Cloud River Minerals

Coupon live NOW! Head over to my new page to get details .... https://www.facebook.com/cloud.river.minerals.ebay

Followers DON'T MISS OUT!

Make the move to the new Cloud River Minerals to keep up with some exciting upcoming coupons, and the usual mineral news, memes and product updates. Hope to see you at the new page, and apologies for all the inconvenience (what a nasty FB hack!)

Followers It's been a LONG month, but the new page is up and running now.

Please follow and share https://www.facebook.com/cloud.river.minerals.ebay/

So of course, you'll find oodles of Madan minerals in my store!
https://tinyurl.com/madanmin

How about this for a weekend getaway?

Unfortunately, it's in Parthenon, Arkansas, so quite a trip!

Cave + Luxury?! -- The Most UNIQUE Vacation Rental Ever | Beckham Creek Cave Lodge Beckham Creek Cave Lodge in Parthenon, Arkansas is easily the most unique vacation rental we've ever experienced! It's located in Northwest Arkansas, just ou...

I did think I'd finish off the day with a copper meme - and then discovered they were a thing! Since I've always been fascinated by Mesopotamia - couldn't resist.

Who Is 'Ea-Nasir' And Why Are People Complaining About His Copper? The Viral 'Complaint Tablet' Meme Explained In 1750, a copper salesman sold poor-quality copper to a man named Nanni and hasn't lived it down since, becoming a massive meme. Here's why you keep seeing memes about poor quality copper.

Of course, I do have quite a few attractive Moroccan copper pieces still in store

I never tire of Keweenaw - although unfortunately I'm all out of specimens.

This makes a good read anyway - preview here: https://mineralogicalrecord.com/3d-flip-book/michigan-copper-jan-feb-2023/

A good excuse to share the Stone Spheres of Cloud River Minerals 😛

Are you familiar with the Stone Spheres of the Diquís - quite fascinating.

Diquís Delta Precolumbian Chiefdom settlements 🇨🇷 COSTA RICA • PANAMA POSSE – Central American Rally Diquís Delta Precolumbian Chiefdom settlements 🇨🇷 COSTA RICA Located in the Diquís Delta in southern Costa Rica these Chiefdom settlements […]

Interesting range of Indian heulandite available in store

See more at Cloud River Minerals

Fossil Friday ...

Polished Opalised Whole Ammonite from Madagascar. 11 x 8 cm. | eBay Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Polished Opalised Whole Ammonite from Madagascar. 11 x 8 cm. at the best online prices at eBay!

Good luck moonspotters! I just took my first inadequate photo 🌝

You won't see another moon like tonight's for 14 years (and it's going to be super) | Riotact What's even rarer than a blue moon? A 'blue supermoon'. But that's precisely what Australians will be treated to from…

Here's looking at you...

Polished amethyst eyes, Uruguay

Happy Tuesday!

lassic Gypsum Specimen from Agrigento, Sicily, Italy. Comes glued onto a bevelled plastic base for optimum upright display.

Classic Gypsum Specimen from Agrigento, Sicily. 6 x 4 cm. | eBay Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Classic Gypsum Specimen from Agrigento, Sicily. 6 x 4 cm. at the best online prices at eBay!

I do love Chinese minerals - here's just a few lovely examples from my store...

https://tinyurl.com/ebaychinmin

This museum exhibition sounds really good. At least you can read about it (no hope of visiting)

Transcending Barriers Transcending Barriers

Just a few of these cute cuprite slices left...

Polished Cuprite Slice with Chrysocolla, Dem Republic Congo. 9.5 x 5.5 cm. | eBay Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Polished Cuprite Slice with Chrysocolla, Dem Republic Congo. 9.5 x 5.5 cm. at the best online prices at eBay!

I always have a soft spot for some fine mineral art

Ballarat Gem and Mineral Show Mineral Matters #62

There's something about M'cissi...

I may be in Melbourne, but I do love to dream of more exotic geotravel...

How about this for your bucket list?

Switzerland: An Alpine Adventure 2023 We returned to the glorious surroundings of the Swiss Alps for our 2023 trip. Once again, the breathtaking scenery and fascinating geological stories gave us a most memorable journey. This blog pos…

Back in the day - when we had this magnificent specimen, and a garden for the sulphuric-eyed Shadow cat to explore...

There's not much left, but it's always hard to resist
with Celestine

Sauturday, Shattuckiteday https://www.ebay.com.au/str/cloudriverminerals?mkcid=16&store_cat=42808283011&mkevt=1&ssspo=rp0lQC6jQBy&ssuid=rp0lQC6jQBy&media=FB&widget_ver=freya&mkrid=705-154756-20017-0&sssrc=4256139

Being Friday, of course it's FLUORITE!

It's not really alliterative, but Thursday is a Thomsonite kinda day!

Monthly Mineral Chronicles Volume 6 Issue 8 is now available here https://sorrellpublications.com/?p=330

This month, in this 96 page full-colour issue we have the following articles:
* Locality Snippet – Silver Gill, Caldbeck Fells. This month, we look at an 800+ years old mine in Cumbria, England, one that I managed to go underground in.
* A Small Private, Patented Mine near Dragoon, Arizona. This month, Rolf takes us to a friend’s mine near Dragoon.
* Mineral Snippet – Chondrodite. James introduces us to the humite-group mineral, chondrodite.
* Minerals and Elements: Titanium. The next in the series, titanium, a lightweight but very strong metal.
* Prehnite from Mullaley, New South Wales. Noel reports on one of the main prehnite occurrences in Australia.
* Illustrated Minerals of Australia. Volume 3, Part 1 – Gadolinite to Gibbsite. The next installment of a significant undertaking documenting the 1,500 or so mineral species recorded in Australia.