Doug Merson @Micromineral@qoto.org
Mineral collector for past 70 years. Served 21 years in United States Navy and 20 years at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. Wife and I plus 3 granddaughters are llama owners.
Joined Nov 2022
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Because I keep reading that Escher's work entered the public domain today. From 2003:
http://www.andrewlipson.com/escher/relativity.html
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How beautiful is this? #Etna continues emitting lava, which has been growing into a vast lava field with multiple active lobes reaching a length of more than 1.5 km and a volume estimated at about 1.5-2 million cubic meters. These two photos were taken at nightfall on 2 January 2023 from the northern crest of the Valle del Bove, on the northeast flank of the volcano.
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Hot on the heels of #mosstodon there is now #ferndiverse 🌿
The humidity and shade inside this #abandoned garage in #belgium created a special microclimate, perfect for ferns. A huge cluster cling to the wall and the roof is covered with stunning ferns of all sizes. There are long cracks in the ceiling, the ferns are even growing from this.
More photos of this cute little Bug in a beautiful fern kingdom ➡️ https://www.obsidianurbexphotography.com/leisure/garage-red-beetle-napoleon-bug-belgium/
@keepitrheol Have fun, it is great game. I played as a kid. Fire department flooded a field at junior high school. We also played on farm ponds and once on Lake Erie.
Over the last, 15 minutes it has turned from green to white here in Port Orchard, Washington.
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Wild that these rocks were originally laid down as sediments at the bottom of a huge ocean which separated the landmasses now known as Scotland & England.. but then continental collision took place, the Iapetus closed & over 400 million years later we’re stuck with the tories 🙃
Paulingite-Ca
Vinařice, Kladno District, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic
FOV = 2.0 mm
#8647
Chanabayaite
Pabellón de Pica, Chanabaya, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chile
FOV = 1.1 mm
#8645
Yellow titanite with pale blue hauyne.
In den Dellen quarries, Mendig, Mendig, Mayen-Koblenz District, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
FOV = 3.3 mm
#8669
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So seeing as I'm, like everyone else, trying to rebuild from scratch on here after the bird disaster, I'll do a brief introduction which if you feel like boosting please do.
British, married, generally annoyed at everything these days, loves rocks a little too much, spends my day running a website about rocks, in my free time I collect rocks.
Did I mention the rocks?
My wife and I will be heading to the fall meeting of the Northwest Micro Mineral Study Group. This is the groups' first meeting since the fall 2019 meeting. It has been difficult finding a venue to hold the meeting at.
We missed the fall 2019 meeting as we were in Socorro, New Mexico for the mineral symposium there.
@MineralCup Boggsite, tschernichite,manganokhomyakovite
Tshernichite from Neer Road. Goble, Columbia County, Oregon, USA
FOV = 2.3 mm
I collected this in November 1987
Mineral collector for past 70 years. Served 21 years in United States Navy and 20 years at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. Wife and I plus 3 granddaughters are llama owners.
Joined Nov 2022
