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ITT post badass-looking rocks

>> No.8990599

>>8990581

> walking around the park
> find a dank rock
> it's probably a diamond
> put it in my pokemon fanny pack
> it's actually quartz

everytime

>> No.8990608
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8990608

Bismuth is pretty fucking cool.
I want to create bismuth crystals but i'm not a chemfag so I don't know how.

>> No.8990614

>>8990608
I thought about making some crystas too. looks really easy, plus you can make some neat magnets.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8KYZHMkTHw

>> No.8990733

>>8990581
MARIE!

>> No.8990745

>>8990599
Dude, do you even do hardness testing?

>> No.8990748
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>> No.8990753
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>> No.8990810
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>> No.8990826
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Columnar rocks in yellowstone

>> No.8990830

I like white, matte rocks. But I can't remember the name of them.

>> No.8990878

>>8990810
ooooh, I get it.
>basalt rifle

>> No.8990922
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>>8990581
>posts a mineral

>> No.8991047
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8991047

Idk about you, but when I see her, my dick is rock hard

>> No.8991076

>>8990748
that looks like a langolier

>> No.8991128

>>8990581
Geologist's wet dreams.

>>8990826
Earth Porn.

>>8991047
Make a Geologist Dick Rock Hard.

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>>8990748

>>8991076
>that looks like a langolier.

Stephen King's The Langoliers !!!

>> No.8991132

>>8990581
is that a sith holocron?

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>>8990922
>Pallasite
That's the Minecraft Glow Stone?

>> No.8991138
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8991138

>>8990922
>Pallasite
Is That the Minecraft Glow Stone ?!

>> No.8991633

>>8990810
>banned in 30 states
>contains chemicals known to the state of california to cause cancer

>> No.8991723
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8991723

This is a Japanese rock.

>> No.8991734

>>8991138
yes

>> No.8991740

>>8990748
>HHHAAAHAHAHAHHAAA

>> No.8991748

>>8990581
what's the name idiot?
I used to collect rocks when I was younger

>> No.8991804
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8991804

pebbles allowed?

>> No.8992657

>>8991748
I don't know I just googled "badass rocks" and this came up lol

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>>8992894

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>>8992896

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>>8992901
fuck I don't know why some are turned

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>>8992906

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>>8992909

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>>8992911
this one's a slice from the canyon diablo

>> No.8992917
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>>8992914

>> No.8992920

>>8990608
that's not a natural occurence

>> No.8992929

>>8992920
I found that shit in my backyard when I was 12, but I touched it and it gave me autism.

>> No.8993075

>>8992906
cuz they TURNT ;^)

>> No.8993713

>>8992914
nice hair dude

>> No.8993777

>>8992929
wow really

>> No.8993796

Any geologists here who get sexually aroused by beautiful rocks?

>> No.8993817

>>8993796
pretty hard

>> No.8993877

>>8993796
I can only get off by rubbing rough rocks on my cock.

>> No.8993901

>>8993796
did you really though licking them had any kind actual usage?

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>> No.8994011

Hello, rock nerds.

I want to ask, are there minerals that glow in the dark?
Note, not under special UV light, but rather in a more natural occurring "dark", like a basement, a mine, and so on.
Is such a thing possible? To have a mineral that makes sense, which seemingly creates light humans can use to see things, but doesn't kill humans by doing so.

I am writing something and want it to make sense.

>> No.8994039

>>8994011
I think a phosphorescent cristal wouldn't be technically impossible, but it would require to be exposed to light beforehand.

Other than that you could imagine a cristal that, when exposed to air would react and produce light, but from what I know chemiluminescence happens mostly in organic compounds.
depends on the level of realism you want to involve in your writing.

>> No.8994050

>>8994039
just after posting, I realized I was dumb and that the most common case of chemiluminescence is actually a mineral, white phosphorus.
But it doesn't really sound like what you're looking for.

>> No.8994054

>>8994039
>>8994050
I am after the following scenario: people walk down a cave, they find glowing rocks, and use them as makeshift flashlights. Of course I don't mean a bright stream of light, rather something you dangle close to what you are trying to see, like people do with phone screens today

Although a rock that you can "store light" in also could be utilized in another scenario.

How long does Phosphorus effectively glow? A fist sized rock wouldn't just burn out in days, I imagine?
Also, is it a dangerous, unstable thing? When I read White Phosphorus, I think of war movies and an explosive named that way.

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>>8994039
>phosphorescent cristal wouldn't be technically impossible, but it would require to be exposed to light beforehand.

What if it's a phosphorescent crystal with triboluminescence properties? You break the soft stone in half and the initial spark causes the phosphorescent mineral to glow for half an hour. When the light runs out you split the stone again causing another spark and 30 more minutes of glowing. And if you throw the stone to the ground it'll make a bright flash like a flash bang grenade. I know triboluminescence isn't that strong in real life, but this is a book. Creative liberties are allowed.

>> No.8994217

>>8994079
phosphorecence ain't magic. it doesn't create light, itkinda "stores" it, so if small fraction of the initial spark it managed to capture is strong enough to shine half an hour, the spark was also probably able to turn your eyes into shish-kebab.
And triboluminescence is pretty weak.

>>8994054
white phosphorus glows low green when exposed to the oxygen of air, and that last until there is no phophorus anymore (it's a chemical reaction). I couldn't however gave you an estimate of how long a certain mass would last, but I guess it could work the way you want it.

However, it has a slight tendency to self-ignite when exposed to oxygen, and, when burning, glow with a distinct shade of "my eyes! I'm blind! Why, AAAAH, why?". So yeah, not stable for long, so that would be possible only if the cave was sealed shut and with an anoxic atmosphere and just recently opened, which is not so unlikely given the good circumstances.
And btw, your guys shouldn't hold it directly. That is, unless you want somebody to lose a hand, in which case it's a good way to do it.

>> No.8994787

>>8994011
no

>> No.8994905

>>8994787
>Terlingua Calcite
>Phosphorus

My dear, when you don't know shit, you don't talk shit

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>>8990581

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ed95dbYm7xo
>Over 200 Bizarre, New Crystals Were Accidentally Created by Humans

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>>8991723
>tfw no qt rockfu

>> No.8996614

>>8990581
>>8990581
>>8990581
>>8990581
>>8990581

I need help, any knows for sure if emeralds are vulnerable to solvent, like toluene, if I leave some emeralds submerged in toluene, will i damage them???

>> No.8996717

>>8990748
>laughs geologically

>> No.8997041

>>8990830
cocaine

>> No.8997437

>>8997041
crystalline or massive?

>> No.8997447

>>8994079
my guess is achieving translucence, luminescence, and phosphorescence into a singular crystal structure would be insanely difficult

>> No.8997897

>>8995044
>dietary minerals REEEEEEEEEEE

>> No.8997905

>>8997447
Lets say you put a radioactive mineral next to a fluorescent one. Would natural radioactivity be enough to trigger fluorescence?

>> No.8998301

>>8992894
Reminds me of that artstyle indie games are coming out with recently

>> No.8998359

>>8990581
This is probably the best thread on /sci/ right now

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>>8997905 >>8994011 >>8997447
Crystals/Materials/Chemicals that glow with radiation are called Scintillators.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scintillator

Such as Crystals of NaI(Tl) (sodium iodide doped with thallium).

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>> No.8998608

>>8990599
lel good story

>> No.8999972

>>8990748
>the rock laughed
>we killed the rock
>good times

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>>8990581
>>8990599
>>8990826
>>8990830
>>8991723
>>8991748
>>8992657
>>8993796
>>8993877
>>8994011
>>8994054
>>8996139
>>8999972

JESUS FUCKING CHRIST

THEY'RE NOT ROCKS YOU FUCKING FAGGOTS

THEY ARE MINERALS!

>> No.9000688

>>8994905
>Terlingua Calcite
You have to use ultraviolet light
With this parameter every uranium(even these secondary) and thorium minerals fluorescent

>> No.9000697

>>8996614
I think not, silicates dont really dissolve in Organic solvents

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aayo what is this motherfucker

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this a fuckin meteor or what

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found it in my driveway. gotta know if I need to dig around for more meteors

>> No.9002403

>>9002390
>>9002395
>>9002398
I think it looks like rock that's millions of years old

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looks like metal banding in that motherfucker. probably a meteor.

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>>9002403
you sayin its a meteor? meteors are millions of years old nigga

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check out that fuckin rust. what is this shit?

>> No.9002468

>>9002395
>>9002398
>>9002404
>>9002407
Paleofag's Simple Guide To Telling If A Rock Is A Meteor
1. No, it is not a meteor.
Questionably Extraterrestrial Doodad

>> No.9002574

>>9002468
nobody has any idea about what this is? did I just invent a new type of rock?

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>>8999988

>> No.9002726

>>9002574
dude I'm a paleofag, not a geochemist. all I can say for certain is it's neither sedimentary nor particularly felsic, and has been moderately weathered by transport. if I had to guess I'd say it's a lump of andesite.

>> No.9002728

>>8999988
Those columnar rocks were actually rocks, stop spamming posts with this faggotry

>> No.9003177

>>9002726
>andesite
sounds believable

>> No.9003213

>>9002410
might be eclogite
look in to geological map

>> No.9003219

>>8991804
This is Pebblephila.

>> No.9004065

>>9003213
Thanks for contributing. I'm in Wisconsin, and due to the glaciers this stuff could be from anywhere. I'll keep investigating though. Thanks again.

>> No.9004075

>>9004065
Cool, glacial till then.

>> No.9004112

>>8993796
Yes I'm rock hard right now

>> No.9004166
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My little slice of Muonionalusta meteorite with Widmanstätten patterns. Literally from a planetoid in the protoplanetary nebula around the same time Earth was forming.

>> No.9004454

>>8991138
It's a slice through a metallic meteorite. Yellow bits are olivine crystals.

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>>8994217
>glow with a distinct shade of "my eyes! I'm blind! Why, AAAAH, why?"

>> No.9004500

>>9004476
she's got zero nose hair
that is weird

>> No.9004505
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>>8990581
Let's mine in Space.
It can be profitable

>Life Noggin's Youtuber agrees
https://youtu.be/lT11_2h6_LY

>>9002327 >>9002073 >>9002095 .

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>>9004500
>she's got zero nose hair
I have renamed the file

>> No.9004535

>>9004500
>>9004507
grills pick their nose hairs, I think she just went overboard

>> No.9004576

>>8990748
>geheheheheh

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>> No.9004591

>>9004500
obviously a full face mask

>> No.9005040

>>8990608
Fuck yeah! Bismuth!

>> No.9005043
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Here's a 10,000 carat topaz

>> No.9005067

>>9005040
BISMUTH!!!
(it's a meme)

>> No.9005199

>>9002398
Looks like a gabbro to me

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I've wanted to know what this is for a while. It's pretty dense

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Wanted to know what this was for a long time. It's pretty dense.

>> No.9005237

>>8991047

Is this Katie Cummings??

>> No.9005274

>>9005203
looks like granite to me

>> No.9005295

>>9005274
I disagree Granite is much more Felsic than this. this is pretty dark so it's most likely mafic. Also the red inclusions have a different look than the potassium feldspar found in granites, in both the color (it's a darker red) and the crystal structure(this looks lumpy, grainy almost)

>> No.9006790

>>8991804
>lusting after what is naive and immature
>being a dirty pebblephile

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>>9006790
>pebblephile
Geology confirmed my future career.

>> No.9007289

>>9005207
If you are asking for indetifying rock, you should always say WHERE did you find it-geographic and outcrop position

>> No.9007368

>>9007289
I stole it from a university rock sample throwaway pile. Behind the earth sciences building they throw away all the samples they don't want anymore.