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Björk's music video for Jóga if it was a rock
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Dussertite:
- An arsenate mineral containing iron and barium
- Forms in the oxidised zone of some base metal deposits
- Named after Jean Baptiste Desiré Dussert (1872-1928), a French mining engineer #minerals
April 20, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Bisexuals when they have to choose a color for their couch
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Brochantite:
- A copper sulphate mineral
- Forms in arid climates or in rapidly oxidising copper sulphide deposits
- Named after French geologist and mineralogist André-Jean-François-Marie Brochant de Villiers (1772-1840) #minerals #MineralMonday
March 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
what....
If, like us, you’ve ever tried (no comment) to run 5km, you know it’s far, right?

What if we told you there was ice in Antarctica nearly 5km thick (4.7km to be precise) and more than 15 times the height of the Shard?

Photo: Constantino Listowski
March 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
no... this can't be real...
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Cummingtonite:
- An amphibole mineral
- Mainly forms in metamorphosed magnesium-rich rocks but can also occur in some gabbro (intrusive igneous rocks)
- Named after its type locality Cummington in Massachusetts, USA, where it was discovered in 1924 #minerals #MineralMonday
March 10, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I'm gonna rub scorodite on some bread and butter...
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Scorodite:
- A hydrated iron arsenate mineral
- Forms in hydrothermal deposits and as a secondary mineral in gossans
- Its name comes from the Greek word "σκορόδιου/scorodion" (garlic-like), because it smells like garlic when heated #minerals
February 28, 2025 at 9:13 PM
beautiful rocks. could use a name change
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Dickite
- A clay mineral
- Very soft, only 2-2.5 on the Mohs hardness scale, so it can be scratched with a fingernail
- Named after Allan Brugh Dick, a Scottish chemist who first described it #minerals
February 9, 2025 at 1:21 PM
these 2 rocks are lesbians
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Sepiolite:
- A clay mineral
- Occurs in association with serpentine
- Can be found floating on the Black Sea
- Its name comes from the Greek word "sepion" (cuttlebone)
- Also known as meerschaum (German for sea foam) #minerals
February 9, 2025 at 1:19 PM
moi qui essaie de traverser le centre ville
January 27, 2025 at 10:17 AM
yo
January 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Ce que j'entends dans ma tête quand je croise un flic
January 26, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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Regardez la plus mimi
January 25, 2025 at 8:28 AM
I want to apologize to Nadine for being weird about her rocks, I hope she doesn't mind

I feel like she would understand tho...
January 18, 2025 at 11:23 AM
see I'm not alone even Nadine says it looks like cookies and cream... Thank you Nadine
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Neptunite:
- A silicate mineral
- Discovered in 1893 in the Narssârssuk pegmatite, West Greenland
- Often associated with natrolite, giving it a "cookies and cream" appearance
- Thin fragments have a deep red colour
- Named after Neptune, the Roman God of the sea #minerals
January 18, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Rocks can expand like ice!? that's so cooool!!
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Stibnite:
- A sulphide mineral
- A source of antimony
- Occurs in hydrothermal deposits
- Kohl (a type of mascara/eyeliner used since 3000 BCE) is made from crushed stibnite
- Stibnite expands when frozen, just like water does #minerals
January 18, 2025 at 11:10 AM
you can't tell me that's not tapenade
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Olivine:
- Not a mineral species, it's a group consisting of a solid solution series where magnesium and iron content varies
- Forsterite = Mg-rich end member
- Fayalite = Fe-rich end member
- Can be used as a gemstone, which is referred to as peridot #minerals
January 18, 2025 at 11:08 AM
That looks sooo good, like caramel and sugar
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Childrenite:
- A rare hydrated phosphate mineral
- Named after John George Children, who was a chemist, mineralogist and zoologist, and worked at the British Museum
- He discovered it in George and Charlotte Mine in Devon, England in 1823 #minerals
January 18, 2025 at 11:06 AM
those look so soft, almost like you can eat them... I understand why kids try to eat rocks
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Smithsonite:
- Zinc carbonate mineral
- Smithsonite & hemimorphite were thought to be one mineral (called calamine)
- Named after James Smithson, English scientist and founding donor of Smithsonian Museum
- First identified as a distinct mineral by Smithson in 1803 #minerals
January 18, 2025 at 11:03 AM
I love this thread
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Quetzalcoatlite:
- Named after Quetzalcoatl, an Aztec and Toltec god of the sea, due to its sea-blue colour
- Forms in the oxidised zone of tellurium-bearing hydrothermal deposits #minerals
- This below is a co-type specimen (one of the specimens used to define the species)
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