Nikolay Tumanov

Ah, that could be a interesting nerdy question:

Can you name two* minerals named after software developers?

*because first is obvious.

#crystallography #mineralnames

Neighborite Related to the K analogue, parascandolaite.

A random #mineralnames fact - there are two (at least) minerals named after people with surname derived after a word "neighbor": Neighborite and Sosedkoite.
www.mindat.org/min-2871.html
www.mindat.org/min-3717.html

Wait, there is no museum in that place?

Yes, a friend have few of Bambu, along with MK3S+ and he is quite happy with Bambu, so I am not against it.

MK3S+ is a great printer, until one installs multi-material unit :)

As SLA printer I am using SL1S (I am making most of molecular models with it), it is a good printer, but you can easily find a cheaper options that maybe even better.

Really depends on definition of cheap and purposes, I am using two printers from Prusa, one FDM (with filament) and one SLA (with liquid resin). As FDM printer I am using MK4 model and I highly recommend it. It is kinda of affordable and just works, which not always the case with 3D printers.

I fighted with such behavior on our home computer, but that was few years ago and I forgot exact details. But it is very annoying to have to clean Windows from trash each time after new installation.

Ah, too late for automn cleanup!

A structure of a calixarene with ACN attached. Colleagues were expecting structures (in plural form) of this calixarene with different ligands, but ACN binds too well, not letting other guests. So we have we few datasets for the same ACN structure.

#crystallography #RealTimeChem

Ah, an example of interesting logic for naming minerals - lanthanite, named after La, but contains Ce…

P. S. Yes, I know full story, but still looks weird.

@b-kajetan.bsky.social is making holes in a carbene - deformation density map from NoSpherA2 with Cu data.

But you forgot ago MS politics "We don't care what is your settings". AFAIK, one need to go deeper to system setup to fix it, I did it for my home PC long time ago.

Sudden Windows 11 update screen.

Pardon my French, but this really WTF moment. I was kinda working, you know and I didn’t ask for any updates.

Hey, @ccdc.cam.ac.uk, when is the cut off date for #CSDWrapped statistics with year? End of October?

#crystallography

Yeah, this is a really high level of academic rickrolling.

Happy to share this little tutorial review:

pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

#crystals #flexible #chemistry

Occasional reminder that I have a collection of academic hoaxes.

Hoaxes offer a unique window into academic publishing!

doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...

Have you ever heard about the most famous suitcase master? Ah, he also created periodic table.

Beer example is good, I am 90% convinced now. Is it the same for a diffractometer? Single-crystal or single crystal?

Btw, should it be “single-crystal diffraction”? Because for me “single-crystal” is an adjective in this case.

Crystal structure of the 3-((2-carboxyethyl)ammonio)propanoate.

A "can you show me a full reaction?" structure again, from my usual supplier @dr-berionni.bsky.social group.

*Looking on the news* This a a promising linker for new class of perspective MOFs. (Not really, just a starting material for different stuff).

#crystallography #RealTimeChem

(1/x) Some thoughts on a recent case: I raised concerns about an article published in 2010 w/ Wiley's IACR team in August 2025. I considered the problems to be severe and clearly indicative of manipulated data (see image below): Sarhan et al. 2010 (DOI: 10.1002/app.32522) pubpeer.com/publications...

One step on a time :) But yes.

I kinda promised to @louisedawe.bsky.social to submit in the JACS (Journal of Applied CryStallography) :)

I may give different promises, but to write a book - oh, no-no-no :)

*foil hat on* The only reason today's Nobel prize was given to #MOFs, is to revive #ChemSky aka #ChemTwitter - just look on your feed now.

Most credits go to Escher :) But making proper cookies cutter also took me few iterations.

I don’t remember if it South or North Italian corner, snacks may vary… Our department is clearly South :)

I hope to finish the rest of wallpaper groups cookies during this New Year holidays :)

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