Douglas Merson

No, it is fibrous aegirine.

I don't see any law enforcement agency enforcing such a ban.

Pink petarasite crystal group at center with an unspecified black mineral attached to upper left. The golden brown mineral is aegirine, mostly on the left side and lower right. The Poudrette Quarry is the type locality for petarasite.

Petarasite Na₅Zr₂Si₆O₁₈(Cl,OH)·2H₂O
Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
FOV = 1.22 mm
#4019
NFS

Crude yellow crystals of oneillite lining a small cavity. The dark crystals are aegirine and the white is albite. The Poudrette Quarry is the type locality for oneillite.

Oneillite Na₁₅Ca₃Mn₃Fe₃Zr₃Nb(Si₂₅O₇₃)(O,OH,H₂O)₃(OH,Cl)₂
Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
FOV = 3.52 mm
#4018
NFS

Kilauea is putting on a show now.
#volcanos #earthscience #geology

Light yellow brown niobokupletskite on a white albite and quartz matrix. The Poudrette Quarry is the type locality for niobokupletskite.

Niobokupletskite K₂NaMn₇(Nb,Ti)₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄(O,F)
Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
FOV = 2.63 mm
#4017
NFS

Shadow of a cat on a sunlit carper. On the right is the lower portion of a chest of drawers

Shadow cat
#Caturday

Only the Ce dominate member of the monazite group has been found at MSH. Analysis shows that La, Pr, Nd, and Y are present according to analysis by Chao. IMA approved formula for monazite-(Ce) does not include these.

Tabular, colorless to pale yellow nenadkevichite crystals on a white albite matrix.

Nenadkevichite (Na,☐)₈Nb₄(Si₄O₁₂)₂(O,OH)₄·8H₂O
Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
FOV = 2.75 mm
#4016
NFS

White to colorless sprays of prismatic monoclinic natrolemoynite on a matrix of gray quartz and dark brown to yellow lepidocrocite. This is they type locality for natrolemoynite.

Natrolemoynite Na₄Zr₂Si₁₀O₂₆·9H₂O
Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
FOV = 3.51 mm
#4015
NFS

Yellow monazite-(Ce) at the center of image with a couple of more to the right of them. They are on a mixed matrix composed of white, gray albite, calcite and kutnahorite.

Monazite Ce(PO₄)
Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
FOV = 0.87 mm
#4014
NFS

Dismantling ICE and Homeland Insecurity is the only option. YOU CANNOT NEGOTIATE WITH THEM.

Dark gray stacked hexagonal molybdenite crystals on white calcite. In the upper left the calcite is stained light yellow.

Molybdenite MoS₂
Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
FOV = 1.38 mm
#4013
NFS
#MineralMonday

More than they spend on the care of the inmates,

His idea of a drawdown is for all protesters and observers to get off the streets and cower in their homes so the thugs can go about their crimes without witnesses.

Two groups of colorless triclinic martinite crystals at the center of the image. The matrix is a hyperagpaitic (Na + K to Al is greater than 1) sodalitolite segregation composed mostly of sodalite. This is the type locality for martinite and it is exceedingly rare.

Martinite (Na,☐,Ca)₁₂Ca₄(Si,S,B)₁₄B₂O₃₈(OH,Cl)₂F₂·4H₂O
Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
FOV = 0.81 mm
#4012
NFS
#MineralMonday

Tasty in salads.

A spray of colorless elpidite crystals arranged around the tip of a colorless quartz crystal. There are several other quartz crystals in the image. Colorless gaidonnayite crystals cover the matrix in the lower right quadrant.

Elpidite Na₂ZrSi₆O₁₅·3H₂O
Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
FOV = 3.50 mm
#3991
NFS
#MineralMonday

In addition to other crimes he has likely committed, he should be arrested for animal cruelty.

This is in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.

They were terrified that we would find out how many countries are better off than we are

Everything over a million confiscated and applied to national debt.

Three members of the Greenleaf hut crew packing supplies up Mount Lafayette. The lower hiker is packing a propane cylinder. The two above him are packing consumables. The terrain is gray rock with low growing evergreens. The trail is about 2.9 miles gaining 2500 feet.

Three crew members from the Greenleaf hut on Mount Lafeyette packing supplies to the hut. The trail is 2.9 miles gaining 2500 feet. Photo taken in late 50's using a Zeiss-Ikon 120 roll film camera. camera dates from 40's.
#throwbackthursday

Beautiful place. We spent 2 days there in late October 2024.

The best response to these folks in the health administration is quack quack

3 trillion for the oligarchs, nothing for the rest of us.

Controlled by the billionaires that own them.

Here in Washington, we just went 14 days with no measurable rain. Came within 3 hours of making it 15 days. We are now getting some rain. Mountain snowpack is way behind normal.

This is let's pass a law to enforce what is already on the books or inte Constitution that we are ignoring.

If they went after criminals, they would be locking themselves up.