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Sphalerite (var schalenblende) from the Pomorzany Mine, Olkusz, Poland. A favorite desk specimen, given to me by a mine geologist there.
Exhibits typical concentric brown to yellow fine grained mineral layers, along with galena, pyrite. #MinCup26 #MineralMonday ⚒️

Low Tide At Meyers Creek Beach (2019)
(Near Brookings, Southern Oregon)
Ps. I'd love to know what kind of mineral those red parts might be! 🙏
#TextureTuesday #NaturePhotography #Rocks

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EU's race for lithium and rare earths sidelined calls to reduce consumption, finds study #EU

EU's race for lithium and rare earths sidelined calls to reduce consumption, finds study
In 2024, the Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) came into force. The regulation is intended to secure Europe's supply of critical raw materials, especially minerals and metals such as lithium, cobalt, and rare earth elements. The EU is therefore focusing on reducing its dependence on third countries such as China, boosting domestic minerals and metals production, and expanding recycling. In a study published in Communications Earth & Environment, researchers at the Helmholtz Centre for Environme…

POL-NI: Taschendiebstahl in Lauenauer Supermarkt - Polizei sucht Zeugen Lauenau (ots) - (Thi) Am Donnerstag, 18.06.2026, ist es in einem Discounter an der Straße "Zum Mineralbad" in Lauenau zu einem Taschendiebstahl gekommen. Die Polizei Bad Nenndorf bittet die Bevölkerung um Hinweise. Nach bisherigen Erkenntnissen ... https://www.

Numismatist alert!
I just found this very old penny in my pocket because it *stuck to my headphone case's magnetic clasp*
Wait, you say. Isn't ol' Abe supposed to be copper (or copper and zinc)?
Apparently not in 1943!

"EU's race for lithium and rare earths sidelined calls to reduce consumption, finds study"
#EU #EuopeanUnion #Lithium

EU's race for lithium and rare earths sidelined calls to reduce consumption, finds study
In 2024, the Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) came into force. The regulation is intended to secure Europe's supply of critical raw materials, especially minerals and metals such as lithium, cobalt, and rare earth elements. The EU is therefore focusing on reducing its dependence on third countries such as China, boosting domestic minerals and metals production, and expanding recycling. In a study published in Communications Earth & Environment, researchers at the Helmholtz Centre for Environme…

Rescuers were still searching for three missing people on Wednesday
after a boat involved in a memorial service sank in the cold, fast-moving waters of San Francisco Bay near Alcatraz Island, authorities said.
At least one person died and 16 people were rescued after the boat capsized on Tuesday afternoon in what witnesses described as “rough seas”,
San Francisco’s fire chief, Dean Crispen, said.
He said the passengers on board were mostly family members, and that a …

Search continues for three people missing after Alcatraz boat disaster
One person dead after pontoon boat involved in memorial service capsized in San Francisco Bay on Tuesday

I'm going with #Cassiterite ! Here with quartz and ankerite. From a friend's collection #MinCup26 ⚒️ #minerals

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