My collection

#crystals

Luke

15d

INFP

Aries

8

7

Any idea what this may be. Found in a rock pool in WA

It's very very shiny. #rocks #minerals #gems #geology #rocks #rare

#lgbtqally

Laura

1mo

INTP

6

7

😆😆

As a fan of #geology and LGBT I really enjoy this #meme

#geology

Tal

2mo

INFJ

Cancer

5

4

Field Day

One of (those) Field Day. Kinda miss it #geology #adventure

#geology

Tal

2mo

INFJ

Cancer

5

4

Field Day

Crossing the meandering river (and its bank). Central Java, Indonesia. Beautiful sunny day 🌞 #adventure

#geology

Madison

3mo

INTP

Leo

7

8

never judge 😔

#geology

Babak

4mo

INTJ

Capricorn

5

6

Ologist

#geology

Babak

4mo

INTJ

Capricorn

5

6

Passion

#geology

Annamari

5mo

INFJ

Virgo

1

2

☢️Andersonite☢️

Rare, water soluable uranium ore. This time my specimen is incredibly small, so had to take a macro, probably the rarest mineral currently in my collection. It's from Recsk, Hungary

#geology

Luke

5mo

INFP

Aries

8

7

Any idea? Non magnetic. Found in rock pool. On abandoned island.

#geology

Annamari

7mo

INFJ

Virgo

1

2

Rutile

Titanium-dioxide, the most common natural form of it. It's properties very useful for manufacture of certain optical elements (polarization optics). Rutile is common accessory mineral both in igneous and metamorpic rocks this type of the crystals is actually common in other crystals (quartz for... read more

#geology

Annamari

7mo

INFJ

Virgo

1

2

The Mohs scale

For the better understanding

#geology

Manahil

8mo

ENTP

Scorpio

2

3

What's your favourite rock and why?

Also, what did the emrald say to the graphite? You rock! I've had a weird obsession with Obsidian since I saw that one guys on YouTube make spears and arrowheads out of Obsidian with... Obsidian. Honorary mention to Amber, it's not a rock but it's so effing cool.

#geology

Manahil

8mo

ENTP

Scorpio

2

3

Why did the tectonic plates break up?

It wasn’t their fault, there was just too much friction between them. I saw it. I had to share it, so here it is. Sue me. (edited)

#geology

Jonathan

8mo

ISTJ

1

2

Fossilized Wood

Fossilized wood that my grandfather gave me a few months ago. It's been sitting on my dresser since October so it's dusty af. My grandfather found it in either a creek bed or old river bed decades ago. I'll have to ask him again I can't remember which.

#geology

Chris

8mo

ENFP

Scorpio

4

5

North East England

I've just recently moved here and now the moves complete, does anyone know any interesting geological facts about Northumberland. Or suggestions of where to go.Anyone fancy getting hammered and seeing if we can get our rocks off?

#geology

Wolfgang

10mo

INTJ

Cancer

Geode

I'm not sure what kind of geode this is. Had it for a while. Any ideas?

#geology

Annamari

2y

INFJ

Virgo

1

2

Gift from the Copper mine: Azurite

The picture can't giving back it's starry shine, mined in Morocco and it's common. The good quality ones and the geodes are rare and usually small, the tabled crystal form is the most prized. A piece of the Starry Sky, crafted by Mother Earth.

#geology

Annamari

1y

INFJ

Virgo

1

2

Illustration for better understanding

The color changing in Garnets

#geology

Rui

1y

ENFP

2

1

That lava flow frozen in time...

Obsidian rhyolite

#geology

Annamari

2y

INFJ

Virgo

1

2

Rare gems: Torbernite

It is from my collection, and it kept all the time in that plastic container due the alpha radiation. It's used worldwide as dense uranium, pressed into yellowish "cakes". Mined in 2021, France. It can be found within other copper ores.

#geology

Annamari

2y

INFJ

Virgo

1

2

Collection

Calcite var. Hungary- Pilisjászfalu, collected by Zoltán Urbán in 2019, bought it, and added to my collection in the same year. It begun to dissolve back, that's why it's dull surface, Mt. Pilis is famous here from it's karst cave system, it's stalactites mainly from this calcite.

#geology

Annamari

1y

INFJ

Virgo

1

2

Quartz-Pyrite-Galena on matrix

Something really common, but really beautiful. It's the most frequently mined ore (galena) in the Carpathians along with the iron, copper and aluminum ores. This specimen is probably from Romania or Slovakia (I haven't got a label, but it's price said that). Not my rarest, but one of the best... read more

#geology

Annamari

1y

INFJ

Virgo

1

2

Rare gems: Garnet (it's not that rare at all, but still precious)

This one is Spessartine Garnet with Quartz and some metamorph crystals from China. The Garnets are widely used since the Bronze age as abrasives and jewelry and it's color varies from the burgundy and tea color to green and even blue (which is very rare).

#geology

Annamari

1y

INFJ

Virgo

1

2

Rare gems: Aquamarine

Noble beryl from Shigar valley, Pakistan.

#geology

Annamari

1y

INFJ

Virgo

1

2

Rare gems: Epidote

Actually an abundant rock forming stone, coming along with marble. It's color depends on the iron content. Sometimes the well formed crystals used as gemstones, which is very rare. This one mined in Italy.

#geology

Annamari

1y

INFJ

Virgo

1

2

Azurite repost

I posted this azurite a while ago, so I'm not going to do a bigger description about it, but now I can show it's real beauty thanks to the video posting.

#geology

Jacqueline

1y

ENFJ

Scorpio

1

9

Rhodochrosite

As seen at DMNS from the Sweet Alma mine here in Colorado

#geology

Annamari

1y

INFJ

Virgo

1

2

Vivianite, the Corpse Crystal

It's an Iron-Phosphate, which origin can be both igneous and as it's name says in the proper conditions growing from the iron content of a dead body in phosphorus-rich environments. It's color is originally dark bottle green or dark blue, and it's very fragile 1,5-2 it's hardness on the Mohs- scale.

#geology

Annamari

1y

INFJ

Virgo

1

2

Rare gems, polished edition (and it's not rare either)

Labradorite labradorising. The Labradorite is a calcium-enriched feldspar which can display an iridescent effect. This one is mined in China, but can be found in Canada (Where it's found for the first time and got it's name from), Madagascar, US, Australia and Slovakia. It's iridescence can come... (edited) read more

#geology

Annamari

1y

INFJ

Virgo

1

2

The fake metallic "twin" of the Carbon

It's the famous Silicon (Si) in it's metallic form. You can't find this form in the nature, people synthetising it from quartz sand usually. The most abundant metal on Earth, and the theoretical building block of the non-carbon based life on other planets somewhere in the Universe.

#geology

Annamari

2y

INFJ

Virgo

1

2

More of the collection

More likely #paleontology, since it's a basilosaurus molar, but really a decent one so I think it having place here too.

#geology

Annamari

1y

INFJ

Virgo

1

2

Probably the most popular crystal: Selenite/Gypsum

CaSO⁴2H²O, this mineral have 4 varieties like the Selenite, Satin spar, Desert rose and the Gypsum flower (I have all varieties in my collection). It's very soft even the fingernail can scratch it (2 on the Mohs scale). The Satin Spar variant is often used as cabochons, and esotheric tools,... read more

#geology

Annamari

1y

INFJ

Virgo

1

2

A single Fluorite on Quartz matrix

Mined in Cavnic, Transylvania Romania

#geology

Annamari

1y

INFJ

Virgo

1

2

Gift from the Copper mine: Chrysocolla

Botryodial (typical) form with some Malachite. Mined in Katanga, Congo. It's name reflecting it's use, which is soldering gold. It's a secondary origin copper ore, and used also as a semi precious stone.

#geology

Annamari

1y

INFJ

Virgo

1

2

Cavansite on Stilbite matrix

One of the best of my collection, mined in Wagholi, India.

#geology

Annamari

1y

INFJ

Virgo

1

2

Rare gems: Spinel, crimson color var.

MgAl²O⁴, mined in Italy, came from the mines of the beautiful Vesuvius.

#geology

Annamari

2y

INFJ

Virgo

1

2

Rare gems

Chrysoberyl sixling, it having tiny black tourmaline inclusions, and a bit fractured but still a beautiful piece of my collection. Size cc 1cm, mined in Brazil.