Earth Science Fun

Earth Science / Geology content from a Geologist. My goals are to help educate and entertain people. The Earth is a fascinating place with lots to learn about!

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A new video is live! This one covers real vs fake multi-mineral combos. Even if I never get enough views to monetize, I'll happily keep exposing scammers so they make less money.
https://t.co/iPLBnUCS32
#minerals #realvsfake #crystals

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A new video is live for Earth Week and what we can do to help our planet! Feel free to share to help spread awareness/outreach. https://t.co/qMjFvZ97Rq
#earthday #environment #science #outreach

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I did some recycling for #earthday this year. Metal cans, glass bottles, plastic milk jugs, and cardboard all went to my local recycling center. I hope everyone had a nice Earth Day (April 22nd), and Earth Week! Feel free to share what you did for Earth Day in the comments too.

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Windowed fire agate from Aguascalientes, Mexico. I polished all of these. Planning on adding these to the etsy store as I get time to photograph them! #fireagate #minerals #rocks

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Mini geodes and thundereggs from Colorado! The one on the left has really sparkly druzy quartz, but it's tough to capture in just a photo. I sliced and polished these the other day. #geodes #thundereggs #rocks

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I'm back with another video! This one is on Amethyst Sage agate from Nevada. It is beautiful material, often filled with manganese dendrites and other inclusions.
https://t.co/oFK6bsF2Dc
#agate #minerals #geology

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A new video is live, showcasing my best purple opal specimen! Check it out here:
https://t.co/ZByShrhyrl
#opal #minerals #gems

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New rhodochrosite polished specimens are available! They are live on my Etsy page and I also made a short video to showcase them. More rock and mineral stuff coming soon:
https://t.co/6InuLAwLoz

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A fun druzy quartz geode from southern Colorado that I cut and polished the other day. This one shows 3 crystallization events. First was quartz near the geode shell, then chalcedony, and finally a layer of druzy quartz.

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New video is live! This one is about real vs fake tourmaline slices and how to tell the difference. #tourmaline #minerals #crystals #gems #sciencefacts
https://t.co/jHRfsyxUgA

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@konstructivizm Incredible footage!

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I just finished up a new video! This one covers some different types of mineralization found in fossil dinosaur bone. Also added the specimens to the Etsy shop for those interested! #fossils #geology #dinosaurs #Science
https://t.co/iRFD2AGZMW

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@GeologyTime Copper minerals are so pretty! That color with the clear quartz over top is spectacular.

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A specimen of gold in porphyry from Bulgaria that I got to polish a while back. #gold #ore #minerals
https://t.co/sMPys7K1p0

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I made this a while back to showcase some of the local fluorite I work with. #Colorado #minerals
https://t.co/oZunHIkAcK

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A southern Colorado thunderegg half from my recent lapidary tutorial video. This specimen has quartz, banded agate, and a small vug with druzy quartz in the center. The round masses in the shell are cristobalite spherules.

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I just finished a video on how to cut and polish small thundereggs. I used to teach lapidary classes and figured this type of content may be interesting to some. Share if you'd like to see more! #lapidary #geodes #Geology #rocks
https://t.co/A9rLkjpeoX

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It's really unfortunate bluebird went this route, and sold out the shareholder's future. Not sure if that's even legal, but it certainly seems unfair. I wish I could believe in investing in biotech, because the research and treatments are amazing. #Biotechnology #stocks

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When something seems wrong/scummy in my opinion, I call it out. I don't often cover non-earth science topics, but this is a big one and very suspicious. It's about bluebird bio and their shareholders being told to sell out in a "definitive" press release.
https://t.co/VjgG8cf1cW

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@rocksforthe That transparency is incredible! Excellent faceting work as well. Feldspars are a tricky one to cut and the angle of the flash has to be just right. Whoever cut this knew exactly what to do!