February 2014

Orange Wulfenite Crystals

Orange Wulfenite Crystals. From: San Francisco mine,Cerro Negro,Sonora, Mexico Credit: Spirifer Minerals Nice spicimen…

Flame Structures

Flame structures are a type of soft-sediment deformation that forms in unconsolidated sediments. They are characterized …

Opalized Wood Fossil

Opalized Wood Boulder Incredibly Rare, Bright Emerald Green & Blue Growth Rings Opalized wood fossil , also know…

The Oil reserves

Oil reserves are the amount of technically and economically recoverable oil. Reserves may be for a well, for a reservoir,…

Eye Agate

Eye agate is a type of agate that exhibits one or more round concentric markings known as "eyes." These eyes can b…

The Lava Trees Forest

The Lava Trees State Monument is a public park located 2.7 miles southeast of Pāhoa in the Puna District on the island of H…

The Principle of Lateral Continuity

The principle of lateral continuity states that layers of sediment initially extend laterally in all directions; in other wo…

What Is Orbicular Granite?

Orbicular granite is a unique and visually distinctive type of granite characterized by the presence of orbicular (rounded) …

Worlds largest Ammonite

Worlds largest known ammonite

Smoky Quartz

Gemmy lustrous Smoky Quartz with 2 shards of Calcite from Schafkopf, Hollersbachtal, Pinzgau, Salzburg, Austria. L…

Fluorite with Calcite crystals and Pyrite!

Gorgeous zoned golden Fluorite with Calcite crystals and Pyrite! Honestly, they don't get much better than this combi…

Geologists solve mystery of the Colorado Plateau

A convective "drip" of lithosphere (blue) below the Colorado Plateau is due to delamination caused by rising, …