Agglomerate rock, polarised LM
Dolerite rock crystals, polarised LM
Mica schist folds, polarised light LM
Rhyolite, light micrograph
Rock mineral crystals, polarised LM
Staurolite crystal, light micrograph
Andesite rock, light micrograph
Mica schist folds, light micrograph
Melaphyr rock, light micrograph
Concentric banding in agate
Granite, polarised light micrograph
Aplite, polarised light micrograph
Amphibolite, light micrograph
Quartz phyllite, light micrograph
Trachyte. polarised light micrograph
Hornfels, polarised light micrograph
Polished sphere of orbicular jasper
Polished sphere of ocean jasper
Rhyolite
Aa lava, Pacaya, Guatemala
Volcanic rocks
Sample of biotite
Polarised LM of a thin section of diorite
Rhyolitic tuff, polarised light micrograph
Granite, light micrograph
Granodiorite, light micrograph
Orthogneiss, light micrograph
Peridotite rock
Cold lava after an eruption of Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka, Russia
Sample of basalt
Sample of andesite
Andesite
Lapilli, lava droplets
Quartz phyllite
Coarse texture of green peridotite
Obsidian flow
Gabbro rock, light micrograph
Granite rock, light micrograph
Granulated metabasite, LM
Peridotite, polarised light micrograph
Paragneiss, light micrograph
Corona and pancake domes on Venus, radar image
Alpha Regio, Venus, radar image
Aerial near Hekla Volcano
Kambhorn reflected in lagoon, Iceland
Skjaldbreidur shield volcano, Iceland
Erta Ale Volcano, Ethiopia
Italian medieval city on volcanic neck
Sample of granite
Sand grain, light micrograph
Sand grains, light micrograph
Lava
Lava flow
Iceland, Thorsmoerk, broken lava rock
Tuff
Blue Hauyne crystals in lava groundmass
Biotite in rock groundmass
Sanidine on trachyte lava groundmass
Lepidolite in pegmatitic groundmass
Pink-white chabazite in basalt groundmass
Muscovite crystals in rock groundmass
Sample of muscovite
Zeophyllite
Pectolite
Reddish pink apophyllite crystal and basalt groundmass
Heavily weathered kimberlite
Niobite in host rock
Niobite crystal
Pyroclastic rock
Brazilianite crystals in calcite
Muscovite mineral sample
Mahogany obsidian
Basaltic dyke rock
Fuchsite mineral stone
Cut and polished septarian nodule
Obsidian
Two-mica granite
Rhyolite mountain, Iceland
Tenorite mineral crystals
Emeralds
Granite
Basalt, light micrograph
Zoisite in pegmatite groundmass
Pallasite meteorite fragment
Giant's Causeway
Eruption of Fuego volcano, November 2016
Eruption of Momotombo volcano, February 2016
Quartz nodule, polarised light micrograph
Sample of pumice
Leucite basanite, thin section
Grey speckled rock
Garnet mica schist thin cut, polarised light micrograph
Geode, thin section micrograph
Dolerite rock crystals, light micrograph
Bedded tuff with two piles of volcanic ash
Polarised LM of thin section of gabbro
Sandstone in dusty matrix, polarised light micrograph
Tephra surface of Hunga Tonga窶滴unga Ha'apai island
Volcanic rock
Shelly limestone, polarised LM
Smoke and light coming through crack in lava rock, elevated view
Aggregate of muscovite crystals
Banded rhyolite
Pegmatite specimen
Tuff specimen
Biotite
Biotite, Tyringham, Massachusetts, USA
Rhyolite, Mexico
Tuff rock with graded bedding
Cutaway model of the Earth's core
Trachyte
Basalt columns
Lava fields, Lanzarote, Canary Islands
West Mata underwater volcano
Vanuatu, Volcano eruption
Active lava stream, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka, Russia
Mount Etna erupting at night
View of Mount Etna erupting at night
Mount Etna erupting
New island formed by Hunga Tonga volcano, 2017
Rhyolitic geode
Columnar joints