sample
Chrysotile in groundmass, close-up
Magnesite vein in igneous rock
Chrysotile Asbestos
Chrysotile asbestos fibers
Zircon crystals on host rock
Sample of muscovite
Chrysotile
Tourmaline on quartz
Sample of feldspar
Canari asbestos plant, Corsica
Gneiss with garnet
Microcline mineral
Pyroxene crystal, thin section
Asbestos fibres
Fayalite
Asbestos fibres, SEM
Actinolite crystals
Anthophyllite asbestos
Chrysocolla mineral
Beryl crystals
Citrine
Lazulite in groundmass of quartz
Limonite specimen
Almandine
Gneiss with garnet, light micrograph
Smoky quartz
Enstatite
Grey limestone and iron oxide
Apophyllite crystals
Smoky quartz crystals
Zinc ore under ultraviolet light
Zinc ore
Zinnwaldite mineral group
Tourmaline unworked stones
Kyanite
Pallasite meteorite fragment
Neptunite
Lapis lazuli, SEM
Moss agate
Concentric banding in agate
Ruby in zoisite
Emerald
Stilbite crystal group
Prehnite and okenite
Quartz coated with silica
Tremolite crystals
Tourmaline
Feldspar and quartz
Quartz vein in granite
Amphibole Asbestos, Maryland, USA
Cut Diopside gemstone
Rose Quartz
Container of the food additive E553a
Scanning Electron micrograph of asbestos, 1200x
Dendritic pyrolusite
Brazilianite crystals
Rare bright green Uvarovite Garnet
Asbestos fiberschrysotile type, SEM
Brazilianite crystals in calcite
Cut and polished septarian nodule
Limonite, close-up
Biotite mineral in orthopyroxene
Hornblende crystals
Malachite and chrysocolla minerals
Fire Opal
Quartz crystals, SEM
Quartz crystal, SEM
Pink beryl crystal, SEM
Agate
Chalcedony
Cut pink topaz gemstone
Stibnite
Calcium nuggets
Fibrous crystals of riebeckite on rock groundmass
Scanning Electron micrograph of asbestos, 5000x
Basalt, light micrograph
Gibbsite
Magnetite and calcite
Pseudomorphic crystal growth
Cerussite
Smithsonite encrustation
Aurichalcite in limonite groundmass
Chlorargyrite in limonite groundmass
Pyromorphite in limonite groundmass
Niobite in host rock
Niobite crystal
Tourmaline cross section
Cut Spessartine gemstone
Azurite on Chrysocolla substrate
Garnet
Cut Cordierite (Iolite) gemstone
Cut Kyanite gemstone
Cut Pyrope gemstone
Cut Scapolite gemstone
Cut Watermelon Tourmaline gemstone
Rough pinkish-red Rubellite
Cut yellow Vesuvianite gemstone
Yellow-green Tourmaline rough
Trillion cut tourmaline gemstone
Round cut red Andesine
Cut green Paraiba Tourmaline gemstone
Cut Quartz gemstone
Cut Zircon gemstone
Zincite in fraklinite
Apophyllite on calcite
Chabazite
Scapolite mineral sample
Yellow crystal
Raw garnet crystal
Tourmaline crystal, thin section
Twinned augite crystals
Black tourmaline, SEM
Staurolite, twinning cross
Coral sand sample, SEM
Asbestos warning sign
Magnesium ribbon and calcium nuggets
calcite veining in limestone
Aragonite crystals
Chromite in serpentinite groundmass
Rock Types
Citrine crystal group
Rhodonite
Scanning Electron micrograph of asbestos, 1500x
Scanning Electron micrograph of asbestos, 8000x
Aventurine
Uncut emeralds
Dendrites in agate
Magnesium ribbon burning in air
Smithsonite
Celestine crystals in sulphur groundmass
Calcite in mudstone
Barytocalcite crystals in rock groundmass
Ankerite crystals in groundmass, close-up
Magnesite crystals in groundmass
Artinite crystals in rock groundmass
Chalcanthite crystals in rock groundmass
Linarite in rock groundmass, close-up
Cut Indicolite gemstone
Lazulite
Cassiterite tin ore
Sphalerite and pyrite
Pectolite
Cut green Tourmaline gemstone
Cut pink Topaz gemstone