#Minerals

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mineralsrocksandfossiltalks
mineralsrocksandfossiltalks

Here’s yet another set of blue minerals to vote on Kyanite vs

Sodalite.


Which should move on?

Kyanite and it’s variable hardness

Sodalite, the poor man’s lapis

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doseandmimosas
doseandmimosas
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ghminerals
ghminerals
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cringecasket
cringecasket

  1. Particoloured tourmaline known as a moorhead (Elba, Italy). Height of crystal 30 mm.
  2. Cross section of a particoloured tourmaline (Sri Lanka). Diameter 105 mm.
  3. Cut of particoloured tourmaline (Madagascar). Diameter 12 mm.
  4. Cut tourmalines. Top: dravite (Madagascar); center: verdilites (Brazil); bottom: dark dravite (Sri Lanka).

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ghminerals
ghminerals
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mineralsrocksandfossiltalks
mineralsrocksandfossiltalks

Here’s our second on for the day:

Borax vs

Gypsum.


Which should move on?

Borax

Gypsum

See Results

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cherry-vennom
cherry-vennom

Benetoite

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luka-luvs-tuna
luka-luvs-tuna

Pics from a museum i went to :p

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nomadicspiritjewelry
nomadicspiritjewelry

This is watermelon tourmaline from Colorado 🇺🇸 Feel free to like, comment, share, follow ☮️❤️😃 Visit our Etsy shop to view our selection. Here’s the link:

https://nomadicspiritjewelry.etsy.com/

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lorenzens-soil
lorenzens-soil

Iridescent Goethite on Quartz
San Valentin Mine (San Valentin Open Pit)
Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Union, Murcia, Spain
28x19x14mm

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impact-newswire
impact-newswire

The Minerals That Keep America’s Military Running Are Almost Gone

Washington holds roughly two months of rare earth inventory for defense production. China controls the refining capacity to replenish it. And three African nations are sitting on the deposits that could change everything, if Washington can move fast enough to matter.

Somewhere inside the labyrinth of American defense procurement, a counter is ticking. It measures not bombs or missiles but the…

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nomadicspiritjewelry
nomadicspiritjewelry

This is chalcedony from Brazil 🇧🇷 Feel free to like, comment, share, follow ☮️❤️😃 Visit our Etsy shop to view our selection. Here’s the link:

https://nomadicspiritjewelry.etsy.com/

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simonopines
simonopines
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letmeinimafairy
letmeinimafairy

A continuation of this motif on a cutoff of the same stone. The green astral.

Available as a pendant

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mineralsrocksandfossiltalks
mineralsrocksandfossiltalks

DAY 3: Iron Oxides

Our next competitors are Magnetite

and Hematite.

Which one would you like to see move on?

Iron Oxide Faceoff

Magnetite

Hematite

See Results


P.S. I forgot I could make polls on here so you can go vote on the first 2 as well!

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maeveandgreenyarn
maeveandgreenyarn

I sorted selected stones from my flint collection by colours. All are gathered in 2025-2026 in my hometown in Poland


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ceramicindia-tiles-manufacturers

Minaxi Minerals, Ceramic Raw Material for tiles and sanitarywares, Ceramic India

Ceramic Raw Material for tiles and sanitarywares, Ceramic India

Minaxi Minerals

Ceramic Raw Material, Ceramic Machinery Spare & Parts, Raw Material & Chemicals, Ceramic Roller & Grinding Media, China Clay, Digital Ink, Ceramic Color, Frit & Zinc Oxide, Refractories, Feldspar (Soda & Potash), Quartz, ceramic india

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nomadicspiritjewelry
nomadicspiritjewelry

This is vanadinite from Morocco 🇲🇦 Feel free to like, comment, share, follow ☮️❤️😃 Visit our Etsy shop to view our selection. Here’s the link:

https://nomadicspiritjewelry.etsy.com/

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sainthildegardofbingen
sainthildegardofbingen

packing my rock and memento collection in preparation to move

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moon-crystals
moon-crystals

,,Sunny,, lamprophyllite in the rock. Deposit: the mountain Kedykvyrpakhk. Murmansk region Lovozersky district. Russia