//Steven Universe fan neuron activated
@SimonNocedaStevenson oop i watch that show too:)
Cool! My favorite Gems are Opal, Peridot(clod!), and Rainbow Quartz. Maybe Bird mom too sometime.
@SimonNocedaStevenson i also collect pokemon cards
@cielsylvin
I do too!
I keep some in front of my PC monitor, always in view:
@HealingTalk thats awsome:)
Thank you @cielsylvin ! 😊
@HealingTalk
😱 They are so pretty, where did you find them? I MUST know!
I am glad you liked them so much!
I bought the big ones on the sides of the monitor, with crystals inside (geodes), in a mine near Iguazu Falls. There is a basalt formation there (that's the reason for the Falls) and geodes form inside the basalt.
The big pink back right is a kind of granite I picked near Mt Fitz Roy to the south of my country (Argentina), it's the same very hard rock that Mt Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre are made of.
The two at the front are basal from different places. The one to the left I picked near a volcano and it's product of volcanic explosion it's full of holes like a sponge. The top right I picked near Iguazu Falls, its basalt that flowed very calmly up to the surface (when South America and Africa separated) so it's dense and heavy.
The bottom right is a piece of obsidian I picked near a volcano It's a kind of glass very appreciated in the stone age because it forms sharp edges when broken to build knives, arrows, etc. by flintknapping.
The one at the center bottom is a strange iron oxide crystal formation I bought from a miner who took it from an abandoned iron mine in the Andes mountains (west of my country, Argentina).
The round one lying down at the center is a piece of tourmaline I bought from the same miner.
There is a small calcite (calcium carbonate) crystal at the front almost invisible because it's transparent. I took it from a geode in a clay vein in a river canyon in Cordoba (center of Argentina). It looks like quartz but it's very fragile. The geode was of stiffened clay (so fragile too) and covered by these crystals inside.
@JollyRacher
@HealingTalk
YOU FOUND OBSIDIAN NEAR A VOLCANO! THAT'S INSANE! AM I THE ONLY ONE BLOWN AWAY BY THIS?! Where I live there are no rocks or gems just dust and dirt. And sometimes there's not even dirt! This is astonishing to me. That's really cool, truly an amazing collection!
There is obsidian all over the place near the Puyehue and Osorno volcanoes in southern Chile, a neighboring country to mine. It's a gorgeous vacation area. The road that connects Argentina (my country) and Chile in that area (the Puyehue pass that crosses the Andes mountain range) goes next to the Puyehue volcano.
These volcanoes become active now and then throwing lava, some of which becomes obsidian.
@JollyRacher
@cielsylvin
Cool! I like to collect pretty stones too :D
@cielsylvin
yes!! same! how cool! remind me to post some of my collection next week
what are some of your faves?
@Heather225 lapis obsidian and rose quartz
@cielsylvin
Make sure that was not Pink Diamond in disguise/jk.
@SimonNocedaStevenson lol
@SimonNocedaStevenson
@cielsylvin These are so cool! Do you have a favorite?
@luckylistener i have a necklace made from obsidian for my friend its used as a warding
@cielsylvin
You have obsidian! Where I live there aren't many places to buy or find rocks or cool stones and crystals. Seriously, where do you find these precious stones?!
@JollyRacher i collect them i find them gifts stuff like that
@cielsylvin
That's so cool!😎
@JollyRacher
Sorry, I really like rocks and stones but I can't never find cool ones! So, I'm really excited.
@cielsylvin
This is so cool!!! i love collecting pretty stones too💗💗
And i also made a journal of butterflies, i have collected the paintings i made of the butterflies i can see in my surrounding.
@cielsylvin its so cool i hope i can steal them one day!😍
Ayeeeee fellow rock collector!