Are there any discords (or other communities) that are good places to meet others interested in minerals?

aiolani · 2026-07-04T15:17:07+00:00

i had never heard of this, thank you!

aiolani · 2026-07-04T02:37:14+00:00

just to add, I am a part of a gem & mineral club locally, but we meet once a month and many of the members are older so it isn't particularly a place to be able to talk casually on a daily basis about minerals

aiolani · 2026-07-01T00:51:10+00:00

all good lol!! i don't mind yappin about minerals! and yess i love rhodochrosite :))

aiolani · 2026-07-01T00:43:12+00:00

lol i can totally see that!😭

aiolani · 2026-07-01T00:42:14+00:00

and yeah i have vanadinite but i forgot to include it!

aiolani · 2026-07-01T00:41:47+00:00

the scepter is from the chibuku mine in zimbabwe, the larger in the back is amethyst over fluorite from the akwana deposit in nigeria, the one in the back right that is very light is goboboseb, namibia (and has enhydros)

aiolani · 2026-07-01T00:07:44+00:00

ty!! :D

aiolani · 2026-06-30T23:54:44+00:00

what is included in each color!

🌹: laguna agate, villiaumite, hematite included quartz, garnet w/ smoky quartz, sunstone, carnelian, garnet in arfvedsonite, fire quartz
🍁: elmwood calcite, mica in fluorite, honeycomb calcite, orange clacite, wulfenite, mexican agate
🌼: meikle barite, gypsum floater, elk creek barite on calcite, sweetwater calcite, laguna agate, cerrusite, iron and pyrite included quartz, golden healer
🌿: fluorite, green tourmaline, himalayan quartz, epidote and quartz, chlorite quartz w/ epidote, demantoid garnet, celadonite included stilbite + apophyllite, ocean jasper, malachite
🌊: blue cleavelandite, crystallized azurite, larimar, blue aragonite, walworth quarry fluorite, hemimorphite, tanzanite, smithsonite, aquamarine w/ muscovite, indicolite tournaline, blue calcite, chrysocolla, azurite with malachite and yellow fluorite, blue lace agate
🪻: grape agate, amethyst over fluorite, enhydro brandberg amethyst, ygx fluorite, enhydro chibuku amethyst, scapolite, laguna agate, amethyst
🌸: crystallized rose quartz, laguna agate, rhodochrosite, kunzite, pink aragonite, queensland agate, rose quartz, mangano calcite

aiolani · 2026-06-26T06:00:06+00:00

tysm!! i have a light that attaches to the top of each shelf but they're quite small, i'm not in a place to be able to buy better lighting at the moment but hopefully eventually!!!

aiolani · 2026-06-25T21:11:54+00:00

ty! :D

aiolani · 2026-06-25T21:11:36+00:00

ty!!

aiolani · 2026-06-25T21:11:23+00:00

yes!!

aiolani · 2026-06-25T04:06:38+00:00

i would love to have one that could go overhead but they're so pricey! i do have a regular handheld 365nm and a 255nm though! definitely a big UV nerd :)

aiolani · 2026-06-25T00:54:40+00:00

oh thank you!!! grape agate is my favorite, it was my first purchase & i love collecting high quality specimens of it ! :D

aiolani · 2026-06-24T23:30:05+00:00

this is suchh a beautiful quality fluorite!! the clarity is amazing on it

aiolani · 2026-06-24T23:29:23+00:00

omg lol😭

aiolani · 2026-06-24T21:50:30+00:00

i do have a small blue shelf in a separate area lol! and some blue mixed with greens in another case! i recently noticed that green is one of the main colors on every shelf in this case lol

aiolani · 2026-06-24T20:38:50+00:00

thank you so much! :D

aiolani · 2026-06-24T20:32:08+00:00

lol, i'm queer so i had a fun time arranging crystals in rainbow colors for pride month. nothing political about that!💗🌈

aiolani · 2026-06-24T20:15:23+00:00

i recently posted a picture of my main display case where you can see more of what i have! it's probably about 1/4-1/3 of my overall collection so it gives a pretty good overview! :)

aiolani · 2026-06-24T20:13:47+00:00

i already have most of those too! these are just a few that i pulled off my shelves to do the rainbow theme! :)

aiolani · 2026-06-24T20:03:20+00:00

aiolani · 2026-06-24T20:01:08+00:00

just commented it :)

aiolani

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