A GET TO KNOW YOU MOMENT 💜 Hands of Spirit was founded in 1995 by my mom, Karen Kuk-Nagle after 20 plus years as a Chemist. My father, Bruce joined her in 2012 after 20 years as the Territory Manager of CO for Olan Mills School Portrait Division. They have been married for 44 years and met in the dorms at Indian University when my mom was a freshman & my dad was a junior. They are the heart and soul of Hands of Spirit and gave me the biggest gift by allowing me to grow up in this amazing business. Are they not the cutest? 🥰💕 - P.S. for those who want to know what this amazing Crystal is, it is Cleavelandite with Microcline & Quartz and will be available with others later this year 💙 - - - #love #worldsbest #worldsbestparents #crystalsofig #cleavelandite #microcline #quartz #minerals #mineralspecimens #crystalcommunity #crystalsofinstagram #mineralsofig #mineralsofinstagram #mineralworld #crystals #crystalline #passion #crystallove #crystallovers #shareyourheart #handsofspirit (at Hands of Spirit Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTim6ROnGcV/?utm_medium=tumblr
🔬🌈 Snowy day...Time to break out the microscope! I’m checking out some dreamy Indonesian Opalized Wood pieces, several with fascinating root inclusions. The mineral world never ceases to amaze! 🌈🔬 #microscopemonday #macromonday #opals #opalsforsale #opallover #indonesianopal #roots #etsycrystalsandstones #opalizedwood #rainbowbomb #rainbows #naturalopals #mineralworld #magicschoolbus #phenomenalgems #etsy #etsyshop #etsycrystals https://www.instagram.com/p/CHYt68RnOyR/?igshid=1x0v8tlfrwae3
This newly opened hotel in China is embedded in the rock of a former quarry. I want to go there. I want to stay there as a guest to experience the depth of connection with the stone. A quarry already represents a human-made condition. I would like to know the history of this place. What type of stone was mined here? What is the mineral content of the place? There is an odd sense that the rock aka natural resource has been removed from this site and human presence is then added thereby achieving some kind of balance. As if the lack of stone required something in its place and human architectural and culture life were required as a kind of - balm - to the human-made wound in the earth.
Two primary architectural gestures are evident here: a concavity and a convexity.
I wonder if one can row around the quarry lake - or perhaps swim.
There is an underground grotto-like swimming pool under dim and dank lighting - which I find almost shocking, that is, its degree of uninivtingness.
I would love to stay here in winter when the lake freezes. I imagine it freezes. I don’t know if it snows everywhere in China - which - after all - is a rather large country. It is rather staggering - my interest in the mineral world - and the depth of my lack of geographical knowledge.
But this is the way it goes. This surfeit of data that comes to us almost ensures ignorance. A depth of knowledge is not supported. Rigorous discipline is required. Perhaps it always was.
But vis-a-vis knowledge, I have this sense that a condition of mastery is inherent in former modes of human existence that precluded interventions of media and technology. Time is/was different. Where does/did the mind go? What information is/was salient? Information continues/continued to come in, to be absorbed. The information is/was simply/not-simply different.
Such digressions are only part of the reason I did not feel I could become an academic. A quarry’s worth of questions that are excavated and exported elsewhere - away from in situ salience.
Mineral magic is taking place in the desert #alfienorvillegemandmineralmuseum #crystals #mineralworld #arizonahistory #vividcolors (at Tucson, Arizona) https://www.instagram.com/p/CZeeW9mFUyV/?utm_medium=tumblr
Aquamarines crystals on Mica matrix from Nagar valley Pakistan. Available on dlvjewel.com in the "Beryl" part. 💙💎💙 💎 💙 #aquamarine #aiguemarine #berylicious #berylcrystal #aquamarinespecimens #aquamarineonmica #mineralworld #nicemineral #dlvjewel #mineralsstore #mineralcollection #nagarvalley #pakistanminerals #mineralworld (à The Nagar Valley) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4ZrMKohseT/?igshid=1hqztmvtfufnr
✨Flashback to adventures at the gem shows--these Pyrite specimens certainly had our attention! Pyrite, also known as fool's gold, is an iron sulfide mineral that is found worldwide. It has a characteristic appearance of brassy golden tones and geometric shapes--often cubes, octahedra, and dodecahedra. Though the term "fool's gold" was a negative nickname that originated during the gold rush, pyrite is actually an indicator mineral for gold, and grows in association with many valuable minerals and ores. This abundant mineral yields some spectacular specimens, like the ones seen here! ✨#nfs #gemshow #minerals #rocks #gemstones #adventures #healingcrystals #mineralogy #geology #geometric #metallic #ores #pyrite #pyrita #peru #collection #display #healing #fire #iron #sulfides #mineralworld #science #nature #sphere #elloro #elloroboulder #pearlstreet #boulder #colorado
The girls were super pleased with my secret mission for Saturday - gemstone hunting at the Scratch Patch is a guaranteed hit with them at the moment! #emilylotter #gemstones #scratchpatch #mineralworld #vandawaterfront #waterfront #capetown #southafrica #anexploringsouthafrican (at V & A Waterfront)
💜🤩 Fellow Leo ladies, I think we can all relate to this one! You can give me a crystal for ANY occasion, any day of the year. 🤩💜@obsessedwithhealingcrystals #crystalmemes #leopower #leobirthdays #lioness #leoladies #birthdaygifts #crystals #crystallove #crystalcollection #gripofaddiction #crystalsarehabitforming #99problemsbutcrystalsaintone #mineralworld #minerallife #crystalhoarder #dragonhoard #phenomenalgems #etsy #etsycrystals #etsyshop https://www.instagram.com/p/CDZhOwknV71/?igshid=gxs3p7wy9tdy
Stone and plaster home - Zurich - by Think Architecture. A fantasy site at which to engage in unperturbed contemplation of all things mineral - to allow an array of aspects to emerge and fade in all their relative gradations of salience. The image evokes delicious silence - and the possibility of immersion and dimensional movement across under and through a perfect pool of H2O. Light floats into the space from an unseen window - prompting whoever bears witness to this image to imagine the view of “ . . . its sloping-parkland site, located beside a forest overlooking Lake Zurich.” Here is a map of the lake from 1581:
Very unique lot of Fenster Elestial Quartz clay included 3.5 kg total weight ask for more info and Available deals paypal accepted. price for this lot is $320 Free shipping world wjde #crystal #jewelry #quartz #crystals #beautiful #aura #rainbow #gems #quartzpoint #gemstones #art #auraquartz #crystalhealing #quartzcluster #labradorite #Tourmaline #tourmalineking #beauty #gemstone #Natural #coral #Emerald #Ruby #Saphire #mineralworld #gemporn #mineralporn#aragonite #Aquamarine #wowCrystals https://www.instagram.com/p/BqhvuZHA0sX/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=16j0paznl8flm
Garnets, Peridot, pink Spinel, Bekily color change Garnet... all the gemstones on this world are available on dlvjewel.com ☺️😉 Welcome to visit us store and to enjoy with the mineral beauties 💎❤️💙💚💛💜💎❤️💜💛💙💚💎❤️💜💛💙💚💎🌏🌏🌏 #mineralsstore #giftideas #mineraux #minerals #lovemineral #nicemineral #gemstones #zeolites #indianminerals #mineralworld #dlvjewel #bohojewel #bagueargent925 #worldexplorations #mineralexploration #giftidea #garnets #bijouxfaitmain #collierunique #peridot #bijouxpourhomme (à Limousin, France) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3HOfJChWeg/?igshid=xcnmtofg4a3c
🌲🍄 This little Smoky Quartz and Aegerine (Acmite) cluster from Malawi has total forest scene vibes...I think it looks like a little group of mushrooms growing off of a weathered log. (Or a nug, but perhaps that’s just because it’s today? 😉) I especially love the tiny aegerine needles connecting two of the smokies, and the mini smokies on the underside...this little cluster has my heart for real. Normally $46 shipped US before discount—$39.10 shipped US now on PhenomenalGems.Etsy.com. Claim here before it goes live on the shop! Your choice freebies (citrine or kyanite) are on for one more day, and come back tomorrow for a new freebie for the week! 🍄🌲 #happy420 #420 #forestcreatures #forestscene #trees #mushrooms #mushies #enjoytheday #plantvibes #nuglife #aegerine #acmite #smokyquartz #intheforest #mineralworld #minerals #crystals #mineralsforsale #crystalsforsale #phenomenalgems #etsy #etsyshop #etsycrystals https://www.instagram.com/p/B_OQnubnYbJ/?igshid=nfwuamx8i5ov