Found these in my backyard landscape rock (Michigan) and while I collect, my eye for spotting is still getting trained. I see banding but I don't know if it's agate banding or an imposter. There's druzy on all of them.
Calcite rhombohedrons, I like that they flouresce different colors and there is nice rainbows peeking thru on the one.
Dogtooth calcite of unknown location under 365nm. More pictures under LED light on my profile. The matrix flouresces also.
Much thanks to u/Waldohossenpfeffer_1 for their comment and post on the grit experiment, a followup on my previous question regarding a couple different polishes I had and whether they were likely the same. I followed the instructions provided but on a smaller scale (used smaller jars and weighed out a smaller quantity of grit on a scale) and after adding water and a little soap and shaking, the results started to show pretty immediately, but after 30 minutes were already clear. To my own eye, the rock knockers and Kingsley north appear to be similar size, but the rocks4u is still in suspension and I will keep separate.
I'm trying to do some cleaning and want to finally get my grit in containers which I've been putting off for some time, but I have quite a lot of small qtys for whatever reason I've picked up. Are all of these the same? I'd love to combine them for simplicity's sake if so but don't want to make an error.
Looking for advice, I am interested in stretching my cartilage which is currently punched at 4g and has been healed for several years now. I know that this will be a slow process, but what is the best plan of attack? Additionally, I have been wearing regular jewelry (plugs and tunnels) in it, but because I regularly wear glasses and headphones, I'm finding the jewelry fussy, no matter which way I wear it. For a short time I had a silicone tunnel in, but have returned to glass. Is there anyone who makes shorter post plugs without having to order thru a piercer?
I love labradorite, please show me yours! Here is some of the better pieces in my collection, nothing big but always hunting!
This addition to my collection I was able to get this year has been on my list since I learned about it as a micromount collector and budding meteorite collector - microtektites. From the Hell Creek Formation in Montana, I was glad to have these and to get to do some reading and learn about the KT boundary layer!
Unsure of location on this one, I went to a fantastic estate sale for an old lapidarist and got mostly tumbling and cutting material, but picked this up for display. Not bad for something that was rescued out of a bin full of rocks that were destined for cutting or whatever else, covered in dirt and being picked over/through. A little damage to a few of the calcite crystals, but it's overall in good shape, a little cleaning and it came out looking great. Unsure of the matrix and there's another mineral on it I don't know (picture included).