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  1. No #MineralMonday today. Without contributions from people like you, I have nothing to post. Would you like to feature your research, an neat mineral, a recent publication? Please send information and up to 4 images to akoziol1 at udayton dot edu.

  2. Mineral Monday: Rutgers University Faculty and Students Present at the MSA Inaugural Meeting By Shaunna Morrison The MSA Inaugural Meeting took place on Feb. 17-19, 2026, in Tucson AZ. #MSACommunications #MineralMonday #Rutgers #CheMin #zircon #Herkimerdiamonds #GaleCrater #Moon

  3. Mineral Monday! Formation of pseudotachylytes by Mattia Pistone A rock undergoing fracturing (dilatant cracking) and friction melting partially melts at lower temperature than frictional melting alone. #MSACommunications #MineralMonday #pseudotachylyte #pseudotachylite #partialmelting

  4. Tipp für Mineralien-Fans: Die geowissenschaftlichen Sammlungen der #TUBAF im Abraham-Gottlob-Werner-Bau sind in sieben Teilsammlungen gegliedert und gehören zu den ältesten geowissenschaftlichen Sammlungen der Welt! Mit einem neuen Kombi-Ticket können Interessierte die Sammlungen zusammen mit der #terramineralia und dem Krügerhaus besichtigen - und haben dafür zwei ganze Werktage Zeit.

    tu-freiberg.de/geowissenschaft

    terra-mineralia.de/

    #StudierenundForschenInFreiberg #mineralMonday #mineralien

  5. Tipp für Mineralien-Fans: Die geowissenschaftlichen Sammlungen der #TUBAF im Abraham-Gottlob-Werner-Bau sind in sieben Teilsammlungen gegliedert und gehören zu den ältesten geowissenschaftlichen Sammlungen der Welt! Mit einem neuen Kombi-Ticket können Interessierte die Sammlungen zusammen mit der #terramineralia und dem Krügerhaus besichtigen - und haben dafür zwei ganze Werktage Zeit.

    tu-freiberg.de/geowissenschaft

    terra-mineralia.de/

    #StudierenundForschenInFreiberg #mineralMonday #mineralien

  6. Tipp für Mineralien-Fans: Die geowissenschaftlichen Sammlungen der #TUBAF im Abraham-Gottlob-Werner-Bau sind in sieben Teilsammlungen gegliedert und gehören zu den ältesten geowissenschaftlichen Sammlungen der Welt! Mit einem neuen Kombi-Ticket können Interessierte die Sammlungen zusammen mit der #terramineralia und dem Krügerhaus besichtigen - und haben dafür zwei ganze Werktage Zeit.

    tu-freiberg.de/geowissenschaft

    terra-mineralia.de/

    #StudierenundForschenInFreiberg #mineralMonday #mineralien

  7. Tipp für Mineralien-Fans: Die geowissenschaftlichen Sammlungen der #TUBAF im Abraham-Gottlob-Werner-Bau sind in sieben Teilsammlungen gegliedert und gehören zu den ältesten geowissenschaftlichen Sammlungen der Welt! Mit einem neuen Kombi-Ticket können Interessierte die Sammlungen zusammen mit der #terramineralia und dem Krügerhaus besichtigen - und haben dafür zwei ganze Werktage Zeit.

    tu-freiberg.de/geowissenschaft

    terra-mineralia.de/

    #StudierenundForschenInFreiberg #mineralMonday #mineralien

  8. Mineral Monday: Babingtonite in North Carolina Babingtonite (Ca2Fe2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH) ), an inosilicate, is present as mm-scale crystals lining a fracture from the Caldwell Quarry in Lenoir, NC. By Chris Tacker, NC State Museum #MSACommunications #MineralMonday #mineral #babingtonite #northcarolina

  9. Mineral Monday by Emily Fischer Mercury is one of the most chemically reduced bodies in the solar system, meaning very little free oxygen. It likely hosts a wild suite of sulfide minerals: oldhamite (CaS) and niningerite (MgS), and potentially exotic Na- and K-bearing sulfides. #MineralMonday

  10. Mineral Monday! Fibrous mackinawite (FeS) found in samples of asteroid Bennu By Maizey Benner This mineral provides a key ingredient for the development of bio-essential molecules on Bennu’s parent body. See: doi.org/10.1016/j.gc... for more. #MSACommunications #MineralMonday #mackinawite #Bennu

  11. Mineral Monday: Mobile- and Stagnant-lid Tectonics on the Hadean Earth Continents and recycled crust via subduction may have formed earlier than previously thought. (Valley JW, et al 2026: doi.org/10.1038/s415.... By John Valley #MSACommunications #MineralMonday #mineral #zircon #Hadean #JackHills

  12. Mineral Monday: The Alfie Norville Gem and Mineral Museum of Tucson Arizona The Alfie Norville Museum (gemandmineralmuseum.arizona.edu), is housed in the Pima County Courthouse in Tucson AZ. By Andrea Koziol. #MSACommunications #MineralMonday #calcite #amethyst #geode #mineralmuseum

  13. Mineral Monday: The Alfie Norville Gem and Mineral Museum of Tucson Arizona The Alfie Norville Museum (gemandmineralmuseum.arizona.edu), is housed in the Pima County Courthouse in Tucson AZ. By Andrea Koziol. #MSACommunications #MineralMonday #calcite #amethyst #geode #mineralmuseum

  14. Mineral Monday: The Alfie Norville Gem and Mineral Museum of Tucson Arizona The Alfie Norville Museum (gemandmineralmuseum.arizona.edu), is housed in the Pima County Courthouse in Tucson AZ. By Andrea Koziol. #MSACommunications #MineralMonday #calcite #amethyst #geode #mineralmuseum

  15. Mineral Monday: The Alfie Norville Gem and Mineral Museum of Tucson Arizona The Alfie Norville Museum (gemandmineralmuseum.arizona.edu), is housed in the Pima County Courthouse in Tucson AZ. By Andrea Koziol. #MSACommunications #MineralMonday #calcite #amethyst #geode #mineralmuseum

  16. Mineral Monday: Why do all Olympic curling stones come from one small island off Scotland’s coast? www.cnn.com/2026/02/11/s... Maybe even, fine grained texture, & rare minerals high in sodium and iron — such as arfvedsonite, aegirine and aenigmatite. #MSACommunications #MineralMonday #Olympics

  17. Mineral Monday: Spessartine Garnets By Chris Tacker, NC State Museum Bald Knob is a type locality for several manganese end-member minerals. Hypothesis: a metamorphosed deposit of manganese nodules. #MSACommunications #MineralMonday #mineral #garnet #Spessartine #Spessartite #Manganese

  18. Mineral Monday: Emeralds in the USA The Turner Mine, aka the Old Plantation Mine, was briefly operated by Tiffany's for raw emeralds. The mine was in a weathered pegmatite. By Chris Tacker, NC State Museum #MSACommunications #MineralMonday #mineral #emerald #emeraldmine #NorthCarolina

  19. Mineral Monday! Is it glaucophane, chloritoid, or blue-green amphibole in Dutchess Co. NY? See our other social media feeds for more. By Donna Whitney et al. #MSACommunications #MineralMonday #thinsection #glaucophane #chloritoid #amphibole #DutchessCounty

  20. Mineral Monday! Is it glaucophane, chloritoid, or blue-green amphibole in Dutchess Co. NY? See our other social media feeds for more. By Donna Whitney et al. #MSACommunications #MineralMonday #thinsection #glaucophane #chloritoid #amphibole #DutchessCounty

  21. Mineral Monday! Is it glaucophane, chloritoid, or blue-green amphibole in Dutchess Co. NY? See our other social media feeds for more. By Donna Whitney et al. #MSACommunications #MineralMonday #thinsection #glaucophane #chloritoid #amphibole #DutchessCounty

  22. Mineral Monday! Is it glaucophane, chloritoid, or blue-green amphibole in Dutchess Co. NY? See our other social media feeds for more. By Donna Whitney et al. #MSACommunications #MineralMonday #thinsection #glaucophane #chloritoid #amphibole #DutchessCounty

  23. Mineral Monday! Presented here is a selection from Steinbilder (“Rock Pictures”), a series of digitally-worked abstract artworks by Roger Mitchell, using petrological images as a starting point. #MSACommunications #MineralMonday #thinsection #art #abstractart

  24. Mineral Monday! Presented here is a selection from Steinbilder (“Rock Pictures”), a series of digitally-worked abstract artworks by Roger Mitchell, using petrological images as a starting point. #MSACommunications #MineralMonday #thinsection #art #abstractart

  25. Mineral Monday! New Museum Exhibit: Unearthed: Raw Beauty By Aaron Celestian "UnEarthed: Raw Beauty” will open at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. More info: nhm.org/unearthed-rare-mineral-exhibition #MSACommunications #MineralMonday #Museum #NaturalHistoryMuseum #rareminerals

  26. Mineral Monday! It’s all Silica By Bernardo Cesare Quartzine is a variety of chalcedony: called "length-slow chalcedony" and usually intergrown with the more common type of fibrous "length-fast" chalcedony. #MSACommunications #MineralMonday #mineralogy #Quartzine #Chalcedony #quartz

  27. Mineral Monday! It’s all Silica By Bernardo Cesare Quartzine is a variety of chalcedony: called "length-slow chalcedony" and usually intergrown with the more common type of fibrous "length-fast" chalcedony. #MSACommunications #MineralMonday #mineralogy #Quartzine #Chalcedony #quartz

  28. Mineral Monday! It’s all Silica By Bernardo Cesare Quartzine is a variety of chalcedony: called "length-slow chalcedony" and usually intergrown with the more common type of fibrous "length-fast" chalcedony. #MSACommunications #MineralMonday #mineralogy #Quartzine #Chalcedony #quartz

  29. Mineral Monday! It’s all Silica By Bernardo Cesare Quartzine is a variety of chalcedony: called "length-slow chalcedony" and usually intergrown with the more common type of fibrous "length-fast" chalcedony. #MSACommunications #MineralMonday #mineralogy #Quartzine #Chalcedony #quartz

  30. Mineral Monday! It’s all Silica By Bernardo Cesare Quartzine is a variety of chalcedony: called "length-slow chalcedony" and usually intergrown with the more common type of fibrous "length-fast" chalcedony. #MSACommunications #MineralMonday #mineralogy #Quartzine #Chalcedony #quartz

  31. Mineral Monday: Nahcolite stalactites By Aaron Celestian This nahcolite (NaHCO₃) specimen has a rare stalactitic growth habit. It formed through precipitation, accumulating from supersaturated solutions dripping from cave ceilings or mine workings. #MSACommuncations #MineralMonday #nahcolite

  32. Mineral Monday: Roses of Scapolite By Sophia Ortner, UC Santa Barbara The scapolite rosettes appear to have formed by sulfide breakdown in the presence of an oxidizing fluid. #MSACommunications #MineralMonday #Scapolite #Silvialite #Meionite #Pentlandite #DepartmentsinAction

  33. Mineral Monday: ‘Rocks and Minerals Down the Microscope’ at U Maine Farmington By Larry Tuttle The ‘Rocks and Minerals Down the Microscope’ geoart exhibition will be on display until November 19, 2025. #MSACommunications #MineralMonday #Geoart #EarthScienceWeek #minerals #DepartmentsInAction

  34. Mineral Monday: Thaumasite Distress in Concrete Thaumasite is a rare but highly destructive mineral phase that can form in concrete under specific conditions, leading to severe deterioration. #MSACommunications #MineralMonday #concrete #thaumasite

  35. Mineral Monday: Battle between the Bands The presence of low-Al komatiite-like rocks in the early oceanic crust were the reason for both the formation of BIFs and their abundance in the Archaean/early Proterozoic era. #MSACommunications #MineralMonday #BIF #bandedironformations

  36. Mineral Monday: Embracing the future of mining careers starting with Generation Z By Harriet Naakai Tetteh & Zohreh Kazemi Motlagh ResearchGate Link: www.researchgate.net/publication/... #MSACommunications #MineralMonday #CareersinMining

  37. Mineral Monday: Diatoms Diminish Dolomite By Huifang Xu Laboratory syntheses results demonstrate that the dissolved silica can catalyze dolomite precipitation. More diatoms = Less dolomite. #MSACommunications #MineralMonday #dolomite #diatoms #sedimentology #chemicalweathering

  38. Mineral Monday: GIA Examines the World’s Second Largest Diamond Scientists at the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) had the opportunity to examine a rough diamond weighing 2,488.32 carats—nearly 1.10 pounds (0.498 kilograms) #MSACommunications #MineralMonday #mineralogy #diamond #Motswedi

  39. 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