plenty of orca agate coming home with me for mantra minerals 🌊🌧

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Here’s Tyrunt! The theme behind its design is influenced by lava lamps, and the idea is that it eats different metals and minerals and turns them into power which is what the lava is, it can then use the lava for different attacks.

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Bright lustrous sharp octahedral crystals of pyrite from Huanzala mine, Huallanca, Bologesi, Ancash, Peru

Photo: WeinrichMinerals

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Tiger's Eye (South Africa) owes its chatoyancy to the fine intergrowth of fibrous quartz with needles of crocidolite.
Here some views under the microscope (width c. 3 mm)

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This is a natural untreated boulder opal that has polished.

Credit: Opalauctions

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Two lovely detritus minerals (can’t believe it didn’t win) and (the BEST!)

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Stunning Rhodochrosite stalactite (slice) from Capillitas Mine, Argentina •

Photo: Dust77 ~ CEK

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With all the hype over the SU movie, I finally finished my gemsona design! Autunite is one of the most radioactive minerals because of its uranium count, anyone that fuses with them would be pretty monstrous because RADIATION.

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A Long-tailed Skipper partaking of essential vitamins and minerals. Given how much I like skippers it was fun to get a good look at this one while in Ecuador.

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New artwork for sale! - "They're Minerals, Marie" - https://t.co/qoPWWpEx9f

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A special event with artist Ilana Halperin tonight speaking to the Hunterian Friends about stories and gemstones in her exhibition, 'Minerals of New York'. See the exhibition, open now in the Hunterian Art Gallery, free. Join the Friends next time 👉🏼 https://t.co/ss2AaESi6f

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Spessartine on Cleavelandite with Schorl: Little Three Mine, Ramona, San Diego County, California, USA

Collection: green_mountain_minerals
Photo Credit: mineralmasterpiece

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i'm personifying gems and minerals on tumblr now apparently so uwu

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Microcline var. Amazonite & Quartz var. Smoky from Jack Rabbit Mine, Crystal Creek, Crystal Peak, Teller Co., Colorado, USA

Photo: Heritage Auctions Fine Art

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-and the nearby mountains are found to contain huge deposits of minerals near the surface, ensuring Redfields a spot as one of the leading producers of metals on Hearth.

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Come in out of the rain & join us for today's tour of our collections! Our Curator Simon will be showcasing & which aren't on display in the 1-2pm, admission charges apply, find out more >> https://t.co/MqlykMU6Ur

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We believe ROCKS! 🤟If you agree, join us on Thurs to discover more about the amazing & currently not on display at Tullie House! This exciting tour takes place between 1-2pm 👉🏼https://t.co/MqlykMU6Ur

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Himalaya quartz Crystal Point from Nepal

Photo: Kai Jiptner Mineralien

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One of the most amazing minerals is silica (SiO2). It forms beautiful 6 sided quartz crystals when it grows freely & slowly, it infills empty gas bubbles in ancient lava flows in a fine grained (cryptocrystalline) form. Beautiful this humble silica isn’t it?

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We love full edge rhodochrosite slices, especially when blood red. from Capillitas Mine, Argentina •

Photo: Golden Hour Minerals

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