The Beauty of Geology

One of the galleries at Cliffe Castle Museum in Keighley contains a large selection of geological samples - estimated to be over 1000 in number. I'm not going to share photos of them all, but here is one that I thought was particularly attractive.

For those with a little more understanding than me, the label said "Geode with amethist". I checked in the dictionary - a geode is a round rock which contains a hollow cavity lined with crystals, while Amethyst is a violet variety of quartz often used in jewelry.

Ian

[bkb in the city]

Very interesting

[Graham Thresher]

Wonderful shot.

[Dianne]

Beautiful image - lovely colour.

[Lynne Hart]

beautiful, like the coloured bands.

[Pyrrhula]

Great shot of this beautiful amethist.

[Margaret Obey]

My sister @kelly2 had a wonderful collection. She used to teach geography and geology.

[Peter Dulis]

Lovely capture ...

[Rose]

I love crystal caves, they are so stunning, beautiful capture

[KarenO]

I will have to show this to my daughter. We just bought a geo for her the other day. Lovely photo.

[gloria jones]

Great shot, details

[bruni]

That piece is so beautiful. we have a small violet quartz piece.

[Tony]

Impressive capture Ian.

[Fisher Family]

@bkbinthecity @thresheg @dide @lhart @pyrrhula @ceilidh @pdulis @silverhorn @rainbowunicorn @seattlite @bruni @tonydebont

Ian thanks you for your lovely comments and fav. He is visiting Lucy at the moment and should have some interesting pictures from the walking they are planning to do.
Katharine