/r/mineralcollectors
A subreddit for mineral collectors to share our collections & discuss all aspects of our hobby.
Here you can share any specimen in your collection that is not for sale, photos you took from museums and your photos from mineral shows you've been to. You can also share educational content, start conversations about the hobby, ...
Welcome to r/mineralcollectors, the subreddit for mineral collectors to share & discuss all aspects of our collections.
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Post photos of your collection or new acquisition!
- Only post mineral photos from your collection.
Discuss new specimen acquisition!
- localities, how/where to acquire, how much you should pay, etc...
Discuss displays and stands!
- acrylic stands, perky boxes, mounting the specimen, display cases and so on!
RULES :
1. Specimens must be within your collection and currently NFS
2. Be civil
3. Please submit I.D. requests to the pinned question thread
subscript formatting help:
*_subscript_* makes subscript
so TiO*_2_* makes TiO2
Would you like to see one of your own specimens on the community banner?
Simply post a photo of your specimen on this thread!
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My grandfather (deceased, born 1900) had a bottle of pituitary glands. Why? What animal would these have been taken from?
12:38 UTC
Photosensitivity
Are the following photosensitive?
- Fuchsite
- Lepidolite
- Spirit quartz
- Green aventurine
- Chrysoprase
- Morganite
- Aquamarine
- Opal
- Prasiolite
- Sapphire
- Turquoise
- Unakite
21:19 UTC
Included quartz gives me some of my favorite challenges in mineral photography.
17:48 UTC
Beautiful pale blue
03:16 UTC
I'm not entirely sure what the reddish/pinkish stuff is in the center of the main termination, but it's definitely inside the crystal.
14:49 UTC
What is this geological thing growing out of the bricks of my apartment building?
22:14 UTC
The contrast of colors on this piece gets me, and looks even better in a lit cabinet.
15:23 UTC
Thinking about teaching a class on mineral photography / focus stacking. Manganite on Lepidocrocite
22:08 UTC
Is this azurite natural? Real?
This shop on Etsy has some amazing pieces at a good price. The store claim they are all natural. Thoughts?
16:39 UTC
Greenish
At last a decent picture of the actual color and texture. Green variety chert dug out in my backyard. South Africa in the Northern Cape region.
14:21 UTC
Where near Seattle is good for rockhounding?
08:20 UTC
One of my favorite thumbnails.
13:23 UTC
Kaokoveld Dioptase
Turns out it’s from Kaokoveld Namibia
06:01 UTC
Manganite on Lepidocrocite
03:23 UTC
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