John Cancalosi / Staurolite (iron aluminum silicate hydroxide), always crystallized often with two indivuals intergrown at right angles forming a cross. Sometimes used as amulets or ornaments. A fairly common metamorh...
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Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Amulettes for good luck and health, in front of Meili Snow Mountain 6740 m, a Sacred mountain for Tibetan Buddhists, Yunnan, China, October 2017.
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Bruno D'Amicis / Fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) tail of hanging from a Tunisian car rear mirror. Fennecs are sometimes considered as pests by desert nomads and thus hunted. Kebili Governorate, Tunisia.
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Bruno D'Amicis / Fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) tail hanging as luck charm from the neck of a dromedary, Kebili Governorate. Tunisia. April 2013.
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Cyril Ruoso / Bird rings from swallows hunted for food. These were believed to have magic power and are carried around as an amulet by the village chief, Nigeria. founds on the swallows hunted. They were supposed...
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Pete Oxford / Sakalva man preparing thatch grass, wearing an amulet or 'ody fitahantena' to protect him from bad spirits. Ankarafantsika Nature Reserve, MADAGASCAR 2005
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Pete Oxford / Sakalva man preparing thatch grass, wearing an amulet or 'ody fitahantena' to protect him from bad spirits. Ankarafantsika Nature Reserve, MADAGASCAR 2005
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Pete Oxford / Sakalva man preparing thatch grass, wearing an amulet or 'ody fitahantena' to protect him from bad spirits. Ankarafantsika Nature Reserve, MADAGASCAR 2005
