huevember day 2: h @ 12 - clay - mangan-diaspore
mangan-diaspore is, as the name suggests, a manganese-bearing form of diaspore. the most "perfect" diaspore crystals form in long hexagonal spikes, sometimes twinning into little hearts, but most of the mangan-diaspore samples ive seen are clustered together in a tangle, or layered in blobs that kinda look like raw meat. clay is haven's next older brother by about a year, and is the one who stepped up to take over the annoying parts of raising everyone when their parents died, this had... limited amounts of success, and mostly just gave him stress-induced health issues and seething resentment towards everyone in his life older than him. he picked up smoking in college (when this drawing is set), which he didn't manage to kick until he had a kid. mangan-diaspore is his assigned mineral, because his theme color is vivid red and im pretentious about picking niche minerals.
day 3: h @ 24 - flint - lithiophilite
lithiophilite is a lithium-manganese-phospate mineral commonly found in lithium deposits (hence the name- lithium + philios, greek for "friend"). it rarely forms crystals, but when it does they show up in these tiny elegant starburst structures, which i find extremely charming. they're also symbolically relevant to the character they're aligned with: flint is haven's youngest brother, and is one of the true Protagonists of their Destined Story, which took place when he was 11. he has spent the rest of his life trying to live up to the precedent that set. he's wondering if everyone's "faith in his abilities" will outweigh their desire to make him a celebrity enough to let him drop out of school and run off to live in a remote cabin in the mountains somewhere, never to be seen again.
