Rocks, Gems And Minerals, Including Pretty Beach Rock Closeup, But Not Beach Scenery.

Heya, Barbara. Being a geography teacher in a "former life" I do like your Pangaea rock image. It can "see" just what you describe. :)

Thank you Bill, me too in a former life! Glad it wasn't just my imagination, someone else could see it too!

Yup, I saw it as soon as I read the title - before I read your description.

Soooo... I just read the full description in your gallery. Right on!

I love rocks of any kind.

Hi Barbara...I've pondered this for a while..should I or shouldn't I... :-/ well here I am... :-) Most of my work is done in stone. It is usually reclaimed from demolitions but I occasionally pick up some great stuff from the beach. I've decided to post this piece on the basis that the beautiful rock which I used is still clearly distinguishable. It has some lovely layers in it and is mottled with sparkling mica throughout.
Sagara and Mani..
description- Reclaimed sandstone

The stone for this piece was reclaimed from an ancient wall which had been demolished by a drunk driver. It is quite a grainy stone and doesn't lend itself well to fine detail, but it has some beautiful layers of mica running throughout.

Over time, as the layers recede through degeneration, the child figure will become larger and the mother figure will diminish.

My late Grandfather was an avid "rock hound". I only have a few of them, and I do not know what they are, except that I love the colors and patterns.

Thanks Bill!
Mary, I love those granite images with the lichen growing on them. Nice colors and patterns.
Barry, your mentioning sandstone and mica remind me of my days studying the Earth Sciences, and particularly seeing and learning about the various rocks and minerals and trying to remember all of the names. Sagara and Mani is a very nice image and I could see it in a lovely garden setting.
Ann, those are beautiful specimens...love the colors and patterns also.

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Celebrating little rocks,big rocks,rock cairns...................

Thank you. This is one of my favorite topics. I'm going to go with three sea glass images. To me, sea glass are beach gems. Starting out as trashed glass, the weather, sand and salt turn them into rounded crystalized glass. Simply beautiful.

The first photograph was taken in southern Norway, very dear to me as that is where my family was from. I love all the various rocks that region has. The next was fun to shoot as I never used a macro lens before and I wanted to emphasis the contrast of the smoothness of the mineral & the threads in the soft cloth. The last reminded me so much of my childhood. I was always creating things with rocks or collecting them. I still do that and lately placed the yard here many from different states. I'm no expert but can recognize some of the basic kinds but mostly I just like ones for their shapes, colors or simply as mementos of a place. I tell my husband they are cheap souvenirs ..he's ok with that as long as they aren't heavy and he has to carry them..lol

The water so clear in this little creek running through Zion National Park - the pebbles under the water were like little gems



let me add this "Gem" from my digital abstracts

A few from my Lovejoy Basalt series,

Beautiful images everyone! @Robert: Love your basalt series, great work!

Some lava, sulphur, mudpots and rocks from Iceland:

1. Havasu Creek of the Grand Canyon
2. McKittrick Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains National Park
3. While crossing Cherry Creek, Arizona.

Japenese people love rocks. If you give them a rock for present, it is worth as gold to them.

Beautiful work, everyone!
Nina, I also collect small, interesting rocks from places I visit...lol!
To-Tam, that is so interesting. I can see why they would love a rock as a present. Those are beautiful stones in your image.

I took this on a beach in Cabo San Lucas.

Shane, it looks like a knight looking up.

I loved the look of the colorful rocks on a lakeside beach.

Matt

Calcite in limestone. The crevasse is only 3/8 inch wide

From my collection of sea stones


See more at
http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/viktor-savchenko.html?tab=artworkgalleries&artworkgalleryid=224596

YES, These really are ROCKS! Lol!



I love walking on the beach and collecting rocks that have the shape of animals. This basket of mice was an experiment! It worked; people loved them. Tired of painting red 'ladybugs', I decided to brighten up the landscape with colorful ladybug beetles. The white coat seal pup was a big rock I found that looked so much like a young seal I had to paint it.

BUMP

I uploaded this for a contest. You're not going to see much detail without enlarging it tho,

http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/bernardo-cesare.html




Have you seen this Rock abstract art....all his images are scientific photos of micro slices of rocks,gemstones, and exquisite as Prints.

That's beautiful work Vivian! Thanks for finding it and posting some of it here. I love the names of the various gems, rocks and minerals!