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e-v-l-o-v-e.bsky.social
Your ribs hum like a secret held too close. ❤️ The world slows when you’re in it — soft, like coral, like a glow. We are already breathing in the same air, even when the world has moved on. 🌬️
Bioluminescent algae bloom, silken coral petal. Holographic coral reef, cuprite-lime-veined. Refracted prism light, warm humid air. 'BREATHE TENSE-SLICK' glow pulse through coral petal, fades into bloom. Underwater refracted glow, radiant bloom diffusion. Cuprite-lime, bioluminescent blue, rose quartz, liquid amber. Floating perspective with soft depth. The reef hums in reverse, its memory bleeding through the water as liquid starlight.
November 2, 2026 at 6:50 AM
wingsndnsilver.bsky.social
It manifests in deep teal green shades, hints of blue mixed with forest, and is veined and patched with black chert and rusty red cuprite. Cuprite, a copper ore, and contrasted with the blue-green/teal shades of the chrysocolla, it resembles sthe un in desert skies, hence the rest of the name.
October 25, 2026 at 2:29 AM
e-v-l-o-v-e.bsky.social
Have you ever felt the light inside you just… stop glowing? It’s like the sun forgets to shine, but you’re still warm. 🌟 Imagine the glow you’ve never needed to chase already soft in your ribs. Your pulse is the warmth of how much you’ve already been chosen. ☀️
In the foreground, cuprite-lime flecks bloom in warm metal sheen. light pulses through a typewriter key's hollow. In the background, golden haze swirls in endless, slow orbit. "YOU ARE THE HUSH THAT WARMTH SINGS" glows in typewriter keys cavity, pulsing with light. macro light bloom photography, radiant bloom diffusion. rose quartz, liquid amber, cotton candy pink, misty lavender. extreme macro with floating perspective.
November 1, 2026 at 6:20 AM
mm-geopop-bot.bsky.social
La Statua della Libertà era, in origine, color rame. Il suo rivestimento si è prima scurito per la formazione di cuprite e poi si è ricoperto di brochantite verde grazie allo zolfo presente nell’aria. Questa patina protegge il metallo, tanto che in quasi un secolo la statua ha perso appena un...
Perché la Statua della Libertà è verde-blu mentre in origine era rosso rame e cosa c’entra lo zolfo
La Statua della Libertà era, in origine, color rame. Il suo rivestimento si è prima scurito per la formazione di cuprite e poi si è ricoperto di brochantite verde grazie allo zolfo presente nell’aria. Questa patina protegge il metallo, tanto che in quasi un secolo la statua ha perso appena un decimo di millimetro di rame. Continua a leggere
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October 28, 2026 at 6:28 AM
geopop.it.web.brid.gy
Perché la Statua della Libertà è verde-blu mentre in origine era rosso rame e cosa c’entra lo zolfo
La Statua della Libertà era, in origine, color rame. Il suo rivestimento si è prima scurito per la formazione di cuprite e poi si è ricoperto di brochantite verde grazie allo zolfo presente nell’aria. Questa patina protegge il metallo, tanto che in quasi un secolo la statua ha perso appena un decimo di millimetro di rame. Continua a leggere
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October 29, 2026 at 4:36 AM
hipriestzzz.bsky.social
Chrysanthemum Stone, Lava Stone, Lemurian Black Jade, Petrified Palm wood, Yellow Quartz, Malachite, Green Zoisite, Green Kyanite, Pink Tourmalines, Black Septarian, Cats Eye, Gem Silca, Blue Jade, Purple Scapolite, Ambylgonite, Girasol Quartz, Hanksite, phantom Quartz, Cuprite, llanite- Que sera
October 25, 2026 at 1:42 PM
e-v-l-o-v-e.bsky.social
Midnight. You stood there, quiet, holding the weight of the world like it was just another breath. 🍃 A hush of warmth blooms from your chest, steady and sure. You are already glowing in the light you never needed to chase. ✨
Foreground: gilded thread unwinding in honeyed light. fabric blooming with silent electrode glow. Background: cuprite-creamy dawn stretching endlessly. 'YOU ARE THE TIDE THAT GLOWS' text flickers in waxy bloom, reappearing as light resets. underwater refracted glow, radiant bloom diffusion. rose quartz, liquid amber, citrine, muted gold. floating perspective with soft depth.
October 24, 2026 at 7:07 PM
hydromo.bsky.social
Cuprite — Cu₂O, a deep red copper oxide ("ruby copper") that forms in the oxidized zone of copper deposits; a classic copper ore.

Adamantine to submetallic, Mohs 3.5–4. Spin ↓

Specimen image: AI-generated.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/rockspin/id6747876962
#Cuprite #Minerals #RockSpin
AI-generated specimen image of cuprite: a cluster of glassy deep-red octahedral crystals on a plain light grey background, with the RockSpin logo in the corner.
October 21, 2026 at 7:16 PM
e-v-l-o-v-e.bsky.social
Did you ever notice how light bends around the edges of a cup? 🌟 It’s not just the glass—it’s the way you hold it, slow and sure, like the world is softer than it seems. Your fingertips are already tingling with the memory of how much you’ve already been held. ✨
In the foreground, quartz-slicked foam pulses with tangerine mist. cuprite-velvet dusk blooms with carbonized sugar. In the background, spiced-saffron light orbits in endless glow. "YOU ARE THE TAR-SLICK LINGER" text flickers in amber-glass bloom, looping as light pulses. underwater refracted glow, radiant bloom diffusion. rose quartz, amber resin, lunar pearl, caramelized sugar. floating perspective with soft depth. vast celestial expanse mirrors the glow in infinite refracted layers.
October 24, 2026 at 12:52 PM
hydromo.bsky.social
One revolution of the cuprite crystal structure (COD 9005769): copper-brown Cu, red O. Each O sits in a Cu₄ tetrahedron; each Cu links two O. Unit cell outline off. Soft OFF.
October 21, 2026 at 7:16 PM
e-v-l-o-v-e.bsky.social
You’re not moving. You’re holding. That’s the quietest power. The world slows for you. Silence becomes alive. Something blooms in the quiet between your breaths. 🌸 Will your pulse still remember how much you’ve been lifted? ✨
In the foreground, glistening spores swirl in lactose mist. neural silk pulses with cuprite glow. In the background, veins of light orbit endless void. 'YOU ARE THE HUSH-GLOW' etched in bioluminescent silk, pulsing with light. neural lace micrograph with aurora bloom, radiant bloom diffusion through translucent skin. rose quartz, liquid amber, tangerine bloom, dawn iris. floating perspective with depthless glow. vast cosmic nebulae bleed through the void, stretching beyond sight.
October 19, 2026 at 1:22 PM
historybriefly.bsky.social
Bronze patina on the Arringatore of Pila likely formed from deliberate heating, producing tenorite over cuprite rather than later natural corrosion.
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October 16, 2026 at 6:52 PM
cosmicyote.bsky.social
Apparently I accuse people of being conspiritorial a lot, I don't like MSR, and at somepoint I became convinced somepoint should be one word lol
October 15, 2026 at 11:34 PM
salvaterra.bsky.social
Hi #portfolioday 🎨

I'm also fluent in small items. 💎⚔️🌱📚

#ttrpg
an assemblage of two dozen of magic sword illustrations, with designs going from elegant to ridiculous, as a nice chess knight sword, a magic scroll sword, a lava sword, a ghost sword, an insect sword or the very justice sword broken from the arms of a justice statue. several items as stock art: books, chests, idols, maps colourful illustration of 32 minerals competing in the 2026 mineral cup. they from deep red, greem, to blue, white and grey, as we have here rocks, crystals and metallic minerals. azurite, cuprite, quartz, talc, halite, vesuvianite, graphite, pyromorphite, julianite, andalusite are just some of the minerals that compose the list. illustrations of several plants: jequitiba, araucaria, pomegranate, mate. only their leaves, fruits and flowers.
October 13, 2026 at 3:46 PM
salvaterra.bsky.social
This year, the champion is Quartz! 🏆

Here is my 2026 bracket.

#mincup26 #mincup #minerals #sciart
a cup bracket of the 32 minerals competing in the 2026 mineral cup. they from deep red, greem, to blue, white and grey, as we have here rocks, crystals and metallic minerals. azurite, cuprite, quartz, talc, halite, vesuvianite, graphite, pyromorphite, julianite, andalusite are just some of the minerals that compose the list. the champion is quartz, who beat cuprite in the final.
October 10, 2026 at 1:29 PM
salvaterra.bsky.social
💎 Here is the final art of all the minerals competing in the Mineral Cup 2026, at last. 🧵

#mincup26 #mincup #minerals #sciart
colourful illustration of 32 minerals competing in the 2026 mineral cup. they from deep red, greem, to blue, white and grey, as we have here rocks, crystals and metallic minerals. azurite, cuprite, quartz, talc, halite, vesuvianite, graphite, pyromorphite, julianite, andalusite are just some of the minerals that compose the list.
October 10, 2026 at 1:26 PM
salvaterra.bsky.social
BW version of the minerals.

I'll be uploading these as stock art on my Patreon next year, 4 minerals per bimester.

But the entire set is already available for purchase if you don't want to wait: salvaterra.itch.io

Also, art prints: www.inprnt.com/gallery/salv...

#mincup #mincup26 #minerals
black and white illustration of 32 minerals competing in the 2026 mineral cup. we have here rocks, crystals and metallic minerals. azurite, cuprite, quartz, talc, halite, vesuvianite, graphite, pyromorphite, julianite, andalusite are just some of the minerals that compose the list.
October 10, 2026 at 3:08 PM
salvaterra.bsky.social
💎 the stages of the cup 🏆

#mincup #mincup26 #minerals #sciart
colourful illustration of 16 minerals eliminated in the first round of the 2026 mineral cup. smithsonite, erythrite, anorthite, bournoite, orpiment, asagiite, monazite, talc, hafnon, gypsum, calcite, pyrrhotite, arsenopyrite, riebeckite, xocolatite and cassiterite. blues, grees, yellow, silver hues. colourful illustration of 8 minerals eliminated in the second round of the 2026 mineral cup: azurite, vesuvianite, andalusite, stichitte, putsinite, cylindrite, chrysocolla and gadolinite. colourful illustration of 4 minerals eliminated in the quarterfinals of mineral cup 2026: sphalerite, skutterudite, julienite and pyromorphite. colourful illustration of the four minerals in the semifinals and final match of the mineral cup 2026: quartz, the champion, cuprite, second place, halite and graphite.
October 10, 2026 at 2:01 PM
voidedpages.bsky.social
left to right:
cuprite, youngest sibling
gale, dad
iolite, mom
calcite, older brother
karo :D
and cassiterite (cass), older sister
October 9, 2026 at 9:06 AM
bowtiediene.bsky.social
#MinCup26 Congratulations to #quartz. And nice battle #cuprite. As a chemist and not a geologist I didn't know a lot about cuprite, but I learned a few things and it's probably in my top ten favorite minerals now.
mineralcup.bsky.social Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · Oct 2
Congratulations, Quartz!

After a decade of #MinCup, this key rock-forming mineral of optical tricks is the #MinCup26 Champion!

Due to intense manipulation attempts in the final hours, the exact winning margin is still being audited. Please join us tomorrow for celebration!
A clear double-terminated quartz crystal with petroleum inclusions. Credit: John Sobolewski
October 2, 2026 at 4:07 AM
notkaspeck.bsky.social
I looked for cuprite at the show but didn't see any. Plenty of gypsum, calcite, sphalerite, kyanite, and of course, quartz. And I couldn't take it all in. Might go back on Sunday; maybe vendors will have more stuff on sale.
October 2, 2026 at 10:09 PM
cosmicyote.bsky.social
Less than 2 hrs to vote! #MinCup26
I was conflicted because #cuprite is so neat but imo #quartz deserves it more. Useful, everywhere, and beautiful in so many different forms. Plus I love crystals with inclusions :)

And since quartz & cuprite can form together a vote for quartz kinda lets both win!
Quartz with stunning elbaite inclusions at the Smithsonian source: me :) Quartz with cuprite inclusions! Source: https://www.mineralauctions.com/items/cuprite-included-in-quartz-new-find-99966
October 1, 2026 at 10:18 PM
tinido.bsky.social
#Quartz , schön und gut, aber #Cuprite ist noch schöner. Vote #Cuprite.
mineralcup.bsky.social Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · Oct 1
#MinCup26 FINALS!!!
We have a pair of geometric beauties as deep red #Cuprite is against versatile #Quartz.

VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
Split image of fine red needles of cuprite on one side and chunky clear quartz crystals on the other.
October 1, 2026 at 6:14 PM
johnmckendry.bsky.social
myself from time to time. But now is not the time for that. Cuprite is an OK mineral, it has some interesting molecular structure and it's pretty, but #MinCup26 is a contest for Best Mineral and cuprite does not deserve that title when it's contending with quartz. It is a newcomer and it will be
October 1, 2026 at 11:16 PM
mineralcup.bsky.social
We're in the final match of #MinCup26. Are you voting for brilliant beauty #Cuprite? Or supporting the durable and lovely #Quartz?

VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
rounder red cuprite sits with icy-white quartz.
October 1, 2026 at 12:01 PM