Not only is it a beautiful crimson, it’s got a cool ass name. Datolite?? Awesome!

I was pleasantly surprised when my wife got excited about taking this one home. We were on a trip to the beach and found this close to the sand. She exuded an excitement I rarely see from her around rocks. Part of the wonder of rocks is how they can magically elevate your mood. Like you’ve discovered something set up for you to find. You will notice that one of a kind rock with your one of a kind brain. It’s like kismet.

Here’s a cool little chunk from upstate New York. I appreciated the striations cutting across its surface. It’s always a complete wonder to me thinking about the contortions and compressions this material went through to become something so ubiquitous and mundane. Mundane to MOST. Not to me!

My rock identifier app declared this was jasper. I think that’s right but there’s probably some other things in there too. What do you think?

This specimen was sitting right next to the other one from 9.17. They were both on prominent display at Harvard University’s Mineralogical and Geological Museum. Another fantastic totally unbelievable amazingly beautiful rock! I’d be lying if I said this museum wasn’t a ‘gem’ itself!