#inclusions

[dozydawn]

quartz with green chlorite

[geologyin-blog]

Natural Peridot Crystal with Ludwigite Inclusions - Rare Specimen from Supat Mine, Pakistan

Photo: Nmn Mineral Finds

[addicted2wasps]

I'm so stoked!!! I just discovered a mineral I have never heard of before called "Sakura Jasper", and it really does look like Sakura blossoms with a soft green/teal background. It's so pretty!!!! It comes from Madagascar, and it's a type of Microcrystalline quartz/Chalcedony/Rhyolite (SiO2), with pink, beige and red flower-like inclusions made up of iron and other minerals. It was the only one they had in the shop! I claimed it right away! I honestly thought it was painted at first. I couldn't believe it was real until I actually held it, it has some really nice weight. It's SO COOL!!!!

[glitchcosmos]

pyrite octaedra in opal by filiberto 69 on flickr

[materialsscienceandengineering]

Diamonds reveal hidden chemistry deep inside Earth

Diamonds from South Africa's Voorspoed mine have revealed the first natural evidence of nickel-rich metallic alloys forming deep in Earth's mantle, between 280-470 km (174-292 miles). A new study reveals that these inclusions coexist with nickel-rich carbonates, capturing a rare snapshot of a "redox-freezing" reaction whereby oxidized melts infiltrate reduced mantle rock. The growing diamond trapped both reactants and products of a diamond-forming reaction. This finding not only confirms long-standing predictions about mantle redox conditions but also highlights how such processes may fuel diamond formation of volatile-rich magmas that erupt from hundreds of kilometers and bring the diamond to the surface. The Earth's mantle is a restless, enigmatic engine that powers volcanism, recycles crust, and regulates the long-term evolution of the planet. But one of its most elusive characteristics -- the redox state, or the balance of oxidized and reduced chemical species -- remains difficult to measure directly. A new study led by Yael Kempe and Yaakov Weiss, from the Hebrew University's Institute of Earth Sciences, offers a rare glimpse into these deep processes, captured within nano- and micro-inclusions in diamonds from South Africa's Voorspoed mine.

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[lilidawnonthemoon]

[eleiyaumei]

Psychedelica of the Black Butterfly DLC - Artbook, OST, Wallpapers

This is what you get for about 5 bucks on Steam.

The artbook is so much better than the Hakuouki ones!

With the OST, two thirds of the track numbers are incorrect (I found out by looking up the OST on Soundcloud) and I had to manually add the titles I found here.