Crystals
Posts about crystals

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….

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

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…