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  1. Hmmmmm.... I like how fluffy #okenite is - also fun fact: it turns gelatinous in HCl! (The things you learn from reading the whole #mindat page, lol. [Side note does Mindat have an @ over here?]) I think that would be fun to poke under a fume hood. (Alas I don't have any okenite or access to a fume hood.)

    But I think I'm gonna go with #stibnite - kohl has been important for thousands of years, after all; plus, antimony has loads of uses both modern and ancient, iirc. (Don't ask me to name any right now lol. Migraine brain says mmm rocks.) And, stibnite *is* closely associated with arsenic - very similar symptoms if you ingest it, actually.

    One wonders if using kohl was also poisoning oneself.... 🤔

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  2. So seeing as I'm, like everyone else, trying to rebuild from scratch on here after the bird disaster, I'll do a brief introduction which if you feel like boosting please do.

    British, married, generally annoyed at everything these days, loves rocks a little too much, spends my day running a website about rocks, in my free time I collect rocks.

    Did I mention the #rocks?

    #mindat #geology #mineralogy #badprogramming

  3. An der Grenze zu Indien geht die Armee mit Waffengewalt gegen ethnische Widerstandskämpfer vor. Myanmars Militär setzt dort schwere Waffen gegen die Putschgegner ein. Die Stadt Mindat soll eingekesselt sein. Myanmar: Armee kämpft im Westen des Landes | DW | 15.05.2021 #Myanmar #Junta #Militär #Gefechte #Chin #Mindat #Chinland DefenseForce #Putsch