New Zealand amethyst is just gorgeous 😍🥰

Uranium Ore from the South Island!

Uranium bearing ore was only ever mined at one site in Buller Gorge. Due to the location, cost of extraction and variable (mostly lower grade) ore being found, work halted in the 80s. It is now illegal to mine and prospect for any Uranium Ore in Aotearoa 🌿

Stromatolite fossil from Otago, New Zealand - from memory this one is around 40 Mya?

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Mosasaurus partial limb bone, found in Kawhia - Approximately 70 million years old.

Good morning! Here's two examples of New Zealand Stibnite! From the lower Coromandel and Northland. Stibnite is the key ore for the element Antimony! It is also a member of the sulfide family alongside Pyrite, Galena and Chalcopyrite 🪨

Just a few of the many colours of Aotearoa Obsidian ❤️

Doing an ancestry DNA test really opened my eyes as to just how far reaching the effects that colonialism has had on global populations. Like for instance me- I grew up assuming I was a western European descent Pākeha living in NZ. Nobody told me any different until I did the test.

For those who wish to reconnect with their iwi without parental ties- how did you manage? My great grandfather was Kāi Tahu, I can register my bio grandfather and myself, however to prove the bloodlines, I was told I need my egg donors pre adoption certificate. 1/