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#fossilfriday and #thinsectionthursday
Morphological convergence between nummulitic limestones and micaschists
#science #art #rocks #geology #minerals #microscope #gemstones #wallart #abstractart #sciart #scicomm #curves #lines #geometry #garnet
Glomerocryst is a strange word.
But a beauty under the microscope!
Plagioclase glomerocryst in an andesite from Cabo de Gata, Spain.
#science #Art #geology #rocks #minerals #nature #scicomm #sciart #Earth #photography #microscopy #plagioclase #volcano
The first geological polychromatic polarization module is up and running on my microscope.
Looking forward to imaging more and more non-cubic garnets.
Thanks @mshribak!
#ThinSectionThursday #microscope #new_techniques #terragonal_garnet
Fireworks!
dedicated to @Wonkiergruff1 (sorry I cannot capture Scotch, yet).
Now we want the right Johnson at no 10.
BTW the photo is #sugar from #Campari under the #microscope
The Concert
(agate from Brazil) fits quite well with summertime.
Here in an unpublished version.
#science #art #sciart #scicomm #rocks #geology #minerals #agates #gemstones #wallart #summertime #concerts #nature #colors #microscopy #photography
Stretched and torn piece of plastic.
Polarized light, width c. 3 mm.
#science #art #sciart #scicomm #colors #interference #FridayFeeling #wallart #microscopy #photography
anomalous #thinsectionthursday
not a mineral/rock, but SUGAR, viewed in thin section.
Next time you visit Italy, remember that Spritz can be made not only with Aperol or Campari, but also with SELECT.
Here it is.
#spritz #italy