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Mineral Polymorph Photos
September 29, 2008 | The-Vug.com

The-Vug.com has photographs of a mineral polymorphs exhibit from the Rochester Mineralogical Symposium. Polymorph pairs in the exhibit include pyrite:marcasite, cavansite:pentagonite, calcite:aragonite, graphite:diamond, gaidonayite:catapleiite, atacamite:botallackite, and more. More photos from the Rochester Mineralogical Symposium can be found as items 81-89 on The-Vug’s articles page.

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