rog (rock blog)

rocks&minerals, vulture culture, and knick knacks, along with whatever i find cool. finally getting around to cataloguing my hoard :)

[vugnasmineralblog]

Fluorite Xia Yang Mine, Fujian Province, China (Peoples Republic)

[a-really-hot-caterpillar]

EVERYBODY DROP WHATEVER YOU'RE DOING AND LOOK AT THE SUN

[smolgreybunny]

@queenlucythevaliant

[vugnasmineralblog]

Opal Agramón, Albacete, Castilla La Mancha, Spain

[protobacillus]

https://www.protobacillus.com

[bekkathyst]

BEKKATHYST FIRST GIVEAWAY IN AUSTRIA

~This giveaway is in no way affiliated with Tumblr.~

Please read thoroughly before entering!

Hello lovely Tumblr folk! It’s that time again- I have a giveaway for you all. This is our first giveaway since we have finally finished moving and are now settled in Austria - and back in business! 💜

We have an online store that could use your support!

About us: My business is a small, family run establishment that I started here on tumblr in 2013. I’ve been lucky enough to grow to the point where this supports me, my partner, and our daughter. In the US we also had a brick-and-mortar shop in which I employed my mom and a few of my siblings. However, we closed it to be able to move to Austria, my home country! 💜 I strived to put compassion and ethics above all else in my business, and I hope that shines through. We have a website but also run many fun sales directly here on Tumblr.

This giveaway will have two winners.

What the first winner receives:

The assortment of crystals pictured above! If the winner chooses, I can also include some tea and cookies local to me here. There are 14 crystals in total and a handmade (by me) rainbow moonstone pendant. The full retail value is about $450

A $100 gift card that can be used for our online store or tumblr sales!

What the second winner receives:

A $50 gift card that can be used for our online store or tumblr sales!

Rules:

You must be 16 or older. (If under 18 you MUST have parent’s permission)

You can be from anywhere in the world! I am shipping from Austria.

Shipping is entirely free, I will cover it. But if you live in a country that that charges import tax, you are responsible for it. If it gets sent back to me, you will need to pay shipping to have it sent again.

You must be following me, so you can get updates if anything about the giveaway changes.

Please check out our online shop!

DO NOT tag this post as giveaway. That will risk the notes getting messed up, and this will be ruined for everyone.

Reblog this post to enter. Likes count as additional entries. No giveaway or spam blogs. If you reblog on a side blog, let me know in the tags what the name of your blog is that you’re following me with.

Please don’t spam people with reblogs- limit 2 reblogs per blog per day.  

At the end, each entry will be assigned a number and the winner will be chosen by a random number generator.

The giveaway ends Tuesday, August 30th, 2022.

The winners will be messaged and must respond with their full name and address within 24 hours, or a new winner will be chosen.

Please respect me and my rules, and have fun!

[lionfloss]

René Lalique, 1925

[maeve-an-bhanchainti]

Jesus fucking CHRIST

it is NOT GATEKEEPING when I tell the vulture culture crowd to CLEAN THEIR BONES BEFORE SELLING/GIVING THEM TO PEOPLE

It is a dead animal it is full of bacteria even if you can't see anything gross on it. "nature cleaned" or "sun cleaned" are not a thing, you have to clean it. I saw a lady selling a terrarium with "nature cleaned" armadillo bones in it. armadillo can carry leprosy. clean your bones clean your bones clean your bones clean your

[transmutationdice]

Fractured - Void Opal

A dark black d20 inlayed with veins of crushed blue opal.

This was a lot of work but I’m so pleased with how it turned out! 

Numbers still to be painted.

[marylibra]

PINGAT JET BEADED BUTTERFLY EVENING CAPE

1890’s

Maison Emile Pingat A. Walles & Cie

Cream satin with chiffon shoulder drape beneath two layers of stiffened black net decorated as butterfly wings with silver sequins and faceted jet beads, the high neck having a large beaded wire butterfly at back.

[fluffygif]

What do you think happened next?

[letmeinimafairy]

A commission for @ltwilliammowett , a votive ship in an old sailors'church. A sermon on Jonah can be heard in a background.

[everythingfox]

Golden tortoise beetles

(via)

[a-very-manly-mupppet-deactivate]

1) fluorite

2) crystal trees

3) rutile quartz

4) uhhhh probably a celestite cluster

5) opalized ammonite fossil

6) desert rose cluster (selenite)

7) citrine cluster

all this stuff was worth more than a car but it was soooo sparkly and pretty and beautiful. i love rocks 🥴

[420mermaid]

Cedric Laquieze - Leo Vulgaris (2021)

[keroascrazy]

@snakeybones lookit this...!

[snailspng]

Ocean Jasper sphere PNGs

[archaicwonder]

Roman Gold and Agate Cameo Ring Depicting a Shrimp, 2nd Century AD

[389]

Alien-like chatter of the world’s deepest lake as photographer shares eerie sounds of newly-formed ice. Alexey Kolganov films himself skating on transparent ice of lake Baikal, as new cracks form under his skates

[pavelow]

Bro that is literally nature telling you to stop

[moonpaw]

always fucking something with this lake