Rock and Mineral Collection by Kozmic Dreams

Below are pictures and descriptions (when known) of rocks and minerals in my collection. Click on each thumbnail for a larger view.

Ocean Jasper chunk

Ocean Jasper slice

Pyrite

Vanadinite

Mibladen, Morocco

Pyromorphite (also called campylite when it appears as barrel-shaped crystals like the specimen above)

Guanxi, China

Malachite

Congo

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Hieroglyphic Stones

The lines and markings that look like hieroglyphics on these stones are actually ancient petrified plant life. The light colored markings are made of jasper. When the ancient plants preserved in these stones died and fell to the ground, they were covered by a red clay rich in silica. Jasper, a silica-rich mineral, replaced the carbon in the plants and fossilized them. The hardened red clay that surrounds the petrified plant life is soft and can be scratched with a knife.