#quartzite

[dozydawn]

[camblorite]

In love with this muscovite quartzite! The muscovite looks so beautiful in cross-polarized light.

[prairied-treasures]

The Baraboo Hills of South-Central Wisconsin

[jennyhamburger]

Pink crystals🪽

[swucardsdaily]

LAW #007 - Boba Fett, Krayt's Claw Commander

Work referenced: The Clone Wars, Season 4, Episode 20, "Bounty"

Art description: Boba Fett, in the armor he wore while running the Krayt's Claw syndicate, fires two blasters at an off-screen enemy while defending a subtram from raiders.

Era: The Clone Wars

Location: The subtram system on Quartzite

Artist: David Buisán (Instagram, Illozoo)

[lovertm]

coffee tables made with travertine, quartzite, green marble, & weathering steel by rotganzen

[geologyin-blog]

How Are Metamorphic Rocks Formed

Metamorphic rocks form through a process called metamorphism , where existing rocks, known as protoliths , undergo transformation in a soli

Metamorphic rocks form through a process called metamorphism, where existing rocks, known as protoliths, undergo transformation in a solid state. This transformation is driven by intense heat, pressure, and chemically active fluids.

[fromthedust]

face from the head of a princess (probably Meritaten - the eldest daughter of Akhenaten) - quartzite - Egypt - c.1353-1336 BCE

This yellow-brown quartzite head of a princess is probably Meritaten, the eldest daughter of Akhenaten. It was excavated by the Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft in 1912 in a studio of the chief sculptor Thutmose at Tell el-Amarna.

The head is from a composite statue where different pieces were sculpted separately and joined together. The skull is elongated and the features include protruding eyes, thick lips, and large ears. The style belongs to the middle period between the early Amarna style with its exaggerated deformation and the later return to convention.

Her name means “She who is beloved of Aten”; Aten being the sun-deity whom her father, King Akhenaten, worshipped. Her sisters are Meketaten, Ankhesenpaaten, Neferneferuaten Tasherit, Neferneferure, and Setepenre. She was married to King Smenkhkare. Some scholars propose that Meritaten may have ruled as pharaoh after Smenkhkare's death, taking the name Ankhetkheperure Neferneferuaten. This theory is based on interpretations of historical records and depictions of a female pharaoh in the Amarna period, though the exact details of Meritaten's life and the succession following Akhenaten's reign are still debated by scholars.

New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, Amarna Period, c.1353-1336 BCE. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.