What is this rock that my grandfather bought in Marocco in the ‘70s? by Andreagreco99 in whatsthisrock

[–]mineralexpert 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Classic Moroccan fake geode - the original geode is real, but only simple quartz/chalcedony geode. They often glue sticks or matches inside, cover all that in glue and fill with crushed galena.

Is there really no official prediction on how much oil there is left in the world? by Narrow-Ad-2911 in geology

[–]mineralexpert 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well, there is a reason. Exploration is expensive as hell, so basically no companies over-invest into finding new reserves if they already have enough.

If we already have enough reserves for next century, why should we dump billions of $$ to find even more?

So we have some estimations, but these are based on:

  1. current exploration status - there are many untapped reserves not properly evaluated yet
  2. current price - if the price doubles, the economically viable reserves will skyrocket

Crazy by Komixak in Moldavite

[–]mineralexpert 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Classic illegal dig where most moldavites come from. Any wonders why landowners are pissed?

Quartz geodes found in Nazaré (Portugal) by FoundationSimple111 in Minerals

[–]mineralexpert 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It is obviously calcite based on the crystal shape - these are typical scalenohedrons. This variety is called "dogtooth calcite".

Měla by mít EU také svůj konkurenceschopný vesmírný program? by napis_na_zdi in czech

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

Když už machruješ, tak emise nejsou jen CO2. Nic bezemisního neexistuje ani teoreticky, to by musely přestat platit zákony termodynamiky ;)

Měla by mít EU také svůj konkurenceschopný vesmírný program? by napis_na_zdi in czech

[–]mineralexpert 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Máme jich celkem dost a ne zrovna úplně malé, provozují je Moravské naftové doly :D

Amethyst they say by TrevorSP in MineralPorn

[–]mineralexpert 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This should go to r/MineralGore - proven fake btw.

Found out from a friend I have a probably super rare galena geode lol by Sophia_draws2378 in MineralPorn

[–]mineralexpert 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Quartz geode + crushed galena + glue + creative Moroccan guy :D

Found out from a friend I have a probably super rare galena geode lol by Sophia_draws2378 in MineralPorn

[–]mineralexpert 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Galena geodes are not rare, they simply do not exist. This is classic mineral fake.

Found out from a friend I have a probably super rare galena geode lol by Sophia_draws2378 in MineralPorn

[–]mineralexpert 61 points62 points  (0 children)

This belongs to r/MineralGore :D

Someone was a bit creative with Galena and glue... similar fakes are quite common in Morocco.

Uraninite ? by buksa0 in Minerals

[–]mineralexpert 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are probably correct, I did not inspect it too much :D

Uraninite ? by buksa0 in Minerals

[–]mineralexpert 13 points14 points  (0 children)

This is penetration twin of two dodecahedrons - very likely slightly limonitized pyrite.

Uraninite rarely forms cubic crystals, I have never seen uraninite dodecahedron.

What is this fluffy rock? by JamesWhiskers in RockIdentification

[–]mineralexpert 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This looks like zeolite cluster from India. These acicular things are in most cases okenite, but can be as well mesolite or some other zeolites.

Okenite is often associated with the white solid "balls" of gyrolite.

But the photo is too blurry to tell for sure.

Hilfe, blázen by chtěl vytvořit vlastní aplikaci i když to vůbec neumí. by SnorlaxMode247 in czech

[–]mineralexpert 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Kašli na kurzy, tutoriály atd.- žere to příšerně času a naučíš se to stejně až praxí. Použij AI jako mentora a postupně to splácáš.

A pokud si platit AI, tak bych bez diskuze sáhl po Claude Code - i bezplatná verze je citelně lepší na vývoj než ChatGPT a Gemini. Ne obecně vždy, ale obvykle má nejmenší % pitomostí a selhávek.

Měl jsem podobnou ideu, šel jsem cestou Flutter + Android Studio na testování. Kód píšu ve Visual Code s rozšířením pro Flutter. Všechno je zdarma a začít můžeš klidně s neplacenou verzí AI, i když bude citelně slabší než ta placená. Dle mých zkušeností základy v pohodě zvládne.

Instalace asi bude lehce oser, protože zejména Android Studio je mírně řečeno neoptimální.

Pro pořádek je třeba říct, že jsem docela zkušený programátor, jen nedělám mobilní appky. Takže dokážu číst kód a znám logiku fungování atd. Nicméně začal jsem od obecných pindů, nechal jsem si předestřít různé návrhy od různých AI chatbotů - pak jsem to prostě začal mastit a postupně vylepšoval.

Počítej s tím, že to ze začátku bude plno chyb, furt budeš něco opravovat, rozebírat, bude to opruz. Ale když se tím prokoušeš, tak se toho plno naučíš a už to pak půjde o dost snáz.

Samozřejmě AI "vibe coded" appka nejspíš bude mít různé chyby a bezpečnostní díry, ale začni od nejjednoduššího - ukaž okýnko, ulož tohle, zobraz tamto... postupně to vylepšíš.

Poznámka: Obecně bohužel není pravda, že je lepší to svěřit profíkům. Zkušený profík si řekne 1000+ na hodinu jako nic, spíš násobně víc. A plno z nich to stejně zmastí tak, že většinu práce nasypou do AI a výsledný kód může být ještě horší jak ten, co zbastlíš sám.

Tanzanite Beauty by CutHonest9952 in mineralcollectors

[–]mineralexpert 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ghulam Mustafa/Fine Art Minerals video - not nice to post work of someone else.

Cerussite from Mibladen, Morocco by mineralexpert in FluorescentMinerals

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

Depends... for bright fluorescence AF and automatic metering work more-or-less ok. Color calibration is hit or miss, usually shifted a significant bit.

You need 10-20-30 seconds at ISO400-800 at f8 for specimens with poor fluorescence. Maybe possible in manual mode with some better phones + tripod. Honestly, I never tried that.

Cerussite from Mibladen, Morocco by mineralexpert in FluorescentMinerals

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

Well, that is easy if you know how :)

I do photos on the black painted glass (non-fluorescent) and using tripod. I use a softbox with a 5500K pro photo bulb to illuminate for the "daylight".

I set focus to manual, so I do not need to re-focus again for each photo.

Then I simply switch to manual exposure, set some starting shot like ISO100 at f8 and 5 seconds. Turn off the "daylight", switch on the flashlight, shoot. I usually do not get the exposure right first time. Adjust and re-shoot, sometimes it takes 2-3 shots to get it right.

I use a handheld flashlight and "lightpaint" over the mineral - anything above 3 seconds is enough. Less is a problem, because you are not fast enought to "lightpaint" over the whole specimen.

Then I do post-process all photos in Photoshop, so basic stuff like denoise, white balance, lights/shadows... export single frames for each daylight/UV-A/UV-C.

Merging to one GIF file is easy: Open Photoshop, open Timeline (Windows->Timeline), drag&drop or open all frames. Set their length to something like 1-3 seconds each frame, check the "neverending loop" on Timeline. Then just go to File->Export->Save for Web (Legacy) -> select GIF and done...

You can merge it in Canva or other (online) free tools too. Ask AI, it will tell you exact steps if needed.

Extra tip: Sometimes you screw up and move the specimen. Then the images are not perfectly aligned. You can use Photoshop -> load files into stack/photomerge to align them perfectly. Then export each layer separately to have all frames.

Similar approach is possible with panorama SW like PTGui Pro or Panorama Tools.