New handmade works carefully made with the dream to shine with just the right person. Know someone for whom they're perfect for? They're all now half off on my shop for one week: https://www.etsy.com/shop/genderlessbyskaly
New handmade works carefully made with the dream to shine with just the right person. Know someone for whom they're perfect for? They're all now half off on my shop for one week: https://www.etsy.com/shop/genderlessbyskaly
I've just finished #gemcutting a lab grown #spinel and it is my largest stone I have ever made (so far... lol). I'm really quite pleased with the results!
12.3 cts, 14.8mm. Design is "Jumper" by Arya Akhavan.
Lapis is a rock containing many minerals like: lazurite, diopside, calcite, pyrite and more! It has a gorgeous opaque deep blue color with flakes of mica that shimmer.
Lapis lazuli has been associated with royalty, strength and courage, wisdom and intellect, friendship and truth
💎✨ Ever heard about our little gems of wisdom? Dive into Rocky Linux's Gemstones – a collection of bite-sized Linux brilliance! 💻💬 Share your favorite commands, scripts, or Linux tips. Learn more and how to submit yours at https://docs.rockylinux.org/gemstones/ 🚀💎 #RockyLinux#gemstones
I'm Katherine, and this is my #Introduction because I am moving my beadwork account over from the bird site. I'm happy to join this instance :) I'm a citizen of the Kaw Nation of Oklahoma, queer, neuroatypical etc.
I sell beadwork here! I make traditional and contemporary #beadwork#jewelry using seed beads and/or #gemstones, but I don't sell anything that is traditional or which would be cultural appropriation for non-Kaw to wear.
Today's #MinCup23 match is calcite vs opal. This'll be a thread.
Calcite reminds me of a story from Costa Rica. A chief called Nandayure owned a magic wand that could make disappear anything that contained calcium. One day he saw his people dancing, wearing lots of white body paint, and grew so angry at the decorations he aimed the wand at them. You know what else has calcium? Bones. Oops.
(He managed to reverse the spell by destroying the wand) #folklore#folktales#minerals#gemstones#thread
THACKER PASS AND THE UGLY TRADITION OF EXTRACTION WITHOUT INDIGENOUS PERMISSION
By Tokata Iron Eyes
Peehee mu'huh (or #ThackerPass, as it’s known in English), a sensitive wilderness area located in what is now called #HumboldtCounty, #Nevada, sits on the ancestral homelands of the #Paiute and #Shoshone peoples. Right now, these lands are threatened by a #lithium mining project being developed by a company called #LithiumNevada, a subsidiary of #LithiumAmericasCorp .
It was one of the deepest and largest #GoldMines in #NorthAmerica, and it operated for over a century, from 1876 to 2002. The #HomestakeMine produced over 40 million ounces of #gold during its lifetime. While gold was the primary focus of early mining in the #BlackHills, other #minerals were also extracted from the region over time, including silver, copper, lead, zinc, tin, mica, and various #gemstones.
As the most accessible and easily extracted deposits were depleted,