A love for minerals

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Boulder Opal in Ironstone

Locality: Yaraka opal mine in Queensland, Australia.

Size:57.9 x 28.9 mm / 2.27" x 1.13".

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Botryoidal Chalcopyrite

Locality: Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China

Size: 10.0 x 7.0 x 5.5 cm

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Chalcopyrite

Locality: Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China

Size: 3.5 x 2.2 x 2.1 cm

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Native Gold with Quartz

Locality: Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise County, Arizona.

Size:5 cm by 3 cm by 1.7 cm

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Large Plate of Rhodochrosite

Locality: Cassandra Mine, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece.

Size: 9.3 cm by 14 cm by 7.5 cm

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Exquisite Crystalline Native Gold on Quartz

Locality: Eagle's Nest Mine, Placer County, California.

Size: 7 cm by 4.2 cm by 2.5 cm

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Gem Boulder Opal in Brown Ironstone Matrix

Locality: Quilpie Shire, Queensland, Australia.

Size: 4.5 cm by 6.6 cm by 2.8 cm

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Submission Saturday is Back! 

It’s been quite awhile and I’ve missed seeing all the lovely stones and collections you all share with us. We have some Helpful Guidelines you can find on our Submission Page . Thank you so much! We’ll be posting everything we can throughout the day and anything that doesn’t make it this Saturday, will be queued first for next Submission Saturday. We can’t wait to see what you’ve got for us!

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Siderite & Chalcopyrite

Locality: Kaiwu Mine, Hezhang Co., Bijie, Guizhou, China

Size: 10.1 cm

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Hematite Quartz

Locality: Jinlong hill, Longchuan Co. (Lungchuan Co.), Heyuan, Guangdong, China

Size:14.5 cm

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Fluorite Friday.

Hello! Fluorite Friday, I’m thinking of making it a thing. Would anyone be interested? It has such variety of color and shape. We’d love to showcase it every Friday. Thoughts? Thanks!

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this might be a weird ask, but i know nothing about crystals and minerals. i like to go through your blog for the shiny rocks. it’s goblin culture

Thank you :) We’re happy you enjoy it! 

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Boulder Opal in Ironstone

Locality: Quilpie, Quilpie Shire, Queensland, Australia.

Size: Cabinet

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Spessartine Garnet atop Smoky Quartz

Locality: Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, China.

Size: 5.4 cm by 6 cm by 4.7 cm

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Pyrite on Matrix

Locality: Ampliación a Victoria Mine, Navajún, La Rioja, Spain

Size: 20.3 x 17.8 x 10.2 cm

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Rhodochrosite Blades with Calcite

Locality: Madan Ore Field, Rhodope Mountains, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria

Size: 20.3 x 15.2 x 12.7 cm

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Sulfur sitting atop Calcite or Aragonite Matrix

Locality: Agrigento (Girgenti), Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy

Size: 12.7 x 8.4 x 9 cm