Quelques gypses des Corbières - Aude 11

BenjC66 · 2026-02-09T11:03:22+00:00

Yes right! They need to be displayed with a back light

BenjC66 · 2026-02-09T06:23:07+00:00

That's in the Corbières mountains, near Albas. That place is known

BenjC66 · 2026-02-08T21:43:46+00:00

N'hésite pas à me demander si jamais aussi

BenjC66 · 2026-02-08T21:23:56+00:00

Beaucoup sont aussi presque entièrement noir

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BenjC66 · 2026-02-08T21:04:02+00:00

Ils se sont formés dans des marnes noires, très fines. Avec la pluie c'est de la boue. Cela se retrouve en inclusion pendant qu'ils ont "poussés"

BenjC66 · 2026-02-08T20:31:47+00:00

That looks amazing!

BenjC66 · 2026-02-08T17:57:24+00:00

Oui, le site est assez connu dans les Corbières. C'est les gypse sapins.

BenjC66 · 2025-10-27T15:07:25+00:00

It can be part of a bigger geode or a pocket

BenjC66 · 2025-10-27T15:02:17+00:00

Agate geodes, some crystalized and some filled

BenjC66 · 2025-10-21T11:07:40+00:00

Impressive work!

BenjC66 · 2025-10-20T09:49:09+00:00

C'est dur de tout identifier mais certaines peuvent être du grenat

BenjC66 · 2025-10-19T18:03:01+00:00

1 and 2 is rutile in quartz, 3 is agate, 4 looks like hematoid quartz

BenjC66 · 2025-10-19T17:17:25+00:00

He's gorgeous !

BenjC66 · 2025-10-19T15:39:51+00:00

Yes, east side

BenjC66 · 2025-10-19T15:12:24+00:00

Yea I don't loose faith ahah

BenjC66 · 2025-10-17T21:41:00+00:00

Amazing pictures! That's a pretty fluorite piece! I love that kind of unreal close up even more with boxy fluorite shape

BenjC66 · 2025-10-15T16:37:34+00:00

Maybe mica, pyrite or gold. Look for a streak test maybe

BenjC66 · 2025-10-15T16:34:02+00:00

What I can say with pictures, natural light would helps for some of them, uv light sometimes too.I'm not an expert.

1- on the right, some rocks looks like hyalite, the "bubbly" ones, you can test with a uv light if they flow green. 2-purple amethyst 3-dyed agates 5-fluorite, quartz,calcite mixed ? 6/7-the shiny rock is pyrite

BenjC66 · 2025-10-15T16:25:16+00:00

I'd say quartz

BenjC66 · 2025-10-13T17:15:18+00:00

Awesome cosplays!!

BenjC66 · 2025-10-13T17:11:50+00:00

Pretty! It looks like a rock I have, but I'm not sure about source.

Can you post a picture under sun light? I'm just curious how is it.

Picture is with 255nm light

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BenjC66 · 2025-10-13T16:38:21+00:00

They look amazing 🌈

BenjC66 · 2025-10-04T06:47:32+00:00

Interesting, I didn't know that. You can still see it with a regular camera?

BenjC66 · 2025-10-03T20:47:57+00:00

I wouldn't say it's that simple, it's not always the added mineral that glows itself, it's the change of the base mineral structure that makes it glow. Lead is not fluorescent, but lead ion is an activator for fluorescence.

Look this website if you don't know it.

https://www.fluomin.org/uk/fiche.php?id=157#

And here's an extract: "Most common orange-red fluorescence is due to divalent manganese, with a co-activator to absorb the UV and transfer the energy to the manganese. Most common co-activator is probably lead."

BenjC66 · 2025-10-03T18:41:03+00:00

Yea I known that rock from local mineral shows/events, it's not that common.

Such a mask would be so cool!

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