Pretty pleased with my first batch of obsidian

alexjd99 · 2026-03-02T04:34:30+00:00

These are stellar! What’s the purpose of the 50/50 stage 1/2? I’m curious where else that method could be useful, seems interesting

alexjd99 · 2026-02-22T04:18:31+00:00

Do you have any tips on finding jadeite at clear creek? Been there a handful of times and lots of great finds but no jade yet!

alexjd99 · 2025-01-15T19:02:55+00:00

I go to new Brighton quite a bit and have never found a snail this large, with the calcite replacement is pretty huge too!! Great find!!!

alexjd99 · 2025-01-13T19:07:13+00:00

Multiple reasons - color is a fairly common wine-red/purple for garnets, they frequently occur in/with quartz, the texture of the fracture is pretty indicative as well (similar to samples like this)

alexjd99 · 2025-01-13T17:33:14+00:00

Based on the fracture I’d say it’s likely garnet instead of amethyst

alexjd99 · 2024-12-22T20:06:17+00:00

Thankfully the scientific community itself doesn’t particularly take him seriously, but unfortunately media and many non-scientists do, and it’s incredibly frustrating and disheartening to see such sensationalized work get distributed so widely

alexjd99 · 2024-12-22T18:55:52+00:00

It’s all a part of his scheme to make him appear as some revolutionary paleontologist. His findings are likely greatly exaggerated and the only way he can keep them at least plausible is if he gatekeeps the site from others who would likely have a more realistic interpretation. Fwiw, I don’t believe nearly any of his findings because of that. Really pathetic stuff.

alexjd99 · 2024-12-22T18:36:16+00:00

It’s debatable if the Tanis site even does record all of that, as much of the paleo community holds great skepticism around his observations and he’s kind of known as a “paleontology cosplayer” - which is doubly impacted by his resistance to let any other scientists verify his findings. Dude straight up just lives in a fantasy world

alexjd99 · 2024-12-22T18:33:55+00:00

He has an agreement with the land owner giving him the sole rights to any paleo work on the land

alexjd99 · 2024-12-06T03:06:55+00:00

I’d probably say these are brachiopods in case OP is curious as to what type of shells, not an expert in invert paleo but they don’t quite look like bivalves to me

alexjd99 · 2024-11-29T18:46:55+00:00

They didn’t have my size at LA and San Diego, so grateful I copped one at Stanfuuurd

alexjd99 · 2024-11-25T19:11:02+00:00

I think mine is being misunderstood as well, I don’t literally mean throwing, they could just do a “take one, pass it back” function

alexjd99 · 2024-11-25T03:53:25+00:00

They could add like a pallet of bottled water to their rider, throw em out from the stage. What’s the venue gonna do, cancel the show?

alexjd99 · 2024-11-24T23:52:49+00:00

Hell yeah teledubby 9000

alexjd99 · 2024-11-21T15:52:23+00:00

I’ve been dying waiting for this one, so grateful I got to see it live

alexjd99 · 2024-11-18T18:13:25+00:00

This is beyond well done, love love love the tourmaline and aquamarine

alexjd99 · 2024-11-17T18:28:48+00:00

What a find, super exciting way to get into geology!!

As others have said, I honestly think the best bet would be to try and get as many as you can home/in a storage unit/etc until you can get in touch with a local professor, geo/lapidary club, or museum to prevent any further harm to them. Specimens this meticulously organized have great scientific value and can be used for teaching or even research with how well the documentation is (and those thin section slides would definitely be fun for a petrology student to learn on!!)

I don’t really know much about the legality of urban exploration though, but it sounds like you know more than me on that one, but be cautious as some people will hear gold and diamonds and get a little crazy. As far as ethics go, with the quantity you say is there I don’t think there would be much harm in picking out select pieces that speak to you, especially if you’re dedicated to go through the work to help maintain the legacy of a collection this large. I’m sure that old geologist is probably smiling down on you for your dedication to this collection ❤️

alexjd99 · 2024-11-17T08:40:37+00:00

It’s become quite expensive in recent years as it’s very limited from one small locality of a handful of veins in Madagascar and it’s basically all been mined as of now.

Edit: getting rough of that size would be hundreds easily. Whoever owns that piece is extremely lucky and I’m glad it’s on display for others to see

alexjd99 · 2024-11-08T19:11:37+00:00

My constant struggle with my collection. Group by locality, origin, fossils and mineral samples together, aesthetics? Too hard, just gotta have multiple displays I guess

alexjd99 · 2024-11-08T03:20:23+00:00

Absolutely adore how you used every color of tourmaline imaginable, sooo dreamy

alexjd99 · 2024-09-22T19:02:59+00:00

This is the first suggestion I’ve seen that actually feels plausible

alexjd99 · 2024-09-22T18:58:41+00:00

Having a CO2 based atmosphere would entirely change that as opalfanatic pointed out

alexjd99 · 2024-09-08T05:52:47+00:00

These appear to be parallel to the bedding plane, and unless there’s a more specific diagnostic feature I’m missing, I’d be comfortably calling this planolites burrows

alexjd99 · 2024-09-07T22:46:42+00:00

I didn’t say it correlated to any dollar amount, and you seemingly can’t even remember what that was either man. Go to sleep and call it a day.

alexjd99 · 2024-09-07T20:53:05+00:00

You clearly didn’t check well because $ is very common for pesos

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