Deposit Collection (#9)

Silurian limestone in quarry, showing bedding, Wenlock Edge, Shropshire, England, April

Silurian limestone in quarry, showing reef formation, Wenlock Edge, Shropshire, England, April

PERU. Lima. Larco Herrera Museum. Deposit of works awaiting to be exposed

Tufa - covered with algae - Cornwall coast
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Oceania, New Zealand, South Island, North Island, Bay of Plenty, White Island. Scenic shot of steaming fumarole on White Island Volcano

Fossilized deformed tooth from Straight-tusked Elephant (Elephas antiquus) from Cromer Forest Beds, laid down over 500, 000 years ago

Quarry face, Wenlock sandstone dominated mid-Silurian sedimentary deposits, Tan-Y-Foel Quarry, Penstrowed Grits Formation, Powys, Wales, august

Fossilized deer teeth embeded in Eccles concrete river deposits from Cromer Forest Beds, laid down over 500, 000 years ago

Fossilized beaver tooth embedded in Eccles concrete river deposits in Cromer Forest Beds, laid down over 500, 000 years ago

Geologists looking at quarry face, Wenlock sandstone dominated mid-Silurian sedimentary deposits, Tan-Y-Foel Quarry, Penstrowed Grits Formation, Powys, Wales, august

Heart bypass grafts. Artwork of a heart that has had a blockage of the coronary arteries treated by coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery

Calcified shoulder joint, X-ray
Calcified shoulder joint. Coloured X-ray of a calcified shoulder joint. There is a deposit of calcium at the top right of the shoulder joint

Amyloidosis, TEM
Amyloidosis. Coloured transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of a section through tissue with abnormal deposoits of amyloid protein (green)

Piggy bank and US dollars

Piggy bank and British pounds

River flowing over travertine deposits at Plitvice National Park, Croatia. Travertine is a mineral precipitated from streams super- saturated with bicarbonates

River deltas in Borneo, satellite image. North is at top. Three rivers flow into the sea, carrying red silt deposits of sediment, mineral ores and organic matter

Plitvice National Park
Plitvice national Park, Croatia. Series of lakes and waterfalls separated by travertine dams. Travertine is a mineral precipitated from streams super-saturated with bicarbonates

Travertine dam. River cascading over a travertine dam at Plitvice National Park, Croatia. Travertine is a mineral precipitated from streams super- saturated with bicarbonates

Asphalt lake. Recovered asphalt being loaded into a truck, which will take it away for processing. On the left is a digger recovering asphalt from the surface of the lake

Frozen Mars, satellite image

Cerberus Fossae, Mars, satellite image

Lake Mono at sunset. This lake in California, USA, is an important habitat for species of bird. In the mid-20th century the lakes tributaries were diverted to support the growth of Los Angeles

Tufa towers at Lake Mono, California, USA. Tufa is a mineral deposit formed by the precipitation of calcium salts from water saturated with bicarbonates

Salt lake. Circular deposits in Spotted Lake, British Columbia, Canada. A salt lake contains water of high salinity, due to the mineral content of the underlying geology

Tufa towers at Lake Mono, California, USA. Tufa is a mineral deposit formed by the precipitation of calcium salts from water saturated with bicarbonates

Mammoth Hot Springs mineral terrace in the Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA. The terraces form at the outflow of geothermal springs. The water is heated under pressure deep underground

Haematite mineral rock
Haematite, commonly called kidney ore, in its mamillated form. Haematite (iron oxide) varies in colour from metallic black to dull red

Muonionalusta meteorite, macrophotograph
Macrophotograph of the surfcace of the iron fine octahedrite type meteorite Muonionalusta, found in Sweden. The Widmanstatten pattern of lines on the newly-cut surface are produced by the edges of

Eroded chalk deposit on a beach, partially covered by shingle. Photographed at Lulworth Cove, Dorset, UK

Sulphur deposits, Hawaii
Sulphur deposits. Sulphur deposits (yellow) on volcanic rock. Photographed in the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii, USA

Volcanic sulphur deposits

Sulphur deposits. Rising steam and sulphur deposits (yellow) on volcanic rock. Photographed in the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii, USA

Sandstone rock strata. Patterns in crumpled strata revealed in eroded sandstone. Sandstone rock is a sedimentary rock, and forms by the deposition of successive layers of water-borne sediment that

Iron oxide deposit (orange) in a rock. It is deposits like these that are mined to obtain iron ore, which is then processed to produce iron from the iron oxide

Green turtles hatching site, Israel
Chelonia mydas, green turtle. Volunteers and spectators at a green turtle hatching site, await the release of the young for their first voyage to the Mediterranean Sea

Narrowed blood vessel, artwork
Narrowed blood vessel. Cut-away artwork showing a blood vessel that is partially blocked by atheroma. Atheroma is the deposition of fatty material on the inner walls of a blood vessel

Gas condensate processing plant. Gas condensate is a low-density mix of hydrocarbons found in natural gas deposits. The hydrocarbons may be extracted from the gas as they are essentially light

Stones and fine sediment in a creek, Axel Heiberg Island, Canadian Arctic

Coccoliths, SEM
Coccoliths, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). Coccoliths are individual plates of calcium carbonate formed by coccolithophores (single-celled algae)

Salt encrustations by the Dead Sea, Israel. The Dead Sea is the lowest elevation on the Earths surface on dry land and one of the worlds saltiest bodies of water, with 33.7 per cent salinity

Volcanic ash layers in rock. Cross-bedded layers of volcanic ash laid down during countless eruptions over thousands of years

Burnt magnesium ribbon. During the combustion of the magnesium ribbon white magnesium oxide is formed

Noctis Labyrinthus, Mars. Coloured satellite image of exposed layers on the valley walls of Noctis Labyrinthus on Mars. The white and grey patches (middle right)

Gold in placer. Placer mining is a type of open cast mining in which minerals are extracted from alluvial, rather than from subterranean, deposits

Layered Martian terrain, satellite image
Layered Martian terrain. Coloured satellite image of layered rocks in Arabia Terra, northern Mars. The rocks have layers of roughly uniform depth

Martian crater rim, satellite image
Martian crater rim. Coloured satellite image of a fractured crater rim in Arabia Terra, northern Mars. It is thought the crater once held a large lake, which deposited sediments

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