Erin 𓅉
@getpseudoed.bsky.social
Idk, I'm just a person who keeps doing stuff and ending up in situations.
Getting my needed dose of 234-year-old drama.
December 9, 2024 at 4:07 AM
Getting my needed dose of 234-year-old drama.
I have received interesting mail.
November 22, 2024 at 6:59 PM
I have received interesting mail.
If you find yourself intrigued by calcite crystallography, I strongly recommend browsing Goldschmidt’s Atlas Der Krystallformen, which has 150 pages of this.
Available to view here (log-in is required to view the PDF - but an account is free and easy!):
www.mindat.org/reference.ph...
Available to view here (log-in is required to view the PDF - but an account is free and easy!):
www.mindat.org/reference.ph...
September 11, 2023 at 1:52 PM
If you find yourself intrigued by calcite crystallography, I strongly recommend browsing Goldschmidt’s Atlas Der Krystallformen, which has 150 pages of this.
Available to view here (log-in is required to view the PDF - but an account is free and easy!):
www.mindat.org/reference.ph...
Available to view here (log-in is required to view the PDF - but an account is free and easy!):
www.mindat.org/reference.ph...
My vote is for #adamite because of the adamite bat.
The bat is largely mummified but adamite has started to replace around its face - fluorescent light highlights the adamite.
Found by John Seibel, late 1980s at the Gold Hill Mine, Utah, collection of Mark Mitterman.
The bat is largely mummified but adamite has started to replace around its face - fluorescent light highlights the adamite.
Found by John Seibel, late 1980s at the Gold Hill Mine, Utah, collection of Mark Mitterman.
September 10, 2023 at 1:02 AM
My vote is for #adamite because of the adamite bat.
The bat is largely mummified but adamite has started to replace around its face - fluorescent light highlights the adamite.
Found by John Seibel, late 1980s at the Gold Hill Mine, Utah, collection of Mark Mitterman.
The bat is largely mummified but adamite has started to replace around its face - fluorescent light highlights the adamite.
Found by John Seibel, late 1980s at the Gold Hill Mine, Utah, collection of Mark Mitterman.
This is what happens when stibnite “rusts.”
I had to unpack a backpack full of rocks for the TSA over this specimen once, and the man was so, so very disappointed when we opened the box and I’m still laughing about it.
I had to unpack a backpack full of rocks for the TSA over this specimen once, and the man was so, so very disappointed when we opened the box and I’m still laughing about it.
September 4, 2023 at 1:44 AM
This is what happens when stibnite “rusts.”
I had to unpack a backpack full of rocks for the TSA over this specimen once, and the man was so, so very disappointed when we opened the box and I’m still laughing about it.
I had to unpack a backpack full of rocks for the TSA over this specimen once, and the man was so, so very disappointed when we opened the box and I’m still laughing about it.
One of my favorite things, for being so plain but so incredibly cool: the oldest mineral yet found.
Jack Hills zircons have been dated to ~4.4 billion years ago. They were formed during the Hadean (all of earth was more-or-less molten), then cycled into sedimentary grains. #MinCup #TeamZircon
Jack Hills zircons have been dated to ~4.4 billion years ago. They were formed during the Hadean (all of earth was more-or-less molten), then cycled into sedimentary grains. #MinCup #TeamZircon
September 3, 2023 at 12:29 AM
One of my favorite things, for being so plain but so incredibly cool: the oldest mineral yet found.
Jack Hills zircons have been dated to ~4.4 billion years ago. They were formed during the Hadean (all of earth was more-or-less molten), then cycled into sedimentary grains. #MinCup #TeamZircon
Jack Hills zircons have been dated to ~4.4 billion years ago. They were formed during the Hadean (all of earth was more-or-less molten), then cycled into sedimentary grains. #MinCup #TeamZircon
