Take a walk-around look at a mineral specimen I call the Tugboat. It’s a doubly-terminated smoky quartz with milky quartz frosting. The crystal sporys a mass of very purple lepidolite out of which grew several gem tourmaline. Possibly 3 kg, this floater comes from the Oceanview Mine Kahuna pocket zone - probably the most colorful pocket area they’ve ever mined. #geology#pegmatites#quartz#tourmaline
Most of you will never see even one of these mineral specimens in person, so when I was invited to see this case, I asked if I could snap a picture. So, my #mastodon friends, here are some of San Diego’s finest produced #gems in the rough. #tourmaline#morganite#kunzite.
Whoa momma! Check out these #funky jutting angles on this out of sight #tourmaline. The #green to translucent #pink and #red are fun and enjoyable. It definitely has a wonky feel to it, doesn't it? Killer display piece.
#MinCup23 is coming fast and we’re scrambling to get ready. Our website has this year’s mineral list, starting bracket, and even a test vote if you want to warm up your polling muscles: https://www.mineralcup.org/