Backlit Plume Agate

Soft backlighting enhances the color and chaotic structural depth of a Graveyard Point plume agate slice; Oregon Image #2810 4660 X 3095 pixels

Crazy Lace Agate

Macro photograph of the banding pattern in a Crazy Lace agate from Mexico Image #2526 4721 X 3121 pixels (4.67 MB)

Fluorite mineral panoramic, closeup

Stitched macro 'panoramic' of a slab of fluorite (calcium fluoride) from the Jiangxi Province in China Image #3194 9101 X 3281 pixels (15.21 MB)

Carnelian

Macro photograph of patterns in a cross-sectioned carnelian geode; carnelian is a variety of chalcedony, which is a variety of quartz; from Washington State Image #2895 4724 X 3087 pixels

Whitcomb Creek Geode

Macro photograph of patterns in a Whitcomb Creek geode from Oregon; a geode is a stone nodule with an inner cavity filled with crystals or mineral matter Image #3289 4627 X 3078 pixels (3.28 MB)

Laguna Lace Agate

Macro photograph of the patterns in a laguna lace agate from Mexico Image #3251 7129 X 2944 pixels

Moss Agate

Macrophotograph showing the structural depth of a moss agate from Oregon Image #4034 6144 X 4080 pixels

Pilbara Agate

Macro photograph depicting the depth in a Pilbara agate from Western Australia. Image #3580 4800 X 3200 pixels

Outback Jasper

Macro photograph of a slab of polished Outback jasper from Western Australia. Jasper is a form of chalcedony.

Brazilian Agate

Macro photograph of the curving patterns in a Brazilian agate Image #2294 4800 X 3200 pixels

Botswana Agate

Macro photograph of the linear pattern in an agate from Botswana Image #3507 4800 X 3108 pixels

Josephines' Crown stone

Macro photograph of patterns in a slab of Josephines' Crown stone (a.k.a. awaruite); quartz based rock wth pyrite from Grant's Pass, Oregon Image #3358 4800 X 3200 pixels

Nautilus Shell in monochrome

Macro image of the patterns in a cut pearlized nautilus shell in black and white Image #1485BW

Labradorite

Macro photograph of a piece of labradorite (a member of the feldspar group of minerals); from Maniry, Madagascar Image #4200 4800 X 3200 pixels (6.34 MB)

Fossilized Coral

Macro photograph looking down on a piece of fossilized coral with emphasis on its repetitive patterns and textures Image #3621 4800 X 3200 pixels

Hampton Butte Petrified Wood

Close-up photograph of a piece of Hampton Butte fossilized wood from Oregon Image #3695 5843 X 4748 pixels

Goniatite Fossil

Macro photograph of a sliced Goniatite fossil showing the interior chambered structure of the shell; Devonian in age (approx. 400 million yrs old); from the Atlas Mountains in Morocco Image #3117 6144 X 4080 pixels

Petrified Wood

Macrophotograph of the structural detail in a piece of fossilized wood (Araucarioxylon arizonicum) from Arizona; late Triassic (approx. 225 million years) in age; the state fossil of Arizona; an extinct conifer Image #4080 6144 X 3876 pixels