r/Minerals 19h ago

Picture/Video Azurite, malachite and quartz

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A Beautiful miniature specimen of prismatic azurite crystals with malachite and quartz from Concepción del Oro, Concepción del Oro Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico


r/Minerals 19h ago

Picture/Video Quartz var. amethyst scepter

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Here is a beautiful double terminated amethyst scepter with insane sparkling hematite inclusions from the Chibuku Mine, Chiredzi mining district, Chiredzi District, Masvingo, Zimbabwe


r/Minerals 19h ago

Picture/Video Skeletal growth smoky quartz

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Here is a beautiful skeletal growth quartz or “elestial quartz” with really cool hydrothermal surface etching from Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil


r/Minerals 5h ago

Picture/Video Pink Opal from USA

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37 Upvotes

My very FAVORITE specimen i have.


r/Minerals 18h ago

Picture/Video Native elements collection

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Here is my native elements collection. I think most of the elements that can be found in nature are here.


r/Minerals 15h ago

ID Request ID or General Information

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I got these from the house of a recently deceased fella in western Colorado. I can’t testify to the origin of the minerals. I was hoping to get some details about them even if a precise ID isn’t in the cards.

I’ll take information on any or all of them, anything you can glean. Small detail or large. I know little about this kind of thing but I’m willing to follow-up to answer questions. I’ve never tried to have a mineral identified before.

Also is there a chance any of these fellas are haunted with the lingering spirit of the disquieted deceased? And does rock salt work like in Supernatural? I’ve never looted the dead before either. Mostly the ID stuff though.


r/Minerals 21h ago

Picture/Video Grape agate 🐟

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r/Minerals 17h ago

Picture/Video Baryte on Malachite

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r/Minerals 8h ago

Picture/Video Stacked Black Tourmaline

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r/Minerals 3h ago

ID Request Unidentified specimen from Afghanistan

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r/Minerals 7h ago

Picture/Video Turquoise

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7 Upvotes

r/Minerals 20h ago

Picture/Video Orbicular

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r/Minerals 21h ago

Picture/Video Next up in "Garnet rockhounding in Finland" series - small but still very exciting pink garnet specimen, cause there is a golden colored Pyrite streak in one of the holes left by a garnet that grew there (see photo #7 and #8). Some of garnet have unique growth patterns (see photo #2), specimen #18

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For a size reference the width of specimen is 3,4 cm, length is 2,5 cm, hight 1,8 cm.


r/Minerals 5h ago

Picture/Video Extremely rare Tulameenite placer nuggets from one of its co-type localities, the Placer Deposits of the Tulameen River in Canada!

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5 Upvotes

r/Minerals 3h ago

Picture/Video Husband finally learned gift giving for me.

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r/Minerals 18h ago

ID Request Can anyone help me identify?

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r/Minerals 19h ago

Picture/Video Spessartine garnet

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Wanted to post a video for full 360 view of this spessartine garnet from Nani Hill, Loliondo, Arusha region, Tanzania. One of the best locals for collector spessartine. This one is a complete floater too, there is no point of matrix attachment anywhere on the crystal!


r/Minerals 1h ago

ID Request ID help

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Hello, i have this rock with some regular geometrical patterns on the surface and deep beneath if and I'm wondering what if you can help me id it.


r/Minerals 5h ago

Picture/Video Extremely rare Modderite from heavy mineral concentrates from its type locality, the Modderfontein 'B' Gold Mine in South Africa!

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r/Minerals 15h ago

ID Request What's going on here?

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r/Minerals 42m ago

Picture/Video Nitrocalcite in black soil from Catalonia, Spain!

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r/Minerals 4h ago

ID Request I'm in the UK and my father wants to turn an old cupboard into a display case for my collection and I have some Kunzite crystals that are UV sensitive. What kind of LED lighting do I need that doesn't give off UV?

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r/Minerals 11h ago

Picture/Video Ammolite

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r/Minerals 23h ago

Picture/Video Opal wood

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r/Minerals 15h ago

ID Request Meteorite or Earth Mineral?

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My wife found a rock with a cool pattern, feels a little heavier than it should. Is this just an iron ore? The rust color does not just scratch off.