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Honey-brown tinaksite crystals (7.8cm) in lilac waxy charoit, from Chara and Tokko Rivers Confluence, Aldan Shield, Sakha Republic, Russia. Size: 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.3 cm
A titanium crystal bar made by the iodide process at URALREDMET in the Soviet era. It weighs 212 grams and is about 13 cm long and 2.3 cm in diameter with a purity of 99.995%.
Crystal structure of TiB2. Created using Diamond 4. Data from Moehr, S; Mueller-Buschbaum, Hk; Grin, Y; Schnering, H G von H-Ti O oder Ti B2? - eine Korrektur Zeitschrift fuer Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie, 622, 1035-1037 (1996)
Crystal of schorl (tourmaline) with muscovite, from granite quarry, 10 km south-south-west of Lake Boga, Victoria, Australia. Specimen M 30758, Museums Victoria
26 Volt, 240 Watt, gas-filled, coiled-coil tungsten filament, electric lamp. made by Siemens Brothers Ltd, England. Museums Victoria Collection item ST 29243