Fractal Geology - Serious Business

Here is the map I used to find the following negmandel treasures:



The next one was an instant favorite, piles of variety and detail, in a fractured / refractive spiral. I initially had it color corrected to increase the contrast but that seemed to make it loose its appeal, so here it is in its raw an unadulterated form.



Here are some details from the above:









A messy cousin:



Some kind of lichen-covered skeletal relic:



A closeup on the lichen:



Rough triangular trees:



Another spiral:



Exploration revealed iron-ore with quartz inclusions:





And this is a detail of the above - showing an interesting arrowhead grain: