#hibonite

My other piece for a Houseki no Kuni OC collab, really should talk more about my gem OCs...

Pre-Party, from left to right: Topaz, Emerald, Hibonite (background), Painite and Taaffeite hanging out in Hibonite's office

— Hello, Em! Are you ready for the party?

"Mostly, these three wanted to come visit us first, Hibo is still busy with something, you know how he is"

— Can you tell us something about the whiteboard?

"Sorry, I'm not qualified on that"

— You seemed to be having a good time.

"I guess so, I haven't seen these guys in a while, so we've been keeping up."

— Any plans for the party?

Blue pigment discoverer makes key design advance for future durable, vivid pigments

An Oregon State University chemistry researcher who made history a decade ago with the accidental discovery of the first new blue inorganic pigment in more than two centuries is again pushing forward the science of color.

Analyzing the crystal structure of pigments based on hibonite, a mineral found in meteorites, Mas Subramanian of the OSU College of Science has paved the way toward designing more pigments that are stable, durable and non-toxic with vivid hues.

Findings from the study, supported by the National Science Foundation, were published in the American Chemical Society journal, ACS Omega.

Subramanian and his team discovered YInMn blue in 2009 when they were experimenting with new materials that could be used in electronics applications.

Hibonite! (Request 1/5)

Blue crystals in meteorites show that sun behaved like ‘high-energy toddler’

Our sun’s beginnings are a mystery. It burst into being 4.6 billion years ago, about 50 million years before the Earth formed. Since the sun is older than the Earth, it’s hard to find physical objects that were around in the sun’s earliest days that bear chemical records. But in a new study in Nature Astronomy by scientists with the University of Chicago, the Field Museum and ETH Zurich, ancient…

(Hibonite's Themes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xG2AtyD3elY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXPSAPUy6lU )

Gender: Agender (He/They)

Sexuality: Asexual/Demiromantic

Height: 3'4″

Info: Hibonite is severely defective, and was originally meant to be shattered. But he was saved by Red/Black Opal, and currently serves as one of her assistants.

good perf response tbh

School: Karasuno | Nekoma | Aobajōsai | Date Tech | Fukurōdani | Shiratorizawa

Position: Setter | Middle Blocker | Libero | Wing Spiker | Ace | Decoy | Pinch Server | Defense/Serving Specialist

Boyfriend: keiji akaashi

Random AU Story: “Holy shit, im in the wrong car.”

You were having such a shit day. Your friend had dragged you to a Fukurōdani game and then left you alone on campus. Why she had decided to travel all the way here for a stupid volleyball game? You had no idea, but you were really starting to question your friendship.

Your phone had just died, which left you feeling lost, confused, and pissed off. “‘I’ll be right back,’ she says. ‘Don’t worry, I’m just going to get some water,’ she says,” you mumbled to yourself. “I didn’t realize that it takes someone forty-five minutes to get some water.”

You had been wondering around the parking lot for the past ten minutes, looking for your friend’s car. You weren’t really sure where it was parked, but you knew that it was a red car.

Spotting a vaguely familiar car, you decided to take your chances and open the door. You smiled when the handle clicked open and then climbed into the car, relieved. “Oh, man, I thought I lost you,” you said. “Why did it take you so long to find water?”

Surprised by your friend’s lack of response, you turned to glance at her. Instead of your friend, you were greeted with the sight of one of the Fukurōdani volleyball players. He had short black hair and a stoic expression.

“Oh, my god, you’re not my friend,” you blurted out.

He blinked, unphased, and asked, “What are you doing in my car?”

“Th-th-this is your car?!”

“Yeah.”

You stared at him, unable to react.

“Would you mind getting out of my car?” he asked.

Flustered, you stumbled your way out of his car, hastily closing the door behind you.

As he pulled out and started to drive away, it started to rain.

Fuchsia: Number of pets?

4 dogs 2 frogs 1 cat 1 fish

Lemon Glacier: Favorite album?