Greg
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Mineral sciences museum specialist | DC | personal account | 🏳️🌈
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It was believed in medieval times that hedgehogs had spikes so they could roll over fruit to carry home to their children, which is not true but is a really cute idea
February 13, 2026 at 11:26 AM
It was believed in medieval times that hedgehogs had spikes so they could roll over fruit to carry home to their children, which is not true but is a really cute idea
Fluorite (CaF2)- one of the geometric shapeshifters of the mineral world. A few of its most common crystal habits seen: cubic, octahedral, cuboctahedral (?), spherical.
February 9, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Fluorite (CaF2)- one of the geometric shapeshifters of the mineral world. A few of its most common crystal habits seen: cubic, octahedral, cuboctahedral (?), spherical.
My time at the tucson gem and mineral shows has concluded and now i must head back east tomorrow. Incredibly fun and fulfilling trip 😊
February 9, 2026 at 4:24 AM
My time at the tucson gem and mineral shows has concluded and now i must head back east tomorrow. Incredibly fun and fulfilling trip 😊
Beautiful new mineral ive never seen before- rainbow garnet!
Has a similar iridescence as labradorite. Supposedly not much of the material exists yet.
Has a similar iridescence as labradorite. Supposedly not much of the material exists yet.
February 8, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Beautiful new mineral ive never seen before- rainbow garnet!
Has a similar iridescence as labradorite. Supposedly not much of the material exists yet.
Has a similar iridescence as labradorite. Supposedly not much of the material exists yet.
One of the gem dealers had spinny dioptase 😵💫
February 7, 2026 at 1:46 AM
One of the gem dealers had spinny dioptase 😵💫
Day 1 at the Tucson gem show complete!
February 3, 2026 at 4:26 AM
Day 1 at the Tucson gem show complete!
Day 0 (setup) for the Tucson gem show. Gonna be a busy but exciting week!
February 2, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Day 0 (setup) for the Tucson gem show. Gonna be a busy but exciting week!
Got to my hotel in Tucson an hour ago and have already spent 180$ on meteorites and minerals 😅
February 1, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Got to my hotel in Tucson an hour ago and have already spent 180$ on meteorites and minerals 😅
Blizzard update from Rhode Island- i have let the intrusive thoughts win
January 25, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Blizzard update from Rhode Island- i have let the intrusive thoughts win
Is anyone else alarmed by how much of a nuisance embedded ai 'assistants' have become?
I dont want to 'chat with my document', please just let me read it in peace lol
I dont want to 'chat with my document', please just let me read it in peace lol
January 22, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Is anyone else alarmed by how much of a nuisance embedded ai 'assistants' have become?
I dont want to 'chat with my document', please just let me read it in peace lol
I dont want to 'chat with my document', please just let me read it in peace lol
Photo session today feat. beryl and tourmaline 🥰
January 20, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Photo session today feat. beryl and tourmaline 🥰
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This is the kind of shit that would make you completely outside the bounds of any ancient society, the gods bestow generational curses for violating hospitality
A few days ago, Fox News was whining about ICE agents getting heckled at a Mexican restaurant in Minneapolis.
Meanwhile, in the town of Willmar, ICE agents had lunch at a Mexican restaurant, waited until it closed, then confronted and arrested three workers as they left.
Meanwhile, in the town of Willmar, ICE agents had lunch at a Mexican restaurant, waited until it closed, then confronted and arrested three workers as they left.
ICE agents ate at a Minnesota Mexican restaurant before arresting staff
Immigration law enforcement agents reportedly followed employees out of the restaurant after they closed for the evening
www.independent.co.uk
January 18, 2026 at 2:14 AM
This is the kind of shit that would make you completely outside the bounds of any ancient society, the gods bestow generational curses for violating hospitality
Exercising free will by feeding the seagulls at a rest stop parking lot
January 17, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Exercising free will by feeding the seagulls at a rest stop parking lot
Thousands of years of science grinding to a halt because the most ignorant brainless flat-earth inspired egotists the world has ever seen are now in charge of everything
January 6, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Thousands of years of science grinding to a halt because the most ignorant brainless flat-earth inspired egotists the world has ever seen are now in charge of everything
Happy FCF (fishy chalcopyrite friday) !!
🪨 : Chalcopyrite (CuFeS2) in shale
🪨 : Chalcopyrite (CuFeS2) in shale
January 2, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Happy FCF (fishy chalcopyrite friday) !!
🪨 : Chalcopyrite (CuFeS2) in shale
🪨 : Chalcopyrite (CuFeS2) in shale
Some very shiny high protein (read: lead) crystals!
🪨: Galena (PbS) from Bulgaria
🪨: Galena (PbS) from Bulgaria
December 19, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Some very shiny high protein (read: lead) crystals!
🪨: Galena (PbS) from Bulgaria
🪨: Galena (PbS) from Bulgaria
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
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as of this week it has officially been 18 years since an anonymous user uploaded this bizarre image of an opossum cornered in a baby grand piano to Wikimedia Commons
December 15, 2025 at 2:45 AM
as of this week it has officially been 18 years since an anonymous user uploaded this bizarre image of an opossum cornered in a baby grand piano to Wikimedia Commons
Just donated 5$ to wikipedia 😎
December 10, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Just donated 5$ to wikipedia 😎
Super cool twinned rough diamond!
December 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Super cool twinned rough diamond!
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Screaming into the void… 🪶
December 7, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Screaming into the void… 🪶
Polished agate from Brazil
December 3, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Polished agate from Brazil
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