#mineral samples

I unpacked all of my tchotchkes! it's a pretty wide range of stuff? things? but I love it all, and I'm so grateful to have space in our new apartment to get everything out at least to look at temporarily, if not for long-term display.

so while I can see everything and remind myself of it, I invite y'all to pick an object, let me know which one via screenshot or descriptor, in asks or replies or reposts - y'all know how to reach me here - and I will either identify it or tell a story about it or tell some sort of rambling unrelated story or simply tell you if I've used it in a painting at this stage.

(and if you have a collection like this as well and it would also enjoy telling stories about it, I'd love to see your photo and ask you about an object as well)

(and yes my answers will be dictated to my phone, so patience for all of the weird word substitutions is much appreciated)

so uhh have at it, folks!

I was top of my class and little sixteen year old me thought "Yep. That's it. That's all the minerals there are."

And then, three years later, I took mineralogy.

I'll be out in the 1st floor main lobby with a petrographic scope.