sometimes the small stuff is really interesting

[Horst]

I brought back some black sands and fines from California and looked at them under the microscope.

I love doing this and wanted to share some pictures with you. Hope you like 'em as much as I do. I did not reset the time stamp correctly. Pictures were taken 27th Sep 2019

Enjoy!!!

 

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[Brendan75]

Hi, that is really interesting and nice. Some nice colors there

 

[A2coins]

Wow that's really cool. Thanks for sharing it's crazy what a microscope can bring out

 

[RVRoamer73]

Nice! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Kray Gelder]

What a wonderful assortment of minerals! Look at all the different colors and forms! I see a couple of perfect cubes. I wonder what mineral can withstand the beating and maintain a relatively perfect cubic shape. Flourite? Pyrite? Great pics!

 

[Tuberale]

Thanks for posting the photos, Horst! There are some really nice stones there.

 

[Tuberale]

Revisiting, it would be interesting to see what fluoresces under ultraviolet light.

 

[Horst]

very good point Tuberale I just tried to turn the light of the microscope off (it's nighttime in Germany now) and use external black light but it does not work properly. Anyhow, I enjoy looking at the black sands and fines I take home. I wish I would find some of those Minerals as a bigger Piece.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

really cool, congrats!