Deposit Collection (#7)

Shapes and colours formed by minerals at hotspring, Palette Spring, Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone N. P
Shapes and colours formed by minerals at hotspring, Palette Spring, Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone N.P. Wyoming, U.S.A. September

Dormant hotspring, approx. 2500 years old, created by accumulation of mineral deposits, Liberty Cap, Yellowstone N. P
Dormant hotspring, approx. 2500 years old, created by accumulation of mineral deposits, Liberty Cap, Yellowstone N.P. Wyoming, U.S.A. September

Mineral deposits and dead trees at hotspring, Palette Spring, Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone N. P. Wyoming, U. S. A
Mineral deposits and dead trees at hotspring, Palette Spring, Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone N.P. Wyoming, U.S.A. September

Mineral deposits at hotspring, Mound Terrace, Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone N. P. Wyoming, U. S. A. September
Mineral deposits at hotspring, Mound Terrace, Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone N.P. Wyoming, U.S.A. September

Travertine terraces at hotspring, Mound Terrace, Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone N. P. Wyoming, U. S. A. September
Travertine terraces at hotspring, Mound Terrace, Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone N.P. Wyoming, U.S.A. September

Travertine terraces at hotspring, Palette Spring, Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone N. P. Wyoming, U. S. A. September
Travertine terraces at hotspring, Palette Spring, Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone N.P. Wyoming, U.S.A. September

Calcium carbonate curtain formation C018 / 8577
Calcium carbonate curtain formation. This formation of calcium carbonate has been deposited as calcium minerals from a hot spring precipitate out of solution

Drift conveyor in a potash mine
Potash mine. Workers next to a drift conveyor in a potash mine. This is the means of transporting mined rocks from the work face

Limescale, SEM F006 / 9816
Limescale, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). Limescale, which occurs when hard water is boiled, is composed of calcium or magnesium carbonate

Limescale, SEM F006 / 9815
Limescale, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). Limescale, which occurs when hard water is boiled, is composed of calcium or magnesium carbonate

Oxalosis, light micrograph
Oxalosis. Light micrograph of a section through adult bone tissue affected by oxalosis (primary hyperoxaluria), showing mature bone (green)

Glacier erratics landscape and research C016 / 9622
Glacier erratics landscape and research. Researcher (upper left) carrying out research on glacial erratics, blocks of rock deposited in the landscape by ancient glaciers

Ochre cliffs, France
Ochre cliffs. View of ochre-coloured sandstone rock formations. Ochres are among the earliest pigments used by mankind. They can be various yellow, brown and reddish colours

Glacial erratics, Switzerland
Glacial erratics. An erratic is a boulder which has been transported from its point of origin by a glacier. Often the erratic is deposited in an area with a different geology

Bernina Mountains, Switzerland
Bernina Mountains. Panoramic view of the Bernina Range in the Swiss Alps, showing the Pers (left) and Morteratsch (right) glaciers (white)

Ocre cliffs, France
Ochre cliffs. View of ochre-coloured sandstone rock formations. Ochres are among the earliest pigments used by mankind. They can be various yellow, brown and reddish colours

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, MRI scan
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Coloured magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of an axial section through the brain of a 35-year-old patient

Iron ore quarry. Iron ores (usually a form of iron oxide) are mined as the principal source of the metallic element iron. Photographed near Kumily, in the state of Kerala, India

Access tunnel in a potash mine
Potash mine. View along an access tunnel of a potash mine. Potash consists of potassium salts, mainly chloride, that are sequentially deposited in inland marine environments along with common salt

Boring machine in a potash mine
Potash mine. A tunnel boring machine in a potash mine. The machine combined cutting teeth that break the face of the deposit with a set of helical blades that pull the rock toward the drift conveyor

Miners at the end of a shift
Potash mine. Miners leaving a potash mine at the end of a shift. Photographed in Belarus

Conglomerate, Broome, Western Australia
A conglomerate is a rock consisting of individual clasts within a finer-grained matrix that have become cemented together. Broome, Western Australia

Broome sandstone, Australia
Broome sandstone, a primary sedimentary structure formed by the migration of sedimentary environments due to wind or water action. Found at Gantheaume Point, Broome, Western Australia

Broome sandstone, a primary sedimentary structure formed by the migration of sedimentary environments due to wind or water action. Found at Gantheaume Point, Broome, Western Australia

Oil sand
MODEL RELEASED. Oil sand. Gloved hands holding oil sand from the Athabasca oil sands deposits in northern Alberta, Canada. Oil sands are a form of bitumen deposit

Chott El Djerid salt lake, Tunisia C016 / 7489
Chott El Djerid salt lake. Person climbing a mound of salt at Chott El Djerid, Tunisia - a large endorheic salt basin in southern Tunisia

Atheromatous artery, artwork C015 / 6445
Atheromatous artery. Computer artwork showing the interior of an artery affected by atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis is narrowing of an artery (stenosis) due to fatty deposits (beige)

Atheromatous artery, artwork C015 / 6446
Atheromatous artery. Cutaway computer artwork showing the interior of an artery affected by atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis is narrowing of an artery (stenosis) due to fatty deposits (beige)

Devils Golf Course, Death Valley, USA
Devils Golf Course. Sunrise over Devils Golf Course, Death Valley, USA. The Devils Golf Course is a large salt pan on the floor of Death Valley

Excessive iron absorption C015 / 6394
Excessive iron absorption. Light micrograph of a section through tissue showing haemochromatosis, a physiological disorder where excessive amounts of iron are absorbed by the body

Open-pit coal mining C016 / 5809
Open-pit coal mining. Excavated coal deposits being loaded onto a truck at an open-pit coal mine. Also called open-cast mining, this technique is used when the overburden

Mineral mining, 16th Century artwork C013 / 8957
Mineral mining. 16th Century artwork depicting workers digging for iron deposits

Sedimentary rock C013 / 6565
Sedimentary rock. Layer of sedimentary rock showing the effects of drought. A layer of dried-out mud has been overlain with darker sediment, which has filled the cracks

Section through an iron meteorite C013 / 6567
Section through an iron meteorite. Iron meteorites, when sliced open and etched with acid, typically show a distinctive criss-cross pattern known as the Widmanstatten pattern

Atheromatous artery C013 / 4612
Atheromatous artery. Cutaway computer artwork showing the interior of an artery affected by atherosclerosis, showing red blood cells (red)

Geologist logging a quartz vein
MODEL RELEASED. Geologist taking the GPS reading of a quartz vein. Veins occur when minerals, deposited by water passing through cracks in the rock, crystallise out of solution. Photographed in Kenya

Geologist studying a quartz vein
MODEL RELEASED. Geologist studying a quartz vein. Veins occur when minerals, deposited by water passing through cracks in the rock, crystallise out of solution. Photographed in Kenya

Geologist studying a quartz vein C013 / 4547
MODEL RELEASED. Geologist studying a quartz vein in the ground. Veins occur when minerals, deposited by water passing through cracks in the rock, crystallise out of solution. Photographed in Kenya

Geologist studying a quartz vein C013 / 4545
MODEL RELEASED. Geologist studying a quartz vein in the ground. Veins occur when minerals, deposited by water passing through cracks in the rock, crystallise out of solution. Photographed in Kenya

Geologist studying a quartz vein C013 / 4548
MODEL RELEASED. Geologist studying a quartz vein in the ground. Veins occur when minerals, deposited by water passing through cracks in the rock, crystallise out of solution. Photographed in Kenya

Geologist studying a quartz vein C013 / 4546
MODEL RELEASED. Geologist studying a quartz vein in the ground. Veins occur when minerals, deposited by water passing through cracks in the rock, crystallise out of solution. Photographed in Kenya

Quartz vein (white) in the ground. It is next to a notebook for scale. Veins occur when minerals, deposited by water passing through cracks in the rock, crystallise out of solution

Pink salt, Australia
MODEL RELEASED. Pink salt. Woman holding pink salt that has evaporated out of a salt lake. The pink colour is caused by the microscopic algae Dunaliella salina, which produces a red pigment

Pink salt lake, Australia
Pink salt lake. Pink salt that has evaporated out of a salt lake. The pink colour is caused by the microscopic algae Dunaliella salina, which produces a red pigment

Painted Hills, John Day Fossil Beds C013 / 5034
Painted Hills. Strata (layers) of sediments exposed at the Painted Hills Unit of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Wheeler County, Oregon, USA

Painted Hills, John Day Fossil Beds C013 / 5035
Painted Hills. Interpretive boardwalk trail at Painted Cove in the Painted Hills Unit of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Wheeler County, Oregon, USA

Painted Hills, John Day Fossil Beds C013 / 5032
Painted Hills. Strata (layers) of sediments exposed at the Painted Hills Unit of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Wheeler County, Oregon, USA

Painted Hills, John Day Fossil Beds C013 / 5033
Painted Hills. Strata (layers) of sediments exposed at the Painted Hills Unit of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Wheeler County, Oregon, USA

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