Marra Mamba Tiger Eye is a photograph by Douglas Taylor which was uploaded on December 2nd, 2022.
Marra Mamba Tiger Eye
Marra Mamba Tiger Eye is a 3 billion (yes, that is with a B) year old mineral from the Archean Epoch, and found only in the Hamersley Ranges of... more
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Title
Marra Mamba Tiger Eye
Artist
Douglas Taylor
Medium
Photograph - Fine Art Digital Photography
Description
Marra Mamba Tiger Eye is a 3 billion (yes, that is with a B) year old mineral from the Archean Epoch, and found only in the Hamersley Ranges of Northwestern Australia. The colors are quite vivid, even though the flat two dimensional image does little justice to the wonderful apparent depth of the rock and the rolling flash of the tiger eye itself.
The tiger eye component is fibrous riebeckite replaced by silica combined with yellow Geothite, and it is this silky luster of the fibrous bands that produced the magnificent reflections captured here. The remaining minerals of this banded iron resource are hematite (red), riebeckite (blue), goethite (yellow), along with hematite and magnetite (black). The green hues are from combinations of riebeckite and goethite.
The sedimentary rocks were originally laid down approximately 3 billion years ago as sea floor, then slowly and gently metamorphosed by pressure and temperature, along with some mineral replacement that occurred with the coming of oxygen into the equation through the development of photosynthesizing organisms in the oceans some 2.7 billion years ago.
This specimen was displayed by Donald Russel of Grass Valley, CA at the Tucson Gem and Mineral show.
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December 2nd, 2022
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Don Columbus
Congratulations, your work is Featured in "Photographic Camera Art" I invite you to place it in the group's "2020-2023 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!
Douglas Taylor replied:
Thank you, Don! I am honored to be featured in this wonderful photography art group, and to be selected among the superb photographers who participate here.
Gigi Thomas
Kuddos!Your awesome creation has been FEATURED on the ABSTRACT FEATURES DAILY GROUP Home Page! Congrats! Self Posting Available on the Discussion page
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