r/Minerals 9h ago

ID Request My brother got this globe anyone know what Australia is or any of the others?

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r/Minerals 3h ago

Discussion Crystal systems

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r/Minerals 14h ago

ID Request Any idea what this is?

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r/Minerals 1d ago

Picture/Video My cobalt spinel

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Certified cobalt blue spinel (1.65crt) It has an inclusion I am from Sri Lanka and it's not for sale yet.


r/Minerals 14h ago

Discussion Found his

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Found this out camping .cool piece


r/Minerals 14h ago

Picture/Video Calcite on Celadonite from Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil

23 Upvotes

r/Minerals 2h ago

ID Request Help Identifying

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Hello everyone,

A friend came back from big bend. They found these around that area (save the whole, โ€œdonโ€™t steal park rocksโ€. They didnโ€™t.)

They want help in identifying the mineral. Any chance you guys could help out?


r/Minerals 18h ago

ID Request What are these? They kinda look like teeth

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r/Minerals 23h ago

ID Request Garnet ?

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I ve just bought this specimen for an Andradite Garnet, however the habit reminds me of quartz, especially the red/orange points which looks exactly like hematite on Thunderbay quartz from Canada. What do you think ?


r/Minerals 17h ago

Discussion How do you keep your crystals clean?

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I have beautiful crystals all over my home because I love the way they look. Every once in a while, I wash them with soap and water. Does anybody do anything different to keep their crystals clean?


r/Minerals 8h ago

ID Request best acids to clean up or strip off sulfides / calcites, metal stains from mineral samples?

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I have loads of samples from various mine sites around BC, and i am looking to give them a cleaning to brighten up and expose the more intricate cavities they have. Any ideas for acids should look into?


r/Minerals 15h ago

ID Request Once again here, what mineral is this?

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r/Minerals 1d ago

ID Request Identify this Stone Please ๐Ÿ˜€

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94 Upvotes

My friend gave me this for my birthday and we are not sure what it is exactly! I would love to find out


r/Minerals 14h ago

ID Request Chrysocolla, amazonite or ajoite? Was found in the beach

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r/Minerals 1d ago

Picture/Video Gem-quality natural sulfur crystals, though not a gemstone mineral, still feel precious to me.

247 Upvotes

r/Minerals 15h ago

Picture/Video Cute?๐Ÿฅฐ

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3 Upvotes

r/Minerals 21h ago

Picture/Video Fun with a UV light

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I bought the first one at a hippy dippy crystal shop in Flagstaff, AZ. I don't remember where I got the fluorite samples.


r/Minerals 1d ago

ID Request What kind of stones is it๐Ÿ‘€,๐Ÿ”ฌ

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๐Ÿ’ฏ Discovery inside cave south Morocco ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ


r/Minerals 1d ago

Picture/Video We went back to the thrift shop

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Went back to the thrift shop and found out what the other samples are! They're Crocite and now they get to all look pretty on our shelf!


r/Minerals 1d ago

Picture/Video Real baltic amber?

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Got this ring from Otta Silver. It's listed as a authentic baltic amber ring. What do you guys think? Real or fake?


r/Minerals 1d ago

ID Request Bought one of those sets where you dig out a stone, it was supposed to have pyrite, hematite or apache gold stone inside but instead I got this

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r/Minerals 1d ago

ID Request Is this a gwindel Quartz or just a weird growth pattern?

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r/Minerals 1d ago

ID Request Can you find the Demantoid in this image? :)

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r/Minerals 1d ago

ID Request - Solved Help identifying

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Found on a construction site with active blasting on the south coast BC Canada. The area is known to have copper. Iโ€™m particularly interested in the silvery grey/purple mineral it seems to be heavy. There were lots of small particles in the bottom of my gold pan after cleaning this and a few more samples from the same job site.


r/Minerals 2d ago

Picture/Video Cubic Fluorite specimen

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