The Art Of The Stone - Mineral Mondays #85

A trend lately in Japan is accenting your office space or home with minerals and crystals, in part thanks to a Men's magazine, Brutus.

They're nature's aesthetic artwork. So let's have a look at some of the pieces that have passed through my hands and some that have stayed in my collection.

Tourmalines are very sought after due to their rainbow of colors.

It's a boron silicate mineral that when combined with other minerals like iron, aluminum, lithium or otheres, it produces beautiful, layered color including the famous "watermelon".

One of the other stones that will rival tourmaline in color and visual impact is fluorite.

(I should have kept this one....)

The cubic crystal structure saturated with various colors can really be show stoppers.
(I still have a bit of cleaning & trimming to do on this piece)

Another neat attribute of many fluorites is that they fluoresce, like this root beer fluorite from Ohio.

Then there's quartz. Even though it is the second most common mineral in the Earth's crust, it's still highly sought after. It's understandable thought when you have pieces like these smoky, amethyst scepters.

Or these mango quartzes.

Or Smoky quartzes.

(My collection)

Closely related to quartz are the agates with all their spectacular colors and patterns.

There are endless patterns and colors when it comes to agates.

But, what else you ask?

Wavelite - Arkansas

Pink Halite - Searles Lake, Trona, California

Gold - Round Mountain, Nevada (My collection)

Benitoite, Neptunite & Joaquinite - San Benito Co., California (The crown jewel of my coollection).

There are endless works of art to be found in the mineral world that can add spice to your life you never knew you needed. If you ever need help or advice I'm always available to help answer your questions.

One last thing, we've had an amazing year and are ringing in the new year with a our new logo I designed with the help of AI as well as many other things!