Yellowstone River Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone Yellowstone National Park Wyoming

I'm so stoked!!! I just discovered a mineral I have never heard of before called "Sakura Jasper", and it really does look like Sakura blossoms with a soft green/teal background. It's so pretty!!!! It comes from Madagascar, and it's a type of Microcrystalline quartz/Chalcedony/Rhyolite (SiO2), with pink, beige and red flower-like inclusions made up of iron and other minerals. It was the only one they had in the shop! I claimed it right away! I honestly thought it was painted at first. I couldn't believe it was real until I actually held it, it has some really nice weight. It's SO COOL!!!!

From Left to Right, Top to Bottom: Serpentinite, Rhyolite, Basalt, Obsidian, Pegmatite, Granite, Gneiss, Mylonite.

rhyolite, nv, 2024

Expression practice w/ Rhyolite bc I love her dearly

Rhyolite Agate with Amethyst Crystal

Dec. 2018