1. Post pictures or videos of minerals only. No jewelry. Artwork of minerals is okay. The higher the resolution the better!
2. Include the mineral's name in the title, scientific names are preferred to trade names.
3. No requests for identification. Try r/whatsthisrock or r/minerals instead.
4. If the mineral has been altered, indicate that in the title or flair. Likewise for artwork of minerals.
5. No posting minerals for sale by yourself or anyone else, here or anywhere else. Do not mention that a mineral is available unless explicitly asked by another user (then move to PM). No linking to shops. Repeated offenses will result in a ban.
6. Don't be mean.
7. Posting minerals from your personal collection is allowed and encouraged!
8. Reposting a mineral that has already been featured here is okay, so long as you don't use an identical image.
9. Please refrain where possible from discussing metaphysical properties or values of pieces.

Links

• /r/geologyporn
• /r/rockhounds
• /r/mineralcollectors
• /r/fluorescentminerals

Identification Help

• /r/whatsthisrock
• /r/fossilid

Mineral Show Dates & Locations (USA, Canada, Australia)

LINK-Sortable by state/area (Write down the address and information about the show before the day it starts because they will take down the information for shows the day it starts. This list does not show every mineral show, but it's a good list.)

Mineral Collecting (buying) Guide (for beginners)

Found at our wiki

Educational Albums

• Shopping for Rings - Corundum by Dromaeosauridae
• Pseudomorphs - Azurite and Malachite by Kizmau
• TORBERNITE. by Dromaeosauridae
• Galena by Dromaeosauridae
• Realgar by Dromaeosauridae
• Fluorite by Dromaeosauridae
• Quartz by Dromaeosauridae
• Vanadinite by Dromaeosauridae
• Garnet by Dromaeosauridae
• Pyrite by Dromaeosauridae
• Opal by Dromaeosauridae
• Chalcanthite by Dromaeosauridae
• Tourmaline by Dromaeosauridae
• Bismuth by Dromaeosauridae

Fake Mineral Educational Albums

• Quirky Quartz Fakes by ISUanthony and Dromaeosauridae
• Unnaturally Occurring Nastiness by ISUanthony and Dromaeosauridae
• Treated or Impostor Truthlessness by ISUanthony and Dromaeosauridae
• Totally Fake Fakes by ISUanthony and Dromaeosauridae
• Fake Labradorite Identification by ISUanthony