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From top left clockwise: Bryozoa Colony; Dinosaur Bone, Nummulite; "Turritella" Agate.
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2021-07-02

Hand-Colored Zoological Photomicrographs by Ernst Heeger (1860) .

I'm not exactly sure what they are (currently for sale from Hans P. Kraus, New York) - but I think they are beautiful.

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2021-01-22

Where all my photomicrographs started...
It often happens that among your first photos are the very best. Here's an example: I couldn't yet replicate the beauty of this drop of Aperol.

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2020-10-22


Serpentine just passed to the second round at .
You may like some aesthetic photomicrographs of this mineral in serpentinites from the Alps, Sierra Nevada and Ronda Massif.

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2020-09-10

Photomicrographs for your
left: plagioclase-pyroxene symplectite in granulite from Manitoba, CA
right: another "Heart of Stone", from Mar Menor, Spain

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2020-09-06

Four shots from the new series of photomicrographs of the "DolomitiArtRock" Project.
"…Art does not reproduce the visible; rather, it makes visible…" (Paul Klee)

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2020-08-11

Lo-res but one of the best charoite photomicrographs by . I love the unusual and soft hues.
Enjoy!

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2020-01-22

Hey geologists! You've been silent lately. Too tired after ?
Let me cheer you up with one of my favorite photomicrographs, that has lovely colors but also lovely microstructures in it.

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2019-10-15