#rock time

[bittsandpieces]

It's actually so incredibly sweet seeing you talk about your rock-love. You are a consistent ray of sunshine in this place, never stop being who you are 💖✌️

Aww thank you so much!!! As a gift I will tell you about one of my rocks

This is grape agate, which both not grapes AND not agate!! Grape agate is the common name for purple botryoidal chalcedony 🥰

Most of it is found in Indonesia, but there's also been small deposits found in Utah, of all places! This piece is from Indonesia. I spent a LONG time searching for a piece that was in my price range and had the vibrant purple color I wanted, since a lot of the cheaper pieces lean very muted purple or blue-ish.

Grape agate forms when andesite lava flows into seawater, leaving air pockets in the andesite as it cools! Water seeps into those pockets over time, picking up minerals and then coalescing into botryiodal (that's the technical term for the sphere formations) chalcedony deposits, aka grape agate! The color in grape agate comes from clay mineral impurities (mostly manganese!)

[askslaydako]

Do you like to be hugged or cuddled? Or do you prefer to keep to yourself?

i hate this question and whoever you are, i hate you. yes, i would like it. no, it’s not gonna happen. there’s not anyone who would want to, and anyone who would is a freak who i dont wanna be anywhere near.

[that-disabled-princess]

My two loves, rocks and the ocean?!?! 🤩🤩

An agate stone that looks like a window to the ocean.

[cartoonsinthemorning]

Since you guys liked Marcille as Kermit that much, it seems fitting to thank you for my 12k milestone with MORE Kercille. And this time, Miss Falin is also here.

Thank you so much again everybody! MWAH 💗

[butchfalin]

the funniest meltdown ive ever had was in college when i got so overstimulated that i could Not speak, including over text. one of my friends was trying to talk me through it but i was solely using emojis because they were easier than trying to come up with words so he started using primarily emojis as well just to make things feel balanced. this was not the Most effective strategy... until. he tried to ask me "you okay?" but the way he chose to do that was by sending "👉🏼👌🏼❓" and i was so shocked by suddenly being asked if i was dtf that i was like WHAT???? WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?????????? and thus was verbal again

[canisalbus]

✦ Pebble ✦

[that-disabled-princess]

@ask-ethari-anything

[noelledeltarune]

EVERY SINGLE DAY there are MILLIONS of characters in their late 20s who get falsely accused of being father figures to teenagers when in reality the description of "weird older cousin" or "step-sibling that moved out before you were born" is 1000000x more apt

[bittsandpieces]

Wine time!! Drink some for me as well! I hope it is very tasty!!

Also, question! If money/space was not an issue, do you have any rocks/minerals you'd get? Like any specific pieces you'd want?

AQUAMARINE ON MUSCOVITE

That's my number one dream crystal!! Sadly, good size high quality specimens are pretty expensive :/

My number two pic would be a big piece of watermelon tourmaline! I have a bunch of tiny ones (see below) but I'd love a larger specimen that I could really display

[sockenpuppe]

IT'S ZELDA WITH A STEEL CHAIR!

[bittsandpieces]

that looks like it's orange calcite! calcite is one of the most prolific minerals on earth, and it forms in a lot of places: in the ocean, in caves, from metamorphic processes, and from hydrothermal activity. it comes in a ton of different colors, which are caused by trace amounts of other minerals and sometimes organic compounds! Orange calcite like this is typically the result of limestone (which is largely composed of calcite) being compressed and heated over time until it forms solid calcite deposites! the orange color is typically caused by small amounts of iron oxide (usually in the form of hematite)

[lemongogo]

life of regret

[jay-wasstuff]

The scene:

The audience:

[just-french-me-up]

sometimes i start feeling bad about spending time on my hobbies, thinking about how inconsequential they are and wondering if i'm wasting my time

but then

but then i find out about goddamn Monthoux building an entire fucking CLAY AND CEMENT CITADEL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FOREST?????? FOR FUN??? JUST??? LIVING HIS BEST LIFE BUILDING WHAT IS ESSENTIALLY MINAS TIRITH FOR ANTS????

just???? GET A LOAD OF THAT GUY????

he is so precious to me, may the monthoux spirit bless you with endless passion for your inconsequential hobbies! Be the main enjoyer of your art! Do it because it fills you with joy!

[that-disabled-princess]

Adding on this pretty one I found!

No, no, this isn't an AI-generated image! It's a 220 million-year-old petrified log located in Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, USA. This park is famous for its vast petrified wood deposits. Petrified wood forms when minerals replace the wood fibers over millions of years, resulting in fossilized wood that can be as hard and colorful as gemstones. The log in the picture is entirely replaced by quartz crystals, making it sparkle in the close-up view. This log, dating back to the Late Triassic Period, about 225 to 207 million years ago, serves as a fascinating reminder of the ancient forests that once covered this area.

[apollos-boyfriend]

so my younger cousin is flying in to visit from brazil on sunday, and will be staying here for like, the entirety of july. which, don't get me wrong, is super cool! i love the kid! but it felt like a super weird move, considering his parents are the SUPER strict and borderline helicopter parents. even the smallest prank/roughousing with him/his little sister would lead to a strict talking to from his parents, he couldn't ever do anything without their clear permission, that sort of stuff. so letting him fly at alone at 16 to a whole different country and stay there for a whole month seemed WILDLY out of character. additionally, it just felt like a super last-minute trip. it's not like we have any plans to do when he gets here, and the flight itself and stuff only got booked like, midway through june.

and i was talking to my mom about it, kind of trying to nudge some answers out of her, and after a while she went, "yeah, i think they're sending him over here to get away for his boyfriend. see if the distance breaks them off." which, first of all, surprised me because last i checked, they didn't KNOW he had a boyfriend. literally everyone in the family did EXCEPT for them because while that entire side of the family being semi-conservative, his parents (mostly his dad) are EXTREMELY old-fashioned. so clearly something already went wrong. and considering the only reason the rest of the family knew is because one person found out and it spread like wildfire, i have a sneaking suspicion he wasn't the one to tell them, either.

and second of all. they're sending him HERE. to try to make him forget his homosexuality. i couldn't do anything but just wordlessly gesture to the multiple pride flags scattered around my room, then to myself, because really? he has like two other cousins in the us and they're sending him to me? honey i am about to introduce this kid to queer scenes you have never even heard of. he'll be returning home with labels only shrimp can perceive