Microscopic Studies of Silicate Minerals

Close-up images of various silicate minerals including chloritoid and ripidolite, showcasing their textures and crystalline structures.

Fungi grown by termites in an underground nest, Ajenjua Bepo Forest Reserve, Ghana

Chloritoid, silicate.

Fungi grown by termites in an underground nest, Ajenjua Bepo Forest Reserve, Ghana

Ripidolite, silicate.

Leafcutter Ant (Apterostigma sp,) in fungus garden, these ants use insect droppings and corpses as a base for their fungus gardens which often grown in sheets, Belize

Gehlenite, silicate.

Pucherite, vanadate.

Leucocalcite, arsenate.

Fluellite, phosphate.

Mitridatite, phosphate.

Rhabdophane, phosphate.

Sample of Granite, a common type of felsic intrusive igneous rock that is granular and phaneritic in texture. Dated 21st Century

Minerals: Aggregate globular lamelliferous bavenite on orthoclase

Enargite with Pyrite, sulphides.

Slab of Ocean Jasper found on the near the village of Marovato on northwest coast of Madagascar.

Minerals: Romerite

Yellow Hyphae of Green Mold

Mineral drapery in formation in an abyss with Opilione

Crystals on metamorphic rock.

Vanadinite

Hopeite, phosphate.

Senegalite, phosphate.

Crystals on metamorphic rock

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Bouquet of Aragonite and Calcite on balls Hydromagnesite

Larvikite, intrusive rock, from Norway. Detail.

Minerals: Humite (Magnesium Iron Silicate Fluoride Hydroxide)

Minerals: Silicates - Forsterite (Iron Magnesium Silicate)

Libethenite, phosphate.

Grossular Garnet originated from Asbestos Quebec Canada

Sulphureous formations. CNR volcanology research. Aeolian Islands. Sicily. Italy. (Photo by: Giorgio Mesturini/REDA&CO/UIG)

Fossils, accumulation of Middle-Ordovician bivalves and some brachiopods, from Llanvirn Series of Builth-Llandrindod Wells Inlier (470mya), Camnant Ravine, Powys, Wales

Oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus), Mushroom cellar grower, Nans-sous-Sainte-Anne, Doubs, France

Newly Hatched Praying Mantis on egg case - New Jersey (Mantis religiosa)

Adamite, phosphate.

Leaf print fossilised in clay, Katmai, Alaska, USA, North America

Mountain mineral crystal vein on background stone. Sort of the mountain mineral crystal in stone

South America, Bolivia. Overview of solidified geyser mud field.

Leafcutter Ant (Atta columbica) fungus garden chamber tended to by workers, central Paraguay

stone meteorite chondrite with chaotic structure due to collision in space found in naryilco australia

Melilite, silicate.

Althausite, phosphate.

Canada, Arctic Archipelago, Nunavut, Akpatok Island, Qikiqtaaluk Region. Prehistoric fossilized creatures embedded into rock millions of years ago. (Large format sizes available).

springbok scat (antidorcas marsupialis) encrusted with salt crystals from a saline spring along the lower course of the hoanib river, skeleton coast national park, namibia.

Sklodowskite, silicate, radioactive mineral.

England, Boxgrove, Hominids, Heidelbergensis, 500,000 year old hominid

Orbicular Granite. Western Australia - Pre Cambrian.

Human Botfly (Dermatobia hominis) anterior spiracles of pupa, Belize

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Mountain Pine Beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) pupa in Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta), Wyoming

ossuary prehistoric in Cueva Calaveras of Benidoleig at Alicante Spain

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Bumblebee's Nest - cells exposed to show eggs (Bombus lucorum)

ossuary prehistoric in Cueva Calaveras of Benidoleig at Alicante Spain

Minerals: Thin section, crossed nicols X100X1,5

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Frog egg mass, Nova Scotia, Canada

Minerals chalcedony variety of silica stalactilc form Copyright: xSatishxParashar/DinodiaxPhotox

Extreme closeup of a knife under the microscope.

Mountain Pine Beetle larvae and adult in galleries under pine tree bark, Smithers, British Columbia, Canada

Egg sacs of the European Cave Spider (Meta Menardi)

Serpentine, silicate.

Yellowed Pahoehoe Surface

Photomicrograph of the aecia of groundsel rust, Puccinia lagenophorae, on the leaf surface of the weed groundsel, Senecio vulgaris,

Photomicrograph of the aecia of groundsel rust, Puccinia lagenophorae, on the leaf surface of the weed groundsel, Senecio vulgaris,

Olm eggs Underground Laboratory Moullis France

Minerals: Pink Gmelinite (Hydrated Sodium Calcium Aluminum Silicate)

Cross section of termite nest showing active workers

Banded Agate, Quartzsite, AZ. (Large format sizes available)

Minerals: Oxides - Hematite (Iron Oxide - Elba Island, Tuscany Region, Italy)

Ammonite, closeup of the fossil

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diente de Baryonyx walkeri, terópodo espinosáurido,Centro de Interpretación Paleontológica de La Rioja, Igea, La Rioja , Spain, Europe.

Bat fossil in flowstone near 'Top of the Cross', Big Room, Carlsbad Caverns, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico.

Trilobite, Gallery of Evolution, Dinosauria (Dinosar Museum), Espéraza, Languedoc-Roussillon, Aude department, France

Victim of Vesuvius eruption, volcanic ash formed mould, form later revealed by injecting plaster, Pompeii, Campania, Italy, Europe

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Slipper limpets (Maoricrypta immersa), underside of three specimens attached to the inside of an old glass bottle. Usually lives on dead gastropod shells and is concave or convex depending on whether it is living on or inside the dead shell. Up to 36 mm long. Edithburgh, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. 06/06/2003

Priday Plume Agate, OR.

Goliath Frog (Conraua goliath) eggs with embryos, endangered, Cameroon

Anatase, oxide.

Polished cross-section of spherulitic rhyolite or rainforest jasper from Mount Hay in Queensland, near the town of Rockhampton, Australia.

Branching threads of fungus mycelium in organic soil

Shark upper jaw showing multiple layers of serrated teeth, Madagascar, Africa

Prints of bivalves and traces of sedimentation on roller

Open Emptiy Leipoldtia Seed Capsule, Richtersveld Transfrontier National Park, South Africa

Uraninite or Pitchblende, oxide, radioactive mineral, with Zircon, silicate.

Science: SEM of chemically deposited Silver on metallic substrates

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Bees honeycomb six -sucking honeycomb enlarges

Common Pea Stray (Pisolithus arhizus), cross-section fruiting body on sandy soil, Finsterwalde, Brandenburg, Germany, Europe

Minerals - Staurolite

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emeralds (green beryl) in stone far west vein, regal ridge, yukon territory, canada

Terpene Rich 1g indoor joint

garnet mineral specimen stone rock geology gem crystal

Eastern Hognose Snake Hatching, Heterodon platyrhinos, Native to south Eastern US

Adult cabbage whitefly, Aleyrodes proletella, with larval scales, pupae and hatched pupal cases on a cabbage leaf

Zeolite geode, minerals, Faroe Islands, Denmark, Europe

Colony of Orange sheath tunicates (Botrylloides aureum) on Blue / Common mussel (Mytilus edulis). Rye, New Hampshire, USA, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

Radiated tortoise eggs, Madagascar

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