Sunday, April 5, 2020

Sunday Stamps: Geology

It's a stressful time right now in the USA,with corona virus everywhere it seems, and the peak of sickness still a week or two away.

To get away from this I looked in my computer files and found a bunch of scans of mineral stamps.  I'll share just two from Kenya.


Amethyst, in natural crystal form and polished as a gem, and


tourmaline, in a rock and also as a gem.  Amethyst is the purple form of quartz, and tourmaline is a complex silicate with boron and beryllium in its structure.

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Viridian

4 comments:

Mail Adventures said...

These minerals are incredibly beautiful.

Bob Scotney said...

Both are minerals with which I am familiar.The colours are remarkable when you see them for reall.

violet s said...

These have such brilliant colours!

FinnBadger said...

Very attractive stamps. And always good to take a break from the coronavirus. Stay safe.

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