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So, i was just went to the Smithsonian for the first time, and the minerals exhibit blew my mind and inspired me to start a mineral collection. Any geologists abound with suggestions for my collection? I will dump some of the pictures i took

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>>2720611
go to chernobyl and collect artifacts

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>>2720673
look at those things, theyre so intense

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>>2720635

That's the shit they put in you when you get your colon scanned?

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I'll just leave this here....... HEH HEH

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>>2720699
hahahahah wow.

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>> No.2720719

buy all the quartz in the world, sell it at a high price=win just get whatever you think looks cool i say. if you don't have money to buy expensive things then don't having a varied collection is better than a pricey one in my opinion. if you are talking about going and collecting your own i have no clue where to start...

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>> No.2720754

Look for Malachite along hillsides. Lightning is drawn to copper rich soil or copper laden rock. It will strike the copper and oxidation will produce cunks of Malachite.

>> No.2720760

>>2720611
I'll have to recommend Slickensides Galena and corium. They both have some rather interesting properties.

The corium will be rather hard to obtain as it is one of the rarest minerals on Earth. Though, I hear there might be a new deposit in Japan...

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Looking at rocks is great, now try studying life.

>> No.2720790

>>2720719
silicon oxides make up a very large percentage of Earth's crust. That being said, it would be very hard to buy up all the quartz in the world.

>> No.2720804

Buy yourself a book that shows the major minerals/rocks. Look at ones you want, then try to obtain them.

Just be aware, finding anything the quality of what the Smithsonian has is going to be damn near impossible. Getting a high quality piece is going to either require time or money. Probably both. Be wary of buying anything over the internet, I've heard quite a few success stories, but just as many scams. Also, try and find a "rock show", go in, and start to take a look at everything that is being offered. If possible, look for a Rockclub in your area, hell, try and join one.

That said, pick up some Topaz, shit looks cool, and readily abundant. Also pick up some Tourmaline, bitches love pink and green rocks. Geodes are good too.

>> No.2720813

anatase...its a photocatalyst

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>>2720804
sounds good

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>> No.2720932

Here's a gigantic spoiler for you OP, this is probably as exciting as geological sciences will ever be, and if you decide to pursue it in university, your peers will be even bigger faggots than the type of human pond scum that manifest in engineering sciences

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>>2720932
no interest in really studying it, the college i go to has little to speak of in the geology department

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