Texture Collection (page 2)

Steppe / Horsfields Tortoise carapace from above (Agrionemys horsfieldii ). Caspian sea shore - Turkmenistan. Testudo - April

Tokay GECKO - on wooden flooring (Gekko gekko ). Bali, Indonesia

Rusty screw

Surface of a rusty screw

Woodlouse antenna
Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) image of woodlouse antenna

Oats
A scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of oats, artificially coloured by computer

Spinacia oleracea, spinach
A scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of spianch (Spinacia oleracea), artificially coloured by computer

Inscriptions. Easter Island
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Table salt
A scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of table salt, artificially coloured by computer

Table salt
A scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of table salt, artificially coloured by computer

Oats
A scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of oats, artificially coloured by computer

Anser anser, greylag goose
Feathers from the greylag goose (Anser anser)

Spessartine comprises of (manganese aluminum silicate) and is found in metamorphic environments

Velcro
A trademarked name for a fastening tape made up of a strip of nylon with a surface of minute hooks, that fasten to another strip with a surface of uncut pile. A SEM image

Manganite (manganese oxide hydroxide), characterized by short prismatic crystals. This specimen is held at the Natural History Museum, London

Tail of a Glyptodon
The Glyptodon, a massive fully armoured mammal that lived during the Pleistocene period. Remains have been discovered in Argentina

Opal

Goethite comprises of hydrated iron oxide. Picture shows radiating bands within the disc-shaped crystals. This specimen is displayed at the Natural History Museum, London

Bornite
A specimen of the mineral Bornite. This specimen is from the collections held at the Natural History Museum, London

Caledonite comprises of (copper lead carbonate sulphate hydroxide) and is characterized by small, well-formed intricate crystals. This specimen is from the Natural History Museum, London

Jamesonite comprises of lead iron antimony sulphide, and is characterized by hair-like fibrous crystals. This specimen is from the collections held at the Natural History Museum, London

Calliphora vicina, blowfly or blue bottle
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a blowflys wing

Chlorite variant clinochlore
Books of clinochlore with hessonite garnet from Piedmont, Italy. Clinochlore (Magnesium Iron Aluminum Silicate Hydroxide) is a common member of the Chlorite group of minerals

Arsenic is a highly poisonous metallic element (As). This specimen is held at the Natural History Museum, London

Boulangerite comprises of (lead antimony sulphide) and is characterized by fine, fibrous crystals. This specimen is from the Natural History Museum, London

Snake skin

Ripple-marked sandstone
Tide formed, symmetrical, ripple marks shown here in this specimen of fossilised in sandstone

Quercus sp. crouch oak
Also known as Addlestone Oak or Queens Oak. In the 14th century Wycliffe preached under this oak. Queen Elizabeth I is said to have feasted under it. Photographed by Pat Hart, Summer 2003

Sugar grains
A scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of sugar grains, artificially coloured by computer

Porcellio sccaber, woodlouse
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image showing all the units that make up the compound eye of a woodlouse

Textures of different chondrule types in the Etihudna (L4) ordinary chondrite (field of view 4mm)

Opal
Boulder or nodular opal in a sandstone matrix from Queensland, Australia. Opals are not truely crystalline and are therefore mineraloids. They comprise of (hydrated silica glass)

Chromite (iron chromium oxide) is the ore of chromium and has an attractive shiny surface. It is used in the manufacture of stainless steel and in metallic paints

Observing structure of rock
Looking at fresh granite under a microscope to study structure, granular composition can clearly be seen

Sigillaria rugosa, fossil club moss
This section of a club moss trunk displays leaf scars where leaves grew straight out from. Club mosses could grow up to heights of 30 metres

Glossopteris, fossil plant
Shown here is Glossopteris, a fossil fern plant with tongue-shaped leaves with a net-like arrangement of veins

Farm Outbuilding
A study in texture, in the walls of an outbuilding on a Welsh farm. Date: 1950s

Jan Brueghel
JAN BRUEGHEL, the Flemish landscape painter, is known as Velvet Brueghel for the texture of his paintwork

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