A lovely crocoite thumbnail from the famous Adelaide Mine in Tasmania, Australia. #crocoite #australia #minerals #crystals #tasmanian #mineralspecimens

Tourmaline with a purple cap, from Água Branca, Brazil. #tourmaline #aguabranca #brazil #finegems #mineralspecimens

Thanks! Grateful to have added it to my collection

Rhodochrosite from the Sweet Home Mine in Park County, Colorado, from a find in the early 2000s. A classic cleaved crystal from a classic USA locale! #rhodochrosite #sweethomemine #colorado #crystals #usa #mineralspecimens

Fluorite from Big Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake Co., Utah. As far as I can tell, this is the only specimen to have ever come out of this specific locale. #rockhounding #utah #bigcottonwoodcanyon #fluorite #mineralspecimens

Rainbow lattice feldspar from the Hart Range in Australia. #crystals #rainbowlatticefeldspar #australia #mineralspecimens #crystalcollecting

Tourmaline with quartz from Pakistan. #tourmaline #quartz #elbaite #pakistan #mineralspecimens #crystals

Pyromorphite on matrix from Guangxi, China. #pyromorphite #mineralspecimens #china #guangxi #crystals

Wouldn’t Biden be immune from any prosecution since he was acting in his capacity as president? Or does that only apply to Trump

Sand calcite from Rattlesnake Butte, South Dakota. This is an old stock specimen, as collecting has been restricted due to the area being named a National Natural Landmark (NNL). #oldstock #crystalspecimens #calcite #sandcalcite #rattlesnakebutte #southdakota #usa

Such a pretty crystal, and so many different colors!

Tourmaline thumbnail crystal from Swat Valley, Pakistan. #tourmaline #crystals #pakistani #mineralspecimens

Travertine is my guess.

Does it react to acid? I’m thinking some sort of carbonate

A hematite after ammonite pseudomorph from Morocco! This ammonite essentially died, became calcified, & was then subjected to a change in environment, that added iron and turned the calcite to hematite. #pseudomorph #fossils #hematite #ammonite #morocco

Me too friend, much to my wife and wallet’s chagrin

Beautiful old stock tourmaline from the Cruzeiro Mine in Minas Gerais, Brazil. #tourmaline #mineralspecimens #minasgerais #crystals

Smoky quartz from the Mineral Mountains, mined by a buddy of mine. #utah #mineralmountains #beaver #mineralspecimens

Thank you! Happy New Year to you as well!

Secondary copper minerals (azurite & an unidentifiable one) with a brachiopod imprint . Collected from the Apex Mine in Southern Utah before it was closed off to the public. #apexmine #coppermine #southern #utah #mineralspecimens #fossils

Those water lines are neat, congrats on a great find

I like em a little lighter so that they really pop without having to be backlit

Hematite pseudomorph after magnetite, from Malarque, Argentina #hematite #magnetite #pseudomorph #crystal #mineralspecimen

Tourmaline

Tourmaline from the Chia Mine in Minas Gerais, Brazil. #elbaite #tourmaline #minasgerais #brazil #crystals #gems #mineralspecimens

Thanks it’s one I need to appreciate more often!

Smoky quartz included with actinolite, from Namibia. #namibian #minerals #crystals #smokyquartz #actinolite #inclusions #mineralspecimens

Agreed, though I’m very grateful to own a flat lap now

Banded calcite from Utah Co., Utah. I shaped & polished this years ago using sandpaper & elbow grease (by hand) #calcite #utah #usa #rockhounding #mineralspecimens

Hollow elbaite tourmaline from the Pederneira Mine in Minas Gerais, Brazil. #pederneiramine #tourmaline #mineralspecimens