Esther's photos with the keyword: mineral

Romanechite is a hydrated barium manganese oxide mineral that is frequently mined in a bubbly mass form. It was first discovered in France, but is also mined in Germany, France, India, Mexico, and the United States. It is used to make steel and sodium batteries. Sunday Challenge: Ugly ducking. Take a photograph of something that we normally view as ugly and make it beautiful, or at least interesting AP1134509

Mineral specimen at the Natural History Museum in London, England AIMG 6070

Mineral specimen at the Natural History Museum in London, England AIMG 6068

Mineral specimen at the Natural History Museum in London, England AIMG 6048

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Lapis lazuli and malachite - Royal Ontario Museum - Toronto, Ontario AIMG 6737

Wulfenite - Royal Ontario Museum - Toronto, Ontario

Pink rhodochrosite - Royal Ontario Museum - Toronto, Ontario AIMG 6740

The Sunday Challenge for September 14th is "Get Personal! Something that you own." I like elephants and minerals so I thought that I would post some photographs of both. The minerals starting from the left upper corner, proceeding clockwise and ending at the center are quartz crystal, agate jasper (with jade "log"), unakite, tiger's eye, turquoise*, Dalmation jasper, malachite and lapis lazuli. *The seller claimed that the elephant was carved out of turquoise but I suspect that it was carved out of another stone and dyed turquoise color. It does not have the striations that I would expect in true turquoise. It was an unusual carving, so I bought it anyhow. Elephants