Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: crystal

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.

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

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.

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.

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.