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Richard Gibson

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Geologist (gravity & magnetics, tectonics), mineral collector, old cycler in Butte, Montana USA. Author "What Things Are Made Of," "History of Earth Perpetual Calendar." ⚒️ #geology posts: https://richardigibson.substack.com . Equality for all, no MAGA.

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · 2d

#MineralMonday Barite, Cerro Warihuyn, Miraflores, Huamalies Prov., Huanuco, Peru. 88 mm. ⚒️ #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · 9d

More information here: richardigibson.substack.com/p/oil-on-cal...

Oil on calcite

Rensselaer, Indiana

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · 9d

#MineralMonday Calcite, Rensselaer, Indiana USA, 8 cm wide. The brown coating is from petroleum in the host rock. ⚒️ #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · 14d

Equinox sun and Rock of the Day. Today's bike ride. richardgibsonphotos.substack.com/p/equinox-sun

Equinox sun

and rock of the day

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · 16d

#MineralMonday #Gold octahedron 0.8 mm, on quartz, Ouray Mining District, Colorado. ⚒️ #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · 23d

#MineralMonday Quartz pseudomorphs after anhydrite, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Longest blade 10.5 cm, on quartz with green celadonite in basalt vug. ⚒️ #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · Sep 8

#MineralMonday Calcite, butterfly/knee/heart twins, attrib to Frizington, Cumbria, England. Probably mined before 1910; some tiny hematite inclusions. ⚒️ #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · Sep 1

#MineralMonday Cristobalite “snowflakes” in obsidian, Arizona USA. ⚒️ #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · Aug 25

#MineralMonday Malachite, Mud Springs Range, New Mexico USA. 1.5 mm. ⚒️ #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · Aug 21

Must have been named by the same one that named cavansite (Ca-Vanadium-Silicon).

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · Aug 19

After I moved from Houston to Denver I would troll my friends by telling them I was putting some chips out to crispen them up :)

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · Aug 18

#MineralMonday Erythrite, Sonora, Mexico. Cobalt arsenate, Co3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O. Field of view approx. 1 cm. ⚒️ #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · Aug 11

#MineralMonday Smoky Quartz, Switzerland, approx. 2 cm. Unusual faces are probably trapezohedrons or steep rhombohedrons. ⚒️ #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · Aug 4

#MineralMonday Xocomecatlite (green), Trixie Mine, Utah USA. More here, with gold: richardigibson.substack.com/p/xocomecatl... ⚒️ #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · Jul 31

I also thought Hallucigenia immediately!

Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · Jul 31

Or a strongly worded letter.

Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · Jul 29

Wednesday's Whitehall #Montana speaker is Betsy Brandborg from Friends of the Third Branch. On keeping Montana's courts nonpartisan! #Indivisible

Indivisible Butte @indivisiblebutte.bsky.social · Jul 29

From our friends at #Indivisible Whitehall #Montana Wednesday's speaker, July 30, 6:00-7:30 pm, Whitehall School Library, is Betsy Brandborg from Friends of the Third Branch. On keeping Montana's courts nonpartisan!

Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · Jul 28

#MineralMonday Uraninite, Spruce Pine, North Carolina USA, cube with malformed dodecahedrons, 1 cm.⚒️ #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · Jul 21

#MineralMonday Star muscovite (twins), 3 cm high. Jenipapo pegmatite, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil. ⚒️ #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · Jul 18

I especially like one of the comments: "The approval-rating poll must have been done with 10 people wearing MAGA hats and the 10th one misunderstood the question."

Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · Jul 18

Good Trouble in #Butte

Indivisible Butte @indivisiblebutte.bsky.social · Jul 18

GOOD TROUBLE in #Butte #Montana . In honor of Civil Rights Leader and Congressman John Lewis on the 5th anniversary of his passing, to defend democracy and carry forward his legacy of making #GoodTrouble for meaningful change. #Indivisible

Photo shows many people on the steps of the Butte-Silver Bow County Court House, carrying signs that read "Make some good trouble," "Solidarity," "Hands off our Democracy," "Enough," "With Liberty and Justice for All," and many more.

Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · Jul 15

Quarry Brewing in Butte Montana has Gneiss IPA, Galena Gold, Shale Pale Ale, Open Pit Porter, Headframe Hefeweizen; historic seasonals have included Rhyolite Rye, Bornite, Ironstone IPA, Pyrite Pilsner, Schist Sour, Willemite, and many more.

Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · Jul 14

#MineralMonday For #Bastille Day, malachite pseudomorph after cuprite (octahedrons and dodecahedrons), Chessy, France, 13x10 mm ⚒️ #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · Jul 13

Rocks for International Rock Day richardgibsonphotos.substack.com/p/internatio...

International Rock Day

Here are some rocks

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · Jul 7

#MineralMonday Pyrite “sun,” Sparta, Illinois, 6 cm diameter. ⚒️ #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience

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