March 24, 2014
Monday Geology Picture(s): Dendrites in the Tile Shop
Posted by Evelyn Mervine
First of all, my apologies for missing the “Monday Geology Picture” post last week. I’ve been extremely busy recently with work and also preparing for a much-needed vacation. Actually, I’m on vacation right now, so I’ve set this to auto-post. Never fear, though… when I return in early April I will finish my “Sutherland Sky” series of blog posts. Also, I will be reviving the “Geology Word of the Week”.
For today, I wanted to share a few pictures of some dendritic minerals (probably some sort of manganese-rich mineral) that I observed on some tiles that were on display in a local tile shop here in Cape Town, South Africa. My husband and I were at the tile shop recently looking for some new tiles for our bathroom. We didn’t select these dendrite-decorated tiles, but I couldn’t resist taking a few pictures of them. I think dendritic minerals are just beautiful.
Here’s a closer view of the dendrite-decorated tiles, with my hand for scale:
And here’s a wider view showing the tile display: