Rock Photography Set II

The following images I captured in the Rocks & Relics booth at Gem Faire this past weekend in Sandy, Utah.This is my second serious attempt at posed and in some cases close-up aesthetic photography of minerals and fossils.

Stibnite; China

Rock crystal quartz skull; Brazil

Vanadinite on Barite; Morocco

Rock crystal quartz carvings; Brazil

Quartz crystals; Brazil

Botryoidal Malachite (Brain Malachite); Congo

Amethyst crystal cluster; Uruguay

Druzy Amethyst stalagtites; Uruguay

Brazilian Quartz crystal and Moroccan Vanadinite crystal cluster

Rock crystal quartz carvings: Brazil

Rocks & Relics booth

Tiger Iron cabachon pendants; Australia

Labradorite: Madagascar

Labradorite; Madagascar

Fossil Ammonite; Madagascar

Smokey Quartz crystal; Brazil

Amethyst; Uruguay

Smokey Quartz; Brazil

Fossil Ammonite; Morocco

Smokey Quartz phantoms; Brazil

Quartz crystal; Brazil

Quartz crystals & stalagtites; Azurite, Native Copper, et al

Spheres of Jasper, Sodalite, and Moss Agate

Fossil Ammolite Ammonite; Madagascar

Petrified Wood log segment; Indonesia

Fossil Ammonite paired halves; Madagascar

Quartz crystal with other minerals in background.

All photos by Kim Patrick Noyes (all rights reserved)