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メノウなどの石の模様の細部を拡大していくと肉眼で見ていたものと全く異なる複雑な構造が現れることがある。規則的、幾何学的な模様と植物のような、あるいは原始的な動物のような有機的構造が同居する世界はとても奇妙で視覚的な面白味にあふれている。石の断面を高解像度のスキャナで、数倍、数十倍、百倍と拡大し、ミクロの「石の細胞」の世界に入ってみた。


detail of agate Aouli, Morocco	detail of agate Aouli, Morocco	detail of agate Aouli, Morocco

detail of agate Carazinho, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	detail of Condor agate San Rafael, Argentina	detail of Condor agate San Rafael, Argentina

detail of Death Valley Plume Agate California, USA	detail of Dendritic Agate Ken River, North India	detail of Dryhead Agate Pryor mountains, Montana

detail of agate Wendelsheim, Hunsruck	detail of agate Horni Halze, Erzgebirge, Czech	detail of Luna agate Chihuahua, Mexico

detail of Malachite Oregon, USA	detail of agate Malawi	detail of Ocean Jasper Madagascar

detail of Ocean Jasper Madagascar	detail of agate Patagonia, Argentina	detail of Priday Plume agate Oregon, USA

detail of agate Patagonia, Argentina	detail of Stinking Water Plume Agate Oregon, USA	detail of Flower and Tube Onyx Utah, USA

detail of Variscite Fairfield, Utah, USA	detail of Bird of Paradise Agate Chihuahua, Mexico	detail of agate Tete, Mozambique