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My contribution for today is one of the prettiest spring flowers in the Midwest: Trout Lilly. One of the most attractive features of this plant are the variegated leaves. Blooms of this plant can be either yellow or white. Please pile on with your flower image(s)

Because I will be on the road on Monday, I am posting this thread today. The first two images are of the opposite sides of a large quartz crystal with pink tourmaline crystals from the famous Pala District in California. The next two are different forms of K-feldspar or microcline...

Primroses come in a wide variety of colors, shapes, environments and sizes. Here are a few different types. I am starting this early (I normally start this on Sunday) but, my wrist is feeling better and I will be on the road on Sunday. Please pile on with any flowers you would like. See you...

I have wrist inflammation, so this is postponed until next week.

I have wrist inflammation so postponed until next week.

This week we will take a look at some important industrial minerals. Fluorite is an important source of fluorine and is used in the metallurgical industry to remove impurities from iron and steel, pure forms are used in the optical industry, and finally it is used in the chemical industry to...

Today I am going to feature my favorite spring desert wildflower: California Poppy and Mexican Gold Poppy. The former typically occurs in California and the latter is typically found in Arizona. Mexican Gold Poppy with Phacelia and Brittle Bush. California Poppies and Goldfields...

Like my other weekly post, I am getting this one posted today because I will be in Kansas for the next six days. I am finishing up with trillium with some close-ups and landscapes. This is one of my favorite Large Flowering Trillium landscapes at Messenger Woods, IL. Prairie trillium...

I will be in Kansas until next Tuesday, so I am posting this thread today. I have decided to make this Monday's collection, agates. I don't collect the cheesy dyed agates with garish colors. There are far too many beautiful agates with outstanding colors to bother with those tourist trap...

I am sorry this is so late, but I had to find some images online and the search was arduous. Last Monday I promised to show you the difference between gold and "fool's gold" (pyrite). Believe it or not the easiest way to tell the difference is by the color of the specimen. Fool's gold is a...

As I mentioned last week I am going to continue with images of different types of trilliums. Here are three more. Again, pile on with whatever flowers you would like. Gleason's Trillium, Messenger Woods, IL Red Trillium, Mississippi Palisades State Park, IL Yellow Trillium, Great...

Open spaces in limestone and dolostone are called vugs. These open spaces allow the deposition of minerals from solutions which percolate into the cavities. Here is one that is covered with pink dolomite crystals with one large calcite crystal forming last. Hematite is usually a dark to...

There re 38 different species of trillium in North America. I'll do some this week and more next week. It is a beautiful plant that provides flowers of a variety of colors, sizes, and shapes. It gets its name from the fact that it has three leaves, three sepals, and three petals. Here are a...

Here are three more minerals from my collection. Kyanite is a high temperature metamorphic mineral often mined for the production of porcelain. Septarian Concreations form somewhat like geodes and usually contain calcite (yellowish beige) and aragonite (brown) minerals. Amethyst from...

This is an appropriate time to show some images of Augusta National Golf Club where the Masters Tournament is currently underway. The Azaleas and Dogwood trees are just spectacular this time of year. These were taken when I was at the tournament in 2015. Sorry for the late start. Pink...