Jon Quebc
@jquebc.bsky.social
Mainly northern England. Walking about. Innit.
Recreating the best of Black Sabbath album cover today:
February 7, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Recreating the best of Black Sabbath album cover today:
OK. So, it turns out that massive, increasing wealth disparity and the cannibalistic consumption of the middle class, does lead to the uber rich controlling and manipulating everything.
February 2, 2026 at 9:30 PM
OK. So, it turns out that massive, increasing wealth disparity and the cannibalistic consumption of the middle class, does lead to the uber rich controlling and manipulating everything.
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Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.
February 2, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.
Issue: minerals of the same name have such a large visual variety that they’re hard to identify. Also, whilst it’s great to find a decent example of something - like these fluorite cubes - more often the rocks on the beach or in some spoil heap are way more imperfect than pics online or in books.
January 31, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Issue: minerals of the same name have such a large visual variety that they’re hard to identify. Also, whilst it’s great to find a decent example of something - like these fluorite cubes - more often the rocks on the beach or in some spoil heap are way more imperfect than pics online or in books.
Here’s another find from this week. Again, not a clue. Like alien chest bursting eggs:
January 31, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Here’s another find from this week. Again, not a clue. Like alien chest bursting eggs:
I’ve had a few suggestions about this - pyromorphite, sheelite, calcite, fluorite with oil. Still not much closer. So I’ve been considering… #minerals #rockhounding
January 31, 2026 at 9:18 PM
I’ve had a few suggestions about this - pyromorphite, sheelite, calcite, fluorite with oil. Still not much closer. So I’ve been considering… #minerals #rockhounding
Bonus #MineralMonday (please see my last post though if you can help with mineral ID!!) Malachite and fluorite cubes found today:
January 26, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Bonus #MineralMonday (please see my last post though if you can help with mineral ID!!) Malachite and fluorite cubes found today:
#MineralMonday bat signal! Help!? Found today in Bowland, north UK. This is a mix of fluorite (fluorescing purple), quartz, baryte and galena but…! What’s this stuff fluorescing light blue? It looks translucent but rounded. I’ve zero idea!
January 26, 2026 at 6:57 PM
#MineralMonday bat signal! Help!? Found today in Bowland, north UK. This is a mix of fluorite (fluorescing purple), quartz, baryte and galena but…! What’s this stuff fluorescing light blue? It looks translucent but rounded. I’ve zero idea!
Bit of a mare trying to get to this bay today looking for agate that’s come down from Scotland:
January 18, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Bit of a mare trying to get to this bay today looking for agate that’s come down from Scotland:
Finding it difficult to post, but it’s not trivial to hold on to the things that you like. So here’s the rocks out of the tumbler ready to go in for their polish. I wasn’t happy with how they were, so I’ve changed a few things and re-tumbled them. Hoping, with patience, they turn out ok:
January 14, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Finding it difficult to post, but it’s not trivial to hold on to the things that you like. So here’s the rocks out of the tumbler ready to go in for their polish. I wasn’t happy with how they were, so I’ve changed a few things and re-tumbled them. Hoping, with patience, they turn out ok:
Few close-ups of rock finds from over this last week:
January 4, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Few close-ups of rock finds from over this last week:
Back out. Much brighter day but cold enough that i could barely feel my hands getting back to the car.
January 2, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Back out. Much brighter day but cold enough that i could barely feel my hands getting back to the car.
Told the girl this is Chessington World of Adventures. Seemed to go down well enough.
December 28, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Told the girl this is Chessington World of Adventures. Seemed to go down well enough.
Took a break from Christmas with some grinding ambient noise and some levitating floor tiles:
December 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Took a break from Christmas with some grinding ambient noise and some levitating floor tiles:
New, first stage batch fresh out of the tumbler and still wet. Quite a few bits of chalcedony in there so I’ve split them into what can progress to stage two and reloaded the tumbler for stage one again. Maybe sometime in 2026 I’ll end up with some polished rocks!
December 7, 2025 at 6:21 PM
New, first stage batch fresh out of the tumbler and still wet. Quite a few bits of chalcedony in there so I’ve split them into what can progress to stage two and reloaded the tumbler for stage one again. Maybe sometime in 2026 I’ll end up with some polished rocks!
Quite a few interesting fossils today. Currently wondering whether this is a trilobite:
December 6, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Quite a few interesting fossils today. Currently wondering whether this is a trilobite:
Back out. Chilly. And the light rain forecast ended up in a downpour:
December 6, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Back out. Chilly. And the light rain forecast ended up in a downpour:
The first batch has been through a week of 80 grit and a few days of 220. Some of the rocks are reducing to nothing, whilst others are stubbornly refusing to give up their cracks and pits. Separated rocks that can progress to the next stage, and loaded the barrel for stage one again.
December 2, 2025 at 10:56 AM
The first batch has been through a week of 80 grit and a few days of 220. Some of the rocks are reducing to nothing, whilst others are stubbornly refusing to give up their cracks and pits. Separated rocks that can progress to the next stage, and loaded the barrel for stage one again.
Saturday was back to the beach to pick up more rocks to feed to the new machine:
December 2, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Saturday was back to the beach to pick up more rocks to feed to the new machine:
Forgot my little fungi friends from last weekend:
November 21, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Forgot my little fungi friends from last weekend:
A little trip to the shops finds this tree and its mushroom friends:
November 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A little trip to the shops finds this tree and its mushroom friends:
A large, split chunk of #galena for the #OreCup found reasonably local in the mining spoil which was closed after “some thousands (were spent) in search of lead ore and never found a pound weight”. I always find this funny as the hill is covered galena and wonder what they were doing.
November 3, 2025 at 3:48 PM
