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@mizjeannie.me Oct 10, 2026, 10:07 AM

Oct 10, 2026 https://mizjeannie.com/almanac
Good for: Boundaries · Banishing
Plan around: Set direction; don't force visible results.
Best window: 1:50–2:47 PM · Saturn
#witchsky #SaturnDay #NewMoon #LibraMoon #Chrysocolla

@ottolinearcturus.bsky.social Oct 3, 2026, 7:23 PM

I think I hauve levin sickness 🌩️

#Chrysocolla | #Midlander

Chrys modeling a loose, front-tie shirt (with conspicuously nothing underneath) and a pair of high-waisted tight pants, strutting in a confident pose. She does a lot of modeling on the side, and arguably she gets most of her income this way compared to the Arcadion. While not to the fame and recognition as her partner in crime, Honey, Chrys isn't one to be outdone.

@mizjeannie.me Oct 2, 2026, 11:12 AM

Oct 2, 2026 https://mizjeannie.com/almanac
Good for: Love · Beauty
Plan around: Ground emotional work before acting.
Best window: 1:54–2:53 PM · Venus
#witchsky #VenusDay #LastQuarter #GeminiMoon #Chrysocolla

@mizjeannie.me Oct 1, 2026, 10:12 AM

Oct 1, 2026 https://mizjeannie.com/almanac
Good for: Prosperity · Favor
Plan around: Ground emotional work before acting.
Best window: 1:54–2:53 PM · Jupiter
#witchsky #JupiterDay #WaningGibbous #GeminiMoon #Chrysocolla

@mizjeannie.me Sep 30, 2026, 12:14 PM

Sep 30, 2026 https://mizjeannie.com/almanac
Good for: Communication · Study
Plan around: Clear first; do not force expansion.
Best window: 1:55–2:54 PM · Mercury
#witchsky #MercuryDay #WaningGibbous #TaurusMoon #Chrysocolla

@mizjeannie.me Sep 28, 2026, 10:12 AM

Sep 28, 2026 https://mizjeannie.com/almanac
Good for: Dreams · Divination
Plan around: Clear first; do not force expansion.
Best window: 1:56–2:56 PM · Moon
#witchsky #MoonDay #WaningGibbous #TaurusMoon #Chrysocolla

@mexporg.bsky.social Sep 23, 2026, 9:47 PM

Blue-green #Chrysocolla is a widespread secondary copper silicate, typical for alkaline environments.

Learn more in our comprehensive mineral overview:

mineralexpert.org/article/chry...

@corgiseveryhour.bsky.social Sep 23, 2026, 1:23 PM

Ooh #chrysocolla is lovely!

@kjaycee.bsky.social Sep 23, 2026, 4:56 AM

This one's a challenge, MinFriends. On the one hand, it's salt - a cook's best friend - and a tectonic force apparently. #WhoKnew #GeologistsKnow On the other, inherent complexity and being relatively dehydrated is kind of my vibe. Gonna have to go with #Chrysocolla this time. #MinCup26

@stellarplexus.bsky.social Sep 23, 2026, 2:54 AM

“Chrysocolla is on the Do Not Lick list due to the heavy metal content of this hydrous copper silicate, but if you did unwisely touch a rough specimen to your tongue it would feel sticky as its porous and relatively dehydrated state sucked the water out of you.”

#Chrysocolla licks YOU!! #MinCup26

@joscheff.bsky.social Sep 23, 2026, 2:27 AM

These are both lickable, but the tongue-sticking trait makes #chrysocolla more fun
#MinCup26

@crystallised-cricket.com Sep 23, 2026, 12:32 AM

No contest for #crystallography for today's #MinCup26 battle - we have 'I don't know my crystal structure' #Chrysocolla vs 'First crystal structure EVER determined' of #Halite. So though it is a boring structure - #Halite gets my vote today

Image representing the crystal structure of halite. Yellow spheres represent sodium atoms, green spheres represent chlorine atoms. The representation is drawn in VESTA from entry #641 in the American mineralogist database.

@mineralcup.bsky.social Sep 23, 2026, 12:22 AM

#MinCup26 Round 2 Match 7
It's blue skies ahead as multicoloured cubes of #Halite are up against the bubbly cool-toned #Chrysocolla.

VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...

Split photo of seafoam green minerals. One one side, translucent sea foam-green cubes on a crust of milky-white crystals. On the other, bobby aqua-green milky-translucent crystals perched on a grainy grassy-green base rock

@mexporg.bsky.social Sep 15, 2026, 1:53 PM

Rare primary (!) #Malachite on #Chrysocolla from DR Congo.

#MinCup #MinCup #mineral #crystal #mineralogy #mineralexpert

@minouette.bsky.social Sep 15, 2026, 1:51 PM

Chocolate is great but I have to vote for #Chrysocolla, which has appeared in art since antiquity as a gem, as a “glue” as solder for goldsmithing and as a pigment.

Here we have ancient Buddhist murals in China, Medieval mural in Italy & ancient Peruvian art.
#MinCup26 #artHist #SciComm

Wall painting, cave of musician, Kizil, 600-650 AD. Intense blues in the Kizil Caves in China have been shown to use Chrysocolla as a pigment. The Buddhist murals shows a Bodhisattva in blue skirt and with blue hair holding a sword on his neck, with draped green scarf, next to a woman in blue kneeling holding a child. There’s a shrub with white blossoms behind them.

“ scene of the wall paintings ( Deposition from the cross , on the southern wall). The faux marble dado with geometric motifs is seen in the lower part. The image shows the appearance of the paintings before the current restoration. ” This mural at the medieval Sienna Cathedral uses Chrysocolla as a pigment via: Thirteenth century wall paintings under the Siena Cathedral (Italy). Mineralogical and petrographic study of materials, painting techniques and state of conservation July 2006Journal of Cultural Heritage 7(3):171-185 DOI:10.1016/j.culher.2006.04.002

Chrysocolla and Shell Breastplate Cupisnique (1250-1 BCE). Larco Museum, Lima The ancient Peruvian breastplate is shot on a black background

Octopus Frontlet, 300–600, Moche culture; gold, chrysocolla, shells. Museo de la Nación, Lima, Peru, MN-14602. Ministerio de Cultura del Perú The wonderful gold stylized octopus has a face with shell teeth and Chrysocolla eyes with radiating curled octopus arms, shot on a black background via The Getty Museum.

@microtopico.bsky.social Sep 15, 2026, 9:51 AM

Although I love the idea of a chocolate mineral (ideally one you can lick...mmmm ... hot chocolate with cream...) it's #Chrysocolla for me this time.

@alexbooer.bsky.social Sep 15, 2026, 9:18 AM

I just find the #chrysocolla texture upsetting 😭

#Xocolatlite looks beautiful!

@alexbooer.bsky.social Sep 15, 2026, 9:16 AM

My stance on #chrysocolla is usually that it’s meh and gross so this is actually lovely to see! #mincup26

@gawenjenkin.bsky.social Sep 15, 2026, 7:58 AM

Is #chrysocolla blue though?

I first saw it as pale green but have convinced myself it is blue (because you tell me it is).

The boundary between what we call green and blue varies hugely between people due to both genetic and cultural differences. If you don’t believe me try this test ismy.blue

@mexporg.bsky.social Sep 15, 2026, 6:28 AM

Nice (and large!) botryoidal #Chrysocolla from Katanga, Congo.

#MinCup26 #MinCup #mineral #crystal #mineralogy #mineralexpert #copper