#look at my cool rocks

[reddpenn]

I’m back from my rock show! I got some Cool Rocks!

First, the agates.

Another Turkish stick agate to join my collection! I can't get enough of this stuff. These form as pseudomorphs of selenite. A bunch of criss-crossing selenite crystals grow inside an empty pocket in the rock, and then the space around them fills in with agate. Eventually, the selenite crystals dissolve, and the hollows they leave behind are also filled with agate, preserving a record of their shapes!

Bonus! This pair has a nice green fluorescence.

Here is another Turkish agate. (Almost all of today's agates are from Turkey; Turkey produces some beautiful agate specimens.) This one has a really interesting pattern to its banding.

I actually picked this one out for its fluorescence, which is a stunning bright green.

Also from Turkey! Growing inside a super cool crust of volcanic rhyolite, this agate is called sagenite. Sagenite agate has a fibrous appearance because it is a pseudomorph of a fibrous zeolite mineral.

The last two from Turkey: a pretty red specimen with a sparkly central vug, and a weirdo with squiggles of yellow. What’s going on with that guy?

This one is from China! The red and orange agates from this locale are called "Fighting Blood" agate. I already have a Fighting Blood in my collection, but I thought this one was neat because its vug is full of amethyst!

Here are some things which are not agate!

This one is a lead mineral called plumbogummite! Specifically, these crystals are a pseudomorph of another lead mineral called pyromorphite. Over time, the lime green pyromorphite crystals were slowly replaced by the tealy plumbogummite. In a few of the broken crystals, you can still see a green pyromorphite core!

Hyalite opal! This rock has been on my bucket list, I am so excited. This form of opal is known for its water-clear, jelly-like globule formations. Though typically a colorless mineral, this specimen is tinted yellow due to iron staining. It’s also a mineral famous for its bright fluorescence… but this specimen’s glow is utterly unimpressive. :c I will be on the lookout for a more glowy specimen at future shows. Honestly, I’m just happy to finally own some at all!

This year, I also got some high-end mineral specimens! Take a look at these beauties.

Roselite! This rare, toxic mineral is full of arsenic. If I ate it I would probably die! Roselite’s deep red color comes from the cobalt in its chemical structure, and makes it highly sought after by collectors. This specimen is showing off a well defined lenticular crystal habit! Again, I cannot overstress how rare this stuff is. I spent… an inadvisable amount of money on it.

Oh, the best and most sparkly boy. This is wulfenite! I have wanted a piece in my collection for so long, and I’ve been waiting for just the right specimen to come along. It's a lead mineral, and it forms the coolest square, tabular crystals! This mineral is extremely brittle, which makes large, intact crystals of it very hard to find. But check out the huge tabular crystal on the right side of this specimen, it’s bigger than my thumbnail!!

And finally, I could not resist buying something silly.

This is Tully. He's a plush Tully Monster, which is my state fossil!

#red pen has cool rocks #rock collecting #look at my cool rocks

[cringethursday]

My physics professor just told the class the wildest story from when he was in grad school about building a high voltage unauthorized Tesla coil with the ability to kill a man

#physics #we actually have a physics department party tonight and I specifically wore the most punk rock outfit in my closet so I could look like the #coolest person there even though I’m a Fucking Nerd #but no matter how I dress or what I do for the rest of my life I will never be as cool as this man

[cindi10]

#rocks #look at my cool rocks #healing #mental health #trauma healing #recovery #naturelover #nature #healingjourney #peace #photographers on tumblr #sunset #fall #rock collecting #cool rocks

[judyalvqrez]

there was something really jim henson-esque and campy about how some of the non-human races were portrayed in the new dnd movie that i really enjoyed. they could’ve easily gone the shitty cgi route or just not shown those races up close at all, but no, they said you want a bird man? we’re gonna get you a bird man

#i just watched the movie last night! it was great :) #i rate it as FUN and COOL the only ratings that matter <3 #dnd movie #??whats the tag lmao #dungeons and dragons honor among thieves #dnd movie spoilers #honor among thieves spoilers #i guess jic #when i heard aarakocra i was for sure expecting they would just make it a human with wings maybe #imagine my pleasant surprise when this fraggle rock looking motherfucker showed up #and the dragonborn looked like he came straight out of the dinosaurs tv show which was v cool imo #the tabaxi mother and child were my favorites though they were so cute #shame they didn't put a little bit more of that creativity into doric's design #even just some bigger horns and some cool contact lenses would've been fun #still loved her though :p

[haunted-desert]

GREEN DAY - DILEMMA

#green day is the reason why i created my first blog back in 2011 🤣 #so it's only fair that i gif their new mv now #i'm still so surprised by how young bj looks #still bummed they're not coming anywhere near me on the eu tour #green day #green day dilemma #dilemma #green day saviors #billie joe armstrong #mike dirnt #tre cool #my gifs #mv gifs #gifset #punk rock

[courviknight]

happy holidays and a happy new year, @ko-rka!! i am your secret santa for @fmasecretsanta ^^

i drew for you emo punk ed fashion, cats, and stars... and let me tell you, it's been SUCH a pleasure drawing as i've listened to your mcr playlist!! i ended up liking a lot of songs on spotify back-to-back, but some of my favorites were "to the end" and "sleep"

i hope you like it, and i'm wishing you the best for the new year! :]

#fma #fullmetal alchemist #edward elric #i do apologize for making you wait for so long!! #and thank you again for the playlist!! i literally listened to it going like... why did i put off listening to mcr again this is literally #the type of music i've been looking for YEARS... the rock instrumentation and the raw vocals?? i have been missing out!! #its definitely going to occupy some brain groove for the foreseeable future... im looking forward to it >:] #i also hope ed's fashion is okay!! i think ed would have pins enforced w bottle caps to make em last! #i also imagine him to be the kind of person to embroider designs he thinks will look cool & also to repair his coat which #i imagine he loved ragged but refuses to replace; the top right img is based off of a time i left my coat out and a cat was sleeping in it #when i came back... joy be upon ye cats

[hrokkall]

FREE AT LAST

#Ultrakill #Minos Prime #Minos Ultrakill #I got my shit rocked by P-1 TWICE (played it the first time then wanted to show the fight to another friend) so obviously I had to draw him #I love his design it's so cool #I also haven't used my painting brushes in FOREVER so if this looks rough that's why #Also don't look too closely at Anything it was done pretty quickly #Uh... content warnings? #I have no idea... #Ask to tag #Hrokkall Art

[aroaceleovaldez]

I never quite finished these two cards the first time i tried making a PJO major arcana and I never posted them. I really like the designs though so I’ll probably try to do something similar when I draft them again

#pjo #riordanverse #nico di angelo #leo valdez #my art #tarot #hoo #the main thing i wanted to adjust for the Leo card was the Festus cause. i was struggling to simplify a mechanical dragon for tarot #also wasn't 100% on the embers detail cause wasnt sure how well that'd translate to a physical card #nico's was pretty close to done though #also i never figured out a boarder / font #im still obsessed with the way Leo was described during the fight in the end of BoO for the record #just ''yup he was MADE OF FIRE'' so cool #i can go through my list of my card assignments if anyone's curious #a couple of cards arent fully solidly decided but a decent amount are #also looking at my old art is reminding me the colors on my old monitor were a Lil Skewed #so saturated.... #nico's card will prob stay mostly the same though cause hell yeah that rocks. still love it. #if anyone's curious for these card reasonings - #judgement is traditionally depicted with an angel raising the dead and the planetary association is pluto. #i couldn't NOT. also card meanings: destiny / upcoming decision / putting past behind / healing / judgement / self-reflect / self-doubt #which is very nico vibes to me #then death is resistance to change / major change / endings & start of something new / personal transformation #which feels very Leo to me! plus i like the imagery of instead of Death on a horse it's Leo on Festus at the end of BoO #cause that was him ending a chapter of him trying to find himself and starting anew

[geoledgy]

scientist swag

#artists on tumblr #retro #retro art #original character #scientist #2023 #rock art #oc #TB #urush #this shocked me how much it blew up on twitter like...you guys like my weird volcanologyst? thnx... #volcanologist* TF is that typo #puts TB in a lab coat even though he canonically doesn't wear one that much bc he's a field scientist #but I need him to appeal to the lab scientist fans. also he looks cool in it #opposite of a sopping wet pathetic volcanologist

[royalarchivist]

Maxo: I haven't received an answer. Is there no one else on the island? Is it only us and The Federation?

How are we going to find answers about this mysterious island? This island, with a challenging but beautiful landscape, has pushed us to find out what hides in its depths.

With each sunrise our hopes to find life signs beyond our little community vanish... leaving a void in our souls. This is the story of people obligated to stay on an island looking for answers and a path or the truth... in the midst of an enigma that seems endless.

As days pass by, our courage and determination are being tested by the challenges of the island revealing secrets that threaten our view of reality.

The members of the Federation, an enigmatic and almighty organization, seem to be the only ones who possess any information about this place.

But their intentions and loyalty-

[Subscriber TTS plays]

Silence!

But their intentions and loyalty are questionable. Will they guide us to the truth? Or will they guide us further into the abyss of the unknown?

#AgenteMaxo #Maximus #QSMP #QSMP Federation #MAN. MANNNNNN. MAXIMUS IS SO FRICKIN COOL YOU GUYS. #Fell in love with his character during KarmaIand and haven't looked back since. Man's got such a great understanding of storytelling #also his voice ROCKS #when he did Sapo Peta I was like ''IS THAT HIS REAL VOICE??'' #then I heard his usual voice and I was like wtf that is. it's just a little bit deeper for Sapo Peta #wild #Anyways. This is a Maximus appreciation post #I did not translate nor subtitle this I yoinked this directly from the QSMP official updates account #but no one talks about Maximus on here so I'm rolling up my sleeves and doing my part #Not to sound like a Snob BUT- #[proceeds to sound like a snob] #I'm very picky about subtitles because some can be very hard to read #and one of the subtitling styles the updates accounts has been using sucks #it's way too bouncy for me #and distracting #they've dialed it down in recent weeks which I really appreciate #but I think this is my favorite format they've used thus-far #Thank you QSMP editors and updates accounts I owe you my life o7

[medi-bee]

My beloved children (Pistachio, Vanilla, and Licorice) were being very polite for their auntie Moon.

#my art #Vanilla REALLY wanted to show Moon this cool rock they found #Moon was very polite about it #vanilla then proceeded to carry around the same rock for the next hour. moon mustve said smth very nice about it #finally experimenting a bit more with iterator designs. why didnt anyone tell me it was this fun #rain world #survivor #downpour spoilers #pups #looks to the moon

[reddpenn]

Skeleton quartz with a very tiny bubble in the exact center! Do you see it moving around inside its little fluid pocket?

Skeleton quartz is a type of hopper crystal, a crystal whose faces grow much faster at the edges than at the center. This leaves hollow gaps at the center of the faces. In skeleton quartz, these gaps are called "windows."

This piece has an open window which extends down deep into the quartz, through many layers of growth. It also has a closed window - a place where a window used to be, but the quartz grew a complete face over top of it, sealing it off. When windows close like this, they can trap air, fluid, or bits of particulate like carbon or clay inside. This quartz crystal grew in clay, so the closed window has clay trapped inside it.

That's also how our little air bubble ended up in there! He's trapped inside a small window which closed when this quartz was much younger.

What a pretty little specimen!!!

#red pen has cool rocks #talkin' bout rocks #rock collecting #look at my cool rocks #skeleton quartz #enhydro quartz

[momomallowart]

The new CG has me in a mood (and the mood is punk goes pop) ʕ≧ᴥ≦ʔ🤘

#hello im back fromt he shadowban realm #back with a vengeance #I know the CG is supposed to be Ray dressed as Unknown.. but #I cant stop thinking about Unknown rocking out all his pent up emotions with music #and he just looks SO COOL #SO PUNK ROCK #I must admit my elder emo came thru a little with this one #I just adore him so much #This was my excuse to do a character study #I stared at so many stock images of dudes with guitars to do this and idk if i learned anything lol #Anyways i would be in the front row begging him for the sweaty shirt right off his back #thinkin bout how hed react if someone threw their bra on stage LOL #also lets not talk about how i got lazy & stopped drawing his jacket & pretend that actually he just got hot & had to take it off #the brainrot is still going strong #saeran choi #mysme saeran #mystic messenger #mysme #mystic messenger unknown #mysmeunknown #my art

[devilsrains]

led zeppelin, by neal preston

#again captionless.... but the colors look cool #was horrified for a sec thinking i scanned it with that light but its just from the pic itself #lznp #led zeppelin #neal preston #my scans #robert plant #jimmy page #classic rock #mine #70s

[puppyeared]

Space girl

#red and blue colours are based on the North and south points on a compass and the nasa logo colours ^^ compass bc I kept thinking about how #astronaut is supposed to mean ‘star sailor’ and it stuck with me lol #and apparently real space suits are heavy because the moon lacks atmosphere and with all the air used to keep the person alive #so I thought adding adjustable weights rock lee style would be cool. and to kind of balance the bottom half from the top #IM RLY PROUD OF THE HELMET THOUGH I’ve wanted it too look like a gacha capsule for ages and I think it came out right this time #you would have to slide the screen of the helmet up like those toy helmets. and then you can flip it back on its hinge #didn’t have enough room to make a comparison between the helmet mode and collar mode but oh well. I don’t draw it enough anyway so it’ll #come up eventually shrug.. and ofc the logo a la nasa space suit #my art #myart #my oc #oc development #character design #original character #my characters #oc #Augusta #reference sheet #oc ref sheet #astronaut

[ssaraexposs]

Atsushi looks so majestic wearing Rashoumon (and also so fucking confident in it, like this isn't the first time!)

#my baby looks so strong and cool #atsushi's already cool but wearing rashoumon makes him look mysterious and dangerous #he looks way too cool #fuck the “boyfriend shirt” #atsushi rocks in his boyfriend's coat #literally it's sharing clothes #i'll never be over atsushi wearing the rashoumon coat #he's not just cool on the appeareance but he feels also so damn confident #atsushi KNOWS he kicking asses and taking names #i bet he even feels cool #the fact that he wears rashoumon like a second skin it's incredible #bsd #bsd s3 #atsushi nakajima #bungo stray dogs #sskk #shin soukoku #rashoumon #sskk s3