Mineral Matters #1122 - Dickite, Mount Cleveland Mine, Luina, Tasmania
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Dickite, Mount Cleveland Mine, Luina, Tasmania
Mineral Matters #1122
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July 18, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Mineral Matters #1122 - Dickite, Mount Cleveland Mine, Luina, Tasmania
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38 of #365Minerals 🧪⚒️
Dickite
- A clay mineral
- Very soft, only 2-2.5 on the Mohs hardness scale, so it can be scratched with a fingernail
- Named after Allan Brugh Dick, a Scottish chemist who first described it #minerals
Dickite
- A clay mineral
- Very soft, only 2-2.5 on the Mohs hardness scale, so it can be scratched with a fingernail
- Named after Allan Brugh Dick, a Scottish chemist who first described it #minerals
February 7, 2025 at 9:49 AM
38 of #365Minerals 🧪⚒️
Dickite
- A clay mineral
- Very soft, only 2-2.5 on the Mohs hardness scale, so it can be scratched with a fingernail
- Named after Allan Brugh Dick, a Scottish chemist who first described it #minerals
Dickite
- A clay mineral
- Very soft, only 2-2.5 on the Mohs hardness scale, so it can be scratched with a fingernail
- Named after Allan Brugh Dick, a Scottish chemist who first described it #minerals
HURHURHUR "dickite" #eternally10 www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqOT...
This Rock Is Found Nowhere Else on Earth
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October 4, 2025 at 5:40 PM
HURHURHUR "dickite" #eternally10 www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqOT...
I spotted some dickite today (or as @ichnologist.bsky.social prefers to call it, richardite). It's a clay mineral named after the Scottish chemist Allan Brugh Dick (1833-1926) who first described it. Dickite is soft (2-2.5 Mohs hardness) and can be scratched with a fingernail #minerals ⚒️🧪
October 31, 2024 at 9:53 PM
I spotted some dickite today (or as @ichnologist.bsky.social prefers to call it, richardite). It's a clay mineral named after the Scottish chemist Allan Brugh Dick (1833-1926) who first described it. Dickite is soft (2-2.5 Mohs hardness) and can be scratched with a fingernail #minerals ⚒️🧪
Are y'all immature enough on here to enjoy this little plate of minerals in my collection as much as I do? I call those three the unholy trinity. 🫣
December 10, 2024 at 1:03 AM
Are y'all immature enough on here to enjoy this little plate of minerals in my collection as much as I do? I call those three the unholy trinity. 🫣
A reminder that these minerals exist:
Dickite
Bussyite
Cummingtonite
Analcime
OwO
Dickite
Bussyite
Cummingtonite
Analcime
OwO
December 12, 2025 at 2:37 AM
A reminder that these minerals exist:
Dickite
Bussyite
Cummingtonite
Analcime
OwO
Dickite
Bussyite
Cummingtonite
Analcime
OwO
Dickite and Cummingtonite
January 16, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Dickite and Cummingtonite
Doing some fun filming in the NHM tonight and snapped a few pics of minerals because I’m 12.
February 26, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Doing some fun filming in the NHM tonight and snapped a few pics of minerals because I’m 12.
Have obtained these two specimens for my good friend Kerry, who needs them for reasons
January 18, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Have obtained these two specimens for my good friend Kerry, who needs them for reasons
I don't have a pun, but I will leave this here and walk away whistling innocently: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dickite
Dickite - Wikipedia
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January 18, 2024 at 11:37 PM
I don't have a pun, but I will leave this here and walk away whistling innocently: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dickite
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Dickite on dolomite from Les Mares III, Saint-Martin, France
20 mm x 18 mm excl. box
9 gram incl. box
€ 20
#dickite #dolomite #silicatess #phyllosilicates #carbonates #lesmares #frenchminerals #micromounts #minerals #rocks #x=crystals #stones
Dickite on dolomite from Les Mares III, Saint-Martin, France
20 mm x 18 mm excl. box
9 gram incl. box
€ 20
#dickite #dolomite #silicatess #phyllosilicates #carbonates #lesmares #frenchminerals #micromounts #minerals #rocks #x=crystals #stones
May 20, 2026 at 5:55 PM
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Dickite on dolomite from Les Mares III, Saint-Martin, France
20 mm x 18 mm excl. box
9 gram incl. box
€ 20
#dickite #dolomite #silicatess #phyllosilicates #carbonates #lesmares #frenchminerals #micromounts #minerals #rocks #x=crystals #stones
Dickite on dolomite from Les Mares III, Saint-Martin, France
20 mm x 18 mm excl. box
9 gram incl. box
€ 20
#dickite #dolomite #silicatess #phyllosilicates #carbonates #lesmares #frenchminerals #micromounts #minerals #rocks #x=crystals #stones
How much of geology's problems with attracting a diverse workforce is due to the terrible naming of minerals & processes, even if those were not intentionally crass? Cummingtonite. Dickite. Fukalite. Necking. Cleavage. I doubt it's a major contributing factor, but it probably doesn't help. 🧪⚒️
February 3, 2026 at 5:22 PM
How much of geology's problems with attracting a diverse workforce is due to the terrible naming of minerals & processes, even if those were not intentionally crass? Cummingtonite. Dickite. Fukalite. Necking. Cleavage. I doubt it's a major contributing factor, but it probably doesn't help. 🧪⚒️
What's the hardness of dickite?
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December 10, 2024 at 2:10 AM
What's the hardness of dickite?
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I PROUDLY refer to dickite (and without even giggling) in my Soils class, and I stare hard at all the students to see if anyone laughs
In my 'Environmental Geology' class today, finishing Chapter 10 on weathering, soils, & clay minerals, emphasizing clay minerals & their importance. Forgot there's a clay mineral named dickite, so in class I'll propose a more appropriate synonym, "richardite." 🧪🪨⚒️ (cc: @nadwgab.bsky.social)
October 30, 2024 at 5:56 PM
I PROUDLY refer to dickite (and without even giggling) in my Soils class, and I stare hard at all the students to see if anyone laughs
Editor's note: In most parts of the U.S. since January 20 2025, dickite has been renamed as richardite.
38 of #365Minerals 🧪⚒️
Dickite
- A clay mineral
- Very soft, only 2-2.5 on the Mohs hardness scale, so it can be scratched with a fingernail
- Named after Allan Brugh Dick, a Scottish chemist who first described it #minerals
Dickite
- A clay mineral
- Very soft, only 2-2.5 on the Mohs hardness scale, so it can be scratched with a fingernail
- Named after Allan Brugh Dick, a Scottish chemist who first described it #minerals
February 7, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Editor's note: In most parts of the U.S. since January 20 2025, dickite has been renamed as richardite.
In my 'Environmental Geology' class today, finishing Chapter 10 on weathering, soils, & clay minerals, emphasizing clay minerals & their importance. Forgot there's a clay mineral named dickite, so in class I'll propose a more appropriate synonym, "richardite." 🧪🪨⚒️ (cc: @nadwgab.bsky.social)
October 30, 2024 at 4:50 PM
In my 'Environmental Geology' class today, finishing Chapter 10 on weathering, soils, & clay minerals, emphasizing clay minerals & their importance. Forgot there's a clay mineral named dickite, so in class I'll propose a more appropriate synonym, "richardite." 🧪🪨⚒️ (cc: @nadwgab.bsky.social)
The lowbrow joke as promised.
Zunyite is what happens when you get flourite in your dickite.
Zunyite is what happens when you get flourite in your dickite.
September 12, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The lowbrow joke as promised.
Zunyite is what happens when you get flourite in your dickite.
Zunyite is what happens when you get flourite in your dickite.
Tough call in this #MinCup26 round, but I'm voting #Chrysocolla! Its variable, hydrated copper-silicate chemistry makes it difficult to pin down, but its formula leads to 1:1 phyllosilicate layers, which Mercier explored for kaolin in @actacrystb.iucr.org: journals.iucr.org/b/issues/200...
September 15, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Tough call in this #MinCup26 round, but I'm voting #Chrysocolla! Its variable, hydrated copper-silicate chemistry makes it difficult to pin down, but its formula leads to 1:1 phyllosilicate layers, which Mercier explored for kaolin in @actacrystb.iucr.org: journals.iucr.org/b/issues/200...
Posting Dickite at 2500 followers!
February 26, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Posting Dickite at 2500 followers!
Hold up...
North.
Pegmatite.
Dickite.
...
Yeah, someone will be cummingtonite.
North.
Pegmatite.
Dickite.
...
Yeah, someone will be cummingtonite.
June 8, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Hold up...
North.
Pegmatite.
Dickite.
...
Yeah, someone will be cummingtonite.
North.
Pegmatite.
Dickite.
...
Yeah, someone will be cummingtonite.
Dickite, very soft
February 11, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Dickite, very soft
Kaolinite gets my vote for the first match of #MinCup23! It has so many uses plus it can be found in zebra rock. This is a siltstone/claystone containing quartz, sericite, kaolinite, dickite & alunite. The reddish-brown bands are formed by the rhythmic precipitation of hematite #geology #minerals 🧪⚒️
September 1, 2023 at 9:18 AM
Kaolinite gets my vote for the first match of #MinCup23! It has so many uses plus it can be found in zebra rock. This is a siltstone/claystone containing quartz, sericite, kaolinite, dickite & alunite. The reddish-brown bands are formed by the rhythmic precipitation of hematite #geology #minerals 🧪⚒️