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What does larimar make you think of? 🏖️

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Larimar is the tradename for a rare blue variety of the silicate mineral pectolite found only in Dominican Republic, around the city of Barahona.

Scrimshawed ostrich egg, 19th century

Behold the mesmerizing clarity of a Golden Rutile Flowers in Quartz crystal.

Credit: © Godlegocrystal

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'The Hitching Stone' Ancient Landscape Feature, Keighley Moor, Yorkshire

Agates carved into orange slices by wutong_crystal_carvings.

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Lapis Backed Rutile Quartz and Star Rutile Quartz!

Photo: Rare Earth Mining Co

🛸👽 Today’s #macromonday shot was taken at the Munich Gem Shows, where I took a closer look at this kickass Seymchan Nickel-Iron Meteorite sphere!

The macro shows a unique structure that can only form in meteoritic metal: Widmanstätten patterns, aka Thomson figures. This structure forms due to 2 alloys within the nickel-iron material, kamacite and taenite—as the meteor (often an asteroid fragment) is flying through space, it cools slowly, and the 2 alloys differentiate and form distinct crystals.

When the meteor impacts with earth (becoming a meteorite), it is cut and treated with acid. The acid etches the meteorite and reveals its interior lattice structure, and these fine patterns of crystallization we call Widmanstätten patterns. A super cool formation that teaches us more about meteorites and the universe around us!

🛸👽 #widmanstatten #thomsonfigures #meteorites #spacestuff #spacerocks #seymchan #meteors #macro #macrophotography #macroworld #minerals #rocks #munichgemshows #munich #phenomenalgems