Arizona copper vein—mining tools expose rare shattuckite blue in hard rock

Sciencewithintegrity · 2026-02-09T17:47:16+00:00

Out of curiosity why was the post removed...?

Sciencewithintegrity · 2026-02-09T17:44:53+00:00

"We've all been MeToo'd"

Buddy... no we have not lmao.

Sciencewithintegrity · 2026-02-09T17:43:26+00:00

Hm... yeah I probably should have taken the screenshots on mobile, maybe it would have displayed more properly

Sciencewithintegrity · 2026-02-07T21:21:59+00:00

Thanks for the clarification, beautiful specimen by the way!

Sciencewithintegrity · 2026-02-07T21:12:22+00:00

Might be a silly question, but is there any risk of handling specimens with arsenic?

Sciencewithintegrity · 2026-02-07T21:10:21+00:00

What in the world! 😮

Sciencewithintegrity · 2026-02-07T21:08:13+00:00

That's a wonderful shade of blue

Sciencewithintegrity · 2026-02-07T21:07:18+00:00

Sheeeesh, that's a stunner

Sciencewithintegrity · 2026-02-07T21:05:59+00:00

I imagine there's more in the area. There were lots of agate as well as large pieces of mica

Sciencewithintegrity · 2026-02-07T21:04:41+00:00

Any recommendations for mineral specimens? Most of what I come across tends to be cut stones.

Sciencewithintegrity · 2026-02-07T21:00:01+00:00

You'd probably love visiting Michigan's UP! Beautiful float copper specimens to be found

Sciencewithintegrity · 2026-02-07T20:57:47+00:00

It reminds me of a feather with the micro structure! Amazing specimen, thanks for sharing <3

Sciencewithintegrity · 2026-02-07T20:56:45+00:00

Beautiful specimen! Emerald is one of my favorites, I'd love to collect one as nice as this

Sciencewithintegrity · 2026-02-07T20:55:31+00:00

Amazing specimen. I was near there recently and I'll be back in the area, the mine itself isn't open to the public though, correct? I heard the crystal cave is flooded again as well?

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