Crystals

Posts about crystals

Concert
July 1, 2023

Taylor Swift Cincinnati Concert Weekend Sale

Photo By Cosmopolitan UK, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=84773232 This weekend international pop star Taylor Swift is playing two concert dates in Cincinnati….

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Chinese Blue Fluorite floating on a bed of druzy quartz
May 28, 2023

Fluorite

Fluorite – the most colorful mineral in the world! And it fluoresces under UV light, too!…

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Ohio Fluorite
December 13, 2022

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…

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August 11, 2022

Ever Popular Ever Beautiful Rose Quartz

Of all the variety of minerals and crystals, perhaps the most beloved and widely collected is quartz. Named from the old Saxon…

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Borden Formation Lower Mississippian Eastern Kentucky Agate
July 28, 2022

Beautiful Collectible Kentucky Agate

Located in east-central near the town of Irvine is Knob’s Region, a “u” shaped arc extending for nearly 230 miles that is…

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The Storming of the Bastille
July 12, 2022

What Do Bastille Day and Crystallography Have in Common?

July 14, celebrated every year in France as Bastille Day, commemorates the storming and seizure of the notorious medieval armory, fortress, and…

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Goldstone glass under magnification
February 22, 2022

Curious, Glittering Goldstone: Mineral, Crystal, Something Else Altogether?

Goldstone. You know it, that gorgeous with a glittering star field that comes in blue, red, green or purple. It’s used for…

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Corundum
February 15, 2022

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…

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Yellow brucite (4.0 × 3.0 × 2.5 cm) from Killa Saifullah, Balochistan, Pakistan.
May 28, 2021

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…

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Dioptase Locality: Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia. Pristine and perfect all around. Erik Louw was a miner on the dioptase stope who traded extensively and accumulated one of the finest Tsumeb miniatures collections, purchased in entirety by the Sussmans in the late 1990's. 4 x 4 x 1 cm
May 22, 2021

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…

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