#realgar — Public Fediverse posts

Perhaps a safer subject to share today than my last, drowned creature. I realize I may be one of the few people who get super excited about rocks but perhaps people will find my realgar and orpiment specimens interesting. They, like the afforementioned defunct creature, are also very poisonous. #Minerals #Realgar #Orpiment #Toxic #Arsenic #Rocks

Yes, I handled arsenic compounds today when I finally opened up My Precious from a LOT of packaging wrap. Washed my hands very carefully several times. I had to persuade the vendor these 3 pieces I bought from him 3 years ago were very toxic and needed a lot of wrapping for me to take.

He likely was hired as a Tucson local to work at the show venue off Lester Avenue, part of the annual gem & mineral shows. Is Chinese and barely speaks any English. He certainly had little knowledge of the minerals he sold. Pretty sure he thought I was a crazy lady trying to pantomime my concern about touching these.

Anyway, just got some deep, clear acrylic boxes so I could unwrap and put these inside right away. So glad to know there had been little if any oxidation and light damage over the years. The bright yellow is orpiment and the dark orange to red crystals are Realgar. Woot!

Now I have to start getting serious about setting up my real camera with real macro lens to start photographing my collection more seriously.

Perhaps a safer subject to share today than my last, drowned creature. I realize I may be one of the few people who get super excited about rocks but perhaps people will find my realgar and orpiment specimens interesting. They, like the afforementioned defunct creature, are also very poisonous. #Minerals #Realgar #Orpiment #Toxic #Arsenic #Rocks

Yes, I handled arsenic compounds today when I finally opened up My Precious from a LOT of packaging wrap. Washed my hands very carefully several times. I had to persuade the vendor these 3 pieces I bought from him 3 years ago were very toxic and needed a lot of wrapping for me to take.

He likely was hired as a Tucson local to work at the show venue off Lester Avenue, part of the annual gem & mineral shows. Is Chinese and barely speaks any English. He certainly had little knowledge of the minerals he sold. Pretty sure he thought I was a crazy lady trying to pantomime my concern about touching these.

Anyway, just got some deep, clear acrylic boxes so I could unwrap and put these inside right away. So glad to know there had been little if any oxidation and light damage over the years. The bright yellow is orpiment and the dark orange to red crystals are Realgar. Woot!

Now I have to start getting serious about setting up my real camera with real macro lens to start photographing my collection more seriously.

Perhaps a safer subject to share today than my last, drowned creature. I realize I may be one of the few people who get super excited about rocks but perhaps people will find my realgar and orpiment specimens interesting. They, like the afforementioned defunct creature, are also very poisonous. #Minerals #Realgar #Orpiment #Toxic #Arsenic #Rocks

Yes, I handled arsenic compounds today when I finally opened up My Precious from a LOT of packaging wrap. Washed my hands very carefully several times. I had to persuade the vendor these 3 pieces I bought from him 3 years ago were very toxic and needed a lot of wrapping for me to take.

He likely was hired as a Tucson local to work at the show venue off Lester Avenue, part of the annual gem & mineral shows. Is Chinese and barely speaks any English. He certainly had little knowledge of the minerals he sold. Pretty sure he thought I was a crazy lady trying to pantomime my concern about touching these.

Anyway, just got some deep, clear acrylic boxes so I could unwrap and put these inside right away. So glad to know there had been little if any oxidation and light damage over the years. The bright yellow is orpiment and the dark orange to red crystals are Realgar. Woot!

Now I have to start getting serious about setting up my real camera with real macro lens to start photographing my collection more seriously.

Perhaps a safer subject to share today than my last, drowned creature. I realize I may be one of the few people who get super excited about rocks but perhaps people will find my realgar and orpiment specimens interesting. They, like the afforementioned defunct creature, are also very poisonous. #Minerals #Realgar #Orpiment #Toxic #Arsenic #Rocks

Yes, I handled arsenic compounds today when I finally opened up My Precious from a LOT of packaging wrap. Washed my hands very carefully several times. I had to persuade the vendor these 3 pieces I bought from him 3 years ago were very toxic and needed a lot of wrapping for me to take.

He likely was hired as a Tucson local to work at the show venue off Lester Avenue, part of the annual gem & mineral shows. Is Chinese and barely speaks any English. He certainly had little knowledge of the minerals he sold. Pretty sure he thought I was a crazy lady trying to pantomime my concern about touching these.

Anyway, just got some deep, clear acrylic boxes so I could unwrap and put these inside right away. So glad to know there had been little if any oxidation and light damage over the years. The bright yellow is orpiment and the dark orange to red crystals are Realgar. Woot!

Now I have to start getting serious about setting up my real camera with real macro lens to start photographing my collection more seriously.

Perhaps a safer subject to share today than my last, drowned creature. I realize I may be one of the few people who get super excited about rocks but perhaps people will find my realgar and orpiment specimens interesting. They, like the afforementioned defunct creature, are also very poisonous. #Minerals #Realgar #Orpiment #Toxic #Arsenic #Rocks

Yes, I handled arsenic compounds today when I finally opened up My Precious from a LOT of packaging wrap. Washed my hands very carefully several times. I had to persuade the vendor these 3 pieces I bought from him 3 years ago were very toxic and needed a lot of wrapping for me to take.

He likely was hired as a Tucson local to work at the show venue off Lester Avenue, part of the annual gem & mineral shows. Is Chinese and barely speaks any English. He certainly had little knowledge of the minerals he sold. Pretty sure he thought I was a crazy lady trying to pantomime my concern about touching these.

Anyway, just got some deep, clear acrylic boxes so I could unwrap and put these inside right away. So glad to know there had been little if any oxidation and light damage over the years. The bright yellow is orpiment and the dark orange to red crystals are Realgar. Woot!

Now I have to start getting serious about setting up my real camera with real macro lens to start photographing my collection more seriously.

#Realgar
#Romania
FOV 8.8 × 6.5 × 6 cm
Photo by Christian Rewitzer
By #GeologicalWondersToo / Karen Kemp
#GeologyPage #Nature #Minerals #Crystals #Gems #Nature #NatureLovers #NaturePhotography #Photographer #RockPorn

#Realgar
#Romania
FOV 8.8 × 6.5 × 6 cm
Photo by Christian Rewitzer
By #GeologicalWondersToo / Karen Kemp
#GeologyPage #Nature #Minerals #Crystals #Gems #Nature #NatureLovers #NaturePhotography #Photographer #RockPorn

#Realgar
#Romania
FOV 8.8 × 6.5 × 6 cm
Photo by Christian Rewitzer
By #GeologicalWondersToo / Karen Kemp
#GeologyPage #Nature #Minerals #Crystals #Gems #Nature #NatureLovers #NaturePhotography #Photographer #RockPorn

#Realgar
#Romania
FOV 8.8 × 6.5 × 6 cm
Photo by Christian Rewitzer
By #GeologicalWondersToo / Karen Kemp
#GeologyPage #Nature #Minerals #Crystals #Gems #Nature #NatureLovers #NaturePhotography #Photographer #RockPorn

#Realgar
#Romania
FOV 8.8 × 6.5 × 6 cm
Photo by Christian Rewitzer
By #GeologicalWondersToo / Karen Kemp
#GeologyPage #Nature #Minerals #Crystals #Gems #Nature #NatureLovers #NaturePhotography #Photographer #RockPorn

#Realgar on #Calcite
#China
Photo by Noor Ullah
By #GeologicalWondersToo / Karen Kemp
#GeologyPage #Nature #Minerals #Crystals #Gems #Nature #NatureLovers #NaturePhotography #Photographer #RockPorn

#Realgar on #Calcite
#China
Photo by Noor Ullah
By #GeologicalWondersToo / Karen Kemp
#GeologyPage #Nature #Minerals #Crystals #Gems #Nature #NatureLovers #NaturePhotography #Photographer #RockPorn

#Realgar on #Calcite
#China
Photo by Noor Ullah
By #GeologicalWondersToo / Karen Kemp
#GeologyPage #Nature #Minerals #Crystals #Gems #Nature #NatureLovers #NaturePhotography #Photographer #RockPorn

#Realgar on #Calcite
#China
Photo by Noor Ullah
By #GeologicalWondersToo / Karen Kemp
#GeologyPage #Nature #Minerals #Crystals #Gems #Nature #NatureLovers #NaturePhotography #Photographer #RockPorn

#Realgar on #Calcite
#China
Photo by Noor Ullah
By #GeologicalWondersToo / Karen Kemp
#GeologyPage #Nature #Minerals #Crystals #Gems #Nature #NatureLovers #NaturePhotography #Photographer #RockPorn

So I had to go remind myself what #stibnite is because frankly I'm more used to seeing "antimony" still, but...

as much as #sodalite is fun and pretty... listen, it's not chaos. Stibnite is basically chaos in most of its historical uses, iirc!

Also it often co-occurs with things like #realgar, #cinnabar, #orpiment, and #galena... now that's some fun chaos company. Vote Stibnite for chaos!! #MinCup23

So I had to go remind myself what #stibnite is because frankly I'm more used to seeing "antimony" still, but...

as much as #sodalite is fun and pretty... listen, it's not chaos. Stibnite is basically chaos in most of its historical uses, iirc!

Also it often co-occurs with things like #realgar, #cinnabar, #orpiment, and #galena... now that's some fun chaos company. Vote Stibnite for chaos!! #MinCup23

So I had to go remind myself what #stibnite is because frankly I'm more used to seeing "antimony" still, but...

as much as #sodalite is fun and pretty... listen, it's not chaos. Stibnite is basically chaos in most of its historical uses, iirc!

Also it often co-occurs with things like #realgar, #cinnabar, #orpiment, and #galena... now that's some fun chaos company. Vote Stibnite for chaos!! #MinCup23

So I had to go remind myself what #stibnite is because frankly I'm more used to seeing "antimony" still, but...

as much as #sodalite is fun and pretty... listen, it's not chaos. Stibnite is basically chaos in most of its historical uses, iirc!

Also it often co-occurs with things like #realgar, #cinnabar, #orpiment, and #galena... now that's some fun chaos company. Vote Stibnite for chaos!! #MinCup23

So I had to go remind myself what #stibnite is because frankly I'm more used to seeing "antimony" still, but...

as much as #sodalite is fun and pretty... listen, it's not chaos. Stibnite is basically chaos in most of its historical uses, iirc!

Also it often co-occurs with things like #realgar, #cinnabar, #orpiment, and #galena... now that's some fun chaos company. Vote Stibnite for chaos!! #MinCup23