Gratuitous Dog Picture 

Why doesn’t he understand that I just want to stay home and hug on him all the time?

#MineralMonday contribution 

For , a wee bowl of peridot (olivine) I dug out of the world-class deposits on San Carlos Apache land east of Phoenix, AZ. We were invited and accompanied to the mining/claim site by a tribal member with tribal permission, which we were told is pretty rare. It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, a great honor, and an incredible day.

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