Sometimes a rock makes me giggle. That first look with the microscope under bright lights can reveal incredible surprises, and this piece of Carrisite Jasper from Oregon did just that. Teehee. I bought it mainly for its potential for fire, but what I got was an entire rainbow and even more deep space. Enjoy.

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Seraphinite is beautiful stuff. It was discovered relatively recently so it's not all that common in shops, but it makes beautifully patterned polished stones for jewellry. The reason it's called Seraphinite is because the patterns resemble wings, in gloriously gleaming shades of green and silver. Yes, like recent features pietersite and chaoite it ( Read more... )

Pietersite, oh pietersite, what heartache you've caused me. Since my first look at a piece of tumbled pietersite I've wanted to get in and take a closer look, but it's really resisted my efforts to capture its beauty. I've made some pretty pictures, but it's been frustrating knowing how much better they could be. But gradually I've come closer and ( Read more... )

What rock do you pick when you can't decide on a colour? Rainbow petrified wood from Arizona, that's what. Photograph ALL the colours! This will need a spot of tinkering to bring out its best, but it's got great potential for animal prints, aurorae, and snow-clad forest. I love rocks. But you probably noticed that.

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This piece of Mariposite (otherwise known as Emerald Quartz) hails from California. Good for it.

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I sense a theme - it looks like you're only going to get pretty rock teasers in the form of unprocessed contact sheets for a while, but at least you can get an idea of what's coming up. This one is Yellowstone Ash Flow Jasper from Wyoming (USA), which was presumably formed by layers of volcanic ash. Apologies for lack of science content ( Read more... )

As per yesterday just a quick contact sheet of happy snaps of this dreamily beautiful slab of Brekian Jasper from Brazil. Fabulous palette; can't wait to do it justice. Also enormous potential for finding shapes and scenes.

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Just another contact sheet of some happy snaps of a recent acquisition that looks to be very promising indeed.

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Just a very quick, random, unprocessed, incorrectly lit, and oh too small sampling of a couple of my lovely new big batch of rocks that arrived today. As is the way with these things some I had high hopes for probably won't work out with the equipment I have, but there looks to be some pleasant surprises amongst them to even things out.

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Received the Plumage poster in the mail today. After getting the first round of 30 x 40cm ones back I made this one lighter and was sufficiently hopeful that I ordered the bigger print at 50 x 75cm. The good news is the colours came out really bright, so that worked well.

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