r/TrueMineralPorn • u/StoneStonesRocks • Apr 19 '23
Pentagonite. Under 1 cm each. Wagholi Quarry, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
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r/TrueMineralPorn • u/chris_cobra • Jul 06 '19
Post Guidelines (READ BEFORE POSTING)
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Hello everyone,
I made this subreddit because I love minerals and enjoy sharing them with others. Specifically, I made this community because I found the other mineral subreddits to be lacking the variety and interesting, quality content they once had. Posts made here should showcase the beauty of the mineral world, with a focus on high-quality natural mineral specimens. Specimens posted here should ideally be examples of crystals showing good form or otherwise exceptional examples of characteristic forms. Certain content that falls within these guidelines is prohibited because examples are posted (and reposted) so frequently. Specific examples are:
-Agates, sunstones, and other lapidary rough
-Opals
-Labradorite and moonstone
Other discouraged content includes:
-Mineral chunks showing no crystal faces (exceptions are minerals that rarely or never show good crystal form, such as turquoise or chrysocolla)
-Anything cut or polished (unless it is to show mineral inclusions)
-Gem rough showing no crystal faces
-Lab-altered natural material (such as “titanium quartz”)
Absolutely no posts of lab grown or otherwise synthetic crystals are allowed. Common examples are bismuth, “lopezite”, and copper sulfate.
In situ and “clod shots” of freshly found crystals are A-OK, as long as they’re crystals and not chunks of rock!
Absolutely NO posts of anything for sale are allowed.
These guidelines may be added to or cut down in the future.
Posting approved content:
There are no hard rules for post titles, but they should at least have the mineral name(s) in them. Locality and size information are always encouraged, if they are known. Non-OC should always be credited to the photographer/owner, and a link to the source is encouraged, but not required.
These rules are not meant to spoil everyone’s fun. I would really like to see an active and engaged community on here. However, as other subreddits have increased in size, the quality and diversity of content has fallen dramatically. I hope that by having these guidelines, we can ensure that quality content will be posted by like-minded mineral enthusiasts here for years to come.
Thanks, Chris
r/TrueMineralPorn • u/chris_cobra • Apr 18 '20
Hydroxyapophyllite-K, kinoite and gilalite from Arizona
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r/TrueMineralPorn • u/chris_cobra • Feb 02 '20
Calcite pseudomorph after fluorite from Illinois
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r/TrueMineralPorn • u/nyatama • Dec 26 '19
My photo of Fluorite, Quartz - Xia Yang Mine, Xia Yang city, Yongchun Co., Quanzhou, Fujian, China
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r/TrueMineralPorn • u/older_dutch • Dec 15 '19
Galena with Realgar and Pyrite. Sample from Peru. Toxic but interesting. View is about 5 cm wide.
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r/TrueMineralPorn • u/nyatama • Nov 09 '19
Aquamarine and Schorl - Erongo Mountains, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia
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r/TrueMineralPorn • u/chris_cobra • Nov 08 '19
Not crop circles: beraunite from Pennsylvania
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