We like to think this type of clean geometric minimalism is 'modern', but humans will have been influenced by these shapes since before we were human.
Cubes of #Galena#Fossicked from #MineWaste at East Wheal Maid. I found an approx 5cm thick section of druzy quartz vein, with lots of mineralisation present, which you can see here - plenty of #Chalcopyrite and #Sphalerate as well.
mindat.org Specimen ID: U6N-FKU
Field of View: 15 mm
"It could have been different, I know, -- Qfwfq remarked, -- you're telling me: I believed so firmly in that world of crystal that was supposed to come forth that I can't resign myself to living still in this world, amorphous and crumbling and gummy, which has been our lot, instead." - Italo Calvino, t zero, "Crystals"
A dense layered mix (from top to bottom) of dark red bubbly #goethite, silver crystalline #arsenopyrite, golden yellow #chalcopyrite and lighter red country rock with minor clusters of green #chlorite throughout. Fossicked from #minewaste at Wheal Fortune (Great Consolidated Mines), Gwennap, #Cornwall.
This is a typical mix of Cornish mining minerals. You don't want to drop this one on your toe, it's really heavy for it's size.
mindat.org minID: LXJ-DP6
specimen size: 75 mm x 50 mm x 40 mm