A sample of native gold. Gold has been treasured since ancient times for its beauty and permanence. Most of the gold that is fabricated today goes into the manufacture of jewelry, but it also performs critical functions in computers, communications equipment, spacecraft, jet aircraft engines, and a host of other products.
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Native Gold
A sample of native gold. Gold has been treasured since ancient times for its beauty and permanence. Most of the gold that is fabricated today goes into the manufacture of jewelry, but it also performs critical functions in computers, communications equipment, spacecraft, jet aircraft engines, and a host of other products.
Augelite and Quartz
A sample of augelite and quartz. Augelite is an aluminum phosphate mineral, primarily prized for collecting rather than as a source for its industrial mineral components.
Sample provided by Carlin Green, USGS. Sample originated from Mundo Nuevo Mine, Peru, and is 3.7cm in size.
A sample of augelite and quartz. Augelite is an aluminum phosphate mineral, primarily prized for collecting rather than as a source for its industrial mineral components.
Sample provided by Carlin Green, USGS. Sample originated from Mundo Nuevo Mine, Peru, and is 3.7cm in size.
Piping Plover Chicks
Piping Plover chicks
Models for shoreline change
Parameters considered in models for shoreline change, barrier island characteristics, and piping plover habitat availability. Together, these three models allow for forecasts of most likely future barrier island characteristics and piping plover habitat availability given sea-level rise.
Parameters considered in models for shoreline change, barrier island characteristics, and piping plover habitat availability. Together, these three models allow for forecasts of most likely future barrier island characteristics and piping plover habitat availability given sea-level rise.
Sampling at Spor Mountain
USGS scientists gathering samples for analysis at Spor Mountain, Utah.
USGS scientists gathering samples for analysis at Spor Mountain, Utah.
Spor Mountain Rhyolite and Tuff
Overlying Spor Mountain rhyolite caprock and underlying Beryllium Tuff member.
Overlying Spor Mountain rhyolite caprock and underlying Beryllium Tuff member.
USGS data and tools can be accessed using mobile devices in the field
USGS data and tools can be accessed using mobile devices in the fieldThe USGS strives to put coastal change data and information at the fingertips of users such as planners and emergency managers. The explicit goal is to enable users to integrate and apply USGS data and tools to address their specific needs. Online resources such as the Coastal Change Hazards (CCH) portal are designed with applied use of data in mind.
USGS data and tools can be accessed using mobile devices in the field
USGS data and tools can be accessed using mobile devices in the fieldThe USGS strives to put coastal change data and information at the fingertips of users such as planners and emergency managers. The explicit goal is to enable users to integrate and apply USGS data and tools to address their specific needs. Online resources such as the Coastal Change Hazards (CCH) portal are designed with applied use of data in mind.
Rutile
This is a sample of rutile, one of the primary mineral sources of titanium. While as a metal, titanium is well known for corrosion resistance and for its high strength-to-weight ratio, approximately 95% of titanium is consumed in the form of titanium dioxide (TiO2), a white pigment used in paints, paper, and plastics.
This is a sample of rutile, one of the primary mineral sources of titanium. While as a metal, titanium is well known for corrosion resistance and for its high strength-to-weight ratio, approximately 95% of titanium is consumed in the form of titanium dioxide (TiO2), a white pigment used in paints, paper, and plastics.
Azurite and Malachite
A sample of azurite, the blue mineral, and malachite, the green mineral. Both azurite and malachite are copper minerals that were once used as pigments but are now mostly valued as collectors minerals. They do serve as good indicators of copper deposits that can be developed.
A sample of azurite, the blue mineral, and malachite, the green mineral. Both azurite and malachite are copper minerals that were once used as pigments but are now mostly valued as collectors minerals. They do serve as good indicators of copper deposits that can be developed.
Clinozoisite
This sample is clinozoisite, a calcium aluminum silicate mineral. It is mostly prized as a collectors mineral rather than a source of its industrial mineral commodities.
Sample provided by Carlin Green, USGS. Sample originated from Hachupa, Pakistan, and is 6.0cm in size.
This sample is clinozoisite, a calcium aluminum silicate mineral. It is mostly prized as a collectors mineral rather than a source of its industrial mineral commodities.
Sample provided by Carlin Green, USGS. Sample originated from Hachupa, Pakistan, and is 6.0cm in size.
Pyrrohtite
Pyrrhotite is an iron sulfide mineral related to iron pyrite, which is one of the minerals known as Fool's Gold. Pyrrhotite, although not one of the Fool's Gold minerals, is sometimes called magnetic pyrite as it is weakly magnetic. It is most valued as a collectors mineral.
Pyrrhotite is an iron sulfide mineral related to iron pyrite, which is one of the minerals known as Fool's Gold. Pyrrhotite, although not one of the Fool's Gold minerals, is sometimes called magnetic pyrite as it is weakly magnetic. It is most valued as a collectors mineral.
Sample of Apophyllite and Prehnite
These two minerals are apophyllite and prehnite. Both apophyllite, the clear crystals, and prehnite, the green mineral, are primarily prized as collectors minerals.
Sample provided by Carlin Green, USGS. Sample originated from Virginia Crushed Stone Quarry, Virginia, and is 4.6cm in size.
These two minerals are apophyllite and prehnite. Both apophyllite, the clear crystals, and prehnite, the green mineral, are primarily prized as collectors minerals.
Sample provided by Carlin Green, USGS. Sample originated from Virginia Crushed Stone Quarry, Virginia, and is 4.6cm in size.
USGS scientist records piping plover habitat characteristics
USGS scientist records piping plover habitat characteristicsUSGS scientist Sara Zeigler records habitat characteristics in iPlover at an ‘exclosed’ nest. On some beaches, managers erect netting around nests to protect eggs/chicks and adults from predators, allowing movement of chicks and parents to and from the nest but excluding predators
USGS scientist records piping plover habitat characteristics
USGS scientist records piping plover habitat characteristicsUSGS scientist Sara Zeigler records habitat characteristics in iPlover at an ‘exclosed’ nest. On some beaches, managers erect netting around nests to protect eggs/chicks and adults from predators, allowing movement of chicks and parents to and from the nest but excluding predators
Location map of the North and South Shores of Long Island, NY
Location map of the North and South Shores of Long Island, NYGroundwater data were collected in the spring and fall of 2008 from three sites representing different geological settings and biogeochemical conditions within the surficial glacial aquifer of Long Island, NY.
Location map of the North and South Shores of Long Island, NY
Location map of the North and South Shores of Long Island, NYGroundwater data were collected in the spring and fall of 2008 from three sites representing different geological settings and biogeochemical conditions within the surficial glacial aquifer of Long Island, NY.
Edwin B Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge study area
Edwin B Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge study areaBrowse graphic of Edwin B Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge study area
Edwin B Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge study area
Edwin B Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge study areaBrowse graphic of Edwin B Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge study area
Kentucky Water Science Center Sediment Laboratory
Kentucky Water Science Center Sediment Laboratory
Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) pilot
Sandy Brosnahan performing first solo flight as a USGS certified drone pilot. There are multiple exciting applications for drone imagery including erosion studies and physical changes to coastal ecosystems over time.
Sandy Brosnahan performing first solo flight as a USGS certified drone pilot. There are multiple exciting applications for drone imagery including erosion studies and physical changes to coastal ecosystems over time.
Beryllium Tuff, Spor Mountain
Closeup of the Beryllium Tuff member, Spor Mountain, Utah.
Closeup of the Beryllium Tuff member, Spor Mountain, Utah.
Sampling at Spor Mountain
USGS scientists Brian Jaskula and Robert Ayuso collecting samples at Spor Mountain, Utah.
USGS scientists Brian Jaskula and Robert Ayuso collecting samples at Spor Mountain, Utah.
Spor Mountain Open Pit
Spor Mountain open pit; mineralized tuff in foreground; mine staff and USGS scientists collecting samples.
Spor Mountain open pit; mineralized tuff in foreground; mine staff and USGS scientists collecting samples.
Local Boy Drill Core - 10089 (microscope image)
Cross-polarized light photomicrograph of minerals in drill core samples from the Local Boy deposit, Duluth Complex, Minnesota. The number in the upper right hand corner is the drill core number.
Cross-polarized light photomicrograph of minerals in drill core samples from the Local Boy deposit, Duluth Complex, Minnesota. The number in the upper right hand corner is the drill core number.