#Halite

I keep flipflopping on this but I just found out this is what the Wieliczka salt mine near Krakow, mined since the 13th century, looks like. everything is carved out

I’m feeling weirdly hurt by the viral tweet mocking geoscientists for licking rocks.I get that we’re a bit weird even for scientists and get a bit more blunt with our

Božana Pašić

Reasons why #Opal is superior over #Halite... a thread Opal, opalline silica, silica etc. are all essentially the same chemical formula SiO2.nH2O, and guess what... they're EVERYWHERE. No I mean

It's 2020, the year where anything can happen.The #MinCup2020 bracket is sticking to the rules with all official minerals. Voting starts September 1st.Who will join legends #Olivine (2017), #Garnet (2018),

In honour of the impending return of the German Bundesliga, here are a few football grounds with some lovely surrounding rocks and geology. Because why not? [thread] 1. Estadio BBVA,