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In its purest form quartz is colourless and transparent. Minor inclusions cause it to become translucent instead of transparent.
Natural quartz crystal with a high degree of purity. The inclusions within this terminated quartz point contribute to its natural beauty.
At first we walked up through a deciduous forest. The ground was an overgrown talus field, and Doug had one rock break free and catch him in the shin. It smarted and left a scab, but didn't prevent him from continuing.
Rose Quartz Gemstone: This is Pink Color Gemstone. To see Complete info at www.stonefinder.com/gemstone/pink_gems/rose_quartz.html#p...[gallery2]/6/
My previous photo shows an ammonite, found recently. Alongside it was a lump of quartz 'rock' .
The tiny crystals are quite amazing when looked at closely.
View on black if you have a moment.
From Wikipedia:
Roman naturalist Pliny the Elder believed quartz to be water ice, permanently frozen after great lengths of time. (The word "crystal" comes from the Greek word for ice.) He supported this idea by saying that quartz is found near glaciers in the Alps, but not on volcanic mountains, and that large quartz crystals were fashioned into spheres to cool the hands. He also knew of the ability of quartz to split light into a spectrum. This idea persisted until at least the 1600s.
Spotted coralroot
Corallorrhiza maculata
Stem erect, red to yellow-brown. Leaves bract-like wrapped on stem. Flowers on upper stem. Five upper flower petals similar color to stem; lower petal much larger, white, with 4–8 large red to purple spots. Inside flower is a curved column with pollen and nectar beneath. Lacking spur under base of lower petal. Grows in deep forest duff below timberline. Weight of an insect on lower petal exposes pollen and sticky stigma surface to receive pollen from other flowers.