Photos, videos and docs of Anne Elliott, with the keywords: "crystal"

Crystals, but not ice

nobody@ipernity.com (Anne Elliott) — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 18:37:51 +0000

The largest of these tiny crystals is maybe half an inch tall - can't for the life of me remember if they are Quartz crystals or something else. I think they came from one of the mines in India, many years ago. Feels a little strange to be posting this kind of crystal at this time of the year - normally, I would be posting ice crystals from an overnight frost! Not as sharp as I wanted, but it was a heavily overcast day yesterday (with a weather advisory in effect), and there was absolutely no light in my place.

Winter zigzags

nobody@ipernity.com (Anne Elliott) — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:08:53 +0000

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I noticed these beautiful ice crystals on a large puddle the other day, when we botanized the Priddis Green Golf Course area.

Pyritohedron

nobody@ipernity.com (Anne Elliott) — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 22:40:02 +0000

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For many years, I collected all sorts of pieces of Iron Pyrites. They come in many forms, and this photo is of a tiny Pyritohedron crystal. Another name for Pyrites is Fool's Gold. I have a handful of photos of other pieces in my Shells and Minerals Set, if anyone is interested.

A pyritohedron has twelve pentagonal faces. It has 24 short edges, and 6 longer edges. It is one of the two common crystal forms of pyrite, the other one being cubical.

Copper

nobody@ipernity.com (Anne Elliott) — Sat, 05 May 2007 23:19:53 +0000

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Can't remember what the black crystals in this large piece of copper are. I do love copper. Bought this piece years ago at the annual Rock and Mineral Show here.

Golden cube

nobody@ipernity.com (Anne Elliott) — Mon, 07 May 2007 02:36:18 +0000

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This photo is roughly life-sized, of an Iron Pyrites cube. Need to do some experimenting with lighting, reflections and so on, as I can't seem to get the image that I want.