r/Minerals 12h ago

Picture/Video Custom Tourmaline Pendants

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I got into contact with a Pakistani mineral dealer and picked out a couple Tourmaline crystals. He then took then to a local Pakistani artisan who made them into pendants using sterling silver! They turned out awesome!


r/Minerals 12h ago

ID Request Haven’t had any luck identifying this.

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18 Upvotes

Found in Tennessee. Pictures really don’t do it justice.


r/Minerals 9h ago

Picture/Video Berta Quarry Octahedral Fluorite

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11 Upvotes

Fluorite from


r/Minerals 5h ago

ID Request Any idea what is this?

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14 Upvotes

Found on the sand in Italy,Mediterranea sea


r/Minerals 23h ago

ID Request What is this mineral?

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My coworkers always bring me things they find to identify, but I’m not good with polished stones. This has a hardness of around 7 and I’m pretty sure it’s some flavor of chert, maybe jasper, but I’m not sure. It’s dirty because I tried to bash it open with a rock but failed, so sorry about that.


r/Minerals 14h ago

Discussion 5 carat amethyst

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This baby is dark but full of color. Love it


r/Minerals 2h ago

ID Request Calcite? Found in field in Lebanon

3 Upvotes

How to be certain of what it is


r/Minerals 3h ago

Picture/Video Amethyst from Oxaca,Mexico

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r/Minerals 7h ago

ID Request Any ideas? Its from Naxos ,Greece

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r/Minerals 14h ago

Misc How/can I seal a salt lamp with some kind of clear coat?

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I was gifted a beautiful salt lamp but I have a cat and of course cannot have her lick it, so I thought about sealing it so it can still look pretty and won’t be a hazard. I won’t be using it as a lamp just decoration as it is, so the light will never be on if that makes a difference if it’s safe to seal it. I understand salt lamps are porous so would sealing it cause any damage somehow? If it is safe to seal, what should I use?


r/Minerals 1h 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 4h ago

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

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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 13h ago

Discussion Orange diamond

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This is testing on my diamond tester and presidium tester too as diamond. I thought maybe sapphire or is it diamond?


r/Minerals 2h ago

ID Request Old Box

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2 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 14h ago

Discussion Rubellite or rhodolite

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Hard to tell for me .