Some more minerals I got on my recent trip! A bunch of these remind me of other more benign minerals, but actually contain lead and/or arsenic. #rockcollection#mineralcollection#minerals#dioptase#mimetite#conichalcite#celadonite#linarite#barite#hyaliteopal#lemonopal#opal#minerals

I don't have any favourites for this round but copper is winning a bit more because of the variety of interesting morphologies. Plus lots of other minerals (malachite, linarite, liroconite...) are formed via the weathering of copper bearing ores! #geology#minerals#science#museums#MinCup24 🧪⚒️

Mineral Matters # 422 - Linarite. The Mineral "Discovered" Twice? #mineralmatters#mineralsmineralmatters.substack.com/p/linarite-t...

Linarite. The Mineral "Discovered" Twice?

Mineral Matters #422

I wish I could do a video. The linarite is very sparkly.

malachite is a perpetual favorite but of these specimens, the linarite is particularly lovely

Linarite こちらも開拓産地にて。 べったりしがちな青鉛鉱ですが、自由な空隙があれば板状結晶の集合を作ります。 この産地は上部が金鉱床、下部が銅・鉛・亜鉛鉱床として採掘されていて、下部は著しく酸化されて二次鉱物のオンパレードとなっていました。

Linarite, lead copper sulfate. ⚒️

Holy shit just check out Steve Rust’s entire mindat gallery actually, it’s the best I’ve seen — clearly lit & sharp, fascinating subjects, beautifully composed, consistently conveying a real sense of texture. www.mindat.org/gallery-1129... (pic: linarite/cerussite/caledonite) #MinCup23

Hey! So the different colours are different minerals. Dark blue = linarite, pale blue = some other copper mineral, and then the cream bit is just the "host rock"

A blue mineral for Blue Sky: Linarite from Roughton Gill, Cumbria, England