Mineralia

June 3, 2011 1:02 PM

Mineralia
posted by jjray (26 comments total)

Rock on, dude.
posted by Mooski at 1:04 PM on June 3, 2011 [2 favorites]

Mineralia

Sometimes when I browse the used minerals, I'll decide to get one based solely on the text etched on the side facets of the crystalline structures.
posted by StickyCarpet at 1:06 PM on June 3, 2011 [1 favorite]

You may also like: Cary Waito's paintings
posted by gwint at 1:12 PM on June 3, 2011 [1 favorite]

So appropriate that this is a tumblr site.
posted by The 10th Regiment of Foot at 1:16 PM on June 3, 2011 [9 favorites]

So appropriate that this is a tumblr site.

Indeed.
posted by nathancaswell at 1:20 PM on June 3, 2011

Mystery Meat Labelling: A tumblr blog of mineral photos.
posted by zamboni at 1:27 PM on June 3, 2011 [2 favorites]

See also: In Love With Geosciences, which is mineral photos + dinosaurs + rock formations.
posted by zamboni at 1:30 PM on June 3, 2011 [1 favorite]

Thanks for the spoiler zamboni, sheesh.
posted by monju_bosatsu at 1:32 PM on June 3, 2011

Beautiful.
posted by kinnakeet at 1:34 PM on June 3, 2011

See also the Mineralogy Database (previously)
posted by not_on_display at 1:37 PM on June 3, 2011 [2 favorites]

I'll take ten.
posted by jessssse at 1:37 PM on June 3, 2011

This reminds me that I have to head back to the mineral room at the NYC Museum of Natural History. Pictures are lovely, but I like my minerals in 3D.
posted by Splunge at 1:46 PM on June 3, 2011 [2 favorites]

Fire up the rock tumblr, finest grit! And, color me impressed: this is a Tumblr that actually says what the picture is.
posted by AzraelBrown at 1:58 PM on June 3, 2011

How nice! A non-ironic Tumblr blog for once.
posted by Chinese Jet Pilot at 2:15 PM on June 3, 2011 [1 favorite]

This is great!

The 10th Regiment of Foot: "So appropriate that this is a tumblr site."

Well played.
posted by brundlefly at 3:06 PM on June 3, 2011

This is fantastic, thanks!
posted by dialetheia at 3:13 PM on June 3, 2011

You have no idea how relevant this is to my interests right now.
posted by The Whelk at 3:40 PM on June 3, 2011

This rocks!
posted by Eideteker at 3:45 PM on June 3, 2011

LOLite.
posted by BrotherCaine at 4:15 PM on June 3, 2011 [3 favorites]

Fluorite crystal ftw!
posted by A Thousand Baited Hooks at 7:54 PM on June 3, 2011

This is a tumblr. All craftsdwarfship is of the highest quality. It menaces with serifs of obsidian.
On the tumblr is an engraving of a langite.
On the tumblr is an engraving of a shattuckite and quartz. The shattuckite is embedded in the quartz.
posted by LogicalDash at 8:06 PM on June 3, 2011 [1 favorite]

Man I love rocks. They are so cool.
posted by ch1x0r at 8:27 PM on June 3, 2011

Chinese Jet Pilot: "A non-ironic Tumblr blog"

I dunno, I think a bunch of those minerals are ferrous.
posted by idiopath at 8:37 PM on June 3, 2011

I had the same reaction as Splunge. Time for a trip to the LA County Museum of Natural History.
posted by Edward L at 8:54 PM on June 3, 2011

Those in Pittsburgh, head down to the Hillman Hall of Minerals at the Carnegie.

Makes you almost want to forgive those plutocrats.
posted by tommyD at 3:55 AM on June 4, 2011 [1 favorite]

Masterpieces of the Mineral World: Treasures from the Houston Museum of Natural Science is a large-format atlas of spectacular mineral specimens. One of my local libraries has a copy.
posted by neuron at 10:44 PM on June 4, 2011