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Bolivia by SlowPathsImages

https://tmblr.co/Z7VXvxjwFK3yyW01

#bolivia #altiplanoboliviano #southlipezregion #surlipez #reservanaturaleduardoavaroa #andesmountains #andesplateau #wildlife #flamingos #sanctuary #highaltitude #southernbolivia #southamerica #americalatina #landscape #mineral #travel #nature #silence #smellylake #wilderness #remoteregion #lagunahedionda #flickr #thingsdavidlikes

Today’s #sciArtSeptember prompt is the colour coral, so I am sharing a mineral with all sorts of warm pinks. This is a hand-printed lino block print of the mineral rhodochrosite, in pale gold, pinks and rosey-orange or coral. Each print is made from three blocks in three tints shades of pink or gold on Japanese kozo or mulberry paper 8” by 8” (20.3 cm by 20.3 cm). 🧵

https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/1557869100

#linocut #printmaking #rhodochrosite #mineral

Here ya go, Everyone! Anyone can vote. Once a day. Just click this link. For each day links will be shared online in Mastodon, Bluesky and a not-to-be-said-aloud other social media.

Not registration needed. Just click on that button there! And then click on the second of the 2?options and of course, for magnificent mineral orpiment. Sure cuprite is pretty in a different way BUT orpiment has more centuries and thousands of years of history!

https://www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-results/results-r1m05

#MinCup #MinCup26 #MineralCup #Mineral #Vote #Orpiment #Radioactive #Yellow #Orange #Pigment #Crystals

Ta-da! A perfect distraction for this cobalt lady! #MinCup #MinCup26 #MineralCup #Mineral #Vote #Orpiment #Radioactive #Yellow #Orange #Pigment #Crystals Link in first comment and see all the boosts I just shared! My orpiment here

A wondrous native silver wire specimen from the Tucson shows in February. I finally started working on some hundreds of iPhone photos I got then. #Silver #NativeSilver #Mineral

You know you haven’t woken up yet at 6:15 am when you pour your cup of coffee in your cup and only get 5 oz. Because you started to add water to the pot but got distracted and forgot the rest.

Welcome to #SciArtSeptember! The first category of prompts are inspired by colour and the first one is malachite. I had just the print.

This is a hand-printed lino block print of the beautiful green mineral malachite. Each print is made from three blocks in three shades of green on Japanese kozo or mulberry paper 8" by 8" (20.3 cm by 20.3 cm). Malachite is a copper carbonate hydroxide mineral, with the formula Cu2CO3(OH)2. 🧵

https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/1070645754

#linocut #printmaking #mineral #malachite

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🔍💎 A single .32 gram #crystal from #Myanmar’s #Mogok region, named #kyawthuite, is the only natural specimen of its #mineral ever documented. Found in 2010 and recognized in 2015, its unusual bismuth-antimony-oxide structure remains unmatched.

👉 https://www.zmescience.com/science/geology/kyawthuite-myanmar-rarest-mineral-rep/

#geology #gemstones #naturalhistory #nature #history #science #earth #museum #gems #earthscience

To me, late 90s Midwest #emo is some of the best music ever. I’ll die on this hill 🧵 #modestmouse #jimmyeatworld #mineral #thepromisering

The mineral crisis hiding inside summer drought headlines

As reservoirs shrink and heat records fall across three continents, the same drought is quietly closing in on the mines that produce the copper, lithium and cobalt the energy transition depends on.

#mining #drought #copper #mineral

https://im-mining.com/2026/08/12/the-mineral-crisis-hiding-inside-summer-drought-headlines/

When I want to post just to say hello, and nothing particularly notable going on, why not post a photo of one of my rocks? It’s a yes, for a treasured Celestine “Crysantheum” stone on shale from China.
#Mineral #Rock #Specimen #MyPhoto

#mineral : a solid inorganic substance

- French: minéral

- German: das Mineral

- Italian: minerale

- Portuguese: mineral

- Spanish: mineral

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Word of The Hour's Annual Survey @ https://wordofthehour.org/r/form

https://www.wacoca.com/media/654316/ Book Review: Collector’s Guide to the Amphibole Group #amphibole #book #books #collectors #crystallography #edenite #formation #gem #gemology #geology #hornblende #JADE #joesmithite #Lauf #mineral #mineralogy #nephrite #Palke #pargasite #review #richterite #書籍

Various Artists - Zero Six (Straight Up Breakbeat/FIN, 1 May 2026).

https://straightupbreakbeat.bandcamp.com/album/zero-six-bandcamp-edition

#StraightUpBreakbeat #drumandbass #jungle #breakbeat #breaks #Physics #Laytn #Askel #MarvelCinema #BasicRhythm #Esc #Mineral #VectorBurn #Dak #Submerse #AeonFour #Helsinki #Finland

The current state of my #california and #Baja #rock and #mineral collection cabinets. The two small cabinets don’t hold much, but most of the good stuff is here. I’m a little “San Diego” heavy in the cabinets, but I do have material all the way from Trinity County in the north to Santa Rosalia in the south. I include fossils, some of which are here.

Today is a #mineral day, as I welcome this new Little 3 mine piece into the #california collection. It’s classic L3, with a perfect smoky in the center, two perfectly terminated schorl tourmaline and a gorgeous spessartine garnet, all on a bed of clevelandite and microcline feldspars. The pyramidal terminations on the schorl are crazy good.

#Venezuela sits on a #mineral fortune that remains largely untapped. The country is believed to have one of the largest #gold reserves in the world. It is also thought to hold a wealth of #RareEarths & vast reserves of bauxite, iron, coal, copper, nickel & coltan, a black ore used in the manufacturing of such items as smartphones & satellites.

#law #geopolitics #Trump #MafiaState #sovereignty

EEUU pasó de la alerta a la acción. El Departamento del Interior ya había advertido en 2018 que dependían de 35 minerales críticos para su seguridad nacional. Hoy firman con 54 países para asegurarlos.

👉 https://wp.me/pdD3iE-vJY 🐝

#geopolítica #mineral #eeuu #mineralescríticos #injerencia #brasil #argentina #venezuela #mexico #litio #tierrasraras #coltan #uranio #latinoamerica #americalatina

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Du 7 au 9 novembre 2025, kīpuka sera à #Lyon pour la 50ᵉ édition du salon Mineralyon. Cette édition aura une forte coloration volcanique, puisqu’il y aura :
– une exposition de minéraux volcaniques ;
– une exposition de photos et d’objets personnels ayant appartenu à Katia et Maurice Krafft ;
– une exposition « Volcans et risques volcaniques », par l’association Geopolis.
(Et nous, donc !) Toutes les infos : https://www.mineralyon-expo.com
#volcan #minéral #Krafft

#Denmark summons #US diplomat over influence operations in #Greenland

Denmark’s Foreign Ministry summoned the US charge d’affaires over reports US citizens were running covert influence campaign in Greenland

Since assuming office in January, #Trump repeatedly #threatened to #annex Greenland. The territory is currently home to US military base & vast reserves of #mineral wealth, & 57,000 Danish #citizens.

https://kyivindependent.com/denmark-summons-us-ambassador-over-reports-of-influence-operations-in-greenland/

#AmericanAggression #HybridWar #imperialism #DictatorTrump

Inside the #mine that feeds the #tech world - & funds #Congo’s rebels

#M23 insurgents control one of the planet's largest sources of #coltan, a #mineral prized by high-tech industries. Dislodging them is a focus of peace talks.

#Africa #Rubaya #DRC #Rwanda #Kinshasa #Tutsi #HumanRights #exploitation #business #geopolitics
https://www.reuters.com/investigations/inside-mine-that-feeds-tech-world-funds-congos-rebels-2025-08-13/

how about a #MacroMonday #MineralMonday photostack?

this came to me as unlabeled cutting rough, I've tentatively ID'd as Cinnabar on Dolomite & won't be cutting it

#Fotomontag #PhotoMonday #Photograph #Mineral #Cinnabar #Mercury

Investigation Launched into Mineral Certification Practices in Africa's Great Lakes Area #EastAfrica #Africa #Africas #area #business #BusinessandFinance #CentralAfrica #certification #conflict #currentevents #EASTAFRICA #Economy #great #investigation #Lakes #launched #LegalandJudicialAffairs #Mineral #mining #news #PeaceandSecurity #politics #practices #sports #trade #travel 
https://tinyurl.com/2a8wnz7t

Multispectral Remote Sensing Expression of Lineaments and Alteration Minerals in Part of Crystalline Rock Units of Southwestern Nigeria - Implication on Gold Prospecting
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oreoa.2025.100091 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #ASTER #Gold #Hydrothermal #HydrothermalAlteration #Lineament #Landsat #ETM #EnhancedThematicMapper #phyllic #Ilesha #schist #belt #geology #mining #Nigeria #naturalresources #mineral #mineralresources #golddeposits #aerogeophysical #remotesensing #geophysical #spatialanalysis #geomorphology #geomorphometry #alteration #propylitic #argillic #mineralogy #XRD #structuralgeology #lithology #PrincipalComponentAnalysis #PCA #prospecting #fracture #joints #faulting #Multispectral #Lineaments #Crystalline

#Antibiotic #resistance can spread unpredictably into the #environment, living on #mineral #surfaces.

#DNA #transport #evolution #bacteria #biofilms

https://phys.org/news/2025-02-antibiotic-resistance-unpredictably-environment-mineral.html

Wednesday
#mineral #stone #wednesday #cinnabar

#Olivine May Have Given Life a Jump Start https://eos.org/articles/olivine-may-have-given-life-a-jump-start

Olivine-catalyzed glycolaldehyde and sugar synthesis under aqueous conditions: Application to #prebiotic chemistry https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012821X23005691

"this #mineral can help turn #formaldehyde into sugars. The finding could help explain how the earliest organisms obtained sugars, which they use for energy and to build genetic molecules such as RNA and DNA."

A #macro #perspective of a #blue #quartz #crystal.
Quartz (#SiliconDioxide) is normally a colorless crystal, but inclusions of other #silicate #minerals creates a blue-hued crystal.

Get a print or other merchandise with this image at https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/blue-quartz-specimen-7-heron-and-fox.html

#BlueQuartz, #MacroPhotography, #Mineral, #Photograph

A #macro #perspective of a #blue #quartz #crystal.
Quartz (#SiliconDioxide) is normally a colorless crystal, but inclusions of other #silicate #minerals creates a blue-hued crystal.

Get a print or other merchandise with this image at https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/blue-quartz-specimen-7-heron-and-fox.html

#BlueQuartz, #MacroPhotography, #Mineral, #Photograph

A #macro #perspective of a #blue #quartz #crystal.
Quartz (#SiliconDioxide) is normally a colorless crystal, but inclusions of other #silicate #minerals creates a blue-hued crystal.

Get a print or other merchandise with this image at https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/blue-quartz-specimen-7-heron-and-fox.html

#BlueQuartz, #MacroPhotography, #Mineral, #Photograph