Strata at Base of Mount Sharp

A view from the "Kimberley" formation on Mars taken by NASA's Curiosity rover. The strata in the foreground dip towards the base of Mount Sharp, indicating flow of water toward a basin that existed before the larger bulk of the mountain formed.

The colors are adjusted so that rocks look approximately as they would if they were on Earth, to help geologists interpret the rocks. This "white balancing" to adjust for the lighting on Mars overly compensates for the absence of blue on Mars, making the sky appear light blue and sometimes giving dark, black rocks a blue cast.

This image was taken by the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on Curiosity on the 580th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.

Malin Space Science Systems, San Diego, built and operates Curiosity's Mastcam. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, built the rover and manages the project for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington. 

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech 

Tectonic, Almograve (SW Portugal) - The result of Hercynian/Variscan Orogeny

Tectonic Map of Variscan Orogeny (Carboniferous/Pennsylvanian ~300Ma )

Distribution of varisican orogeny today

Panoramic Views (Click to enlarge)

Paia do Canavial/Porto-de-Mós

 Ponta da Piedade

 Ponta da Piedade, Praia do Camilo

Canavial e Porto-de-Mós

Praia da Figueira, Costa Vicentina

Minerais fluorescentes (UV) / Fluorescent minerals under UV

Fluorescence is the emission of light by a substance that has absorbed light or other electromagnetic radiation. It is a form of luminescence. In most cases, emitted light has a longer wavelength, and therefore lower energy, than the absorbed radiation. However, when the absorbed electromagnetic radiation is intense, it is possible for one electron to absorb two photons; this two-photon absorption can lead to emission of radiation having a shorter wavelength than the absorbed radiation. The emitted radiation may also be of the same wavelength as the absorbed radiation, termed "resonance fluorescence". (by Wikipedia)

Cobaltocalcite  (Click in: http://www.mindat.org/min-1094.html)

Berilo (view in: http://www.mindat.org/min-819.html)

Prehnite (view in: http://www.mindat.org/min-3277.html)

Autunite (view in: http://www.mindat.org/min-433.html)

Autunite (view in: http://www.mindat.org/min-433.html)

Ulexite (view in: http://www.mindat.org/min-4085.html)

Fluorite (view in: http://www.mindat.org/min-40182.html)

Calcite (view in: http://www.mindat.org/min-859.html)

Colecção Minerais/Fósseis

Calymene



Artículo em estrela de Crinóide

Meteorito Metálico

Fetos fossilizados

Peixe Fossilizado

Azurite (view in: http://www.mindat.org/min-447.html)

Pirite (view in: http://www.mindat.org/min-3314.html)

Vanadinite (view in: http://www.mindat.org/min-4139.html)

Olivina (view in: http://www.mindat.org/min-2983.html)

Olho-de-Tigre (view in: http://www.mindat.org/min-3960.html)

Tórax de Calymene

Roselite + cobaltaustinite (view in: http://www.mindat.org/min-3450.html and http://www.mindat.org/min-1099.html )

Prehnite (view in: http://www.mindat.org/min-3277.html)

Stibnite (view in: http://www.mindat.org/min-3782.html)

Cobaltocalcite (view in: http://www.mindat.org/min-1094.html)

Autunite (view in: http://www.mindat.org/min-433.html)

Charoite (view in: http://www.mindat.org/min-972.html)

Cavansite (view in: http://www.mindat.org/min-921.html)

Atacamite (view in: http://www.mindat.org/min-406.html)

Safira (view in: http://www.mindat.org/min-3529.html)


 

Fluorite verde (view in: http://www.mindat.org/min-1576.html)

Vanadinite (view in: http://www.mindat.org/min-4139.html)

Colecção de Trilobites


 

Calymenes

Moscovite (view in: http://www.mindat.org/min-2815.html)

Opala negra (view in: http://www.mindat.org/min-7998.html)

Ostra fossilizada

Rosa-do-deserto

Pirite (view in: http://www.mindat.org/min-3314.html)

Trilobites (Leonaspis e cephaspis)

Meteoritos, tectites e fulgoritos

Minerais caixa 1

Minerais caixa 2

Minerais caixa 3

Galena (view in: http://www.mindat.org/min-1641.html)

Ulexite (view in: http://www.mindat.org/min-4085.html)

Granadas vermelhas (view in: http://www.mindat.org/min-1651.html)

Lepidolite (view in: http://www.mindat.org/min-2380.html)

Labradorite (view in: http://www.mindat.org/min-2308.html)

Distena/ Kyanite (view in: http://www.mindat.org/min-2303.html)

Disco de pedunculo de crinóide (Sagres-Algarve

Espato-da-Islândia e calcite

Fluorite rosa (view in: http://www.mindat.org/min-1576.html)

Fluorite amarela (view in: http://www.mindat.org/min-1576.html)

Cobaltocalcite (view in: http://www.mindat.org/min-1094.html)

Celestite (view in: http://www.mindat.org/min-927.html)

Cobre nativo (view in: http://www.mindat.org/min-1209.html)

Amonite

Crisocola (view in: http://www.mindat.org/min-1040.html)

Ametista com Calcite

Amonite

Azurite (view in: http://www.mindat.org/min-447.html)

Alexandrite (view in: http://www.mindat.org/min-109.html)

Calcantite (view in: http://www.mindat.org/min-959.html)