Minerals
Posts about minerals
What Kind Of Minerals and Crystals Can Be Found In Ohio?
Calcite and celestite crystals from Ohio If you live in Ohio and want to get rich finding Emeralds then forget it. Your…
A Bridge to Washington made of Mineral and Perseverence
The river is just about a mile wide at this point. Mud colored waves roll along gently, interrupted occasionally by pleasure craft…
The Uncertain Future of Afghanistan’s Mineral Wealth
Poor Afghanistan. It is the country that never seems to catch a break. Remote, poor, land-locked, and yet highly strategic because of…
Organic Looking Moss Agate Use in Art
Moss agate is an un-banded (and therefore not a true) agate. It is a chalcedony with dendritic inclusions of other, typically green,…
Rare Jade Artifact Up for Auction – the Jade Seal of Emperor Qianlong
It’s not often in Geology that you have an opportunity to personally link an item to a historical figure but thanks to…
An Ancient Malachite Art Object
Artisans have used malachite as material for creating art since ancient times. Today we have an exceptional example of chinese art incorporating…
Gorgeous Yellow Brucite Crystal
Brucite is the mineral form of magnesium hydroxide named in 1824 by François Sulpice Beudant for its discoverer, American minerologist and chemist Archibald…
Beautiful Green Dioptase / Schöne grüne Dioptase / 美しい緑の翠銅鉱
Beautiful Green Dioptase Dioptase is an unusual mineral that is highly desired for its intense Emerald green color. It is a copper…
Beautiful Bejeweled Amethyst’s History as an Art Medium
The February birthstone is amethyst. A form of non-fluorescing hard stone quartz whose typically purple shading comes from irradiation of iron or…
This Week’s Mineral Spotlight: Gorgeous Green Malachite
If the mineral is green and gorgeous there is a good chance it’s malachite. Like its copper cousins Turquoise, Azurite, and Chrysocolla,…