Jack Dykinga / Eroded formation known as the 'Tres Maries', in the Valle de la Luna. One million year old composition of gravel, clay, salt, gems and quartz, against The Milky Way and Southern Cross in the night sky...
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Jack Dykinga / Eroded rock formation known as the 'Tres Maries', in the Valle de la Luna. One million year old composition of gravel, clay, salt, gems and quartz, against The Milky Way and Southern Cross in the nigh...
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TJ Rich / Cutting sapphires using traditional equipment, Ratnapura, Sri Lanka, December 2012.
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TJ Rich / Cut, polished and rough sapphires, Sri Lanka.
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TJ Rich / Gemstone dealers, China Fort, Beruwela, Sri Lanka, December 2012.
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TJ Rich / Sapphire cutting, Ratnapura, Sri Lanka, December 2012.
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TJ Rich / Rough gemstones in hand of miner, Ratnapura, Sri Lanka, December 2012.
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Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Miners panning for diamonds in a pool, Kono District, Sierra Leone, 2007.
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Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Miners panning for diamonds in a pool, Kono District, Sierra Leone, 2007.
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Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Miners panning for diamonds in a pool, Kono District, Sierra Leone, 2007.
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Balkan Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra balkanica) Gems, Paklenica National Park, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe area, Velebit mountains, Croatia
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Balkan Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra balkanica) Gems, Paklenica National Park, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe area, Velebit mountains, Croatia
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Balkan Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra balkanica) Gems, Paklenica National Park, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe area, Velebit mountains, Croatia
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Balkan Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra balkanica) Gems, Paklenica National Park, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe area, Velebit mountains, Croatia
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Balkan Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra balkanica) Gems, Paklenica National Park, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe area, Velebit mountains, Croatia
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Balkan Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra balkanica) Gems, Paklenica National Park, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe area, Velebit mountains, Croatia
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Balkan Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra balkanica) Gems, Paklenica National Park, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe area, Velebit mountains, Croatia
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Balkan Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra balkanica) Gems, Paklenica National Park, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe area, Velebit mountains, Croatia
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Merryn Thomas / Gem stones for sale in the Atlas Mountains, Morocco, November 2008.
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WILLIAM OSBORN / Stewart highway through Outback with spoil mounds from opal mining, Coober Pedy, South Australia
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Larry Michael / Semi-precious stones and glass for sale at Zion NP, Springdale, Utah, USA
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Larry Michael / Semi-precious stones and glass for sale at Zion NP, Springdale, Utah, USA
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Larry Michael / Semi-precious stones and glass for sale at Zion NP, Springdale, Utah, USA
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Konrad Wothe / People panning for gems near Ilakaka, Madagascar
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Angelo Giampiccolo / Craftsman making an earing from Elba's red coral (corallium rubrium) gems, Italy. The precious stone is harvested from the Italian island's coral reef and polished ready for craftsmen to make jeweller...
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John Cancalosi / Herkimer Diamond, a double terminated quartz crystal (SiO2 / silicon dioxide) Many industrial uses including glass
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John Cancalosi / Spessartine Garnet (Mn3Al2Si3O12) with Smoky Quartz (SiO2) (single crystal) and Feldspar (pink), from Fugian Province, China. Used primarily as a gemstone and as a collector's specimen