Masthash

#crystals

Universität Jena
13 hours ago

#Crystals often grow in a certain direction during #crystallisation. Based on this, scientists at #UniJena and @FAU have now produced #nanomaterials in a controlled manner in a so-called bottom-up approach.

➡️ https://www.uni-jena.de/en/230925-crystallization

Prof. Dr Felix Schacher at the Institute for Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry at the University of Jena. Image: Anne Günther (University of Jena)
Science News
16 hours ago

#Crystals often grow in a certain direction during #crystallisation. Based on this researchers @UniJena and @UniFAU have now been able to produce #nanomaterials in a controlled manner in a bottom-up approach.
https://nachrichten.idw-online.de/2023/09/25/novel-approach-towards-nanomaterials-developed

Foto darf nur im Zusammenhang mit der Pressemitteilung verwendet werden.
16 hours ago

#Crystals often grow in a certain direction during #crystallisation. Based on this researchers @UniJena and @UniFAU have now been able to produce #nanomaterials in a controlled manner in a bottom-up approach.
https://nachrichten.idw-online.de/2023/09/25/novel-approach-towards-nanomaterials-developed

Foto darf nur im Zusammenhang mit der Pressemitteilung verwendet werden.
Claudia Zahn
2 days ago

Amazing Robust, razor-sharp crystals of Erythrite with metallic magenta coloration and glassy luster on matrix from the Aghbar Mine, Bou Azer District, Ouarzazate Province, #Morocco; 7 cm.
Photo copyright © @nunzio.j
By #GeologyWonders
#Geology #GeologyPage #Nature #minerals #crystals #gems #Nature #NatureLovers #NaturePhotography #Photographer

Claudia Zahn
3 days ago

Fluorapatite on Elbaite - Alto da Cabeca Mine, #Brazil - 5.5cm —
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A jewel-blue cluster of sharp, lustrous Apatite crystals crowns a grass-green tourmaline in this iconic specimen from the Will Johnson Collection @naturalcreationsllc — A slightly different photo serves as Figure 5 in Flawless Beauty avail from @themineralogicalrecord —
By #MineralMasterpiece
#Geology #GeologyPage #Nature #minerals #crystals #gems #Nature #NatureLovers #NaturePhotography #Photographer

50+ Music
4 days ago
yuri ilyin
4 days ago

So that it. I think I should've rendered it that way earlier.

Do you think it looks like an amethyst?

#blender #3D #cyclesrenderer #crystals #amethyst

A 3D render of amethyst crystals
Doug Merson
4 days ago

Veszelyite, (Cu,Zn)2Zn(PO4)(OH)3·2H2O
Dongchuan District, Kunming, Yunnan, China
FOV = 2.9 mm
#9389
NFS
#mineralogy #mineral #minerals #Geology #crystals #earthsciences

Doug Merson
4 days ago

Cornwallite, Cu5(AsO4)2(OH)4
Agardite-(Y), YCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O
Green sphere of cornwallite and adjacent mass of cornwallite with agardite-(Y) scattered over the surface.
Falgayrolles, Monteils, Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Aveyron, Occitanie, France.
FOV = 2.6 mm
#9388
NFS
#mineral #minerals #mineralogy #Geology #earthsciences #crystals

Doug Merson
4 days ago

Tyrolite, Ca2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O
Azurite, Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Blue green tyrolite with azurite.
La Amorosa mine, San Rafael claim, Villahermosa del Rio, Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain
FOV = 3.5 mm
#9391
NFS
#minerals #mineralogy #mineral #crystals #Geology #earthsciences

Doug Merson
4 days ago

Kasolite, Pb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O
Clusters of yellow kasolite crystals.
San Rafael Mine, Cardeña, Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain
FOV = 1.8 mm
#9392
NFS
#minerals #mineralogy #crystals #Geology #earthsciences

Doug Merson
4 days ago

Hubeite, Ca2Mn2+Fe3+Si4O12(OH)·2H2O
Manganbabingtonite, Ca2Mn2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)
Fengjiashan Mine, Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China
Reddish brown hubeite with dark manganbabingtonite on quartz.
FOV = 0.9 mm
#9393
NFS
#minerals #mineralogy #mineral #Geology #crystals #earthsciences

Mac
4 days ago

TIL: The Cryptographic Suite for Algebraic Lattices, #CRYSTALS(!) for short, includes the key encapsulation method #Kyber and the signature method #Dilithium. 😍

#cryptography

mk30
5 days ago

#tech #crystals #computers

how old were you when you learned that computers have ~crystals~ inside them?

https://www.righto.com/2021/02/teardown-of-quartz-crystal-oscillator.html#fn:pc

Claudia Zahn
6 days ago

An unusual, very rare large miniature/small cabinet rhodochrosite from N’Chwaning, #SouthAfrica. (8cm)
Photo Copyright ©️ @Green Mountain Minerals
By #GeologyWonders
#Geology #GeologyPage #Nature #minerals #crystals #gems #Nature #NatureLovers #NaturePhotography #Photographer

Claudia Zahn
6 days ago

#Amber is found in a variety of colors, including yellow, orange, brown, red, and black. It is also found in a variety of shapes, including tears, beads, and rods.

https://www.geologyin.com/2016/05/types-of-amber.html

By #GeologyWonders
#Geology #GeologyPage #Nature #minerals #crystals #gems #Nature #NatureLovers #NaturePhotography #Photographer
@yoguiignacio

Doug Merson
6 days ago

Enstatite, Mg2Si2O6
Fluorapatite, Ca5(PO4)3F
Several brown enstatite crystals with colorless needles of fluorapatite.
The steep terminations of the enstatite distinguish from the fluoro-edenite found here.
ID based on comparison to analyzed material from similar Oregon localities.
FOV = 1.4 mm
#9398
NFS
#minerals #mineralogy #crystals #Geology #earthsciences

Doug Merson
6 days ago

Augite, (Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6
Enstatite, Mg2Si2O6
Fluorapatite, Ca5(PO4)3F
Tridymite, SiO2
Light olive green augite at center with and enstatite crystal extending down from the lower right corner. There are several elongated colorless fluorapatite crystals visible. Numerous pseudohexagonal tridymite crystals are scatter across the specimen.
Harter Mountain, Linn County, Oregon, USA
FOV = 1.1 mm
#9400
NFS
#minerals #crystals #mineralogy #Geology

Colossal
1 week ago

Warped sculptures suspend novels, guidebooks, and other print objects in borax crystals in recent work by Alexis Arnold.

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2023/09/alexis-arnold-crystallized-books/

#books #crystals #sculpture #art

A science or history textbook encased in translucent crystals.
peachfront
2 weeks ago

@MineralCup

Kyanite wins my vote. I have a couple of pieces in the mineral collection close to my heart, including this one.

#RockCollection #Minerals #Crystals

Multiple Kyanite crystals-- sky blue and shaped like long blades-- make up a Kyanite cluster from my personal collection. My photo too.
yuri ilyin
2 weeks ago

Three frenzied weeks, most errands being run residually, going to bed at 2-3am and still getting up around 8am, - if this isn't a pathologic obsession, then what is?

Most of the time spent on rinse-and-repeat style fine-tuning materials. That Lovecraftian beast of my nodetree proved to be as Gargantuan as it is effing brittle.

Cycles renderer too often got unhappy (not enough SVM stack space, optimize and try again).

Still unhappy with the result. So it's a WIP.

#blender #cycles #crystals

Claudia Zahn
2 weeks ago

Fantastic #Tourmaline & #Lepidolite From Keke Pocket, Pederneira Mine, #Brazil - 13.7cm
photographed for Natural Creations LLC
Photo copyright © Mineral Masterpiece
By #GeologyWonders
#Geology #GeologyPage #Nature #minerals #crystals #gems #Nature #NatureLovers #NaturePhotography #Photographer

The Emberwynter Collection
2 weeks ago

This new garnet crown ring is quite the steal! Get yours today! #sterlingsilver #garnet #gems #Crystals #ring #jewelry

Order at: https://www.emberwynter.com/shop/p/special-edition-garnet-incantation

Quantum Observer
2 weeks ago

QANplatform Launches the Quantum-Resistant Private Blockchain https://thequantuminsider.com/?p=2358335 #Quantum_Computing_Business #CRYSTALS–Dilithium #Ethereum #EVM #QAN #QANplatform #quantumdaily Insider Brief QANplatform launched a private blockchain designed to withstand quantum computing threats while maintaining compatibility with Ethereum’s EVM. The company integrated a post-quantum algorithm, CRYSTALS-Dilithium, recommended by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). T

Claudia Zahn
2 weeks ago

Amazing #Cuprite & Chrysocolla - Dikuluwé Mine, DR #Congo - 5.5cm -
photographed for @finegemsandminerals
Photo copyright © Mineral Masterpiece
By #GeologyWonders
#Geology #GeologyPage #Nature #minerals #crystals #gems #Nature #NatureLovers #NaturePhotography #Photographer

50+ Music
2 weeks ago
Claudia Zahn
2 weeks ago

Absolutely Gorgeous six naturally joined #Pyrite cubes from Navajún, La Rioja, #Spain
Photo copyright© Fine mineral photography
By #GeologyWonders
#Geology #GeologyPage #Nature #minerals #crystals #gems #Nature #NatureLovers #NaturePhotography #Photographer

Claudia Zahn
2 weeks ago

This is a Beautiful Andradite from Yoshino, Nara, #Japan...10x10x8mm
Photo copyright © @okayan96
By #GeologyWonders
#Geology #GeologyPage #Nature #minerals #crystals #gems #Nature #NatureLovers #NaturePhotography #Photographer
@mikako6

Claudia Zahn
2 weeks ago
James Green
3 weeks ago

Top portion of a decent size colorless quartz crystal. #rocks #crystals

peachfront
3 weeks ago

A first try at photographing my Selenite Pincushion

#mineral #RockHound #collections #RockCollection #crystals #crystal

A light brown mineral cluster made up of many, many flat crystals that have grown in the shape of a pincushion.

Don't get me wrong, #meditation is really helpful, but i'm not into #crystals, #energy and stuff like that.
The #PlaceboEffect is very powerful, but not if you know it is.

peachfront
3 weeks ago

i voted for quartz #MinCup23 #TeamQuartz

You can add your vote for this beautiful & versatile mineral here https://www.mineralcup.org/2023/campaigns/round-1-match-2

#crystals #rockhound #quartz #Hobbies

Herkimer Diamond, a quartz crystal from New York. This is a chubby crystal with defined tips on both ends. This large crystal has relatively poor clarity but the golden color and many internal rainbows creates a magical look. Photo by me off a crystal in my collection.

Commission for Kazishumo of their sona Pura in a fairly different sense to what I've drawn of them before. More androgynous, bigger bapper paws, and a more fighting style mixed with the alchemy.

Pura (c) to https://www.furaffinity.net/user/kazishumo
Art (c) to myself

Want to see more of my art posts, my Patreon, and other sites I'm on?
>>> https://venerabela.carrd.co/ <<<

#Pura #Kazishumo #Alchemist #Fighter #MMA #Magic #Potions #Tailbag #Crystals #Alchemy

LittleAlex
4 weeks ago

What is the Internet made of?

#crystals

Claudia Zahn
1 month ago
DavidB
1 month ago

Today's weird gacha series (7 of 9): "Mineral Hedgehogs." 🤷‍♂️

#GachaGacha #Gashapon #Gacha #Japan #crystals #hedgehogs

Weird gashapon: "mineral hedgehogs"
Hedgehogs (that really look like mice) with crystals on their back, as spikes.
Claudia Zahn
1 month ago

Natural bi-colour grape #agate from the Mamuju area #Indonesia
Photo Copyright ©️ @Eclectic Gems
By #GeologyWonders
#Geology #GeologyPage #Nature #minerals #crystals #gems #Nature #NatureLovers #NaturePhotography #Photographer

I'll have my fluorite sprinkled with big chunks of barium sulfate, please.

A honeyed barite on fluorite from the Santa Lucia mine in Fluminimaggiore, Sardinia, Italy.

17 x 14 cm (6.7 x 5.5 in); larger crystals 4.5 cm.

Photo: Alessandro Socci

#minerals #geology #crystals #barite #fluorite

Large yellow-orange tabular barite crystals ona lighter-comored matrix of very small cubic and octohedral fluorite crystals. (I think I got my IDs correct.)
Claudia Zahn
2 months ago

A mineral specimen that's been in the collections for 175 years has turned out to also be a dinosaur egg, collected long before these were first scientifically recognized and potentially one of the first complete eggs ever found.

https://www.geologyin.com/2023/04/rock-containing-stunning-agate-turns.html

By #GeologyWonders
#Geology #GeologyPage #Nature #minerals #crystals #gems #Nature #NatureLovers #NaturePhotography #Photographer

Chris is.
2 months ago

In decades of skepticism, I’ve never before seen any evidence that #crystals can be used to improve my life.

I am now convinced otherwise.

A cross-stitch or embroidery piece with the image of a cluster of purple crystals in the centre. The text reads “ANY CRYSTAL CAN REPEL NEGATIVITY” and below it, in smaller text “(if you throw it hard enough)”
Claudia Zahn
2 months ago

Amazing Kunzite with Tourmaline, Microlite and Cleavelandite From Darai Paech, Kunar Province, #afghanistan
Photo Copyright ©️ Fine Art Minerals
By #GeologyWonders
#Geology #GeologyPage #Nature #minerals #crystals #gems #Nature #NatureLovers #NaturePhotography #Photographer

Sara Kathleen
3 months ago

From Creatures #Oracle. 1st Edition sold out, now taking Pre Orders for new 2nd Edition (includes 10 new cards) Link in Bio

This deck is incredibly close to my heart. Designed to help you connect & initiate conversations with your deepest self. #Nature plays a huge role here. I believe deeply in the #magic of the Earth, and how much we can learn from her.

Sharing helps so much, thank you. 💚🌙

#artist #art #mastoart #illustration #tarot #pagan #spirituality #crystals #cards #oracledeck

A black a white oracle card in a dark background, it says lonely on it. It features a sad looking little white creature towards the bottom, with water, mountains, and trees all in greyscale behind it. Around the card are a few leaves and a silver key.
A pink oracle card standing against a small potted plant, with lots of crystals all around it. The card says Imagination, and shows a white creature emerging from shrubbery, with swirly white doodles around its head. There is a crescent moon too.
Claudia Zahn
4 months ago

You never know what you're going to get when you crack open a geode-like rock called an agate, but a new specimen is even more surprising than usual: It looks just like #cookiemonster

By #GeologyWonders
#Geology #GeologyPage #Nature #minerals #crystals #gems #Nature #NatureLovers #NaturePhotography #Photographer
https://www.geologyin.com/2021/01/gemologist-discovers-rock-that-looks.html?fbclid=IwAR2HSVdqyHQduvB3lHyQE9gmBZb-4yza2iwFpbEnzYUbafe5uE8YUiAgzlY

Claudia Zahn
4 months ago

#introduction
Hello everybody!
This is a rock, not a slice of cheesecake.
Red agate and White Opal with Botryoidal Chalcedony
This specimen is from Central #Nevada #USA
Credit: Chelsea Thompson
By #GeologyWonders
#Geology #GeologyPage #Nature #minerals #crystals #gems #Nature #NatureLovers #NaturePhotography #Photographer

Tapir Girl
5 months ago

It was a beautiful day for a hike on Mt. Holyoke, complete with cool rocks and gorgeous flowers. #crystals #hiking #ladyslipper #orchid #WesternMassachusetts

Photograph of a chunk of vesicular basalt. The rock is gray with tiny holes, shallow holes throughout the surface. There is a large hole in the middle of the basalt, and a ring of crystals is affixed to the edge of the hole. The background is visible in the center of the ring of crystals. The basalt is balanced on a larger rock. Trees are visible behind the basalt, and far in the background, a bright sky is visible above the horizon.
Photo of the Connecticut River Valley from the summit of Mt. Holyoke in Massachusetts in the spring. In the foreground is a bed of small, reddish-pink  columbine flowers, grass, and various  green leaves. In the background is a view of deciduous forest, fields, and a bend in the Connecticut River.
Photo of the Connecticut River Valley from the summit of Mt. Holyoke in Massachusetts in the spring. On the left is a rocky outcropping. In the center, there is a rough path down a slope. On the right are evergreen trees. The sun is low in the sky. The Connecticut River is visible in the background, with fields, forests, and hills beyond the river.
Photo of a lady slipper orchid. The plant has broad green leaves, and five buds hang downward from thin stems. The flowers will be pink when they have bloomed, but in this photo, they are light green with only a hint of pink. The orchid is on the ground surrounded by brown oak leaves.
EmmaLee Cassidy
5 months ago

Hi all I’m quite new to this so bear with me. I live with my husband @HailsandAles and our two little dogs Charlie and Evie.

Most of my time is spent either #scrapbooking or working on my husband’s #battlejackets as well as one of my own. I enjoy #gaming #mindfulness #crystals and much much more. I’m an #EndoWarrior and try to raise awareness and offer support wherever possible.

Would love to chat so feel free to message me. She/her

Claudia Zahn
5 months ago

Fluorite on Quartz and Barite
From Baden-Württemberg, #Germany.
Photo copyright © Green Mountain Minerals
By #GeologyWonders
#Geology #GeologyPage #Nature #minerals #crystals #gems #Nature #NatureLovers #NaturePhotography

Alex Blokhuis
5 months ago

RuCl3 & NaCl in evaporating H2O 💎 🔬 ⚗️

Fairly small quantities of RuCl3 can produce pitch black aqueous solutions, from which we gradually see crystals of NaCl emerge here.

What else do we see?
#chemtoots #chemistry #realtimechem #science #scheikunde #Physics #experiment #timelapse #crystals #microscope #stem #systemschemistry

Claudia Zahn
5 months ago

Lustrous, Transparent Quartz Cluster with yellow Halloysite inclusions in the tips, aka "Mango
Quartz 🥭" From Boyacá Department, #Colombia. 65x50x45mm
Photo Copyright ©️ Fine mineral photography
By #GeologyWonders
#Geology #GeologyPage #Nature #minerals #crystals #gems #Nature #NatureLovers #NaturePhotography

Claudia Zahn
6 months ago

Calcite on Fluorite - Elmwood Mine, Tennessee - approx 18cm -
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Just a stunning combination of crystals…
By #MineralMasterpiece @fineartminerals at @tucsonfinemineralgallery
#Geology #GeologyPage #Nature #minerals #crystals #gems #Nature #NatureLovers #NaturePhotography

Claudia Zahn
6 months ago

Morganite with Quartz & Tourmaline - Dara-e-Pech, Afghanistan - 13.7cm —
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By #MineralMasterpiece @fineartminerals at @tucsonfinemineralgallery
#Geology #GeologyPage #Nature #minerals #crystals #gems #Nature #NatureLovers #NaturePhotography

Claudia Zahn
7 months ago

Fantastic Spessartine Garnets on Smoky Quartz from Tong Bei, Fujian Province, #China.
Photo Copyright ©️ Dust77 ~ CEK
By #GeologyWonders
#Geology #GeologyPage #Nature #minerals #crystals #gems #Nature #NatureLovers #NaturePhotography

Erebos
7 months ago

I am once again asking those new to #witchcraft #paganism and #spirtuality to not blindly follow and adopt any list of associations or substitutions with zero context, explanation or cultural background, whether the OP is talking about #offerings #crystals #herbs or even colours. No matter what it is, blanket statements are not your friend. Generalisation and indiscriminate tradition-blending are not your friend.

If you're not sure, ask. Request sources. Research. Experiment. Get various opinions, see if what makes sense to you but don't take one outsider's word as gospel on a culture they know nothing about.

Susan Delaney
8 months ago

Ice crystals growing upwards on a Schaghticoke trail

#JanuaryIceChallenge #Ice #Crystals #NewEngland #CT #Schaghticoke #Trails #Hiking #FromMyHikes

Closeup image of ice crystals growing upwards on a Schaghticoke trail
Kristina Kelly
8 months ago

It’s is written from 6 POVs (2 female and 4 male), has a wolf character with two tails, an owl-like character that fights in battles, and a life-sucking alien presence that’s hiding in one of them. While they try to maintain peace between their realms by learning to work together in the Trials of the Innermost, a larger threat has come to consume their world.

There’s #magic born of #music and exploding #crystals. A #bard who plays a #dulcimer and #ocarina.

Claudia Zahn
9 months ago

#introduction
Hello everybody!
This is a rock, not a slice of cheesecake.
Red agate and White Opal with Botryoidal Chalcedony
This specimen from Central Nevada
Credit: Chelsea Thompson
By #GeologyWonders
#Geology #GeologyPage #Nature #minerals #crystals #gems #Nature #NatureLovers #NaturePhotography

Red agate and White Opal with Botryoidal Chalcedony look like a piece of cake.