Minerals are widely used in alternative therapies since they're believed to have some kind of inner energy. Boffins will argue there's no scientific evidence for it, but I go by the rule that
'There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.'
(Hamlet Act 1, scene 5, 159–167)
As I see it, anything that took Nature millions of years to create has to be special.
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| Green calcite mineral top view. (by-nc-nd) |
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| Green calcite mineral side view. (by-nc-nd) |
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| Green calcite mineral bottom view. (by-nc-nd) |
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Jasper on dark red velvet.
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| Amethyst crystals. (© 2011 LightColourShade. All rights reserved) |
Geometry of crystals is amazing, especially if you peer inside them by means of macro photography.
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| Inside an a methyst crystal. (by-nc-nd) |
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| Inside a green calcite stone. (by-nc-nd) |
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Inside a red garnet crystal.
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| Inside a Garnet crystal. (by-nc-nd) |
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Stone flower. Malachite, Rose quartz, blue-banded Agate, Green Calcite, Amethyste, Pyrite, Obsidian and Jasper.
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I really loved your "inside" pictures. They reminded me of when I took a pathology elective in med school, and I could make photographs of all the fantastic things inside our bodies, including crystalline gallstones. But my favorite picture was one of a spontaneously aborted fetus, so perfect in every way, but heartwrenching at the same time.
ReplyDeleteActually, I saw a spontaneously aborted fetus once, too. It looked like some kind of pink reptile, a rather disgusting sight I should say.
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