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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#MineralMonday Pyromorphite, Bunker Hill Mine, Idaho USA, 1.3 cm⚒️ #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

#MineralMonday Rhodochrosite, sphalerite, galena, pyrite, quartz, brown dolomite on top of everything, Butte, Montana USA. Overall 14,5 cm wide. richardigibson.substack.com/p/one-butte-... ⚒️ #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience

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One Butte Specimen

Dolomite, siderite, something in between, or something else?

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

#MineralMonday Native copper in skarn, Silver Star, Montana USA. Overall cut slab 27 cm, FOV of main image 8x6 cm. ⚒️ #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

#MineralMonday Purple coquimbite aluminum-iron sulfate, yellow copiapite, Javier Mine, Peru. richardigibson.substack.com/p/coquimbite ⚒️ #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience

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Coquimbite

Pretty in purple

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

#MineralMonday Quartz, Boulder Batholith, Montana USA, 122 mm. Some might call this jacaré quartz (from Portuguese for alligator), or maybe some variation of fenster (“window”). ⚒️ #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

500 bike miles is less than previous years for me at this point, largely because of wind and smoke here in Montana (I’ve said I’m a fair-weather biker), but given my age I’m pretty happy that that number, reached yesterday, is so much more than zero.

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The T-shirt I had made for the party to celebrate Krakatau's centennial is now 43 years old.... design by Roxi.

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

For no particular reason, I compiled this list of US import dependency on Canada for various mineral commodities. Those highlighted in yellow and marked with an asterisk are those for which Canada is the leading source of imports to the US.

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

#MineralMonday Chalcosiderite, CuFe6(PO4)4(OH)8 · 4H2O, San Salvador Hill Pit, Tyrone Mine, Grant Co., New Mexico. FOV 5 mm ⚒️ #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

#MineralMonday Mimetite on coronadite, Mt. Bonnie, Northern Territory, Australia. Largest hexagon = 5 mm ⚒️ #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

#MineralMonday Fluorite, Cholla Cat Mine, Alamo Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, approx. 35 mm vertically ⚒️ #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

#MineralMonday Purple apatite, probably from Pulsifer, Maine, 7 & 9 mm. richardigibson.substack.com/p/classic-ap... ⚒️ #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience

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Classic apatite

From Maine

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Laura Hollister @xenolith.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

This is a perfect description of everything right now. The dissonance between disaster and tragedy and having to continue with normal things like work.

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

#MineralMonday Galena, barite, quartz, and little orange balls of sphalerite (analyzed), Butte, Montana USA. 3 x 2.5 cm ⚒️ #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

#MineralMonday Multicolored chrysocolla coating hemimorphite crystals; blue-green balls = chrysocolla coated thinly with malachite fibers. 40 mm, probably 79 Mine, Arizona USA ⚒️ #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

#MineralMonday Covellite, Butte, Montana USA. Left edge of large blade is 12 mm. ⚒️ #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

#MineralMonday Calcite in the form of molar-tooth structures. ⚒️ #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience richardigibson.substack.com/p/molar-toot...

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Molar-tooth structure

Not exactly fossils

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

#MineralMonday Anatase, White Mountains, California USA. 1.1 mm. ⚒️ #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

#MineralMonday Cylindrite, Pb3Sn4FeSb2S14, Santa Cruz Mine, Poopó, Bolivia. ⚒️ #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience richardigibson.substack.com/p/cylindrite...

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Cylindrite and Franckeite

Sulfosalts from Bolivia

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

After yesterday’s snow in #Butte, #Montana, today we have full-on summer. The snow didn’t accumulate, although it’s typical for the second week of June to have an inch or two more often than not.

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

#MineralMonday Yellow mimetite and colorless hemimorphite, Ojuela, Mexico. About 9 cm. ⚒️ #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

#MineralMonday Okenite in a basalt cavity, Kandivali (Malad) Quarry, Mumbai, India, 25 cm. richardigibson.substack.com/p/okenite ⚒️ #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

#MineralMonday Unknown for now: possibly philipsbornite (a lead-aluminum arsenate) or zincolivenite (copper-zinc arsenate) from Black Pine Mine, Montana USA. Crystals are about 1.0-1.5 mm ⚒️ #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

#MineralMonday Rhodochrosite on green botryoidal caryopilite, Potosi Mine, Santa Eulalia, Mexico, overall ~5 cm. ⚒️ #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

#MineralMonday Conichalcite, calcium-copper arsenate hydrated, Black Range, New Mexico USA, FOV 1 cm. ⚒️ #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience

Bright green rounded cylinders and botryoidal masses of conichalcite.

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

#MineralMonday Clinoptilolite, Bald Mountain Skarn, Rader Creek area, Montana. richardigibson.substack.com/p/bald-mount... ⚒️ #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Shared this on another post. Adding it here richardigibson.substack.com/p/aluminum

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Aluminum

Or if you prefer, Aluminium

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

#MineralMonday Anglesite, Lavaderos, Mexico. Crystals are about 2-3 mm each. ⚒️ #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

#MineralMonday Kyanite, Barra de Salinas, Minas Gerais, Brazil. 8.8 cm. ⚒️ #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

#MineralMonday Vanadinite today at The Geologic Column. #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience richardigibson.substack.com/p/vanadinite

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Vanadinite

Palomas Gap

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

#MineralMonday Hemimorphite (zinc silicate) group 3 mm wide in a cavity of and tipped by brown-orange descloizite. Democrat Mine, Lemhi County, Idaho USA. #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

#MineralMonday pyromorphite-mimetite series, var. campylite (from Greek for bent or curved), on yellow-white barite. S'Ortu Becciu Mine, Donori, Sardinia, Italy, about 6 cm across. #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

#MineralMonday Struvite, magnesium ammonium phosphate, Bladder stones from a dog.⚒️ #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

#MineralMonday Carrollite, copper-cobalt sulfide, Kambove, DR Congo. 9 mm.⚒️ #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

#MineralMonday Terminated, brown hübnerite crystals (manganese tungstate), with tetragonal (square) white stolzite (lead tungstate) crystal on left front, quartz on back. 9 mm high, from Black Pine Mine, Montana USA⚒️ #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

#MineralMonday Thomsonite, calcite, mesolite, Bear Creek Quarry, Drain, Oregon USA, 1-2 mm.⚒️ #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

#MineralMonday Yellow brucite, magnesium hydroxide, from Muslim Bagh Ophiolite, Killa Saifulla Dist., Balochistan, Pakistan. 52 mm.⚒️ #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Today for the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, I repeat my post about Florence Bascom: ⚒️ #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience richardigibson.substack.com/p/internatio...

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International Day of Women and Girls in Science

Florence Bascom

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

#MineralMonday Spessartite garnet, Wushan Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao County, Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, China. Largest crystal about 5 mm.⚒️ #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

#MineralMonday Tiny silver crystals in a cavity in native copper, Osceola Mine, Michigan USA. The silver crystals are about 0.5 mm each.⚒️ #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Nevermind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college: Archery & Bowling Universal Stage Optical Mineralogy General Relativity Advanced Mineralogy Introduction to Geophysics

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Despite the awful things happening, the beauty of nature persists. #MineralMonday Scheelite (not fluorite), Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan, China. Largest crystal 5 mm.⚒️ #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience richardigibson.substack.com/p/yaogangxian

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Friday 26 Jan. in Butte, Montana USA

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

#MineralMonday blue fluorite, inclusions of boulangerite, or jamesonite, or stibnite needles, Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan, China. 50 mm.⚒️ #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience

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Richard Gibson @richardgibson.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

#MineralMonday Pyrite concretion, New Albany Shale, American Aggregate Quarry, Indianapolis, Indiana. 3.2 cm.⚒️ #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience

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