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stephbg ([personal profile] stephbg) wrote2012-02-05 08:48 pm
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Pretty rock of the day: Shattuckite

This pretty rock Shattuckite actually came to me as a freebie, but it works perfectly in the collection and absolutely as an unpolished slab microscope specimen. The attraction lies in the colours and patterns, rather than the geological forms. Most of these remind me of scenes from a coral reef. Enjoy.

ED: Added a Before shot for comparison.



Firstly I found a Before shot of this stuff on default microscope settings:

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And now, After and colour.

I'm tempted to call this one "Finding Nemo":

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small-shattuckite-micro-06

small-shattuckite-micro-05

small-shattuckite-micro-04

small-shattuckite-micro-03

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