Photo gallery TOPICS Geological field pictures Microphotographs obtained by transmitted-light optical microscopy Microphotographs obtained by reflected-light optical microscopy No, I do not wear face mask to prevent covid19 infection but to prevent asbestos inhalation during sampling at the Golyamo Kamenyane metamorphosed ultramafic massif (Bulgaria)Checking a micro-XANES experiment at the Paul Scherrer Institute synchroton facility (Villigen, Switzerland)At the El Teniente mine (Chile)Field work in South Chile close to the Villarrica volcano (at the back)Sampling chromitites in the Dobromirtsi Ultramafic Massif (Bulgaria)Ready to get into the Gümüşhane-Mastra gold mine (Turkey)Explaining the banded peridotites of the Arroyo de la Cala (Ronda Ultramafic Massif) on one of the many excursions with the students.Camping at the Novillo Muerto Ultramafic Massif, in the Argentine Andes.Enjoying the expertise of a cigar roller at the Vegas Robaina plantation in Pinar del Rio (Cuba)At the Vegas Robaina plantation with colleagues of the Castellanos Mine from Pinar del Rio (Cuba)Preparing the photo camera in the Rhodope Mountains (Bulgaria)Ready to start the 13º International Platinum Symposium at the Ranch hotel, Polokwane (South Africa)Riding on mules to reach the Novillo Muerto Ultramafic Massif (Argentine Andes)Enjoying a sunny winter afternoon