Rocks and minerals



Hand-picked natural San Carlos olivine Two large (1.5 mm) SC olivine crystals Hand-picked San Carlos orthopyroxene
1 mm omphacite crystal, synthesized in the multi anvil apparatus at 5 GPa and 1300 degrees celsius.

This is a gallery of the various rocks and minerals I have found in the field during geological fieldwork or during holidays.

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Basalt bomb from Mt Etna

Calcite

Dacite

Folded marble

Dolerite

Eclogite

Folded schist

Garnet mica-schist

Garnet mica-schist

Garnets

Gneiss

Gypsum deposits

Gypsum

Hematite

Hornfels

Meta amphibolite

Muscovite

Pegmatite

Pyrite

Serpentinite / crysotile

Specularite

White quartz