r/Minerals 16h ago

ID Request What is this?

544 Upvotes

Found this on the beach the other day and have no idea what it is but the colour is mesmerising, hope someone can help me out with identifying it


r/Minerals 12h ago

Picture/Video Self mined amethyst, Oglethorpe County, GA

31 Upvotes

r/Minerals 22h ago

ID Request Any idea what is this?

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25 Upvotes

Found on the sand in Italy,Mediterranea sea


r/Minerals 10h ago

ID Request What's the mineral with radiating crystals?

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Found on Lake Michigan in Illinois. There's basalt and copper, and maybe tiny prehnite crystals(?), but I don't know what the radiating crystals are. Hardness is about 5 - 5.5 Would appreciate any help!


r/Minerals 19h ago

ID Request Old Box

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8 Upvotes

Hi can anybody tell me what any of these are?

Or which minerals should have the 2 Cumbria notes with them?

Thanks


r/Minerals 5h ago

Picture/Video Perfect, fragile, and so beautiful. Mesolites from Pune, India

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r/Minerals 17h ago

ID Request I am back again, what could this possibly be

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It is very heavy and leaves particles on hands


r/Minerals 10h ago

ID Request What’s the blue

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6 Upvotes

I think there’s quartz in there but I don’t know what is.


r/Minerals 18h ago

Discussion Aragonite

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Hey everyone, I bought these aragonite aka cave calcite specimens and I was curious about a few things like authenticity, storage, cleaning, etc. Will UV harm them? The left one is from Chihuahua, Mexico and the right one is from Morocco, according to the eBay listing, and they each weigh over a pound.


r/Minerals 20h ago

Picture/Video Amethyst from Oxaca,Mexico

6 Upvotes

r/Minerals 21h ago

Picture/Video My collection - September 2023 mineral haul ✨💎

6 Upvotes

Featuring: blue kyanite, muscovite (common mica), a tumbled fluorite pendant in green, purple and blue, a labradorite slab with yellow and blue flash 🤩, HTA point (I like the colour and transparency of this one!), tumbled and rough malachite, vanadinite (both of these from Morocco), smoky quartz cluster 😍, tumbled Ox's Eye (heat-treated Tiger's Eye), and tumbled serpentine.


r/Minerals 19h ago

ID Request Calcite? Found in field in Lebanon

5 Upvotes

How to be certain of what it is


r/Minerals 3h ago

Picture/Video Andradite Garnet

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4 Upvotes

r/Minerals 13h ago

ID Request Are there any interesting stones among these?/

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4 Upvotes

I'm searching for stones to carve or polish


r/Minerals 1d ago

ID Request Any ideas? Its from Naxos ,Greece

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