#grapeagata

[canisalbus]

Howlite and Tiger's Eye. They're just like va-

For a second there I thought these were a chunk of blue cheese and a piece of pickled herring in mustard sauce, and I was rather distressed by the image of them laid out on a carpet like that.

[acewithobsessions]

blorbo bleebus :3

idk if that's a reference to anything but it's fun to say ^w^

blorbo

bleebus

:D

im pretty sure I've seen it in a couple meme posts around here, but yeah, it's like saying beep Boop until you are not sad yk?

[hasellia]

24. favorite crystal?

86. cookies or cupcakes?

:3

23; Favourite crystal? Usually my answer is Tiger iron.

Which apparently isn't an APPROVED mineral species (nor does it look like something Crash Bandicoot would collect).

So my next answer would be amber!

Above is an amber carved into the shape of a bear, looking quite like a gummy bear. Next to it is a piece of amber containing bark, an ant and a FREAKING DINOSAUR TAIL!!!! It's a fossil that contains a fossil and has that nice orange translucence I also crave from Citrine. But remember, folks, don't buy amber from Myanmar. It funds conflict. Also shout out to Schalenblende! You look like a fungus that grew out of a coffee stain and I love you for it! You might be noticing a colour pattern...

86; Cookies or cupcakes? Cupcakes easily. Nothing against a good cookie, but I find I'm much more likely to enjoy a cupcake than a cookie. Especially with good frosting!

[hasellia]

Okay so I was scouring jojowiki.com as usual and it says there that Diego's dinosaur form is based on an outdated record of a Utahraptor, and I don't know anything about them but I have a slight suspicion they were found in Utah.

I dunno just thought it was funny how to the point the name is. "it's a raptor in Utah, let's call it Utahraptor"

You blame Jim Kirkland over on his twitter for naming them that.

But yeah, "[Place name]saurus [place name]ensis" is a meme in the paleocommunity for a reason. (The word "ensis" meaning "from [place name]".) Image souce: Adam-Loves-Dinosaurs.

I think Utahraptor is probably the most famous one. When another large dromeosaur was found in Dakota, DePalma felt it natural to smash the usual dromeosaur suffix of "raptor" with the prefix of [Place name] to name Dakotaraptor.

A dinosaur not many realise was intended to be named after a place is Mamenchisaurus. (Source: Cervente on Tumblr)

It was discovered in (yes I'm using Wikipedia's text) Mǎmíngxī (马鸣溪 'horse-neighing brook') by Yang Zhongjian (楊鍾健), grandfather of Chinese Palaeontology. However, Yang wasn't from the area and mistook the intonation for the locale name. So he ended up calling it (馬門溪龍屬), from Mǎménxī (马门溪 'horse-gate brook').

That's probably the most fun one I can think of, but the others are like...

Koreacertops. Aegyptosaurus. Argentinosaurus. Patagotitan (Patagonia). Chilesaurus (Chile, but apparently it sounds like "dick" in latin countries?) Edmontosaurus (Canadian province, Edmonton). Albertosaurus (Candadian province Alberta, named after Princess Louise Carolina Alberta... named after Prince Albert). Gondwanasuchus (A crocodile actually, that was found in São Paulo, you know where, which USED to be part of the supercontinent Gondwana). Adamantisaurus is named from the same formation the croc was found, Adamantina.

Probably the most common kind of argument on the internet regarding dinosaurs at the moment is names and... IMO, it's not worth it unless it's REALLY bad or a bit mishandled, like Kuru kulla or Mamenchisaurus. But then, that's what the ICZN (International Code of Zoological Nomenclature) is usually for.

Anyway, Thanos is the worst dinosaur name in current use. Grapes, I need your Brazilian Portuguese expertise to write a strongly worded letter to Rafael Delcourt and Fabiano Vidoi Iori on good naming conventions. Obrigado Uva!

[acewithobsessions]

HIIIJII LOOK AT THIS

This is Meurigite-K, she's named after meurig! That K at the end is for potassium, because there's two Meurigites! The other is sodium!

Here's K's sister, Meurigite-Na:

BEAUTIFUL

Also they are very small only like, 2 or 3 millimeters!

WAAHH THAT IS SO COOL!! they are gorgeous :0 <3

[acewithobsessions]

okay so I just noticed that the initials of your url are A.W.O.

so like

AWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

very fun ⬤w⬤

Heck yeah wolves ftw 🤝

[acewithobsessions]

I want to hug you!

ok! <3

🫂

[the-typing-dragon]

What are grape agates? Most sources say it's calcedony, but Hobart M. King on geology.com says it's amethyst which to me just seems so incorrect but he's made me second guess myself

of course geology.com would say it's a rock. biased source much? its actually those fake grapes at grandparent's houses