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Quick #MineralMonday from me! Have a few hematite included quartz and smoky crystals! Also congratulations to quartz winning the mineral cup!

Bournonite has my vote today! It is a mineral species I have fallen in love with over the years! #MinCup26

For this #MineralMonday I am getting an early start on the Mineral Cup! First match up is Azurite vs. Smithsonite and my vote will be for Azurite! The specimen I chose is a sample I collected a few years back! #MinCup26 #TeamAzurite

What’s that? For #MinCup26, our 10th year of minerals battling it out for your affections, we drew from ANY year to pick our returning minerals? That’s a lot of joy and heartbreak from one little list! www.mineralcup.org/2026/mineral...

It's #MineralMonday and today I have some hematite for y'all! A classic iron oxide. I was able to get some beautiful micro photos of this specimen!

Happy #MineralMonday everyone! I know I have been slacking, but I hope you will take some Gypsum (var. Selenite) as my apologies. This specimen is curled into a "ram's horn" shape!

Agates from Mexico (@agatesfrommexico.bsky.social) is absolutely a chat bot. No ability to retain context between replies in the threads it makes. Do with this information what you will.

Psss... it's #MineralMonday... I got you a nice little Galena crystal cluster. I hope you enjoy and have a nice day!

Happy #MineralMonday everyone! I was able to pick up a few new specimen this weekend! One of my favorites it this bournonite crystal, a sulfosalt mineral. Hope y'all have a great day!

#MineralMonday Multicolored chrysocolla coating hemimorphite crystals; blue-green balls = chrysocolla coated thinly with malachite fibers. 40 mm, probably 79 Mine, Arizona USA ⚒️ #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience

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#MineralMonday Covellite, Butte, Montana USA. Left edge of large blade is 12 mm. ⚒️ #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience

For #MineralMonday I got y'all a classic specimen! Pyrite from Navajún, Spain which produces some of the best specimens in the world. These specimen are textbook pyrite cubes with sharp edges which clearly illustrate pyrite's cubic crystal system.

Heyo! It's #MineralMonday again! Today I have a cool crystal for y'all, Red Beryl in rhyolite from Utah. It is a rare variety of beryl which is colored red from trace amounts of iron and manganese!

First #artfight attack of the year for @leafora.bsky.social and @sushiikando.bsky.social! I had a blast drawing these two and I apologize for any trauma I inflicted. #TeamMystery #Furry #FurryArt

Happy #MineralMonday y'all! Today I got a fairly new specimen of Cuprite from Arizona! Cuprite is a simple oxide with a cubic structure which is evident in the octohedral red crystals you see in this specimen!

It's #MineralMonday! You know what that means. I get to show you a cool rock! Today I got some native copper with some absolute gorgeous oxidation! I had to get a few pictures! This specimen comes from Michigan!

I am happy to report that I will be participating in #artfight this year! Y'all better watch out! >:3 #teammystery #furryart #dnd

Today for #MineralMonday I got a small piece of Celestine from Turkmenistan! It is only 3 mm in size but with a microscope you can see excellent little crystals.

A throwback specimen for #MineralMonday today! I got this specimen of Microcline var. Amazonite and Smoky Quartz back in June of 2021. Crazy how time flies!

I once again fashionable late to #MineralMonday. Today I have an Oregon Sunstone which is not only the state's gemstone but has a high concentration of copper in the crystal structure! Not to mention all the optical properties!

Ladies and gentlemen, we got 'em! #agate #rockhounding

I recently got a new microscope which is a huge upgrade for me! I took a photo of a Mordenite I shared several weeks ago for comparison. I'm excited to play around with it some more!

Sorry for a bit of a hiatus. I recently moved, but I am back for another #MineralMonday! Today I got a very interesting fluorite specimen with beveled edges! This contrasts with the typical cubes and octahedrons crystals you typically see.

Been awhile since I've shared some lapidary work. So have a pretty little moss agate cabochon! #lapidary

Sharing some of my personal finds for #MineralMonday today! Quartz crystals with a vibrant red hematite coating. I collected these in July of 2024 from the Pikes Peak Batholith region.

I bestow upon thee a cute little Axinite crystal cluster for #MineralMonday. Have a wonderful day y'all!

One of my favourites!! You might be used to seeing cubes of fool’s gold but sometimes pyrite is more pyramidal in shape. #MineralMonday #GeoscienceBluesky ⚒️🧪

#MineralMonday Kyanite, Barra de Salinas, Minas Gerais, Brazil. 8.8 cm. ⚒️ #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience

Happy #MineralMonday everyone! Today I got for you a excellent Cinnabar crystal on Dolomite with Quartz from Hunan Province, China. Cinnabar is toxic from it's mercury content so it should be stored safely.

Y'all know what day it is! It's #MineralMonday! Today I got another zeolite mineral for you, a spikey balls of Mordenite!

It's #MineralMonday! Today I got a recent acquisition of Lévyne-Ca. I absolutely adore zeolites and this is probably my favorites! This specimen comes from Oregon (I'd love to find some there one day).

It's #MineralMonday (and I am fashionably late). Today we have a stunning little specimen of acicular Malachite crystals with such a rich green color. I've recently acquired many more microminerals so they will soon be shared!

#MineralMonday pyromorphite-mimetite series, var. campylite (from Greek for bent or curved), on yellow-white barite. S'Ortu Becciu Mine, Donori, Sardinia, Italy, about 6 cm across. #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience

Welcome back to #mineralmonday These are beautiful red Spessartine crystals. This particular specimen comes from Fujian Province, China. Spessartine is a species of magnesium rich Garnet that can be deep red or orange in color. They pop out very nicely with the association of Feldspar and Quartz.

A quick #MineralMonday from me today! I present black balls of Todorokite on clear acicular Tiptopite! Very obscure and weird friends for y'all!

Gotta share this incredible work done by @neofangz.bsky.social! Go give them some love!!!

Happy #MineralMonday from a particularly exhausted cat! Today I am showing off another old one of mine, an excellent crystals of Vivianite! It is pleochroic and a phosphate so I am naturally a huge fan!

#MineralMonday for all ! Nice metallic grey shiny crystals of Andorite, from the type site in Romania. With Pyrite and Quartz for a perfect combination.

#MineralMonday Terminated, brown hübnerite crystals (manganese tungstate), with tetragonal (square) white stolzite (lead tungstate) crystal on left front, quartz on back. 9 mm high, from Black Pine Mine, Montana USA⚒️ #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience

Happy #MineralMonday peeps! Today I got an oldie from my collection, purple and blue Fluorite cubes on Muscovite with Quartz.

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Y'all know what today is! It's #MineralMonday! Today I have a funky little geode with golden needles of Millerite (NiS) inside!

#MineralMonday Yellow brucite, magnesium hydroxide, from Muslim Bagh Ophiolite, Killa Saifulla Dist., Balochistan, Pakistan. 52 mm.⚒️ #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience