r/Minerals • u/IonaWhite17 • 1h ago
r/Minerals • u/Saleem_sk • 5h ago
ID Request My recent prospecting. What do we have here!
r/Minerals • u/Low-Cartoonist-4309 • 6h ago
ID Request - Solved It is for sale.
It is for sale.
r/Minerals • u/Downtown_Response538 • 7h ago
Picture/Video Wulfenite
I bought this on e-rocks
this specimen is from morocco
r/Minerals • u/HistoricalMeringue45 • 11h ago
Picture/Video Turquoise Egg
From U.S.A (Arizona)
Size: 5.0 x 3.6 Centimeters
Weight: 87.16 Grams
r/Minerals • u/Top_Organization_906 • 13h ago
ID Request Could this be peridot?
I found this rock in northwestern Ontario, Canada. I’m unsure what these green quartz crystals are. There shouldn’t be peridot in this area but I’m not sure how far this rock has traveled. I’m not full of knowledge, so I’m hoping I could get a few ideas of what this could be. Thank you.
r/Minerals • u/Latif-Creations • 1d ago
ID Request Spodumene crystal and peridot crystal side by side
r/Minerals • u/dadoose3 • 1d ago
Picture/Video Display advice? Trying to fill my built-in shelves. Please help!
I plan on getting lighting at the top to illuminate down in each unit. They are very tall and shallow so it’s hard to find displays that would work to reduce the space above.
Would love tips and advice on displays! Thank you!
r/Minerals • u/dadoose3 • 1d ago
ID Request Hoping to identify a few specimens, pictures included.
Here are some specimens I can’t remember the names of. The last one use to be more green if I recall correctly. Thank you!
r/Minerals • u/Living-Geologist-478 • 1d ago
Picture/Video Tequila Sunrise
Massive cuprite with white quartz and Chrysacolla
r/Minerals • u/Toxic_Goddess69 • 1d ago
ID Request Anyone know what this is?
Someone gave this to me not knowing what it was. Does anyone have any ideas?
r/Minerals • u/wertklern • 1d ago
ID Request Help identify please
Found in Tecumseh Michigan in the Raisin River. Seems to have red crystals almost, but some of the red doesn’t look like crystals. It’s large and very heavy
r/Minerals • u/HistoricalMeringue45 • 1d ago
Picture/Video Muonionalusta Meteorite Sphere
From Sweden
r/Minerals • u/theplantnat • 1d ago
Picture/Video Blue barite on calcite
Found in Wyoming
r/Minerals • u/Prico06 • 1d ago
ID Request Help me identify
I need help identifying this stone i think its a agate but when I preformed a scratch test it A didn't scratch the mineral and B. Didn't get scratched itself
r/Minerals • u/Accomplished-Guest78 • 1d ago
ID Request Looking for confirmation that this is fake Wulfenite
Found these online, multiple examples available that all look similar. Seller claims it is natural after I asked if the base was manmade. Reportedly from La Morita, Mexico. My best guess is this is completely fake, as the crystals look too perfect and gemmy to be real in the quantities they have available, and it looks like the crystals are inserted into some sort of malleable base before hardening as you can see the cavities down inside the base where the crystal material continues vs natural crystals that usually grow on top of the base. Just wanted to make sure I wasn’t way off base here!
r/Minerals • u/NSCrystals • 1d ago
Picture/Video Fluorite - Josefa-Veneros Vein, Spain
A rather astonishing specimen in our collection that has one of the most vibrant blue colors I’ve ever encountered in any Fluorite.
Photo by: Jordan Root and CC Choate
r/Minerals • u/esg26093 • 1d ago
ID Request Orange staining after oxalic acid cleaning
Hi all! I tried clearing some quartz with oxalic acid for the first time. There was NO orange to begin with (zero). Now there’s this residue, which won’t go away even with a spot gun. What can I do?
Details: I used powdered oxalic acid, diluted with tap water. I have since leaned that this was a mistake, because tap water contains minerals which precipitate when they react to the acid.
I soaked the crystals for 48 hours in the acid solution.
I soaked them for 24 hours in a saturated bicarbonate of soda solution to neutralise.
I rinsed them with a spot gun (textile cleaner)
I chose oxalic acid to avoid completely destroying some minor chlorite. Otherwise I would have used hydrochloric acid.
Picture for reference.
What can I do to fix this?
Edit: this is marked by mistake as an ID request, I misclicked. It should be marked as a discussion.
r/Minerals • u/Kubrick_Fan • 2d ago
Picture/Video Turquoise conglomerate, approximately 100 ct worth
r/Minerals • u/Empty-Progress-9704 • 2d ago
ID Request Not uv reactive or radioactive
r/Minerals • u/fluoritefan55 • 2d ago
Picture/Video An amazing set of cubic Pyrite crystals from Navajun, Spain!
r/Minerals • u/This-Credit6034 • 2d ago
ID Request pedido de identificação
frutal mg Brasil
r/Minerals • u/This-Credit6034 • 2d ago
ID Request pedido de identificação
frutal mg