Mineralogical Society of America6d ago
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Mineralogical Society of AmericaMay 18
Mineral Monday! Reticulate Intergrowths in Basalt By Chris Hamilton I went on two science & dredging cruises to the Southwest Indian Ridge in 1984 and 1986 as a petrologist. This sample is the first named, first dredged SWIR mid-ocean ridge basalt. #MineralMonday #MSACommunications #basalt #MORB
History_of_GeologyMay 11

#MineralMonday 💎 Lamprophyres (from the Greek lamprós = "bright" and phýro = to mix) were named by German geologist Carl Wilhelm von Gümbel in 1874, describing rocks rich with mica and amphiboles/pyroxens crystals - "glittering bright" on a fresh rock surface and inspiring the name.

The drawings showing thin sections are from GÜMBEL 1879, the modern photos show mica crystals embedded in a feldspar/amphibole (?) matrix and a single large pyroxen crystal in section.

Mineralogical Society of AmericaApr 13
No #MineralMonday today. Without contributions from people like you, I have nothing to post. Would you like to feature your research, an neat mineral, a recent publication? Please send information and up to 4 images to akoziol1 at udayton dot edu.
Mineralogical Society of AmericaApr 6
Mineral Monday: Rutgers University Faculty and Students Present at the MSA Inaugural Meeting By Shaunna Morrison The MSA Inaugural Meeting took place on Feb. 17-19, 2026, in Tucson AZ. #MSACommunications #MineralMonday #Rutgers #CheMin #zircon #Herkimerdiamonds #GaleCrater #Moon
Mineralogical Society of AmericaMar 30
Mineral Monday! Formation of pseudotachylytes by Mattia Pistone A rock undergoing fracturing (dilatant cracking) and friction melting partially melts at lower temperature than frictional melting alone. #MSACommunications #MineralMonday #pseudotachylyte #pseudotachylite #partialmelting
TU FreibergMar 30

Tipp für Mineralien-Fans: Die geowissenschaftlichen Sammlungen der #TUBAF im Abraham-Gottlob-Werner-Bau sind in sieben Teilsammlungen gegliedert und gehören zu den ältesten geowissenschaftlichen Sammlungen der Welt! Mit einem neuen Kombi-Ticket können Interessierte die Sammlungen zusammen mit der #terramineralia und dem Krügerhaus besichtigen - und haben dafür zwei ganze Werktage Zeit.

https://tu-freiberg.de/geowissenschaftliche-sammlungen

https://terra-mineralia.de/

#StudierenundForschenInFreiberg #mineralMonday #mineralien

bseMar 27
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Mineralogical Society of AmericaMar 23
Mineral Monday: Babingtonite in North Carolina Babingtonite (Ca2Fe2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH) ), an inosilicate, is present as mm-scale crystals lining a fracture from the Caldwell Quarry in Lenoir, NC. By Chris Tacker, NC State Museum #MSACommunications #MineralMonday #mineral #babingtonite #northcarolina
bseMar 18
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