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    365 Days in Colour ... green

    "7 Days of Shooting" "Week #48 - Rock/Pebble/Stone " "Thoroughly Abstract Thursday"

    Pounamu is a hard, durable and highly valued nephrite jade, bowenite, or serpentinite found in New Zealand. Pounamu is the Māori name. The rocks are also generically known as "greenstone" in New Zealand English. It has an important place in Maori culture and is considered as treasure. The older the piece and the more generations through which it is passed down the more valuable it becomes.
    This is a small piece of scrap which we bought as a souvenir while in NZ. It has one polished surface. This is a view of the front edge which shows some of thedull light green unpolished surface and some of the dark green polished part. The lines are faults in the stone which is why it was not used to make jewellery.

    F..Nick, Canadian Wendy 24, Nina Wöss, barachois50, and 4 other people added this photo to their favorites.

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    1. Aslam Kareem 12 months ago | reply

      What a stunning capture

    2. Nina Wöss 12 months ago | reply

      Wow, I love the color!

    3. Oenothera 12 months ago | reply

      Really beautiful shot. What lovely stone!

    4. Kat Davis © 12 months ago | reply

      Pretty shade of green. Thanks for the education on the stone itself.

    5. barachois50 12 months ago | reply

      An interesting & intriguing shot! Reminescent of rough seas but the hard edges make me think of an alien landscape. Neat!

    6. Ollie_57 12 months ago | reply

      Wonderful capture..

    7. Orange Barn 12 months ago | reply

      That's got some interesting textures.

    8. RobertsNL 12 months ago | reply

      Great colour. Looks like it has electricity flowing through it.

    9. judy dean 12 months ago | reply

      It's quite magical!

    10. Longdustyroad 12 months ago | reply

      Wow very imaginative!

    11. magaroonie 12 months ago | reply

      Looks like frozen ocean waves. Beautiful green.

    12. Jo Ban 12 months ago | reply

      Such a beautiful abstract. Love that green.

    13. Jocey K 12 months ago | reply

      beautiful capture...well done..great one!

    14. jsarcadia 11 months ago | reply

      Great abstract. I'm seeing an underwater mountain range :)

    15. monika & manfred 11 months ago | reply

      A great choice for the green challenge!

    16. amy's antics 11 months ago | reply

      Lovely abstract shot, I thought you were underwater.

    17. Cathlon *TryingtoCatchupCommentsagain* 11 months ago | reply

      Love the green, abstraction and information!

    18. Sinkki 11 months ago | reply

      Amazing capture, looks like real matter instead of a "stone"...

    19. Bluwatergirl 11 months ago | reply

      looks like waves on the ocean..lovely!

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