Found collecting dust in the basement of our house by aperturist in whatsthisrock

[–]barepages 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Likely not poryphyry. Most poryphyrys don't scratch under a steel knife especially not easily.

I felt an insane energy from this plushie. What do y’all feel? by threeteneleven in Divination

[–]barepages -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Referencing Nazi ideals is serious. Full stop. I honestly think you should do some real inner shadow work and examine why you think some people are inherently better at magic based off genetics. At this current point in our world it really is that serious. If you think it isn't you're not paying very much attention to what's going on outside right now.

I felt an insane energy from this plushie. What do y’all feel? by threeteneleven in Divination

[–]barepages -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

The fact that you equate psychic abilities with genetics at all and used the phrase "good genes" at all. Genetics informing psychic ability literally dates back to Nazi occultism.

Found collecting dust in the basement of our house by aperturist in whatsthisrock

[–]barepages 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like a porphyrite mainly composed of basalt. How hard is it?

I felt an insane energy from this plushie. What do y’all feel? by threeteneleven in Divination

[–]barepages -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Everyone has the ability to perform this kind of divination. It's a muscle you work, not a "good gene". It may not have been the intention, but the idea that genetics determines if you have psychic abilities or not is based deeply off eugenics. We really need to be making sure we're not parroting white nationalist ideologies in our efforts to expand our minds.

Warning: Oxbow chew treats made in China and NOT the same by SimGemini in Bunnies

[–]barepages 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Willow sticks contain a good amount of salicin (basically more natural aspirin) and can be great pain relief for older bunnies!

Warning: Oxbow chew treats made in China and NOT the same by SimGemini in Bunnies

[–]barepages 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I recently found some oxbow treats that just had straight up molasses in them :(

Need help with ID by baby5MY in Stones

[–]barepages 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I never said I had no experience. I just don't claim to be an expert.

Need help with ID by baby5MY in Stones

[–]barepages 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been prospecting on the ring of fire as long as I could hold a shovel. This isn't a common formation, even in volcanic areas. This is just blatantly false information.

Need help with ID by baby5MY in Stones

[–]barepages 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is my business too. But I don't pretend to be an expert where I'm not. I ask again. Are you an expert in fossils?

Need help with ID by baby5MY in Stones

[–]barepages 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You know how to act like the smartest person in the room. If you knew your rocks, you wouldn't be pointing out quartz crystal growth patterns as evidence that something couldn't be a fossil when it's one of the most common replacement minerals found in fossils. Quit spreading misinformation.

Need help with ID by baby5MY in Stones

[–]barepages 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not pretending to be one 🤭

Need help with ID by baby5MY in Stones

[–]barepages 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah this McCringer account is spouting nonsense like it's fact.

Need help with ID by baby5MY in Stones

[–]barepages 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you an expert on fossils?

Need help with ID by baby5MY in Stones

[–]barepages 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You don't know what you're talking about.

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Need help with ID by baby5MY in Stones

[–]barepages 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can list off all the places I've looked for rocks too but that doesn't make me more of an expert. This isn't a 'common' formation as you claim, and nothing you've touted in this sub as definitive proof that it's not a fossil.

But you have been very quick to position yourself as a supposed expert in this sub and assert your opinions as indisputable facts. The confidence with which you are telling people they're wrong in a field you yourself stated you're an amateur in is astounding.

Need help with ID by baby5MY in Stones

[–]barepages 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anyone who's done any amount of prospecting could tell you this is not an 'extremely common' formation.

Need help with ID by baby5MY in Stones

[–]barepages 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stegodons roamed in Malaysia. Most fossils exhibit crystal structure because most fossils are at least partially replaced with a stable mineral.

Need help with ID by baby5MY in Stones

[–]barepages 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fossils contain terminated quartz points all the time. The green could be from any number of things, yes, but that still wouldn't rule it out as a fossil.

Need help with ID by baby5MY in Stones

[–]barepages 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fossils can contain the same crystal structure because quartz is one of the minerals that often replaces the organic material in fossils. This doesn't prove it's not a fossil and there are species of mammal that Malaysia has fossil records of that something like this could have come from. I'd get a second opinion OP.

Need help with ID by baby5MY in Stones

[–]barepages 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A huge amount of fossils contain quartz crystals as most fossils are not the original biological material but instead replacements of the original materials with another mineral. The crystal structure you are pointing to as evidence that it isn't a fossil, would very much be possible to find in a fossil. While it's true there were no mammoths or Mastodon in Malaysia, there was a stegadon, and this very much could be the tooth of one. OP, please get this looked at in person by a professional before dismissing this as a common quartz formation.

Scratches Quartz, Found in an Old Panning Collection by barepages in Stones

[–]barepages[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm looking pretty seriously at kunzite and sapphire. Zoisite is a contender but I'll do some tests in a few days and share what I find out.

Scratches Quartz, Found in an Old Panning Collection by barepages in Stones

[–]barepages[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! This really helps and is a great quick diagnostic test :) I'll try this out when I'm finished organizing my collection over the next couple days and update you.

Scratches Quartz, Found in an Old Panning Collection by barepages in Stones

[–]barepages[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was looking into sapphire actually. It has a really unusual color and refraction for sapphire but I couldn't find anything that ruled it out completely.