/r/Minerals
Welcome to r/Minerals, a Subreddit dedicated to minerals! Here you may post your favorite specimens, ask for assistance in identifying samples, inquire about mineralogy, and share mineral news!
Welcome!
This is a community for all things mineral related. Currently, this is a small subreddit populated by mineralogists, geologists, and people wanting to learn more about minerals. Please contribute all you can, and let's help each other learn more about minerals!
Mineral Resources:
american mineralogist: if you would like to learn to identify minerals, this is a great place to start.
mindat: An online resource of nearly all IMA approved minerals.
webmineral: Similar information as mindat. Useful for viewing crystal structures.
rruff: Amazing database of XRD data and Raman spectra.
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What is this mineral?
Found at a store in Utah! Can’t quite make out what it is. Brownish and green in color. They don’t have any identification on it.
00:55 UTC
Flourite from my claim in new mexico
Grape jelly just need to clean this guy!
23:05 UTC
How to clean
Anyone have suggestions on how to clean?
17:35 UTC
How to clean
Anyone have suggestions on how to clean this?
Also possible value of the amethyst?
17:34 UTC
Any idea what this is?
Thanks in advance.
16:14 UTC
are these all quartz? .I found them in ontario( i am new to this)
14:31 UTC
Glendonite, Calcite after Ikaite pseudomorph!
11:32 UTC
Is this Limonite?
Specimen from Dundas, Tasmania.
10:00 UTC
Mineral hunting
Taking my wife rock hunting for the first time. We are in Alpharetta GA. Anyone have a suggestion for where we should go?
08:35 UTC
What gem is this?
I found this on a beach a few years ago, and never knew what this was. Any help?
08:06 UTC
are these both quartz? i found in ontario
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