Somewhere in Starr County…What is this thing? Someone on another platform suggested the internal cast of a sea sponge. #bluewizardrocks #lapidary #rockhound #rockhounding
February 13, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Somewhere in Starr County…What is this thing? Someone on another platform suggested the internal cast of a sea sponge. #bluewizardrocks #lapidary #rockhound #rockhounding
@mrjamesob.bsky.social My favourite words is "lapidary". My Dad used to grind and polish stones as a hobby, but I love it in its literary sense - language that is smooth, clear, hard, like the stone it might be worthy of being inscribed on.
A favourite place name too: Ugglebarnby. It's near Whitby.
A favourite place name too: Ugglebarnby. It's near Whitby.
February 13, 2026 at 12:29 PM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social My favourite words is "lapidary". My Dad used to grind and polish stones as a hobby, but I love it in its literary sense - language that is smooth, clear, hard, like the stone it might be worthy of being inscribed on.
A favourite place name too: Ugglebarnby. It's near Whitby.
A favourite place name too: Ugglebarnby. It's near Whitby.
‘Updike’s misogyny wasn’t as muscular as Mailer’s, or maniacal, as in the case of Roth’s anti-heroes swinging from vine to vine, but when it seeps out it leaves a stain tough to remove because it’s phrased with such lapidary care.’
@jwolcott.bsky.social:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@jwolcott.bsky.social:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
James Wolcott · What you can get away with: Updike Reconsidered
Betwixt and between is a strange place for any major writer to be more than a decade and a half after their death, and...
www.lrb.co.uk
February 13, 2026 at 10:17 AM
‘Updike’s misogyny wasn’t as muscular as Mailer’s, or maniacal, as in the case of Roth’s anti-heroes swinging from vine to vine, but when it seeps out it leaves a stain tough to remove because it’s phrased with such lapidary care.’
@jwolcott.bsky.social:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@jwolcott.bsky.social:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
So do you end up w a lot of cracked rocks in your back yard - toss 'em away somewhere they won't be a problem for someone in future?
Did you get your start w a lapidary group? Friend/rellie?
I'd be glad just to get some exercise/take a walk w someone who knew what they were doing, & see results
Did you get your start w a lapidary group? Friend/rellie?
I'd be glad just to get some exercise/take a walk w someone who knew what they were doing, & see results
February 12, 2026 at 5:22 PM
So do you end up w a lot of cracked rocks in your back yard - toss 'em away somewhere they won't be a problem for someone in future?
Did you get your start w a lapidary group? Friend/rellie?
I'd be glad just to get some exercise/take a walk w someone who knew what they were doing, & see results
Did you get your start w a lapidary group? Friend/rellie?
I'd be glad just to get some exercise/take a walk w someone who knew what they were doing, & see results
Somewhere in Zapata, TX. I am so looking forward to seeing what is inside this one. #bluewizardrocks #lapidary #rockhound #rockhounding
February 12, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Somewhere in Zapata, TX. I am so looking forward to seeing what is inside this one. #bluewizardrocks #lapidary #rockhound #rockhounding
Throwback Thursday #304 - Lizzadro Field Trip in January 1971 #history #TBT #ThrowbackThursday #LizzadroMuseum #Lapidary
Throwback Thursday #304 – Lizzadro Field Trip in January 1971
This is Throwback Thursday #304. In these, we look back into the past at ESCONI specifically and Earth Science in general. If you have any contributions, (science, pictures, stories, etc …), please send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! email:esconi.info@gmail.com. The Lizzadro Museum was originally located in Wilder Park, Elmhurst, IL. It was opened on November 4th, 1962 by its founder Joseph Lizzadro.
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February 12, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Throwback Thursday #304 - Lizzadro Field Trip in January 1971 #history #TBT #ThrowbackThursday #LizzadroMuseum #Lapidary
February 12, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Commissioned work: Dumortierite sterling silver cuff bracelet. #bluewizardrocks #lapidary #jewelry #bracelet
February 11, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Commissioned work: Dumortierite sterling silver cuff bracelet. #bluewizardrocks #lapidary #jewelry #bracelet
@jwolcott.bsky.social in LRB on Updike's letters, 5600 words? Yes, please. Insanely fun read, every sentence witty & astute. Rightly hails Updike as Nabokov-tier prose wizard, flambés him for misogyny that taints the sorcery. "A stain tough to remove because it’s phrased with such lapidary care."
February 11, 2026 at 2:34 PM
@jwolcott.bsky.social in LRB on Updike's letters, 5600 words? Yes, please. Insanely fun read, every sentence witty & astute. Rightly hails Updike as Nabokov-tier prose wizard, flambés him for misogyny that taints the sorcery. "A stain tough to remove because it’s phrased with such lapidary care."
Angularity. We don't align perfectly either but none of us demand it. Is the ribbon chafing sometimes? When the longer you stare, the more it needs to be symmetrical?
'Imperfections' would assume perfections but who does *that*? People? People make VERY poor quality lapidary.
'Imperfections' would assume perfections but who does *that*? People? People make VERY poor quality lapidary.
February 11, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Angularity. We don't align perfectly either but none of us demand it. Is the ribbon chafing sometimes? When the longer you stare, the more it needs to be symmetrical?
'Imperfections' would assume perfections but who does *that*? People? People make VERY poor quality lapidary.
'Imperfections' would assume perfections but who does *that*? People? People make VERY poor quality lapidary.
Next I think is kiln and lamp glass and lapidary.
February 10, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Next I think is kiln and lamp glass and lapidary.
Just a humble slab o’ chert from central Texas. I love the colors you can sometimes find. #bluewizardrocks #lapidary #slabs
February 10, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Just a humble slab o’ chert from central Texas. I love the colors you can sometimes find. #bluewizardrocks #lapidary #slabs
A couple of tweaks, and I believe the President’s lapidary analysis will snap into crystalline focus. By eliminating “all hockey in Canada,” a common consequence of most trade deals with China, “the Stanley Cup” will perforce be lost too. This trivial redundancy mars an otherwise brilliant post.
February 10, 2026 at 12:49 AM
A couple of tweaks, and I believe the President’s lapidary analysis will snap into crystalline focus. By eliminating “all hockey in Canada,” a common consequence of most trade deals with China, “the Stanley Cup” will perforce be lost too. This trivial redundancy mars an otherwise brilliant post.
We're shining a spotlight on our exhibitors at #ESfS - coming up #March 15-17!
Did you know this event is free to attend?
Learn more: esfscanada.com
@abpalaeosociety.bsky.social
Canadian Association of Geophysical Contractors
Calgary Rock and Lapidary Club
Did you know this event is free to attend?
Learn more: esfscanada.com
@abpalaeosociety.bsky.social
Canadian Association of Geophysical Contractors
Calgary Rock and Lapidary Club
February 9, 2026 at 9:53 PM
We're shining a spotlight on our exhibitors at #ESfS - coming up #March 15-17!
Did you know this event is free to attend?
Learn more: esfscanada.com
@abpalaeosociety.bsky.social
Canadian Association of Geophysical Contractors
Calgary Rock and Lapidary Club
Did you know this event is free to attend?
Learn more: esfscanada.com
@abpalaeosociety.bsky.social
Canadian Association of Geophysical Contractors
Calgary Rock and Lapidary Club
Oh man, this rockhounding adventure video has been two years in the making for us. It’s also two hours long but I think it turned out quite enjoyable!
Our Secret Spot Revealed | Epic Rockhounding Adventure | Hunting/Cutting Rare Blue Picture Jaspers
youtu.be/fpBlHn0vSbI
#lapidary #outdoors #rocks
Our Secret Spot Revealed | Epic Rockhounding Adventure | Hunting/Cutting Rare Blue Picture Jaspers
youtu.be/fpBlHn0vSbI
#lapidary #outdoors #rocks
Our Secret Spot Revealed | Epic Rockhounding Adventure | Hunting/Cutting Rare Blue Picture Jaspers
YouTube video by Pebble Rebels
youtu.be
February 9, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Oh man, this rockhounding adventure video has been two years in the making for us. It’s also two hours long but I think it turned out quite enjoyable!
Our Secret Spot Revealed | Epic Rockhounding Adventure | Hunting/Cutting Rare Blue Picture Jaspers
youtu.be/fpBlHn0vSbI
#lapidary #outdoors #rocks
Our Secret Spot Revealed | Epic Rockhounding Adventure | Hunting/Cutting Rare Blue Picture Jaspers
youtu.be/fpBlHn0vSbI
#lapidary #outdoors #rocks
Perfect cubes, simple chemistry 🧂💎
#Halite is sodium chloride crystallized from evaporating saltwater. Its iconic cubic shape reflects its atomic structure, offering a clear example of how #chemistry directly controls crystal form in nature.
#rockhounds #crystals #mineralscience #lapidary #minerals
#Halite is sodium chloride crystallized from evaporating saltwater. Its iconic cubic shape reflects its atomic structure, offering a clear example of how #chemistry directly controls crystal form in nature.
#rockhounds #crystals #mineralscience #lapidary #minerals
February 9, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Perfect cubes, simple chemistry 🧂💎
#Halite is sodium chloride crystallized from evaporating saltwater. Its iconic cubic shape reflects its atomic structure, offering a clear example of how #chemistry directly controls crystal form in nature.
#rockhounds #crystals #mineralscience #lapidary #minerals
#Halite is sodium chloride crystallized from evaporating saltwater. Its iconic cubic shape reflects its atomic structure, offering a clear example of how #chemistry directly controls crystal form in nature.
#rockhounds #crystals #mineralscience #lapidary #minerals
Yeah, I can see that.
Gunsmithing, eh? He better vent it really well. I'm looking at getting back into lapidary, but only out in the garage (shell, malachite, & bone dust inside the house is a Big Nope).
Gunsmithing, eh? He better vent it really well. I'm looking at getting back into lapidary, but only out in the garage (shell, malachite, & bone dust inside the house is a Big Nope).
February 8, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Yeah, I can see that.
Gunsmithing, eh? He better vent it really well. I'm looking at getting back into lapidary, but only out in the garage (shell, malachite, & bone dust inside the house is a Big Nope).
Gunsmithing, eh? He better vent it really well. I'm looking at getting back into lapidary, but only out in the garage (shell, malachite, & bone dust inside the house is a Big Nope).
Gonna take a shot at selling raw geological samples before much else (I need funds to get tumbler/tools/tool time at the lapidary place and then eventually copper>silver>gold>platinum wire and other goodies to make jewelry and custom sculptures/art)
Kinda got some big ideas kicking around up there.
Kinda got some big ideas kicking around up there.
February 8, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Gonna take a shot at selling raw geological samples before much else (I need funds to get tumbler/tools/tool time at the lapidary place and then eventually copper>silver>gold>platinum wire and other goodies to make jewelry and custom sculptures/art)
Kinda got some big ideas kicking around up there.
Kinda got some big ideas kicking around up there.
The concluding Gigue is both rapid and lapidary
February 8, 2026 at 1:52 PM
The concluding Gigue is both rapid and lapidary
February 7, 2026 at 7:44 PM