tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42559469793776387582024-03-13T19:47:14.056-07:00The Aeternal Swirling Fight Arwendë Luhtiénë / Marta Lúthienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01043611744907294700noreply@blogger.comBlogger106125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255946979377638758.post-32608874784842405962024-02-13T15:08:00.000-08:002024-03-11T09:05:46.430-07:00Mineral collection: December 2023 haul <div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9lZh0asNbAVVJVS8TpYmX6OYjAWuhaBHNhlv-YwVXdRhdgrXVJMq8nD7V8alWAZsv-X4utW1LG2JfnVLsbfqaazUEGNIG00JDkWKG7GGfoo66LRtxKmcXF1xVm8zi1tDvIZU4od2KRsxdohspEtb4mGoQSBu56nIsAUc6nvKmzEgYHw00RQWCL5THJexQ/s3457/All.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2600" data-original-width="3457" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9lZh0asNbAVVJVS8TpYmX6OYjAWuhaBHNhlv-YwVXdRhdgrXVJMq8nD7V8alWAZsv-X4utW1LG2JfnVLsbfqaazUEGNIG00JDkWKG7GGfoo66LRtxKmcXF1xVm8zi1tDvIZU4od2KRsxdohspEtb4mGoQSBu56nIsAUc6nvKmzEgYHw00RQWCL5THJexQ/w640-h482/All.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 1 - Small-to-medium-sized rough specimens from the haul: From left to right, top to bottom - Fluorite, lepidolite, blue apatite, and green zoisite with pargasite.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4d16HvJUK0rDLDyt45_Fgpm2DBEq8vOx7nY_WLgF84gs0yjrCvIswABqB1-gVnE9Dmq6tjh8KJvwC3OX1lb9H_84RLLHszDlpCiNdLqeflDpM6E8W6u41E5hPLr4pwQnos8dG4Nx1rCLH20l3wo2kFxHVtAX8UQ0y7jsHNt3s8IuXVyYRtWVsAjyVgtqe/s3300/IMG_20231226_160248.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2905" data-original-width="3300" height="564" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4d16HvJUK0rDLDyt45_Fgpm2DBEq8vOx7nY_WLgF84gs0yjrCvIswABqB1-gVnE9Dmq6tjh8KJvwC3OX1lb9H_84RLLHszDlpCiNdLqeflDpM6E8W6u41E5hPLr4pwQnos8dG4Nx1rCLH20l3wo2kFxHVtAX8UQ0y7jsHNt3s8IuXVyYRtWVsAjyVgtqe/w640-h564/IMG_20231226_160248.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 2 - Small boxed specimens from the haul: From
left to right, top to bottom - Aragonite, rhodonite, rock crystal, green tourmaline with quartz, and hematoid (red) quartz.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"> Fifth post in my <a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/search/label/Mineralogy" target="_blank"><b>mineralogy</b></a><a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/search/label/Mineralogy" target="_blank"> <b>series</b></a>, <b>talking about my mineral collection </b>✨💎! This time it's a <b>new haul from December 2023</b> from a<b> </b>mineral stall<b> </b>at a local mall - Featuring four small to medium-sized pieces (see <b>Fig. 1</b>)<b> - </b><b><u>Fluorite</u></b>,<b> <u>zoisite with pargasite</u></b>, <u><b>lepidolite</b></u>,<b> </b>and <b><u>blue apatite</u></b> -, and five small specimens in cardboard boxes: <u><b>Aragonite</b></u>, <u><b>rhodonite</b></u>, <u><b>rock crystal (clear quartz)</b></u>, <b><u>hematoid (red) quartz</u></b>, and <u><b>green tourmaline in quartz</b></u> (see <b>Fig. 2</b>). With this haul I got my first piece with <b>tourmaline</b> crystals; as well as another <b>lepidolite </b>added to my apparent <b>mica </b>subcollection xD; my first <b>zoisite</b>; my largest <b>fluorite </b>specimen so far (and it's a gorgeous one!); my first raw <b>rhodonite</b>; and more <b>quartzs </b>because you can never have too many quartzs, say I 😁👌! </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Before an extensive image gallery with all of these new pieces, here are some pictures of the mineral stall ✨💎. This stall offered quite a variety of minerals, from the most commonly found <b>tumbled stones</b>, <b>quartz geodes </b>and <b>amethyst clusters</b>, jewellery and decorative objects (from pyramids and towers, to trees and other carved objects), to a selection of small <b>mineral specimens in collectors' cardboard boxes</b> (which was a pleasant surprise, I love these), and also some larger <b>rough pieces</b>,
including celestine, lepidolite, fluorite, zoisite (mislabelled as
'ruby zoisite', as we'll later see 😅), rose quartz, rock crystal, and
blue apatite. The stall vendor was really nice too, letting us browse to
our heart's content and giving us a freebie with our haul (the small blue apatite) <span class="emoji emoji-large">😊. <br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY8lMFz0MckXO5GyZfyIwRcsp0Lfim-BSPw-UapwH8-sjas7eKvu1S3ev3fQq9NNPA8XmzTCGA0ahxnciwgWlgdsoMeNz_Dv_hh9HAfvV17Et6qUEgnqmp_xKsiKCKOo77Iun-sJWos8QYnnCqCBNsZwVcainjTRboP79t0MXiPUdECwWZujxJ68R03bgz/s3968/IMG_20231209_182622.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2976" data-original-width="3968" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY8lMFz0MckXO5GyZfyIwRcsp0Lfim-BSPw-UapwH8-sjas7eKvu1S3ev3fQq9NNPA8XmzTCGA0ahxnciwgWlgdsoMeNz_Dv_hh9HAfvV17Et6qUEgnqmp_xKsiKCKOo77Iun-sJWos8QYnnCqCBNsZwVcainjTRboP79t0MXiPUdECwWZujxJ68R03bgz/w640-h480/IMG_20231209_182622.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 3 - The mineral stall, featuring quite a lot of collectors' specimens in cardboard boxes, some rough and carved pieces at the back, and tumbles on the right.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiohOcWhhekxulvxVzg3kFfCGLtPXnteIs3_AxAqBRHqo3wsSelJs-O5W6m31m8s0pBBAaSs5MblpZSFHlbO0enSj5VDz0NJd_JVeJsoks5XXZSSm5oz6dYTP26ck6upcGxp0aU1mIxD-4FkFqMpIinsBLuYcc5dyM6EWM0EhrgX5Lf-xDu0kbZMAlXnwcB/s3968/IMG_20231209_184526.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3968" data-original-width="2976" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiohOcWhhekxulvxVzg3kFfCGLtPXnteIs3_AxAqBRHqo3wsSelJs-O5W6m31m8s0pBBAaSs5MblpZSFHlbO0enSj5VDz0NJd_JVeJsoks5XXZSSm5oz6dYTP26ck6upcGxp0aU1mIxD-4FkFqMpIinsBLuYcc5dyM6EWM0EhrgX5Lf-xDu0kbZMAlXnwcB/w300-h400/IMG_20231209_184526.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 4 - Selecting a zoisite, fluorite and lepidolite at the stall!<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPlkqhYhidDRNhUdPOPbzZYuvnbp99WABCDfIRr4PUPt9BR7AM7B59WZ0rE3euaDdrjHO8uQzzRFSg2FqRS_7O35boAOwq1Sc08QIy6IfpLJH2DSuuCn7rbfnkWlHKvvMHpNPpFqRZFVCbMHqHEsuwXiUBC1P4OpOdqgSssWh5zWOPSspHv49ZW6R7SGZp/s5982/Puesto.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3988" data-original-width="5982" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPlkqhYhidDRNhUdPOPbzZYuvnbp99WABCDfIRr4PUPt9BR7AM7B59WZ0rE3euaDdrjHO8uQzzRFSg2FqRS_7O35boAOwq1Sc08QIy6IfpLJH2DSuuCn7rbfnkWlHKvvMHpNPpFqRZFVCbMHqHEsuwXiUBC1P4OpOdqgSssWh5zWOPSspHv49ZW6R7SGZp/w640-h426/Puesto.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 5 - Quite a variety of kinds of minerals at this stall - from small boxed specimens, to rough and carved pieces, pendants, and tumbled stones. Shame about the 'crystal healing' mumbo-jumbo, tho :S<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="emoji emoji-large"> The only con that I would list about this stall, apart from the mislabelling problems (we'll get to that later), is the <b>unfortunate ubiquitous</b></span><b> presence of the 'crystal healing'/esoteric aspects</b>, especially in the areas of the tumbled stones and some of the rough specimens, with labels indicating the supposed 'properties' of each mineral (see <b><a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2022/08/expanding-my-mineral-collection.html" target="_blank">this post</a></b> to see <b>why 'crystal healing' pseudoscience is such a huge pet peeve of mine</b> 😅). And it's such a pet peeve because it isn't just some harmless mumbo-jumbo that people may want to believe in, it can also <b>effectively (and negatively) affect people's decisions regarding their health</b>. While I was browsing, I overheard a couple of university-age women selecting which tumbles to buy, and they weren't deciding based on such harmless criteria as their collections or their preferences as to colour, shape or luster, no. They were chatting about 'crystal healing' pseudoscience as a statement of fact, and one of them was considering getting a hematite tumble because the label said that this iron ore 'helped with anemia' and she had anemia. Girl, please, forget about the hematite and take some iron supplements instead <span class="emoji emoji-large">😬</span>.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> And now, here's for the hefty <b>picture spam</b>, which will be the main highlight of this post, apart from some brief descriptions of each piece 🤩💎. I typically expand on each of the minerals in my collection and show all specimens together in my <b>National Geographic/RBA collection </b>series in this blog (unless any haul minerals happen to not appear on that collection). So, in this case, I'll be expanding on <b>zoisite </b>here, while in future installments of this series I'll be writing in more detail about <b>rock crystal</b>,<b> hematoid/red quartz</b>,<b> lepidolite</b>, <b>apatite</b>,<b> </b>and <b>green tourmaline (verdelite)</b>.<b> </b>The rest have already featured in existing posts of the RBA series, as follows:</p><p style="text-align: justify;">✨<b><u><a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2022/08/expanding-my-mineral-collection.html" target="_blank">Post 1</a></u></b>: <u><b>Quartz (general introduction)</b></u>, and <u><b>fluorite</b></u>.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">✨<a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2022/11/expanding-my-mineral-collection.html" target="_blank"><b><u>Pos</u></b><b><u>t 2</u></b></a>: General info about the <u><b>mica</b></u> group, <b><u>rhodonite</u></b>. Also, a section about <b><u>milky quartz and iron-coated quartz</u></b>.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"> So, let's being with the pic spam, first some pics with all the haul together 😃✨:</p><p style="text-align: center;"><i></i></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdFUzQpCbn541b3gagWnwDgKL8y8kvbwG7yxpQDo4erLjyMYxwOv49Cz2dSbBt12axvVpVfpbawpa6TXO7KyUKGJQTaIXFTpRPOAiPXLl99uTG_ijJDN1J8Y2V_oYwfFtZxaFnvfYduz73bsOTd0iTlmXSkZSTJcGke5e4BZ5ZJLcu5Q7SPK_2TSPQAMop/s3968/IMG_20231218_164752.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2976" data-original-width="3968" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdFUzQpCbn541b3gagWnwDgKL8y8kvbwG7yxpQDo4erLjyMYxwOv49Cz2dSbBt12axvVpVfpbawpa6TXO7KyUKGJQTaIXFTpRPOAiPXLl99uTG_ijJDN1J8Y2V_oYwfFtZxaFnvfYduz73bsOTd0iTlmXSkZSTJcGke5e4BZ5ZJLcu5Q7SPK_2TSPQAMop/w400-h300/IMG_20231218_164752.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 6 - From left to right, top to bottom: Lepidolite, zoisite and pargasite, fluorite, and blue apatite.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ZVTVk6_sQnfnG2I1sHbs2KRPwlMv30QzQHMYgNm5Trwf5PaLgxeEgo1ViCsoLj25OgEpAbijH1Eg-h01WBDL3wZ4wzfnXTeJGetdKMDbH3GkcqwiB2C3uxJ67TZtyTUxfu9Gosqfv61XJ8YG1hfBAnGeRdiz1UA3p5Vr-jQyC9rsDQ4Q_beL3QfW496S/s3308/IMG_20240120_163423.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2863" data-original-width="3308" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ZVTVk6_sQnfnG2I1sHbs2KRPwlMv30QzQHMYgNm5Trwf5PaLgxeEgo1ViCsoLj25OgEpAbijH1Eg-h01WBDL3wZ4wzfnXTeJGetdKMDbH3GkcqwiB2C3uxJ67TZtyTUxfu9Gosqfv61XJ8YG1hfBAnGeRdiz1UA3p5Vr-jQyC9rsDQ4Q_beL3QfW496S/w400-h346/IMG_20240120_163423.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i><i><i>Fig. 7 - The five new boxed specimens: </i></i></i><i>From
left to right, top to bottom - Rock crystal, hematoid (red) quartz, green tourmaline with quartz, rhodonite and aragonite. More minerals from my collection in the background, featuring malachite, vanadinite, citrine, amethyst, azurite+malachite, and celestine. <br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNl5zmRqsW0EbMoQK9EPZzb_euzdFgPFcnAlDXxWVpBIgOWANJPdsOibJtOQcCl7rZxPmNxwYpWYtxZm_1EXd5G5ww_cu1rD_yyYwIGAIRRhU4L0eFpXQF2nnbagEikoWxY_5iaWOVNV8ri5V-vjmHRIdi6F_1Q6HXGX0BqirZ3tD5Rr6yxyFhjvZ8T105/s2724/IMG_20231218_164518.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1751" data-original-width="2724" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNl5zmRqsW0EbMoQK9EPZzb_euzdFgPFcnAlDXxWVpBIgOWANJPdsOibJtOQcCl7rZxPmNxwYpWYtxZm_1EXd5G5ww_cu1rD_yyYwIGAIRRhU4L0eFpXQF2nnbagEikoWxY_5iaWOVNV8ri5V-vjmHRIdi6F_1Q6HXGX0BqirZ3tD5Rr6yxyFhjvZ8T105/w400-h258/IMG_20231218_164518.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 8 - Same as Fig. 6, in direct sunlight.</i></td></tr></tbody></table></i><i><br /></i></div><div><i><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZjcrrcNn_mi3IwbS7oW_DJxv3eSphMjUaHpv2kMrDMadJhoMt9bFW-ZO9jxdsfcOmf9JZkAWiQj7CgJMqNDBovrB3FTg-7ZlLK28T9Va15j2H8RYjqrbau-hVf-cGVmk2KOv5pYkI0Wf1xiAs4EaELkH7S-hj2ckTRcFOO2VjQawIM0sWiDx6zf3k38U4/s1600/IMG-20231209-WA0009.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZjcrrcNn_mi3IwbS7oW_DJxv3eSphMjUaHpv2kMrDMadJhoMt9bFW-ZO9jxdsfcOmf9JZkAWiQj7CgJMqNDBovrB3FTg-7ZlLK28T9Va15j2H8RYjqrbau-hVf-cGVmk2KOv5pYkI0Wf1xiAs4EaELkH7S-hj2ckTRcFOO2VjQawIM0sWiDx6zf3k38U4/w400-h300/IMG-20231209-WA0009.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 9 - One happy mineral collector with her new haul </i>🤩💎</td></tr></tbody></table></i></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYHJA_DhO7nBb-5gmq-nCiClDNwnqpmqLr0ucQB4ot97gi0y6-NM716b_ZYGIRPz8PYRctFF6xfpHBodvkWVH5Y0D1R4QqeKN-D_BCeJwD5ETMSAx7nYgSC6JISiPTqzA3Ob75vaQ2Kn2c9zq8k4RWBWnM2GCkNj1NNymPfzaP1hkd3zVy9mdI4ZXDtPPq/s2837/IMG_20231209_211844.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2662" data-original-width="2837" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYHJA_DhO7nBb-5gmq-nCiClDNwnqpmqLr0ucQB4ot97gi0y6-NM716b_ZYGIRPz8PYRctFF6xfpHBodvkWVH5Y0D1R4QqeKN-D_BCeJwD5ETMSAx7nYgSC6JISiPTqzA3Ob75vaQ2Kn2c9zq8k4RWBWnM2GCkNj1NNymPfzaP1hkd3zVy9mdI4ZXDtPPq/w400-h375/IMG_20231209_211844.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 10 - Said haul </i>💎</td></tr></tbody></table><div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhABz3KzMAsuWDr7UFVb6T0TLUcZOaHK7Sn1GjwWR4ugRHHLx8CHg5QgKs-bZ7ll6jw7LAt3MZyAg7ofQy8t3SDopHH19KaEZj_tHXIxJruDkcTW83lH5gRw5VGd_52zIHbMY5uadQO9ZY7FBgjvCL-2m0ZRROVvLHMSxHm1J82qFuT_B88m_-LuyPIiQWh/s3968/IMG_20240120_163328.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2976" data-original-width="3968" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhABz3KzMAsuWDr7UFVb6T0TLUcZOaHK7Sn1GjwWR4ugRHHLx8CHg5QgKs-bZ7ll6jw7LAt3MZyAg7ofQy8t3SDopHH19KaEZj_tHXIxJruDkcTW83lH5gRw5VGd_52zIHbMY5uadQO9ZY7FBgjvCL-2m0ZRROVvLHMSxHm1J82qFuT_B88m_-LuyPIiQWh/w400-h300/IMG_20240120_163328.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i><i><i>Fig. 11 - The boxed minerals. </i></i></i><i>More minerals
from my collection in the background, featuring amethyst, lepidolite, labradorite, pyrite, smoky quartz, malachite, vanadinite,
citrine, azurite+malachite, and celestine. </i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i></i></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSqdJTs9lGl6hJqs0K17uoaBwUbo5WG6d8Uo0Wut8nr36hsmgZL3ump5FTS0N1obcmtsusAKU34Pi5R4EYJ_nW_amDa1o_402ffFgj1k4tAsy4ecpHRka0dCZKZwvkQYWleRUVHMs1iuw8R27BE9E4GL07lYCAmudGxdbCYYl6fOAA7oUMtKDdhGyQUWBX/s3337/IMG_20231226_160126.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2814" data-original-width="3337" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSqdJTs9lGl6hJqs0K17uoaBwUbo5WG6d8Uo0Wut8nr36hsmgZL3ump5FTS0N1obcmtsusAKU34Pi5R4EYJ_nW_amDa1o_402ffFgj1k4tAsy4ecpHRka0dCZKZwvkQYWleRUVHMs1iuw8R27BE9E4GL07lYCAmudGxdbCYYl6fOAA7oUMtKDdhGyQUWBX/w400-h338/IMG_20231226_160126.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><i>Fig. 12 - Same as Fig. 2, with flash. </i></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> ✨Also, a couple of <b>compilation videos with all of these new pieces together </b>(see longer videos for each of them below):</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwS764lfc42rgklJoEReTEnMlCx2FKSPzLVnjoRMBmoYEpklV5K4MYU3NfIxM4Gt-GGTw6vXkcwZs0zyFOuMg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy_d2gdpQMbNNBQRVIAhY0iij-49aauVtRj93eKtaH_2aYfTAp16rVEv_66sbuOIapXhjeZkBpiO2XtVHbz0w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><p style="text-align: justify;">And now for individual pictures of each of these, alongside a brief description ✨: </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>1) <u>Fluorite</u>: </b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Fluorite</b> (calcium fluoride, <b>CaF<sub>2</sub></b>) is definitely one of my favourite minerals, especially because of its <b>stunning array of colours</b>, a result of<b> impurities and exposure to radiation</b>,<b> </b>tinting the<b> </b>transparent and colourless pure form of fluorite into<b> transparent-to-translucent pieces with banding and/or zoning in various colours</b> (where green, purple, blue and yellow are the most common). My fluorite pieces have <b>(several shades of) green </b>as their<b> main colour</b>, with<b> purple</b>, <b>blue </b>and <b>light pink zoning</b>,<b> </b>and they're<b> especially beautiful to look at against the light</b>, as the picture spam below will amply demonstrate ✨<span class="emoji emoji-large">😍</span> xD. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">✨Read more about <u><b>fluorite</b></u> in<b> <a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2022/08/expanding-my-mineral-collection.html" target="_blank">this post</a></b> from my <b>RBA mineral collection series </b>on this blog. <br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> This is <b>the largest specimen of fluorite in my collection </b>so far (as seen in <b>Fig. 17</b>, alongside all my other fluorites), and it's mostly a <b>translucent light green</b>, alongside a couple of <b>purple zones</b> (especially a larger zone at one tip of the piece), and some <b>cyan blue zoning</b> and even some <b>yellow</b> also appear when looking at it against the light (see <b>Figs. 13-19</b> below, and also <b>Figs. 1, 4, 6, 8 and 10 </b>above). The banding is not so prominent in this piece in contrast to my tumbled fluorites, but you can also see some more subtle <b>purple and cyan banding patterns</b> against the light. The characteristic <b>vitreous luster</b> of fluorite also creates an <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iridescence" target="_blank">iridescent</a> effect</b> on the surface for this particular piece (a result of light refracting through layers of crystallization or internal fractures, as seen, for example, in <b>Fig. 15</b> and the videos below), and it's so pretty to look at! </p><p style="text-align: justify;">See below for pictures and a <b><u>video</u></b> showcasing the <b>luster </b>and <b>beautiful colour zoning</b> of this fluorite ✨:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCarfsDhvQ3ZypbjYADbbHhB9hLs0aO_svehYC2YAjzpiPpx7tPiioIny6tp7zFuqQEai-nkwG4t5JXQvFStDuJZOXoMZ-8Rv3IFGTJTdtnV3EX-pofOGazSk63_mPwrPK5RW58QGrBW80dYo4Ao6M9aSt9DBDXvJeZiA4Rv6BMEIB7m9hJbuhRZBsFHIE/s5155/Fluorita_Dec%202023_1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2773" data-original-width="5155" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCarfsDhvQ3ZypbjYADbbHhB9hLs0aO_svehYC2YAjzpiPpx7tPiioIny6tp7zFuqQEai-nkwG4t5JXQvFStDuJZOXoMZ-8Rv3IFGTJTdtnV3EX-pofOGazSk63_mPwrPK5RW58QGrBW80dYo4Ao6M9aSt9DBDXvJeZiA4Rv6BMEIB7m9hJbuhRZBsFHIE/w640-h344/Fluorita_Dec%202023_1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 13 - The largest fluorite in my collection so far, mostly green with a distinct purple zone.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghoo6ZSrX7V_EfBZLSXL4o9Jq9UPsDVYuJQfRbUilyNfDIsnrfLHYWCqdSD0M0gBVMD6MnBTei0HJ1VXieLyarwWz7aiHWCm1tfGI6HnP0pjrTtoAC68ogEUFnr9SjDDN6wiTrmJykg1alZ2B9Krjx8bvFnH9YaIoJGwu2ulI7oGPZbFw3yoVIVGm6J_Aq/s6497/Fluorita_Dec%202023_3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3443" data-original-width="6497" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghoo6ZSrX7V_EfBZLSXL4o9Jq9UPsDVYuJQfRbUilyNfDIsnrfLHYWCqdSD0M0gBVMD6MnBTei0HJ1VXieLyarwWz7aiHWCm1tfGI6HnP0pjrTtoAC68ogEUFnr9SjDDN6wiTrmJykg1alZ2B9Krjx8bvFnH9YaIoJGwu2ulI7oGPZbFw3yoVIVGm6J_Aq/w640-h340/Fluorita_Dec%202023_3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 14 - Green and purple fluorite against direct evening
sunlight. The subtle cyan zoning in this piece is more noticeable here,
close to the purple banding and zoning at the top.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPw5H6_BZ-9-mk4CND-tB_2QZRW2DfNVHkLTV5kL8ZkI8RUS82CW9KKR1cTHwCLRtPYtUUckBllwCSHlyULBiEc6zmwtoy8_64lxRyb_5segpB2c6qY1kJYZzaZvkfcd2Ul5Rgf11v7lD6t5afNBXfozol9bhlTLWh03zTQDmcEgK93SFPApipUnDf44-j/s4380/Fluorita_Dec%202023_5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2797" data-original-width="4380" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPw5H6_BZ-9-mk4CND-tB_2QZRW2DfNVHkLTV5kL8ZkI8RUS82CW9KKR1cTHwCLRtPYtUUckBllwCSHlyULBiEc6zmwtoy8_64lxRyb_5segpB2c6qY1kJYZzaZvkfcd2Ul5Rgf11v7lD6t5afNBXfozol9bhlTLWh03zTQDmcEgK93SFPApipUnDf44-j/w640-h408/Fluorita_Dec%202023_5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 15 - This specimen of fluorite showcases a lovely vitreous
luster, and also shows some iridescence on the surface at some angles, as a result
of the scattering of the incident light by the translucent crystal
layers.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_hQA9gQffA6KP94-tkKV0kuRc4l_Iy1ZlqJIOjQ1eSEzgLeO0ljE-6lz4sXIGlJmoZaMwV8ojYWsc-3Gb-_I9JoZi-QHxUNu33DWU1w1rG6o1mBSSQ57DNe1gKl02qrJcnkYwRTh2AErl7drGUy75KdTT2d-Nuc69zUYpMiZTF7wsewsWTTd_-n36lzQN/s4450/Fluorita_Dec%202023_6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2591" data-original-width="4450" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_hQA9gQffA6KP94-tkKV0kuRc4l_Iy1ZlqJIOjQ1eSEzgLeO0ljE-6lz4sXIGlJmoZaMwV8ojYWsc-3Gb-_I9JoZi-QHxUNu33DWU1w1rG6o1mBSSQ57DNe1gKl02qrJcnkYwRTh2AErl7drGUy75KdTT2d-Nuc69zUYpMiZTF7wsewsWTTd_-n36lzQN/w640-h372/Fluorita_Dec%202023_6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 16 - Green and purple fluorite against direct evening
sunlight. The purple banding and zoning at the top is more defined at this angle.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhDEL41DVBgci_8CseRV814Ljb3icYRT7MarfivQ-LDzp9VuB6uBfB-nlUOyMylsvA0VMz0qqmxDa5mywrI3ut5er3RzlK19Q0P6vjBRWg8XtREdoIlXEMTJjc0HBm8tSIyXHBg199MjMVsLmlWM7jbR6NDvVM3tZ3kWiPxpL4RkxMrW0XdCg9fIV6ZOYp/s4338/Fluorita_Dec%202023_7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2622" data-original-width="4338" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhDEL41DVBgci_8CseRV814Ljb3icYRT7MarfivQ-LDzp9VuB6uBfB-nlUOyMylsvA0VMz0qqmxDa5mywrI3ut5er3RzlK19Q0P6vjBRWg8XtREdoIlXEMTJjc0HBm8tSIyXHBg199MjMVsLmlWM7jbR6NDvVM3tZ3kWiPxpL4RkxMrW0XdCg9fIV6ZOYp/w640-h386/Fluorita_Dec%202023_7.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 17 - Green and purple fluorite against direct evening
sunlight.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFhtkCX3B_8ZSPkO2TljFrjRGRNaar0bkaGaVeVWU_rGH7tFiCBzC8AZd2Gp_wBiu5DK6joLGOOVa39kfQmgv6WSU_hUgjsp_n-xY6qcbKFCFI-bFrCLVMWhHjhFi1VX5F_hBsglnMkG7Qx47VDHlyH2SbTfbSKwFJ8P0O08QfzcNygGQY6qjKkN-mJmox/s4851/Fluorita_Dec%202023%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2596" data-original-width="4851" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFhtkCX3B_8ZSPkO2TljFrjRGRNaar0bkaGaVeVWU_rGH7tFiCBzC8AZd2Gp_wBiu5DK6joLGOOVa39kfQmgv6WSU_hUgjsp_n-xY6qcbKFCFI-bFrCLVMWhHjhFi1VX5F_hBsglnMkG7Qx47VDHlyH2SbTfbSKwFJ8P0O08QfzcNygGQY6qjKkN-mJmox/w640-h342/Fluorita_Dec%202023%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 18 - Green and purple fluorite against direct evening sunlight (featuring a rainbow lens flare on the right).</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZvOTPnrUB6Nq4SQp494Miz7bZsue_zzp2K0jsX_VFHwSCSdvgk6TYKnep1w4lrQyUoj8O0tNv-XKYaIRwdTZni0bFPYmvEd1nL55UlRgdMopP6YyP4wIpYkSzD4TMKyCiUShwnoan0dm36TnLROqdtwq9fm-aB3G8DGJK2GLIzfmXcOalO4HFe3sXyxBK/s3318/IMG_20231220_150623.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1986" data-original-width="3318" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZvOTPnrUB6Nq4SQp494Miz7bZsue_zzp2K0jsX_VFHwSCSdvgk6TYKnep1w4lrQyUoj8O0tNv-XKYaIRwdTZni0bFPYmvEd1nL55UlRgdMopP6YyP4wIpYkSzD4TMKyCiUShwnoan0dm36TnLROqdtwq9fm-aB3G8DGJK2GLIzfmXcOalO4HFe3sXyxBK/w640-h384/IMG_20231220_150623.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 19 - My new fluorite (left), alongside the rest of <a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2022/08/expanding-my-mineral-collection.html" target="_blank">the fluorites in my collection</a>.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><u>Video</u> </b>✨:<b> <br /></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyn6jGnw-d71AXJ4s0tofBBCrjHS6gHUmiVqGq6_SynJaBrbNfZLDIcyCUjqeTWANcMcl3cUTA8HND25iq9mA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></b></div><b><br /></b><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>2) <u>Lepidolite</u>: </b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">This<b> purple mica </b>is <b>very rich in lithium </b>(Li), and the fact that I keep bumping into <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepidolite" target="_blank">lepidolite</a> (I have three so far, as pictured in <b>Fig. 19</b>) is extremely funny to me, because <b><a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2022/08/im-doctor-not-that-doctor-astrophysics.html" target="_blank">my Astrophysics thesis</a> revolved around studying stellar lithium to calibrate open clusters and estimate stellar ages</b>. So every time I find a lepidolite or other mineral containing lithium, it's highly probable that I will get it (see <b>Fig. 21</b>), if only because of the inside joke <span class="emoji emoji-large">🤣</span>. I also really like the colour purple (the book also, but no pun intended xD), so the <b>range of purples of lepidolite</b> (<b>from lilac to grey-violet, a deeper purple or purplish pink</b>) is another thing that I quite like about this mineral <span class="emoji emoji-large">💜</span>. Lepidolite will also feature in future installments of my <b>RBA <a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/search/label/Mineralogy" target="_blank">mineral collection series</a></b>!</p><div style="text-align: justify;">This is the third lepidolite in my collection (see <b>Figs. 20-23</b> below, and also <b>Figs. 1, 4, 6, 8 and 10 </b>above), a medium(ish)-sized raw piece featuring a <b>massive habit</b>, its characteristic <b>vitreous-to-pearly luster</b>, and a purple shade that I would describe as<b> lilac-grey</b>, although it does change subtly depending on the lighting (as we can see in the photos, depending on whether there's direct or indirect sunlight, artificial lighting, or camera flash), from a slightly <b>deeper lavender to rosier or more greyish hues</b>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> The <b><u>video</u></b> below (in direct sunlight) showcases the <b>vitreous and sparkly luster typical of this mica variety</b> and the<b> delicate lilac shade of this specific lepidolite</b>, ranging to more greyish hues in the early afternoon Sun to rosier tones in late evening direct sunlight✨:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirRH2KihYdAODRndVYiOgYNFWOVovhIJXMjt4Tf4AUhm3F0pEDcO83ac-_so7AkkQWVDRDuMPoryui-_BxBd_zcs4SVw2C7h0We1HWLrwLVAdoRq0tRr_5gJ2uMQGtDBwMCNDrQaU_KKweVMCDQakOAmgA9QEzsfaN0u-A6DKwMX7JIx1_UfywdT3Dsxz5/s7872/Lepidolita1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3603" data-original-width="7872" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirRH2KihYdAODRndVYiOgYNFWOVovhIJXMjt4Tf4AUhm3F0pEDcO83ac-_so7AkkQWVDRDuMPoryui-_BxBd_zcs4SVw2C7h0We1HWLrwLVAdoRq0tRr_5gJ2uMQGtDBwMCNDrQaU_KKweVMCDQakOAmgA9QEzsfaN0u-A6DKwMX7JIx1_UfywdT3Dsxz5/w640-h292/Lepidolita1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 20 - A raw lepidolite with a massive habit, here photographing as a rosy lilac-grey.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgedOhXQpcgnCj_2IPAAgyMP8OE4emVdSvFsqiSlRGjBwYPn33fB4Fiv6y7LOXzuGEIqx0QdzqBAgNhJG-rSV3PCsc8VrvHgyghDZWVvXSs5Dlyi1Mopr0xCmu7YIIXDb00mgFJYX3_x22wI2-b77yQ1VR5ufpgDembUBsD9VvaHJLVQy7tYEIfosB1EU7r/s2568/IMG_20231218_170305.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="2568" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgedOhXQpcgnCj_2IPAAgyMP8OE4emVdSvFsqiSlRGjBwYPn33fB4Fiv6y7LOXzuGEIqx0QdzqBAgNhJG-rSV3PCsc8VrvHgyghDZWVvXSs5Dlyi1Mopr0xCmu7YIIXDb00mgFJYX3_x22wI2-b77yQ1VR5ufpgDembUBsD9VvaHJLVQy7tYEIfosB1EU7r/w400-h399/IMG_20231218_170305.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 21 - The new lepidolite alongside my other two specimens, featuring a smaller and very pale grey-lilac raw piece, and a deeper purple large slab in the scaly aggregate habit in which many micas are found.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh4nK96zEUW9_4BtJOLca5rmA_2g1aDSos_pyBGnD46gCMUeCXaDWon33gJStWnIKTAkMrsjnoo2PJF_Sg2b6OfwzN_2wgIj_39B_R-9pZHd2qExNLVrs5d-DPRK12-aLlqfZ6-M-VsViKC9mXEsIV7wpQ9leOJKp7KYj8ok5hTuWvnzJRhAbuuaa2VMGw/s6656/Lepidolita2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3221" data-original-width="6656" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh4nK96zEUW9_4BtJOLca5rmA_2g1aDSos_pyBGnD46gCMUeCXaDWon33gJStWnIKTAkMrsjnoo2PJF_Sg2b6OfwzN_2wgIj_39B_R-9pZHd2qExNLVrs5d-DPRK12-aLlqfZ6-M-VsViKC9mXEsIV7wpQ9leOJKp7KYj8ok5hTuWvnzJRhAbuuaa2VMGw/w640-h310/Lepidolita2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 22 - More angles for this lepidolite. The very sparkly nature of this specimen doesn't show as well in photos as in video, but these pictures manage to capture it a bit.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"><b></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinMkH6i8si3IT2Z6CnSSWqH2Fmg9HJdbhyphenhyphen_1PAMkoMIwvFy5Pl-ekYY5ZUElAk400Z-T9aPC5vp57iywXbY4PqWrC6vJs-sIvzYEc_UNamfFhA92-7tMuLA22h1vUcs_COHc_KlgkrgihA_vz8ITNaaj_2C-LOhzFH8-LORiIQLRmfR54-XDecjGmBIt2x/s2976/IMG_20231218_170333_2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2402" data-original-width="2976" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinMkH6i8si3IT2Z6CnSSWqH2Fmg9HJdbhyphenhyphen_1PAMkoMIwvFy5Pl-ekYY5ZUElAk400Z-T9aPC5vp57iywXbY4PqWrC6vJs-sIvzYEc_UNamfFhA92-7tMuLA22h1vUcs_COHc_KlgkrgihA_vz8ITNaaj_2C-LOhzFH8-LORiIQLRmfR54-XDecjGmBIt2x/w400-h323/IMG_20231218_170333_2.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 23 - Showing a deeper lavender in this lighting, with the other two specimens in the background.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><u>Video</u> </b>✨:<b> </b><b></b><b> <br /></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwn1k4n5F94xbWzDVt-LS1Nnoh3OTcwYKWIMRtadbFEjn-T9DDAR6CFv5E4J04_cH3ClHY969-1skLikcYKpg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></b></div><b><br /></b><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>3) <u>Blue apatite</u>: </b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> I got this small raw specimen of <b>blue apatite</b> (a group of phosphate minerals) as a freebie for the other purchases! This is the second apatite in my collection (the other being the specimen from the RBA collection, see <b>Fig. 25</b>, in the background). It's rather more delicate than my other apatite, as I found out when several small pieces started to break off when I was minimally handling it to take pictures of it <span class="emoji emoji-large">😱</span> (at least that was a good moment to see the <b>conchoidal to uneven fracture of apatite</b>, I guess <span class="emoji emoji-large">😅 xD). It's still got a very interesting shape despite the breakage accident, though, and displays the characteristic <b>luster </b>that's <b>a mix between vitreous and resinous</b>. As for the colour, </span>the typical <b>peacock blue hue</b> of blue apatite appears a bit more intensely in the RBA collection piece, but this specimen (as pictured in <b>Figs. 24-26 </b>below, as well as in <b>Figs. 1, 6, 8</b> and <b>10</b> above) also showcases its bright blue, which is the highlight of blue apatite for me ✨.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> ✨<b><u>Apatite</u></b> will also feature in future installments of my <b>RBA <a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/search/label/Mineralogy" target="_blank">mineral collection series</a></b>! Also see below for a <b><u>video</u></b> where we can see the luster, colour and shape of this blue apatite, in direct sunlight ✨:</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1LgUNHkWzymwrhyphenhyphenjdbMUQmTthuQJ8Rm0eY6Sj8QLDdKWMrOL5oKuksLwnCTUOccQlix0zezKTxLkPNHonSNGeJukiqAEz55IE-HeSzU6-WfWh5ktNwhhl5rzMDmbZKvGYrCELVlj3t1bEhHzjpvDRHgQ_Rg92ERY3-nKzdZ6vEih4G-rqF9RR1xXc0whm/s3829/IMG_0578.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3181" data-original-width="3829" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1LgUNHkWzymwrhyphenhyphenjdbMUQmTthuQJ8Rm0eY6Sj8QLDdKWMrOL5oKuksLwnCTUOccQlix0zezKTxLkPNHonSNGeJukiqAEz55IE-HeSzU6-WfWh5ktNwhhl5rzMDmbZKvGYrCELVlj3t1bEhHzjpvDRHgQ_Rg92ERY3-nKzdZ6vEih4G-rqF9RR1xXc0whm/w400-h333/IMG_0578.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 24 - A small blue apatite, showcasing its characteristic bright peacock blue hue.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ5boNaC3p8pgC0IBqboosdrH5X6n2x-dGQ_sdSl9CEEHyTep9f0W3uerTxTeTyskoZQPb2dLtsT7K4qoDSlrpI2w3MXWmCec01fCDLeI7uF_Mrd8nT7gJl8tqcYbEnVJv_kEALoEvJhFqHiagVLB9GUisVKrRbcj1CwUnznaGZEGga400_qIsAZUbF-yy/s2468/IMG_20231220_152441.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1985" data-original-width="2468" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ5boNaC3p8pgC0IBqboosdrH5X6n2x-dGQ_sdSl9CEEHyTep9f0W3uerTxTeTyskoZQPb2dLtsT7K4qoDSlrpI2w3MXWmCec01fCDLeI7uF_Mrd8nT7gJl8tqcYbEnVJv_kEALoEvJhFqHiagVLB9GUisVKrRbcj1CwUnznaGZEGga400_qIsAZUbF-yy/w640-h514/IMG_20231220_152441.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 25 - The new blue apatite, alongside my other specimen from the RBA collection (in the background). The latter has a slightly brighter blue shade.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoyACoTXK1u4RsOTTnJ6SofrDXNr6T6LaA9Iu2x_o3G2Nm5OZ09cFCw_2zMWWXkg2bGqc2Fs7pIew8SPOvz7teDygdFrnZ4f_YFMil81hJ04eP6cqvdUO9H8hqhgD7AxSM_TTg2gV_Shx4Qr8hd3jIZdIV2-BeCaEpj-eQc0w6CVxjVCFoYpPMgT4Ix84d/s4021/Apatite1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1879" data-original-width="4021" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoyACoTXK1u4RsOTTnJ6SofrDXNr6T6LaA9Iu2x_o3G2Nm5OZ09cFCw_2zMWWXkg2bGqc2Fs7pIew8SPOvz7teDygdFrnZ4f_YFMil81hJ04eP6cqvdUO9H8hqhgD7AxSM_TTg2gV_Shx4Qr8hd3jIZdIV2-BeCaEpj-eQc0w6CVxjVCFoYpPMgT4Ix84d/w640-h300/Apatite1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 26 - Different angles of this blue apatite, in direct sunlight.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><u>Video</u> </b>✨:<b> <br /></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx_ckNjvT3-fIEokeihzGGNMI0FgI0bbRCd3GTYRoBqf2cFIIb24fyBhqD4-laPY0lN6cFMVzHWFHSOrm_RbA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><b><br /></b><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>4) <u>Zoisite & pargasite</u>: </b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> This<b> green zoisite (chrome-zoisite) with inclusions of black pargasite </b>(see <b>Figs. 27-28 </b>and <b>31-33</b> below, as well as <b>Figs. 1, 4, 6, 8 and 10 </b>above) has a curious story about it. At the stall, it was sold as '<b>ruby zoisite</b>' <span class="emoji emoji-large">🤔</span>, and right off the bat it was quite clear that there was <b>no ruby going on anywhere in any of these pieces</b>, unless they're so tiny I would need a UV torchlight (which I have but still haven't tried on my collection) to identify the rubies via fluorescence (as<b> red corundum aka ruby <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby#Physical_properties" target="_blank">fluoresces</a> red under UV light</b>). But even if this were the case, it would be hardly legit to label these pieces as 'ruby zoisite' (aka <b>anyolite</b>, as we'll see below), when, to the eye, it's 'just' a green mineral peppered with inclusions of another shiny black mineral (pargasite). So I thought (and I was initially right), well, this is just zoisite, and I got it because I didn't have any zoisite pieces in my collection as yet, and it was a very pretty specimen, disregardless of whether it had ruby in it or not. So that was that, it was added to the haul alongside the others! </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQt-059Eqf1W22tEzudGx4JeZUkpqwtjwI7xYSL0v1IUfBmJ-cqqLeiOIIFvs37LqVz_BxFtPaUaurZks8vHyFBFegqt2i-V9DgShsm54pF_0c9g954lGh2wwqw1WN1s6-7RaDSz91DwiRxIbNo2HO7L0r3RzCoALP_GtWDI8y3KpKt7EpFmZTBSJyBqgX/s3977/Fuchsite4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1765" data-original-width="3977" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQt-059Eqf1W22tEzudGx4JeZUkpqwtjwI7xYSL0v1IUfBmJ-cqqLeiOIIFvs37LqVz_BxFtPaUaurZks8vHyFBFegqt2i-V9DgShsm54pF_0c9g954lGh2wwqw1WN1s6-7RaDSz91DwiRxIbNo2HO7L0r3RzCoALP_GtWDI8y3KpKt7EpFmZTBSJyBqgX/w640-h284/Fuchsite4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr style="text-align: left;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 27 - A bright green chrome-zoisite with inclusions of black pargasite.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">But before delving into the rather amusing identification journey for this piece <span class="emoji emoji-large">😅</span>, I would like to point out that I don't know who was more at fault here with the <b>mislabelling of these zoisites</b>, whether it was the actual stall vendor (who was very sweet and helpful throughout, but also didn't strike me as someone who knew a whole lot about the minerals and pieces she was selling), or whether it was rather the vendor's supplier who sold these zoisites to her already labelled as 'ruby zoisite'. Might have been the latter, but no idea. However it may have happened, <b>it is more than obvious that 'ruby zoisite' catches the browsers' eyes much more effectively than just 'zoisite with pargasite'</b>, and the label itself did not stem from ignorance, it is quite clearly meant to be an intentional clickbait <span class="emoji emoji-large">😬</span>. Who doesn't want to buy a piece that includes rubies, one of the most famous gemstones, and for just 3-4€, no less? What a bargain!<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> And so, it would be remiss of me not to mention that, even though I didn't care in the slightest about getting a zoisite with no ruby in it and bought it knowing with 99.9% surety that in the piece there were no rubies to be found,<b> many people </b>drawn to a mineral stall such as this one are<b> often not mineralogy experts or long-time collectors who are able to keep honing their identification skills with practice</b> (and we will talk about that honing later on xD). Which means that <b>they may not be able to correctly identify the pieces they're buying and might readily accept the word of the vendors about their nature and origin, trusting in their supposed expertise </b>on the matter (a level of actual expertise which is also relatively absent, in more cases than we would <span class="emoji emoji-large">prefer 😬</span>). Whether it might have been more out of amorality or out of ignorance in this particulat case, <b>lack of transparency and unethical and fraudulent practices most certainly exist aplenty in the 'crystal industry'</b>, and an example of these practices is to <b>mislabel a lower-value mineral as something that is higher-grade, more expensive or more showy</b>, so as to catch the potential costumers' attention and interest more quickly. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> This is done way more often than we'd like, not only by <b>selling lower-grade minerals and gems as higher grade</b>, but also coming in the form of <b>dyed, irradiated and/or completely synthetic minerals</b> (which can also be quite lovely, if only there was more transparency on the matter) <b>being labelled as completely natural</b>, often with the intention of selling them for a higher price because of their rarity in nature. Sigh. As another example of this in this stall, there were some <b>blatantly fake 'emerald' and 'ruby' cabochons hailing from India</b>, imitations which are already infamously known
to the mineral community to a greater or lesser extent, but rather less to the passers-by <span class="emoji emoji-large">😬 (you can see some of these imitation 'emeralds' in <b>Fig 5</b>, in the right)</span>. It's also fair to say, however, that this stall wasn't really scamming costumers price-wise because<b> all of the rough pieces and boxed specimens available </b>(including the zoisites)<b> were quite affordable</b> (most of them were 3-4€ each, more than reasonable for their size and quality). But that doesn't cancel out the fact that <b>the mislabelling of these pieces was misleading</b> (a personal pet peeve), and effectively acting as a clickbait, all the same.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirA8Iw4tsj5da6adITMbjo21vyUjA25RQ9-Jov8cUtKtS5heWepLxCcLwvYX7CVmR7d1rk0tlGDkWVgINNhlC8lJTTv8hwyNSpdjHaDKDIf8StAAelOK5G-N64gj0FAzQaYSLSg9JOQ_p_lQ0YGI-ODGqcjHn-srLwBy4tp8HliQW6-fEaYfAMb9lYe1nS/s2973/Fuchsite3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2109" data-original-width="2973" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirA8Iw4tsj5da6adITMbjo21vyUjA25RQ9-Jov8cUtKtS5heWepLxCcLwvYX7CVmR7d1rk0tlGDkWVgINNhlC8lJTTv8hwyNSpdjHaDKDIf8StAAelOK5G-N64gj0FAzQaYSLSg9JOQ_p_lQ0YGI-ODGqcjHn-srLwBy4tp8HliQW6-fEaYfAMb9lYe1nS/w400-h284/Fuchsite3.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 28 - Fuchsite (left) and chrome-zoisite (right)<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"> So that's that on that respect. But not the end of the story on this zoisite, as I then embarked in an unexpected journey of identification doubts for this piece <span class="emoji emoji-large">😅</span>, from thinking it was <b>zoisite with hornblende</b> (it is zoisite and pargasite xD), to zoisite with maybe included <b>biotite instead of pargasite</b>, to 'could it actually be <b><i>fuchsite </i>instead of zoisite</b> <span class="emoji emoji-large">🤔</span>??' (spoiler, it is not xD), to 'no, <b>it <i>is </i>zoisite</b>, and maybe biotite' again, to, <i>finally</i>, some identification tests and Reddit threads discussing zoisite later, I arrived at 'this is <b><i>definitely</i> zoisite with pargasite</b>' <span class="emoji emoji-large">😅</span><span class="emoji emoji-large">👍</span>. Quite an annular structure in this journey, overall (all the <i>LOTR </i>and <i>Hobbit </i>puns have been unintended but welcome <span class="emoji emoji-large">🤣</span>).</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL79zQtS_MrhmFYWX6rmQ8mxska-bOLD9mdMHr-RRFnLpbCSXRAB5Alj0zPBbo_XZAmAlSJw4FB4CTlXSGjkKinbp0W7BBzhYeJp1U04i_W6SyZoGYC2Tdp3eA49cenuK2CqCHJBMiHa-sRBcvspHjzvxiukoengTiVis7c8LkgUs40YfeIDa_cfBn-y8i/s250/tumblr_njpts0i8Kq1rpk9exo6_r1_250.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="250" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL79zQtS_MrhmFYWX6rmQ8mxska-bOLD9mdMHr-RRFnLpbCSXRAB5Alj0zPBbo_XZAmAlSJw4FB4CTlXSGjkKinbp0W7BBzhYeJp1U04i_W6SyZoGYC2Tdp3eA49cenuK2CqCHJBMiHa-sRBcvspHjzvxiukoengTiVis7c8LkgUs40YfeIDa_cfBn-y8i/w200-h200/tumblr_njpts0i8Kq1rpk9exo6_r1_250.gif" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Me identifying this zoisite like xDD</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">So yeah. I left the stall fully convinced that I had a <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoisite" target="_blank">zoisite</a></b> in my possession, and a quick research session into this mineral made me conclude that the black inclusions were probably <b>hornblende </b>(specifically, <b>black <a href="https://www.minerals.net/mineral/pargasite.aspx" target="_blank">pargasite</a></b>), as zoisite is <a href="https://www.mindat.org/gl/105821" target="_blank">often accompanied by it</a>. So far, so good! but I suppose that the 'ruby zoisite' mislabelling issue, accompanied by the fact that this is my first zoisite (and so I had nothing to compare it to), suddenly made me start to doubt whether this was actually zoisite or if the stall had mislabelled that too xD. To top it off, I then mixed up in my mind two different hardness tests that I had done on the same day with different pieces, which resulted in me wrongly thinking that this piece could be scratched with my nails <span class="emoji emoji-large">😅</span>, and so it had to have a hardness of 2-3 on the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohs_scale" target="_blank">Mohs scale</a></b> (see <b>Fig. 29</b>). Meanwhile, zoisite has a hardness of <b>6-7</b>, which is quite a leap on the scale xD. This supposed hardness test, alongside the fact that I was then already wondering whether the black pargasite inclusions could be black mica (biotite) instead, made me immediately leap to the wrong conclusion that the main material was of the mica group as well, specifically a green mica, a <b>fuchsite</b>. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi00SUA12BasgwWgbQ38lxYvjcnc30w2L3aArEwYeyz_JVrHGGNcsSIIN05yazl_dgYMAwvjA-4LovEzjgrO6-CN4uZDNg0dAasUj4VWE8E019-5XUVLyX5I_gBwD_prfp9jVvY0VZW_m3WD9Wvtdq2Pln65iiThLizHjAwIuelurYt_TgkG5MuGn0aBWHR/s800/Mohs.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="557" data-original-width="800" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi00SUA12BasgwWgbQ38lxYvjcnc30w2L3aArEwYeyz_JVrHGGNcsSIIN05yazl_dgYMAwvjA-4LovEzjgrO6-CN4uZDNg0dAasUj4VWE8E019-5XUVLyX5I_gBwD_prfp9jVvY0VZW_m3WD9Wvtdq2Pln65iiThLizHjAwIuelurYt_TgkG5MuGn0aBWHR/s320/Mohs.webp" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 29 - Mohs hardness scale (<a href="https://www.gemsociety.org/article/select-gems-ordered-mohs-hardness/" target="_blank">Source</a>)<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"></p></div><div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> I did redo the <b>hardness test</b>, thankfully, and found out that neither the green mineral nor the black inclusions got scratched with my nails by a long shot, that this piece scratched pieces such as apatite (<b>5 </b>on the Mohs scale) and other minerals up to hardness <b>6</b>, that it also scratched glass (so it had to be higher on the scale than<b> 5.5</b>), and that quartz (<b>7</b> on the Mohs scale) just barely managed to make the slightest mark. So <b>this piece had a hardness of approximately 6.5 (between 6 and 7), which fits zoisite's listed hardness to a T</b>, and my first call seemed to be about right. With the wrong hardness test results dispelled, however, the rest of the pieces began to click together as well: The <b>difference in look, feel and luster between this zoisite and my <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuchsite" target="_blank">fuchsite</a> became apparent</b> (see <b>Fig. 28</b>, where my small rough fuchsite specimen, mixed with silvery moscovite, showcases a more pearly luster and a characteristic cleavage than the zoisite lacks). </p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheArztXvInXQh-grumMrEBVRV0WvV8j5-DQpD0v221UGm5FfhRHAfhrwHEkI9V3AsmhyphenhyphenFJD9FEyCE6lIM6JytSNYMMvZRUc5jUxKhZ5L9gGLqplobjQMSwJ0OXHkvEfxNtU6mDo2QLXWCZ_asGI1lQylVQ61V_hFT1_hWSWVaoc55_PrG0XYGfXg_9j77g/s699/55443317_418151682323007_8096582169838747648_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="699" data-original-width="696" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheArztXvInXQh-grumMrEBVRV0WvV8j5-DQpD0v221UGm5FfhRHAfhrwHEkI9V3AsmhyphenhyphenFJD9FEyCE6lIM6JytSNYMMvZRUc5jUxKhZ5L9gGLqplobjQMSwJ0OXHkvEfxNtU6mDo2QLXWCZ_asGI1lQylVQ61V_hFT1_hWSWVaoc55_PrG0XYGfXg_9j77g/w318-h320/55443317_418151682323007_8096582169838747648_n.jpg" width="318" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig 30 - Hornblende (top) vs biotite mica (bottom)</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"> Finally, regarding the <b>conundrum of <a href="https://www.minerals.net/mineral/pargasite.aspx" target="_blank">pargasite</a> vs <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biotite" target="_blank">biotite</a> </b>(see <b>Fig. 30</b>), the <b>platy prismatic/tabular crystals of pargasite</b> can be certainly confused to an extent with the characteristic <b>platy sheets of mica</b>, but the specimen also clearly showcases the <b>difference in hardness between mica and hornblende</b> (a mica, with a hardness of <b>2.5</b> on the Mohs scale, will flake easily when handled, leaving glittery specks on your fingers and strewn on your surfaces, while the pargasite crystals on the zoisite specimen, with a hardness of <b>5-6</b>, don't even budge xD). And also the <b>difference in luster</b>, with both being vitreous, but <b>pargasite</b> also having <b>a luster that is submetalic rather than pearly (mica)</b>. </div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> So I guess that all of this means that <b>1) Mineral identification is a lot of fun</b>, albeit hard and confusing at times <span class="emoji emoji-large">😅</span>, and that <b>2) practice makes perfect </b>(well, it makes <i>better </i>xD) <b>when it comes to honing these skills</b>, for sure.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> Seeing as zoisite doesn't feature on the RBA kiosc collection I'm organizing most of my mineral posts around (apart from hauls), I will now be talking with a bit more detail about <b>zoisite </b>(and also about <b>pargasite</b>, although<b> </b><b>hornblende</b> in general will feature on the RBA series as well): And before that, now's the time, finally, for some more <b>pictures </b>and a <b><u>video</u></b> showcasing the <b>bright green</b> of this <b>chrome-zoisite </b>and the lovely <b>vitreous luster of the combo of zoisite and pargasite</b> in the Sun ✨:</p></div><div><p style="text-align: center;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQpdRXBJcZs-AQG59KJux9PDBFtv_oWP181rOLe4azYdFWudoqYqGGlsEVdb6ZSXMMB3E6vtOdElyPPAqe10wiJ38IjxpkKYTOzLHkreh73uB-doncRMcWWY0lXbw8iQ51yJm4_ORf4m27mVW1uluJdY1nhMs_Z4gh6nAXkAKirCs6wiQfMttdBxUfzIUj/s4081/Fuchsite5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="4081" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQpdRXBJcZs-AQG59KJux9PDBFtv_oWP181rOLe4azYdFWudoqYqGGlsEVdb6ZSXMMB3E6vtOdElyPPAqe10wiJ38IjxpkKYTOzLHkreh73uB-doncRMcWWY0lXbw8iQ51yJm4_ORf4m27mVW1uluJdY1nhMs_Z4gh6nAXkAKirCs6wiQfMttdBxUfzIUj/w640-h302/Fuchsite5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 31 - </i><i> This chrome-zoisite has a bright green hue and presents inclusions of black pargasite.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><b><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsUgaEvmMBN7YwmNtHmk8Q_hFhzuzOxpjJf-wb3weajeXfWXfJ_e1C-byRuiM-y7Y9nFtu9rHSnGFwGqCO1stof125T9cxYc1A-8pHiLVv52sH-osPJm9KiSSGvam-t2b0eC-tSyNunDUDm-pvlrcmxknk5WUTQHrcoLRN7d0lMifiyOkbA9icUAEAAtRk/s3773/Fuchsita2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1693" data-original-width="3773" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsUgaEvmMBN7YwmNtHmk8Q_hFhzuzOxpjJf-wb3weajeXfWXfJ_e1C-byRuiM-y7Y9nFtu9rHSnGFwGqCO1stof125T9cxYc1A-8pHiLVv52sH-osPJm9KiSSGvam-t2b0eC-tSyNunDUDm-pvlrcmxknk5WUTQHrcoLRN7d0lMifiyOkbA9icUAEAAtRk/w640-h288/Fuchsita2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 32 - Chrome-zoisite and pargasite in direct late evening sunlight.<b><br /></b></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIWcr5_wg8N5ADmZ4673TrVqW1h6UNLXbfLdAUhyNYVgZRUjj5aDpifeDj0TSr4WX4Aaw01gyijUSBoTj5YnT_u6ULRRLxpD8UsBmId7_mX4PiOW2qDiYmf8Q1njmXQs_3j5b_yXzmYhsja-yA_APqjHlW7tLKsqfHW80NQpXUmcAw_X7JPcuNFZYggXVw/s6832/Fuchsita1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2955" data-original-width="6832" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIWcr5_wg8N5ADmZ4673TrVqW1h6UNLXbfLdAUhyNYVgZRUjj5aDpifeDj0TSr4WX4Aaw01gyijUSBoTj5YnT_u6ULRRLxpD8UsBmId7_mX4PiOW2qDiYmf8Q1njmXQs_3j5b_yXzmYhsja-yA_APqjHlW7tLKsqfHW80NQpXUmcAw_X7JPcuNFZYggXVw/w640-h276/Fuchsita1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 33 - Chrome-zoisite and pargasite. The lighting in these two photos makes the piece looks rather more reddish than it actually is, which can also lead to error. In real life it only presents a small area that seems to be slightly stained on the surface (although UV light might be needed to know if there are any ruby minute inclusions going on xD).</i></td></tr></tbody></table></b><b> </b><b><u>Video</u> </b>✨:<b> <br /></b><p style="text-align: center;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxw_kTGwAOunJJLe0dNfIULOobLbrihH_0Ig-Ke_0Y2wUCJeEIrdtZw7AVy2xgIs4PWQgOwKYRAIXUeWONQWQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></b></div><b><br /></b></div><div><b></b><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>💎</b><u><b>A bit about zoisite (and pargasite)</b></u>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoisite" target="_blank">Source 1</a>, <a href="https://geology.com/minerals/zoisite.shtml" target="_blank">Source 2</a>, <a href="https://www.mindat.org/min-4430.html" target="_blank">Source 3</a>, </b><b><a href="https://www.minerals.net/mineral/pargasite.aspx" target="_blank">Source 4</a>, <a href="https://www.mindat.org/min-3119.html" target="_blank">Source 5</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pargasite" target="_blank">Source 6</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anyolite " target="_blank">Source 7</a>, <a href="https://geologyscience.com/gemstone/zoisite/" target="_blank">Source 8</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tschermakite" target="_blank">Source 9</a></b></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>- </b><u><b>Zoisite</b></u> (also known as <b><u>saualpite</u></b>) is a calcium aluminum hydroxy sorosilicate with the (lengthy xD) chemical formula <b>Ca<sub>2</sub>Al<sub>3</sub>(SiO<sub>4</sub>)(Si<sub>2</sub>O<sub>7</sub>)O(OH)</b>. Being the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthorhombic_crystal_system" target="_blank">orthorhombic</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymorphism_(materials_science)" target="_blank">polymorph</a> of <a href="https://www.mindat.org/min-1087.html">clinozoisite</a> </b>(the two minerals are <b>dimorphs</b>, with the same chemical formula but different crystal structure, see <b>Fig. 34</b>), zoisite was formerly assigned to the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epidote" target="_blank">epidote</a> mineral group</b> but is<a href="https://www.mindat.org/min-4430.html" target="_blank"> no longer considered to be a member</a> of it. In spite of this distinction, both zoisite and clinozoisite have very similar physical properties and are often very difficult to distinguish.<br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiynt-weg4T6tYFLYk83305LsSWssiKBAMXRuJpzqgaVUlBn7bxzSfQYZaPpbmuNxoQkNNwZDzcR3DBf1XGMTK_DDoelQvl5lzkyw0p6FskeiepZFXuAF_OL_OOAmesTM4fvNt0eNVGgPcjx0v6hGZ6e0LL-XHw3uePuM9-S48uTjmJoZSYJJ5Ye3hjvxvK/s777/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(5119).png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="777" data-original-width="511" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiynt-weg4T6tYFLYk83305LsSWssiKBAMXRuJpzqgaVUlBn7bxzSfQYZaPpbmuNxoQkNNwZDzcR3DBf1XGMTK_DDoelQvl5lzkyw0p6FskeiepZFXuAF_OL_OOAmesTM4fvNt0eNVGgPcjx0v6hGZ6e0LL-XHw3uePuM9-S48uTjmJoZSYJJ5Ye3hjvxvK/w263-h400/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(5119).png" width="263" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 34 - Zoisite&clinozoisite infographic (<a href="https://geology.com/minerals/zoisite.shtml" target="_blank">Source</a>)</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table> Zoisite (alongside clinozoisite) typically forms in metamorphic rocks in high-presssure and low-temperature conditions, and often through the <b>metamorphic alteration of pre-existing igneous and sedimentary rocks</b>, undergoing chemical changes and recrystallization. In these environments, it can occur in <b>massive form (granular masses)</b>, and as <b>prismatic crystals</b> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegmatite" target="_blank">pegmatites</a> and in veins in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schist" target="_blank">schists</a> and marbles. </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> This mineral is relatively hard, with a hardness of <b>6.5 to 7 on the Mohs scale</b>, and exhibits a perfect conchoidal fracture. Zoisite may be colourless or instead occur in a <b>wide range of colours</b>, from green (<b>chrome-zoisite</b>) and blue to pink, yellow, grey and violet. <b>Transparent blue (and violet) zoisite crystals</b>, coloured by <b>vanadium</b>, are known as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanzanite" target="_blank"><b><u>tanzanite</u></b></a>, a rare variant that was discovered in the 1960s in Tanzania (most of it is nowadays produced and sold by heat treating brown zoisites, changing the oxidation state of vanadium to turn the colour to blue). <b><u><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thulite" target="_blank">Thulite</a></u></b> (or <b>rosalite</b>) an <b>opaque pink manganese-bearing variety</b>, is also rare. Finally, we have <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anyolite" target="_blank"><b><u>anyolite</u></b></a>, or '<b>ruby zoisite</b>', <a href="https://www.mindat.org/gl/105821 " target="_blank">a rock composed of <b>bright green chrome-zoisite and red corundum crystals (ruby)</b></a>, often also accented by inclusions of <b>black</b> <b>pargasite</b> (or <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tschermakite" target="_blank">tschermakite</a></b>, see below). My specimen is pretty much an anyolite without the ruby, so not technically an anyolite at all <span class="emoji emoji-large">😅</span>, 'just' chrome-zoisite with black pargasite. Still very lovely, but as we've seen, also mislabelled in a problematic way by the vendors, and the difference between specimens such as mine and actual anyolite (see <b>Fig. 35.1-2</b>) are quite blatant when it comes to the red areas featuring ruby crystals.<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ1Xx8gnkpwxMl3lND_diokv2JQlbClkxdUkB0wjyw2jB3Ra9YrEvLPzrzxmbYY4p9FhX_CFNSITY7R7TgDbLTD5LajWD7Nb110oYCR1CcJS64aHucq6j_u2-Tt21FsMPkQTSF26lBczqNF8uMcLL-NiYbRfnMrLIis0dojn4yqM0EUSSNnmOS7HTfN-LF/s1600/07875580015934009415616.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1204" data-original-width="1600" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ1Xx8gnkpwxMl3lND_diokv2JQlbClkxdUkB0wjyw2jB3Ra9YrEvLPzrzxmbYY4p9FhX_CFNSITY7R7TgDbLTD5LajWD7Nb110oYCR1CcJS64aHucq6j_u2-Tt21FsMPkQTSF26lBczqNF8uMcLL-NiYbRfnMrLIis0dojn4yqM0EUSSNnmOS7HTfN-LF/s320/07875580015934009415616.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 34.1 - Anyolite (ruby zoisite) with black pargasite (Tanzania). Very similar to my specimen except for the ruby xD (<a href="https://www.mindat.org/photo-1060138.html" target="_blank">Source</a>)</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3spyvV4OJZa7E0HVUaFQegr4_KV7FREk3ffZZ4cYRhM3bmKs4EQpikvHulIcK-Qik8XOGuOQI5SxXzoE9YIlWB4cxU3VjQruFoSuxv4x5zTKe8tMMy9upsSj-GYSWZc2HDvhrMhaQs8D0rwWvzLzC7olrut3GE2ROsdZObhYx7-aizgRB7X_yuAUOhXtN/s1887/Aniolita.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1516" data-original-width="1887" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3spyvV4OJZa7E0HVUaFQegr4_KV7FREk3ffZZ4cYRhM3bmKs4EQpikvHulIcK-Qik8XOGuOQI5SxXzoE9YIlWB4cxU3VjQruFoSuxv4x5zTKe8tMMy9upsSj-GYSWZc2HDvhrMhaQs8D0rwWvzLzC7olrut3GE2ROsdZObhYx7-aizgRB7X_yuAUOhXtN/s320/Aniolita.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 34.1 - A ruby zoisite with black pargasite at Expominerales Madrid 2024. <br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><p style="text-align: justify;">- <b><u>Pargasite</u></b> <b><u>(</u></b>and also <b><u><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tschermakite" target="_blank">tschermakite</a></u></b>), is a complex <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicate_mineral" title="Silicate mineral">inosilicate</a> mineral of the<b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphibole" title="Amphibole">amphibole</a> group</b>, and a member of the extended <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornblende" title="Hornblende">hornblende</a> group of minerals (specifically, part of the hornblende-ferroschermakite group), with the (even more lengthy xD) chemical formula <b>NaCa<sub>2</sub>[(Mg, Fe<sup>2+</sup>)<sub>4</sub>Al](Si<sub>6</sub>Al<sub>2</sub>)O<sub>22</sub>(OH)<sub>2</sub></b><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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</xml><![endif]-->. <b>Amphiboles </b>as a group are inosilicates which typically contain calcium (Ca), aluminum (Al), iron (Fe) and/or magnesium (Mg) in their structures and form <b>prismatic or needlelike crystals</b>. <b>Ferro- and mangano-pargasites</b> (see the formula above) are <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isomorphism_(crystallography)" target="_blank"><b>isomorphs</b></a> (same crystal structure, different chemical composition), in this case differing in their iron or magnesium content. '<b>Hornblende</b>' as a term is commonly used <a href=" https://www.mindat.org/min-1930.html" target="_blank">informally to refer to any <b>opaque amphiboles, typically dark green to black</b></a>, which includes <b>tschermakite and pargasite</b>. All individual hornblende minerals have a very similar appearance, and can be practically indistinguishable without individual analysis. <br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoKLtl_-q6zmkLD5LeZ3jw5r2Rjp9vNYkdDQnr0mBnWjBI12Fdzs_ite_lcz3RQTm3YgY6w46iCH7kJvYj_WZBnZahbNT6iTMR3K9OgMR1MgNVNUc7VrUrqeHaWyDtcPcXYCtguoQg9xo1guf4cDtpGuOsf8_RpSBX01iaj_6CEdBP0ZxKPZlSNJcqXHjI/s1050/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(5121).png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="786" data-original-width="1050" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoKLtl_-q6zmkLD5LeZ3jw5r2Rjp9vNYkdDQnr0mBnWjBI12Fdzs_ite_lcz3RQTm3YgY6w46iCH7kJvYj_WZBnZahbNT6iTMR3K9OgMR1MgNVNUc7VrUrqeHaWyDtcPcXYCtguoQg9xo1guf4cDtpGuOsf8_RpSBX01iaj_6CEdBP0ZxKPZlSNJcqXHjI/w400-h300/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(5121).png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 36 - Pargasite infographic (<a href="https://www.minerals.net/mineral/pargasite.aspx" target="_blank">Source</a>)</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><u>Pargasite</u> </b>is<b> one of the most common amphiboles</b>,<b> </b>typically forming in <b>high-temperature </b><b>metamorphic rocks</b>, as well as in volcanic and <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultramafic" title="Ultramafic">ultramafic</a> <b> igneous rock. </b>It occurs as <b>granular masses </b>and as<b> opaque to transparent prismatic or tabular crystals</b>, with a <b>vitreous to submetallic luster </b>(such as the ones featured in my zoisite), and includes not only <b>opaque dark green and black</b> varieties, but also <b>transparent light-coloured </b>ones, as in the case of the highly sought-out <b>bright green transparent pargasite crystals</b>. Some of these varieties are recognized as individual minerals, with pargasite actually being the <b>principal member of its own complex mineral group </b>with a total of<b> 26 species</b>.<br /></div></div><div><p></p><p><b>✨</b><u><b>Some interesting history and STEM trivia about zoisite and pargasite</b></u>: </p></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><b><u>Zoisite</u> </b>was first described by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Gottlob_Werner" title="Abraham Gottlob Werner"><b>Abraham Gottlob Werner</b></a> in 1805, who named the mineral after Carniolan (a region that comprised parts of present-day Slovenia) naturalist <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Zois" title="Sigmund Zois">Sigmund Zois</a></b> (1747-1819), who financed mineral-collecting expeditions. It had been Zois who had sent Werner specimens of the then unknown zoisite (found by mineral dealer <b>Simon Prešern</b> in 1804), from the locality of <b>Saualpe </b>in Carinthia (Austria). Thus its alternative name, <b><u>saualpite</u></b>.</li></ul><ul><li><b><u>Pargasite</u></b> is named after the <b>Pargas</b> <b>Valley</b>,<b> </b>a locality in Finland, where dark green to black specimens of this mineral were first found and described. This name was coined in 1814 by Count <b>Fabian Gotthard von Steinheil</b>.</li></ul><ul><li><b><u>Uses of zoisite</u></b>: Both zoisite and clinozoisite are typically found in small quantities, and thus historically these minerals have not been very well-known or widely used either for industrial purposes or in the gemstone market. In spite of this, transparent and/or colourful specimens, such as <b>tanzanite</b>, <b>thulite </b>and <b>anyolite</b>, have gained popularity and are currently highly valued as <b>gemstones</b>, and used for<b> carvings. jewellery and other ornamental purposes</b>. Its rarer varieties are highly sought-after by <b>gemstone and mineral collectors</b>. Albeit less commonly, zoisite has also several <b>industrial </b>applications: As an <b>abrasive </b>for cutting and polishing other materials, due to its hardness, or used in ceramics or as a filler for other composite materials. <br /></li></ul></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><b><u>Pargasite</u></b> acts as the <b>main water-storage site </b>in the <b>Earth's upper mantle</b>. Although it becomes unstable at depths greater than 90 km, the presence of pargasite in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lherzolite" title="Lherzolite">lherzolite</a>-type ultramafic igneous rocks is also of great scientific value in order to <b>study the temperature ranges at which rocks form in the uppermost levels of the mantle</b>.<br /></li></ul></div><div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>5) <u>Aragonite</u>: </b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">And now we come to the five small boxed minerals from this haul! First is a small <b><a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/search?q=aragonite" target="_blank">pinecone aragonite cluster</a></b> (see <b>Figs. 37-39</b> below, as well as <b>Figs. 2, 7</b>, and <b>11-12</b> above), originating from <b>Cuenca (Castilla la Mancha, Spain)</b>. In my collection, I already had larger pinecone aragonites, but this one is still probably in my top three favourites, with <b>beautiful
reddish-brown <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aragonite" target="_blank">pseudo-hexagonal prismatic crystals</a> </b>grouped around a central axis (hence the alternative name '<b>aragonite star clusters</b>'). <br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> ✨<u><b>Aragonite</b></u> will also feature in the upcoming <b><u>post 4</u></b> of my <b>RBA <a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/search/label/Mineralogy" target="_blank">mineral collection series</a></b>! Also see below for a <b><u>video</u></b> showing the lovely crystals and the vitreous luster of this piece in direct sunlight ✨: <br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmqh884NqWBh7cjWwaV8yOHEqQLwrOxzXmh4gKHkdckEYZHXdAs72q5lTvGMYnXdXs5c3OPY0TCgzu_s2HnOUtPJ0Yf064T0WgT6gEjT9l1P6WWQwxlaYM3qrTAhniW9H_PTnEfFVE8u5Q2ZJGHfuVgi_SKkTW788Wzl_ZbXaoxp6voubPJ_5vW84jRsSx/s2412/Aragonito%20cajita.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2412" data-original-width="2239" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmqh884NqWBh7cjWwaV8yOHEqQLwrOxzXmh4gKHkdckEYZHXdAs72q5lTvGMYnXdXs5c3OPY0TCgzu_s2HnOUtPJ0Yf064T0WgT6gEjT9l1P6WWQwxlaYM3qrTAhniW9H_PTnEfFVE8u5Q2ZJGHfuVgi_SKkTW788Wzl_ZbXaoxp6voubPJ_5vW84jRsSx/s320/Aragonito%20cajita.jpg" width="297" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 37 - Pinecone aragonite, in its box.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA-m52wIKK433iNNs57zGPQZYzwnbVlS9WNi-mSXDonQA9zW3FBjDp4kYaCtXBb16crRVzg-0-m4SnlYJtXZHt61FaePxfmaF2BJvTOYghhjqpmNGagcYn24ZTFXiOZXnZR4KQDv3b5T5bvKjNROEe4HA6n758IBz2ENPRubudpUVw2WR3ID8gPWER35DN/s4994/Aragonito%20cajita%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2574" data-original-width="4994" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA-m52wIKK433iNNs57zGPQZYzwnbVlS9WNi-mSXDonQA9zW3FBjDp4kYaCtXBb16crRVzg-0-m4SnlYJtXZHt61FaePxfmaF2BJvTOYghhjqpmNGagcYn24ZTFXiOZXnZR4KQDv3b5T5bvKjNROEe4HA6n758IBz2ENPRubudpUVw2WR3ID8gPWER35DN/w640-h330/Aragonito%20cajita%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 38 - Pinecone aragonite with lovely red-brown pseudo-hexagonal prismatic crystals. Also, look at that luster!<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYEVQ1m_NxgSTSLaSS8bv77cWBTE9q4u_zLiXYilPxeVIFy4apx1vxxK8cwo3wyu8TyGsd9zeYhd8sEIZGMZ2_YcSE_djMrd-EXDC-qfdTOdIhyphenhyphenEekGwEKvW97J4o5DbMqskVRMqJ0oX6PeHdqsep262joomxcHS6aaOmzc0TF9cX5EiDIawZwQw0VuNJ4/s4820/Aragonito%20cajita%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2386" data-original-width="4820" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYEVQ1m_NxgSTSLaSS8bv77cWBTE9q4u_zLiXYilPxeVIFy4apx1vxxK8cwo3wyu8TyGsd9zeYhd8sEIZGMZ2_YcSE_djMrd-EXDC-qfdTOdIhyphenhyphenEekGwEKvW97J4o5DbMqskVRMqJ0oX6PeHdqsep262joomxcHS6aaOmzc0TF9cX5EiDIawZwQw0VuNJ4/w640-h316/Aragonito%20cajita%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 39 - </i><i>Pinecone aragonite, more angles.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><b> </b><b><u>Video</u> </b>✨:<b> </b><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b> </b><b><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dybfwYGQTsrUI_m1MScH-g1SpQ76AkqB3C7bIGQgBmhC5ohjqVNp23J2j5DV8I0F0K07DpWNRDLekcQGgx-Cw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>6) <u>Rhodonite</u>: </b></p><div data-reddit-rtjson="{"entityMap":{},"blocks":[{"key":"933ks","text":"It's visually similar to this one: https://www.mindat.org/photo-73945.html (only the green in this Mindat pic is, I think, epidote? 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Both of my rhodonite specimens are from <b>South Africa</b>, and this one (see <b>Figs. 40-44</b> below, as well as <b>Figs. 2, 7</b>, and <b>11-12</b> above) is a raw piece, displaying the <b>pink hue </b>characteristic of rhodonite, as well as its typical <b>vitreous luster, becoming more pearly on cleavage surfaces</b>. This specimen is <b>homogeneously pink and lacks the brown and black patches</b> of my tumbled rhodonite (<b>corresponding to manganese oxides</b>), but instead includes a <b>curious green patina at the top</b>, which I tentatively guess as
being a copper-based mineral(?), possibly <b>malachite</b> (or maybe <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conichalcite" target="_blank">conichalcite</a>?). It is a curious combination that I personally hadn't seen before (green coatings in rhodonite specimens can be seen here: <a href="https://www.adamsminerals.com/Rhodonite-Specimen_p_3261.html?delhist=%5Bcatalog%5Fid%5D" target="_blank">1</a>, <a href="https://www.mineralesdetorres.es/rodonita-379.html" target="_blank">2</a>, <a href="https://mineral-s.com/rodonita" target="_blank">3</a>), but that's my best guess at the moment. The green coating doesn't look like <b><a href="https://www.mindat.org/photo-73945.html " target="_blank">epidote</a> </b>or <b><a href=" https://www.mindat.org/min-3913.html">tephroite</a></b>, the only green minerals I had seen <a href="https://www.mindat.org/min-3407.html" target="_blank">associated with rhodonite</a> so far.</div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="8kuu-0-0" style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="8kuu-0-0" style="text-align: justify;">✨Read more about <u><b>rhodonite</b></u> in<b> <a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2022/11/expanding-my-mineral-collection.html" target="_blank">the second post</a></b> in my <b>RBA mineral collection series </b>on this blog. Also see below the pictures for a <b><u>video</u></b> with this rough rhodonite in direct sunlight ✨:</div></div></div></div><div><p style="text-align: center;"><b></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif0HAWauoaz6LYwuJUOvTK4XJ1XAIc_Uap9HZTJNzE3dXElSO1B0xS1y46GblLkEcULMaorlz992q95kEm04vG_vjjzGpVo0ZFbjr6dzSMGTXJexujcS6UwLMp39oeYVyQc6uiq31mbJ4sy0X8wN5aF0omEoB2ZScE5XHkVB_vODqZvMEzsaGlGOpPhyphenhyphen7-/s2437/Rodonita%20cajita.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2437" data-original-width="2327" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif0HAWauoaz6LYwuJUOvTK4XJ1XAIc_Uap9HZTJNzE3dXElSO1B0xS1y46GblLkEcULMaorlz992q95kEm04vG_vjjzGpVo0ZFbjr6dzSMGTXJexujcS6UwLMp39oeYVyQc6uiq31mbJ4sy0X8wN5aF0omEoB2ZScE5XHkVB_vODqZvMEzsaGlGOpPhyphenhyphen7-/w383-h400/Rodonita%20cajita.jpg" width="383" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 40 - Rough rhodonite, in its box.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu1pP7M3Cb2yuzcMijXEgKX8uQ-0R3Z4AjJKvx6KiM9P-cdiTUvkVjBTBNMWu60xi-OR1Zdxp2auZ_gGlPPkWhe0EOAJddp-CElit6KVuDCY9FO2PrLNo5VDBb1zzOO5ktAM3zfpmF85IqbpJyFRfS6bCWKXrmrMYI94DLYTuyTAdqhbpxAE1KEF9gZcn3/s3848/Rodonita%20cajita%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1719" data-original-width="3848" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu1pP7M3Cb2yuzcMijXEgKX8uQ-0R3Z4AjJKvx6KiM9P-cdiTUvkVjBTBNMWu60xi-OR1Zdxp2auZ_gGlPPkWhe0EOAJddp-CElit6KVuDCY9FO2PrLNo5VDBb1zzOO5ktAM3zfpmF85IqbpJyFRfS6bCWKXrmrMYI94DLYTuyTAdqhbpxAE1KEF9gZcn3/w640-h286/Rodonita%20cajita%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 41 - This small rough rhodonite displays its characteristic pink
colour, as well as a green patina on the top, possibly malachite or a
copper-based mineral? </i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglqOd-2ResRtjT6wgl27tVAVyoJ8Mg-VDOAycAFiGacC-Ev-FE5iWGcx17RQPrYdkoJocJj9UM2010tL147ZKvn0Oq8FXAD5fO88HAonB0E6j2mewWBnvJ-doasJ-htYqT3V0QMCC5nOmviyqg44XtxRc1FZGIT9wMUJR2V-GL6qnC8L5r2wgnlifMxuKw/s4116/Rodonita%20cajita%203.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1670" data-original-width="4116" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglqOd-2ResRtjT6wgl27tVAVyoJ8Mg-VDOAycAFiGacC-Ev-FE5iWGcx17RQPrYdkoJocJj9UM2010tL147ZKvn0Oq8FXAD5fO88HAonB0E6j2mewWBnvJ-doasJ-htYqT3V0QMCC5nOmviyqg44XtxRc1FZGIT9wMUJR2V-GL6qnC8L5r2wgnlifMxuKw/w640-h260/Rodonita%20cajita%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 42 - Rough rhodonite showcasing an homogeneous pink colour and a green patina of possibly malachite. </i></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNKqgM-sOYvnct9SYIwrF6g5efUfuoVVqMXwA3LG578u6tT-m5_m13FZ8DaOi4b1Hd2vsq45YLmezJfIhC5FhBp1xnahAwPiwJFpZ6z-ylBugYUIUIs02ZjrKwyfz2o_h1HBkDEqVtMJG5O2tQ6D6flD6x2-oEDe863uQe-ozf5hFzWjTA0z8uaYut6Z2o/s4013/Rodonita%20cajita%204.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1645" data-original-width="4013" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNKqgM-sOYvnct9SYIwrF6g5efUfuoVVqMXwA3LG578u6tT-m5_m13FZ8DaOi4b1Hd2vsq45YLmezJfIhC5FhBp1xnahAwPiwJFpZ6z-ylBugYUIUIs02ZjrKwyfz2o_h1HBkDEqVtMJG5O2tQ6D6flD6x2-oEDe863uQe-ozf5hFzWjTA0z8uaYut6Z2o/w640-h262/Rodonita%20cajita%204.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 43 - Rough rhodonite, view from the back.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlbjUwDxF74ULXvNIb31WDbmFKEaD81VgZ1qFc3AOy0pw7UEOf257i57WWkafOtzKBhmxlVk1UfkNm68tFGoVyp8lUmyXm2TLG-1qj5IjjRyI-5jHf5ycVRRDVRS07iAgew440rlGLBDnv8DSxU4vy0wzGzi67In23dgkfLERgFrQVgdXGMmOyHt8dYB2A/s4005/Rodonita%20cajita%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4005" data-original-width="3013" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlbjUwDxF74ULXvNIb31WDbmFKEaD81VgZ1qFc3AOy0pw7UEOf257i57WWkafOtzKBhmxlVk1UfkNm68tFGoVyp8lUmyXm2TLG-1qj5IjjRyI-5jHf5ycVRRDVRS07iAgew440rlGLBDnv8DSxU4vy0wzGzi67In23dgkfLERgFrQVgdXGMmOyHt8dYB2A/w301-h400/Rodonita%20cajita%201.jpg" width="301" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 44 - Tumbled (left) and rough (right) rhodonites. The
tumbled one shows black and brown patches as a result of manganese
oxides.</i></td><td class="tr-caption"><i> </i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><b><u>Video</u> </b>✨:<b> <br /></b><p style="text-align: center;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzZPGKu12KVznSnorTOwZqGYOzBJO7bT3l5LfOQJ7ojLcI6-O67Xc3UyrvHYSjcBy0i5ITTKNix93VnY2F8Kw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></b></div><b><br /></b><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>6) <u>Rock crystal</u>: </b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">For our third mineral in this second half of the haul, we have a beautiful <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartz#Varieties_(according_to_color)" target="_blank">rock crystal (clear quartz)</a> cluster </b>(see <b>Figs. 45-49</b> below, as well as <b>Figs. 2, 7</b>, and <b>11-12</b> above), originating from <b>Brazil</b>. In spite of its small size, this quartz cluster displays some gorgeous <b>well-terminated <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartz#Crystal_habit_and_structure" target="_blank">pyramidal prismatic crystals</a></b>, with some incredible <b>transparency </b>as well ✨.</p><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="8kuu-0-0" style="text-align: justify;">✨<b><u>Rock crystal</u></b> will also feature in a future installment of my <b>RBA <a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/search/label/Mineralogy" target="_blank">mineral collection series</a></b>! In the meantime, you can also read about <b>quartz </b>in general in <b><u><a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2022/08/expanding-my-mineral-collection.html" target="_blank">post 1</a></u></b> of this series, and about <b>milky quartz </b>and <b>quartz geodes</b> in <a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2022/11/expanding-my-mineral-collection.html" target="_blank"><b><u>pos</u></b><b><u>t 2</u></b></a>. Also see below for a <b><u>video</u></b> where we can see the gorgeous crystals and the transparency and vitreous luster of this quartz specimen, in direct sunlight ✨:</div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn_T_TlP0boqclAJQFlJ4rCWYyQB797hr2cCweaiQEQh7nUvok98yAFnEtqmNp0fHboMemAc6VesDezs0fJUGKKwZoRIl2nKSej_7aFKWI2L4jE8aSNzxIRue-efTsRdvkdmwivu_LtSayMVHXX86lQfmIvTxWULAsy8RCMUENuqANWwEFcaTCRSEgiixt/s2588/Cristal%20roca%20cajita.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2588" data-original-width="2425" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn_T_TlP0boqclAJQFlJ4rCWYyQB797hr2cCweaiQEQh7nUvok98yAFnEtqmNp0fHboMemAc6VesDezs0fJUGKKwZoRIl2nKSej_7aFKWI2L4jE8aSNzxIRue-efTsRdvkdmwivu_LtSayMVHXX86lQfmIvTxWULAsy8RCMUENuqANWwEFcaTCRSEgiixt/w375-h400/Cristal%20roca%20cajita.jpg" width="375" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 45 - Rock crystal cluster, in its box.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7HNVTq3UX5zcokhsDQoXpv4vSrXi-i9kkuZhwzT4fxVZ1mXuCeowO1Z9-JgbQ_WLTEYGHeS3RBKKyp8ojkkFlUUT-04WuGWugp1iAZSO35xP6vBTUm1h5_MUl6KAsGPuGlIhWAP-ufpLLKMrQtp7PEPOd7094B2XdJyYAfm7bFXB2YwJ1VBMyGcZBRFLs/s3888/Cristal%20roca%20cajita%204.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1762" data-original-width="3888" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7HNVTq3UX5zcokhsDQoXpv4vSrXi-i9kkuZhwzT4fxVZ1mXuCeowO1Z9-JgbQ_WLTEYGHeS3RBKKyp8ojkkFlUUT-04WuGWugp1iAZSO35xP6vBTUm1h5_MUl6KAsGPuGlIhWAP-ufpLLKMrQtp7PEPOd7094B2XdJyYAfm7bFXB2YwJ1VBMyGcZBRFLs/w640-h290/Cristal%20roca%20cajita%204.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 46 - This rock crystal cluster has some gorgeous well-terminated crystals.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtYDhEVDb6ncti_7tYKGGH92UyioL0mga2EJu_5I6uEZpYxqJTOZrSoVz6tslOTwX16Fk-uoBs5Y97ezjQJTdgMUuCMY9bb7DqGKz9YPTby6OsKdlOh5sD3anh8A22FKSEYpo3Qk82XJGciacMRDb8fEC-4t9KYGEi0B3z0OwFbkOow0Kle7R65ByUwp3S/s4125/Cristal%20roca%20cajita%203.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1927" data-original-width="4125" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtYDhEVDb6ncti_7tYKGGH92UyioL0mga2EJu_5I6uEZpYxqJTOZrSoVz6tslOTwX16Fk-uoBs5Y97ezjQJTdgMUuCMY9bb7DqGKz9YPTby6OsKdlOh5sD3anh8A22FKSEYpo3Qk82XJGciacMRDb8fEC-4t9KYGEi0B3z0OwFbkOow0Kle7R65ByUwp3S/w640-h298/Cristal%20roca%20cajita%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 47 - </i><i>This rock crystal cluster has some gorgeous well-terminated crystals. I especially love the one at the top!<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyOLn8v7HAxWOR9nMXlN9yr6eC8A8cbhn4btoxhKgiLQ4UJMqKUhYnrdBc-st-G4KF8CsJXCWtVE5AYWWFFZx85KC3LYoKkGHgeDNCamhsYRlvAQQXD6FrrAfTC9ulujKESEzVtd_2bjCcNk2xD8fOt_JKiOSQFXDexD0518H33Yl87lYsv03IF3Ny-G5u/s3920/Cristal%20roca%20cajita%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1814" data-original-width="3920" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyOLn8v7HAxWOR9nMXlN9yr6eC8A8cbhn4btoxhKgiLQ4UJMqKUhYnrdBc-st-G4KF8CsJXCWtVE5AYWWFFZx85KC3LYoKkGHgeDNCamhsYRlvAQQXD6FrrAfTC9ulujKESEzVtd_2bjCcNk2xD8fOt_JKiOSQFXDexD0518H33Yl87lYsv03IF3Ny-G5u/w640-h296/Cristal%20roca%20cajita%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 48 - Rock crystal cluster, more angles.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVu75XWtOBNG29qBNaxkiXP6hGsSSuuWOs46k2LXS4uNTXabj6DuqedpoYZs2Oq-MAlECw1EzO0hDMoKx0Ux0i0BuU4f9nl1fSmdJtwNB1qRFG2094Mrygsr4MM1adYGC1kVpVSeuqMr48mE_zHqzjK5sCBh2NzuGXaX5WKZtRKcjVilhRIEKwr4XWOx1Z/s4226/Cristal%20roca%20cajita%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2009" data-original-width="4226" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVu75XWtOBNG29qBNaxkiXP6hGsSSuuWOs46k2LXS4uNTXabj6DuqedpoYZs2Oq-MAlECw1EzO0hDMoKx0Ux0i0BuU4f9nl1fSmdJtwNB1qRFG2094Mrygsr4MM1adYGC1kVpVSeuqMr48mE_zHqzjK5sCBh2NzuGXaX5WKZtRKcjVilhRIEKwr4XWOx1Z/w640-h304/Cristal%20roca%20cajita%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 49 - Rock crystal cluster, more angles, featuring some really lovely shine on the tallest crystal.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b> </b><b><u>Video</u> </b>✨:<b> <br /></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyh76k00KFFfuLZHdEDh57ZLJSfXnzXUODJbZcmbQGCaugrt0G6RuauihJ_9pxGET4uveCHKNRTuOoi5i1tiQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></b></div><b><br /></b><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>7) <u>Hematoid quartz</u>: </b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The fourth boxed mineral is another quartz, this time a <b>red quartz</b> aka <b>hematoid/ferruginous quartz</b>, originating from <b>Morocco </b>(see <b>Figs. 50-53</b> below, as well as <b>Figs. 2, 7</b>, and <b>11-12</b> above). Coloured <b>red</b> by <b>iron inclusions</b>, this hematoid quartz cluster also displays some beautiful <b>well-terminated pyramidal prismatic crystals</b>, as well as a <b>deep red hue</b> and a lovely <b>vitreous luster </b>✨.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">✨<b><u>Hematoid/red quartz</u></b> will also feature in other hauls, as well as in a future installment of my <b>RBA <a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/search/label/Mineralogy" target="_blank">mineral collection series</a></b>! In the meantime, you can also read about <b>quartz </b>in general in <b><u><a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2022/08/expanding-my-mineral-collection.html" target="_blank">post 1</a></u></b> of this series, and about <b>milky quartz, quartz geodes</b> and <b>iron-stained quartz</b> in <a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2022/11/expanding-my-mineral-collection.html" target="_blank"><b><u>pos</u></b><b><u>t 2</u></b></a>. Also see below for a <b><u>video</u></b> where we can see the gorgeous crystals, vitreous luster and red colour of this quartz specimen, in direct sunlight ✨:</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Kl0ywHCn1BLuxxaN9FP_uvXGD9VEYBX-l8aeWqxhYpSK75yKjc3HZEckyzT0OJp463xVCFBCYdEYR0qBGUbRuMSg8jmTjgit7qBcsOXdc_MDjAPzptR9QaWE2qoWRAg5JVUOU1xK1KADu8v_adZTTvUkiaRD4aYJCRhDY4WqltP2xCDBFo29i_zyby67/s2935/Cuarzo%20rojo%20cajita.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2935" data-original-width="2522" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Kl0ywHCn1BLuxxaN9FP_uvXGD9VEYBX-l8aeWqxhYpSK75yKjc3HZEckyzT0OJp463xVCFBCYdEYR0qBGUbRuMSg8jmTjgit7qBcsOXdc_MDjAPzptR9QaWE2qoWRAg5JVUOU1xK1KADu8v_adZTTvUkiaRD4aYJCRhDY4WqltP2xCDBFo29i_zyby67/w344-h400/Cuarzo%20rojo%20cajita.jpg" width="344" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 50 - Red (hematoid) quartz, in its box.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNECpZLx0XbjygE4IdX-rP8X0AG4E6Uz4GpuEf9HcUFJtk0nqH575FQGQu9RHZzTfmc6XFhRb1lJ_IyJK42Us9AuyxHxDvTFb6wsEEEIyg3Y66Gdoewhn9wv9tZsfFFyueG9LkZpo7cQkyan0Wk1drsAQHwFvDBTPfNB9x0K2ElubHAlzcFkDwIktIz5cm/s4810/Cuarzo%20rojo%20cajita%203.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2179" data-original-width="4810" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNECpZLx0XbjygE4IdX-rP8X0AG4E6Uz4GpuEf9HcUFJtk0nqH575FQGQu9RHZzTfmc6XFhRb1lJ_IyJK42Us9AuyxHxDvTFb6wsEEEIyg3Y66Gdoewhn9wv9tZsfFFyueG9LkZpo7cQkyan0Wk1drsAQHwFvDBTPfNB9x0K2ElubHAlzcFkDwIktIz5cm/w640-h290/Cuarzo%20rojo%20cajita%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 51 - Red quartz cluster, also showcasing some gorgeous pyramidal prismatic crystals.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguPD11KNIqofH91567MQ42CCVaxb37Kj5s0XcrN42ZIYxrXTPuJ-TqtEGTAaCE_tk_cfSdMzuR3JsvhNK3SKKEHdrajggF01SeowQA8CyoaMMW6tTNI22UdXLpLjycIqOBT6nSD2VrUvuf8CQcQ1gnSLnZkPfndCdjX_PTAFIuKxloDL-nPIfhqIW8kM60/s4922/Cuarzo%20rojo%20cajita%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2302" data-original-width="4922" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguPD11KNIqofH91567MQ42CCVaxb37Kj5s0XcrN42ZIYxrXTPuJ-TqtEGTAaCE_tk_cfSdMzuR3JsvhNK3SKKEHdrajggF01SeowQA8CyoaMMW6tTNI22UdXLpLjycIqOBT6nSD2VrUvuf8CQcQ1gnSLnZkPfndCdjX_PTAFIuKxloDL-nPIfhqIW8kM60/w640-h300/Cuarzo%20rojo%20cajita%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 52 - </i><i>Red quartz cluster, displaying a deep red colour due to iron inclusions, and a lovely luster.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjltYVjYcaHNnd9vy0xYjJ9595nnxT76Kc0sM7xH1EDiye0ZqKzgSe7KQigqhvVJKIEFX5XhJJK_A2AdNYGcfCkUvR-tZavr0O0Z3xViLNo2-XyBlQK981lvCsoWthfmbbqHu8jGJx3ZrY8rgyxl3AAAxss8DsDt6T1pr0gjSM0mPYohHFWrKtqM-TYpHQK/s4465/Cuarzo%20rojo%20cajita%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2233" data-original-width="4465" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjltYVjYcaHNnd9vy0xYjJ9595nnxT76Kc0sM7xH1EDiye0ZqKzgSe7KQigqhvVJKIEFX5XhJJK_A2AdNYGcfCkUvR-tZavr0O0Z3xViLNo2-XyBlQK981lvCsoWthfmbbqHu8jGJx3ZrY8rgyxl3AAAxss8DsDt6T1pr0gjSM0mPYohHFWrKtqM-TYpHQK/w640-h320/Cuarzo%20rojo%20cajita%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 53 -</i><i> Red quartz cluster,more angles.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b> </b><b><u>Video</u> </b>✨:<b> </b><b><br /></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyqF1L_Jmph6_yx2RgYC5LDmF8RypIdMhszJ6Tg7j2Vf55e302eSQZh1t6WeF_HUO1ezqKoLJBzwC3j-LWuXQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></b></div><b><br /></b><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>8) <u>Green tourmaline & quartz</u>: </b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">And finally, we have a small specimen of <b>green <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourmaline" target="_blank">tourmaline</a> (verdelite) crystals in a milky quartz matrix</b>, a piece originating from <b>Brazil </b>(see <b>Figs. 54-57</b> below, as well as <b>Figs. 2, 7</b>, and <b>11-12</b> above). I already have another verdelite as part of the RBA collection, but what I got was a very dark and rather lackluster raw piece that was visually way more similar to an (opaque) black tourmaline than anything else <span class="emoji emoji-large">😅</span>. So I'm definitely happy to now have an specimen with actually greener crystals xD. Even though it's a small piece, there are several <a href="https://geology.com/minerals/tourmaline.shtml" target="_blank"><b>prismatic and columnar tourmaline crystals</b></a> in this specimen (albeit incomplete and half-buried in the quartz matrix), and the combo between the crystals and the quartz matrix is quite lovely. The <b>crystals </b>also show <b>characteristic striations along their long axis</b>, especially when moving the piece to and fro in the light ✨. The main colour of these verdelite crystals is <b>green</b>, but one of them also seems to have a <b>pink zone</b> on the inside when looking at its cross-section (see, for example, Fig. 56). Could this be the closest I've come at the moment to having a <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourmaline#Color" target="_blank">watermelon tourmaline</a></b>, the coveted <b>pink and green bicolour variety</b>? It seems so xD.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">✨<b><u>Tourmaline</u></b> (both <b>black tourmaline</b> and <b><u>verdelite</u></b>) will also feature in future installments of my <b>RBA <a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/search/label/Mineralogy" target="_blank">mineral collection series</a></b>! You can also read about <b>quartz </b>in general in <b><u><a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2022/08/expanding-my-mineral-collection.html" target="_blank">post 1</a></u></b> of this series, and about <b>milky quartz and quartz geodes</b> in <a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2022/11/expanding-my-mineral-collection.html" target="_blank"><b><u>pos</u></b><b><u>t 2</u></b></a>. Also see below for a <b><u>video</u></b> where we can see the lovely vitreous shine of the green tourmaline crystals in its quartz matrix, in direct sunlight ✨:</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZMJLWdI8t865BG3T-ruYiRL5kCRzIKk4x1IIcR2NXKKlClvgrBnSo7OA6c2z5vlYxQnAQXn4ddauc2Ep9XMpkSxIn_SubJpdhJN83F9L7hRwJr5IL2a6wolhvkmjN-v0JeAcTLcWccJDM61BqRN0OMABbPsnB-DKUKiWsT-FB5V_4p7NIraoRB9lr0Onq/s2134/Turmalina%20cajita.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2119" data-original-width="2134" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZMJLWdI8t865BG3T-ruYiRL5kCRzIKk4x1IIcR2NXKKlClvgrBnSo7OA6c2z5vlYxQnAQXn4ddauc2Ep9XMpkSxIn_SubJpdhJN83F9L7hRwJr5IL2a6wolhvkmjN-v0JeAcTLcWccJDM61BqRN0OMABbPsnB-DKUKiWsT-FB5V_4p7NIraoRB9lr0Onq/w400-h398/Turmalina%20cajita.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 54 - Green tourmaline in quartz matrix, in its box.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisfhXsrNBaKIkFhIn_l0DfTkkZohDdXtgiGQvkVo4PZ0-8YFa75zSr3-nvCEsRrJ4e1gYE3-bOsznd80rJwYfUDOWdcJbgyZxCWhXJ9l5CFdnBqITaHUSEyF2DNiNsJh5sNQr2E9L8TKPzSSv2e0SoTPVC9t1vGqJlCdDZrHft-XtjpooAL2kfWQJGLJjK/s3327/Turmalina%20cajita%203.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1426" data-original-width="3327" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisfhXsrNBaKIkFhIn_l0DfTkkZohDdXtgiGQvkVo4PZ0-8YFa75zSr3-nvCEsRrJ4e1gYE3-bOsznd80rJwYfUDOWdcJbgyZxCWhXJ9l5CFdnBqITaHUSEyF2DNiNsJh5sNQr2E9L8TKPzSSv2e0SoTPVC9t1vGqJlCdDZrHft-XtjpooAL2kfWQJGLJjK/w640-h274/Turmalina%20cajita%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 55 - </i><i>Green tourmaline (verdelite) in quartz matrix, with some nice bright green crystals.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjczuqaKZGa4L2rwgTJbJtxWUfUO2fhajycDJGFPMDPFE7yLUVNRxDqkmg72n2Hb8HSx4JvwQlGNgJQLmqm8Pk5BrhJ5qFVEyrktvGdxJdl2sTD2zoVo5gW_NCi4fU6tLcMPOJay2waD0zm1qye6lQyK0R3a0vwlOap61U9vqwfHYKHe4O5Zq6ek_05WElI/s2991/Turmalina%20cajita%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1448" data-original-width="2991" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjczuqaKZGa4L2rwgTJbJtxWUfUO2fhajycDJGFPMDPFE7yLUVNRxDqkmg72n2Hb8HSx4JvwQlGNgJQLmqm8Pk5BrhJ5qFVEyrktvGdxJdl2sTD2zoVo5gW_NCi4fU6tLcMPOJay2waD0zm1qye6lQyK0R3a0vwlOap61U9vqwfHYKHe4O5Zq6ek_05WElI/w640-h310/Turmalina%20cajita%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 56 - </i><i>Green tourmaline in quartz matrix. One of the tourmaline crystals has a pink zone when looking at its crossection. The nearest I've come to a watermelon tourmaline so far xD!<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg55HzV1_F3Z6IdtNJuXQaCqGWqUCjxDjo6KpOKM8kY1ZUz6gYaQLMNFieYkO57O5xLLblCubbprurXemRM2mhuAHZvDPza3VZznJf_Uj9XnfJwsjwRacGTZNrbS9Pa4x-rN0Im_HaTagfRavBOh7tcBRJzajDdlVRTDpvzqI3GG2xlTEugtPxAOuCJGpgP/s2868/Turmalina%20cajita%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2868" data-original-width="1806" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg55HzV1_F3Z6IdtNJuXQaCqGWqUCjxDjo6KpOKM8kY1ZUz6gYaQLMNFieYkO57O5xLLblCubbprurXemRM2mhuAHZvDPza3VZznJf_Uj9XnfJwsjwRacGTZNrbS9Pa4x-rN0Im_HaTagfRavBOh7tcBRJzajDdlVRTDpvzqI3GG2xlTEugtPxAOuCJGpgP/w253-h400/Turmalina%20cajita%201.jpg" width="253" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 57 - </i><i>Green tourmaline in quartz matrix, more angles.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b> </b><b><u>Video</u> </b>✨:<b> <br /></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyKGD7xiq12yrDnxpxs2GF6uDuzssDTWmBzwdsAwflZu-wkG9c6OydC8ZDBMIa111YxdMWjFlBK7dioyLA3ng' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></b></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">And that's it for this haul! Stay tuned for more mineral content with a next installment of the RBA collection series 😁!</p><p></p></div>Arwendë Luhtiénë / Marta Lúthienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01043611744907294700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255946979377638758.post-90661454019835789582024-01-04T16:43:00.000-08:002024-01-05T19:40:16.768-08:00Jornadas Tolkien 2023: 'Esposas, madres y ¿qué más? Limitaciones y subversiones de roles de género en la sociedad Noldorin de Valinor'<div><div><div><p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8eMiAsuXgVYkxQh4wR6eQ0bxvhUtFl-DHBrBQe5S3EurZt-3Ko_9gT2s7mjhIsfNfpsMXrgCgtrlTXmWVgpuweOXy9_rdkEwkk6RkXiANxoX2Q95bDF62QgMnKKpDB-MF-u3aC7gG0HR-xx9M0WrwyiIRljTHdhdegn5CpVllmzasXh-ZV6g_RF7cSsbt/s1920/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(5037).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8eMiAsuXgVYkxQh4wR6eQ0bxvhUtFl-DHBrBQe5S3EurZt-3Ko_9gT2s7mjhIsfNfpsMXrgCgtrlTXmWVgpuweOXy9_rdkEwkk6RkXiANxoX2Q95bDF62QgMnKKpDB-MF-u3aC7gG0HR-xx9M0WrwyiIRljTHdhdegn5CpVllmzasXh-ZV6g_RF7cSsbt/w640-h360/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(5037).png" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><i> (English version, Spanish below) </i></span><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll">Last September, I was offered the opportunity to participate with a <b>talk </b>in a<b> Tolkien studies academic seminar held on September 21-22 at the Facultad de Filología</b> (Faculty of Philology) <b>of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)</b>, organized by one of Madrid's local delegations (<i>or </i>'smials') of the <b>Spanish Tolkien Society (STE)</b>, the <b>smial of Bolsón Cerrado</b>. <br /></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll" style="color: #800180;"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"> El pasado septiembre, tuve la oportunidad de participar con una charla en unas <b>jornadas académicas de estudios tolkienianos</b> que tuvieron lugar<b> del 21 al 22 de septiembre en la Facultad de Filología de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)</b>. Estas jornadas fueron organizadas por una de las delegaciones (smiales) de la <b>Sociedad Tolkien Española (STE)</b> en Madrid, el <b>smial de Bolsón Cerrado</b>. </span></span></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDD5je9VrOrz9Xv1kOhipTyIQ9zFUmDM-ADFnVKLFeKCNW5xovXDD4sOxMAD32q1VsLalL5QGv9-TvTP5W1QXhZDUPv6qz4TTVRz22876illsgeXCN2qosZEhZUsQKUxTix9cHzWP5C9BKBqwEoqWVa54HJybxVUtvzKHToRMqfLZsnLbngluRxOYQXsK4/s1083/IMG_20230921_232547.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1083" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDD5je9VrOrz9Xv1kOhipTyIQ9zFUmDM-ADFnVKLFeKCNW5xovXDD4sOxMAD32q1VsLalL5QGv9-TvTP5W1QXhZDUPv6qz4TTVRz22876illsgeXCN2qosZEhZUsQKUxTix9cHzWP5C9BKBqwEoqWVa54HJybxVUtvzKHToRMqfLZsnLbngluRxOYQXsK4/s320/IMG_20230921_232547.png" width="319" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Póster oficial de las Jornadas de Tolkien 2023<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"> Entitled </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><b><i>‘Tolkien
50 años después: Nuevas perspectivas desde la Sociedad Tolkien Española’</i></b> (<b>'Tolkien 50 years later: New Perspectives from the Spanish Tolkien Society'</b>) </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">(</span><a href="https://www.sociedadtolkien.org/blog/2023/09/05/tolkien-50-anos-despues/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">web</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">)</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">, </span><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll">this two-day seminar coincided with the Tolkienite celebrations of the <b>birthday of Bilbo and Frodo</b>, and aimed to <b>visibilize the figure of J.R.R. Tolkien</b>, </span></span></span></span><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll">in honour of the <b>50th anniversary</b> of his death</span></span></span></span><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll">, and <b>offer new perspectives about the author and his works</b>. With <a href="https://www.sociedadtolkien.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Horario-Jornadas-Bolson-Cerrado.pdf" target="_blank">various 20-minute talks across </a><b><a href="https://www.sociedadtolkien.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Horario-Jornadas-Bolson-Cerrado.pdf" target="_blank">five sessions</a> </b>(also see part of the timetable of the seminar here below), the participants talked about <b>multiple and varied topics</b>,
from languages and translation, to Anglosaxon and Scandinavian culture
and mythology (for example, </span></span></span></span><b><a href="https://tarmaerika.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Pilar Erika</a></b>'s talk about Tolkien's translation of the Anglosaxon epic poem <i>Beowulf</i>)<span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll">, gender studies (as was my case), philosophy, analysis of politics,
comparative literature, and music. Each session ended with a half-hour Q&A session, and the seminar also included presentations by <b>Dr. Martin Simonson</b> and <b>Dr. Verlyn Flieger</b>. </span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXk2DFzq5Js464PbkLrBqNaE5FWnYy4GNveTVKsH4KIfY4VID_ffyRVOKGZW4Sd2eedBi2iBnZThVVEV-8Iquy0QKAt_54zra49ezpJe1KZ-CVo9Xr2ggMt1DHRdvIgY5dWTUeRm100N6bzg4n9iVICl99_2W4BkNaNijWBiz58C8_GHDNfH3MAvYtCFaU/s2182/Programa.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1221" data-original-width="2182" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXk2DFzq5Js464PbkLrBqNaE5FWnYy4GNveTVKsH4KIfY4VID_ffyRVOKGZW4Sd2eedBi2iBnZThVVEV-8Iquy0QKAt_54zra49ezpJe1KZ-CVo9Xr2ggMt1DHRdvIgY5dWTUeRm100N6bzg4n9iVICl99_2W4BkNaNijWBiz58C8_GHDNfH3MAvYtCFaU/w640-h358/Programa.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption">Ponencias del jueves 21 del seminario, incluyendo mi charla (la segunda de la sesión 2). Horario completo <a href="https://www.sociedadtolkien.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Horario-Jornadas-Bolson-Cerrado.pdf" target="_blank">aquí</a>.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll" style="color: #800180;"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"> Con el título de </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #800180; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><b><i>‘Tolkien
50 años después: Nuevas perspectivas desde la Sociedad Tolkien Española’</i></b> </span><span style="color: #800180; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">(</span><span style="color: #800180;"><a href="https://www.sociedadtolkien.org/blog/2023/09/05/tolkien-50-anos-despues/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">web</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">)</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">, </span><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll">estos dos días de jornadas, que coincidieron con las celebraciones tolkienianas del <b>cumpleaños de Bilbo y Frodo</b>, tuvieron el objetivo de <b>visibilizar la figura de</b> <b>J.R.R. Tolkien</b>, </span></span></span></span><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll">en conmemoración del <b>50 aniversario </b>de su fallecimiento, </span></span></span></span><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><b>ofreciendo nuevas perspectivas sobre el autor y su obra</b>. Con <a href="https://www.sociedadtolkien.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Horario-Jornadas-Bolson-Cerrado.pdf" target="_blank">varias charlas de 20 minutos a lo largo de </a><b><a href="https://www.sociedadtolkien.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Horario-Jornadas-Bolson-Cerrado.pdf" target="_blank">cinco sesiones</a> </b>(véase también parte del programa de las jornadas arriba), las y los ponentes hablaron sobre <b>múltiples y variados temas</b>,
desde filología y traducción, a las culturas y mitologías anglosajona y nórdica</span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #800180;"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"> (como, por ejemplo, la charla de </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #800180;"> <b><a href="https://tarmaerika.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Pilar Erika</a></b> sobre la traducción de Tolkien del poema épico <i>Beowulf</i>)<span><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll">, lo</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #800180;"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll">s estudios de género (mi caso), filosofía, análisis político, literatura comparada o música. Cada sesión terminó con un debate y sesión de preguntas de una media hora cada uno, y las jornadas además incluyeron ponencias magistrales por el <b>Dr. Martin Simonson</b> y la <b>Dra. Verlyn Flieger</b>. <br /></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhohJJAn6DhTU4DRc1be5iQPB1fY2atrNG_QGaF4uNoIe1xH6hxo1F3mKyBEb3JZx89760jAS9RBvrpNL97n1hLTxXTvjg1Y7452fBn4k72A9swTdlPQvj-Dm5Kb2_2iU2800seYOHElV-9wUkjHtpmiQ4GbSq2QA0-vA30PtykGRmN5MdQbJgSApiHSNHE/s2036/F6j3bUnWwAASl1v.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1351" data-original-width="2036" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhohJJAn6DhTU4DRc1be5iQPB1fY2atrNG_QGaF4uNoIe1xH6hxo1F3mKyBEb3JZx89760jAS9RBvrpNL97n1hLTxXTvjg1Y7452fBn4k72A9swTdlPQvj-Dm5Kb2_2iU2800seYOHElV-9wUkjHtpmiQ4GbSq2QA0-vA30PtykGRmN5MdQbJgSApiHSNHE/w640-h424/F6j3bUnWwAASl1v.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"> The topic that I chose for my talk was to delve into an <b>analysis of </b></span></span></span></span><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><b>gender
roles in the Noldorin Elven society during the First Age in Valinor</b>, talking about the dichotomy of societal enforcing and biological determinism in Tolkien's works, and focusing on the five main wives and mothers of the Finwëan family - <b>Míriel Therindë, Indis, Nerdanel, Anairë and Eärwen</b>. With these five women, I wanted to explore how their stories
showcase the <b>limitations of their supposedly utopian (but heavily gendered) society</b></span></span></span></span><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll">, as well as <b>highlight the remarkable nature of all of these women beyond their societally enforced role as wives and mothers</b>, and <b>how
their personalities, abilities and stories end up subverting gender norms</b> in more ways than one, putting into question <b>whether these gendered rules in Elven society (and, by analogy, in our own society) are really so inherent and 'natural' as Tolkien believed them to be</b> in real life 📝</span></span></span></span><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll">📚💪</span></span><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll">♀ </span></span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="es_XX"><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu">. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="es_XX"><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu"> </span></span><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll">I
initially tackled this topic more broadly with <b>a talk about the role of
Elven women in the First Age </b>back in the <b>2015 EstelCon</b> (the annual
convention of the STE), a talk which I still haven't posted about on this blog (hopefully at some moment I'll upload all the Tolkien talks and essays which I haven't blogged about yet xD), and which I would also like to expand in the
future, focusing on some more of the Elven women mentioned in my 2015 talk </span></span></span></span><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll">✨📝♀📚</span></span></span></span><i><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll">.</span></span></span></span></i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll" style="color: #800180;"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"> Para mi charla, escogí el tema de <b>analizar los roles de género en la sociedad élfica Noldorin durante la Primera Edad en Valinor</b></span></span></span></span><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll" style="color: #800180;"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll">,
hablando sobre la dicotomía entre imposición social y determinismo biológico presentes en la obra de Tolkien, y centrándome en las cinco principales esposas y madres de la familia de Finwë - <b>Míriel Therindë, Indis, Nerdanel, Anairë y Eärwen</b>. De estas cinco mujeres, quise explorar cómo sus historias reflejan las <b>limitaciones </b><b>de su sociedad </b>- una sociedad <b>mostrada como 'utópica'</b></span></span></span></span><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll" style="color: #800180;"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"> <b>a pesar de su sesgo imperante de género en más de aspecto -</b>, además de <b>enfatizar todas las formas en que sobresalieron estas mujeres más allá de sus roles normativos como esposas y madres</b>, y cómo <b>su personalidad, habilidades y tramas</b> <b>terminan también subvirtiendo el <i>statu quo</i> social </b>de diversas formas, cuestionando <b>el peso que realmente tiene la 'naturaleza' en el refuerzo de las normas de género de la sociedad élfica</b> (y, por analogía, también de la nuestra), y si dichas normas resultan ser tan 'inherentes' como el propio Tolkien creía que eran en la vida real 📝</span></span></span></span><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll" style="color: #800180;"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll">📚💪</span></span><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll" style="color: #800180;"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll">♀ </span></span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="es_XX" style="color: #800180;"><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu">. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="es_XX" style="color: #800180;"><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu"> </span></span><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll" style="color: #800180;"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll">Este tema del <b>papel de las mujeres elfas en la Primera Edad </b>también lo abordé, de forma más amplia, en una <b>charla que di en 2015 en la EstelCon de ese año</b> (la convención anual de la STE). Se trata de una charla que aún no he subido a este blog (a ver si en algún momento voy subiendo todas las charlas que tengo pendientes xD), y que también me gustaría retomar en un futuro, expandiendo este tema para centrarme en algunas otras de las elfas que mencioné en la charla de 2015 </span></span></span></span><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll">✨📝♀📚</span></span></span></span><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll" style="color: #800180;"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll">.</span></span></span></span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="es_XX"><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ8IIufIPXC9ULG0Uru_pJPr_O_1_xJaj6sWoluRgWSA8OjflI6vto2KGqhx_Sg71wk7mhovBnTgxNPdTKDi7R0KB1STeDsh9p-cQjmh87MaKbAyJt9vQluLTc2SXTxaihsFjlvS1YN9pqJvy6q0YrO0EeYZgD2eyhvyjgRcz-jihWjU7zppzXCTv-IYjw/s3968/IMG_20230921_225211.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3968" data-original-width="2976" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ8IIufIPXC9ULG0Uru_pJPr_O_1_xJaj6sWoluRgWSA8OjflI6vto2KGqhx_Sg71wk7mhovBnTgxNPdTKDi7R0KB1STeDsh9p-cQjmh87MaKbAyJt9vQluLTc2SXTxaihsFjlvS1YN9pqJvy6q0YrO0EeYZgD2eyhvyjgRcz-jihWjU7zppzXCTv-IYjw/w300-h400/IMG_20230921_225211.jpg" width="300" /></a></span></span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="es_XX"><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu"> </span></span><br /></p></div><div><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>All the talks from this Tolkien seminar are available to watch in this <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puvOxOR1crQ&list=PLrVeBpvB2kh-ymRGPbQ7fOPN2uDVBp0Ke " target="_blank">playlist</a></b> from the YouTube channel of the STE. Mine is the second talk of the second session, which I also show below in this post. <span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="es_XX"><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu">And another exciting thing - The participants of this seminar are preparing <b>a chapter each with an essay summarizing our presentations, for a book that will be published in September 2024 </b></span></span><span style="color: #800180;">🤩📖!</span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="es_XX"><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #800180;"><b>Todas las charlas de estas jornadas de Tolkien están disponibles para poder verse en esta <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puvOxOR1crQ&list=PLrVeBpvB2kh-ymRGPbQ7fOPN2uDVBp0Ke " target="_blank">lista de reproducción</a></b>
en el canal de YouTube de la STE. La mía es la segunda charla en la segunda sesión, que también podeís ver aquí abajo en este post. Y otra cosa emocionante - Las y los participantes de estas jornadas<span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="es_XX"><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu"> estamos preparando <b>un capítulo cada un@ con un ensayo resumiendo nuestra presentación, con vistas a un libro que será publicado en septiembre de este año</b> </span></span>🤩📖.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc8SdtX3kulaLzkshxEnsdYW3lSEYLZSPuiVIjQYE3jV0VdQguwrs0TnayjFuzbme045d9JScLOmp5aIskxisbc5MIMXIUWvZLXzS6tLqoi50arrdpBQfJiKUshY3pCPFjlShy-VWdpTR-leS1Mm24QRwN0qcJ4wFGGNucPXbRvHLHzFFO8OX73gi4LPw9/s1920/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(5032).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc8SdtX3kulaLzkshxEnsdYW3lSEYLZSPuiVIjQYE3jV0VdQguwrs0TnayjFuzbme045d9JScLOmp5aIskxisbc5MIMXIUWvZLXzS6tLqoi50arrdpBQfJiKUshY3pCPFjlShy-VWdpTR-leS1Mm24QRwN0qcJ4wFGGNucPXbRvHLHzFFO8OX73gi4LPw9/w400-h225/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(5032).png" width="400" /></a><span style="color: #800180;"> <br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="es_XX" style="color: #800180;"><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu"> Así
que paso a incluir, en primer lugar, el <b>vídeo de YouTube</b> de la <b>segunda sesión del primer día</b> del seminario, 21 de septiembre. Esta sesión incluye <b>tres charlas, con la mía en segundo lugar</b> (<b>comienza en el minuto</b></span></span><span style="color: #800180;"><b> <a href="https://youtu.be/sCccjG7nYYI?t=1341" target="_blank">22:20</a> y termina en el minuto <a href="https://youtu.be/sCccjG7nYYI?t=2700" target="_blank">45:00)</a></b><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="es_XX"><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu">, y finaliza con una <b>ronda de preguntas </b>donde también aparezo yo respondiendo alguna (<b>comenzando en </b></span></span><b><a href="https://youtu.be/sCccjG7nYYI?t=3901" target="_blank">1:05:00</a></b><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="es_XX"><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu">). Después del vídeo, en este post también incluyo la <b>presentación de mi charla en formato PDF</b> (que también se va
presentando en el vídeo), en el original español ⬇️</span></span></span><span style="color: #800180;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> Here's the <b>YouTube video of the second session</b> of the first day of the seminar (in <b>Spanish</b>), including three talks.<b> My talk is the second one, beginning at <a href="https://youtu.be/sCccjG7nYYI?t=1341" target="_blank">22:20</a> and ending at <a href="https://youtu.be/sCccjG7nYYI?t=2700" target="_blank">45:00</a>, and I'm also answering some questions at <a href="https://youtu.be/sCccjG7nYYI?t=3901" target="_blank">1:05:00</a>: </b> <i><br /></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="es_XX"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sCccjG7nYYI" width="320" youtube-src-id="sCccjG7nYYI"></iframe></span><b> <br /></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td style="text-align: justify;"><b>And here's the PDF of the Power Point talk, also shown on the YouTube video. </b><i>Both the video and the PDF presentation are <b>in Spanish </b>only
for the moment being, but ideally I'd like to find time to translate
all of my Tolkien talks and essays into English sometime. If anyone's
interested in reading this study in English, please let me know in the
comments! </i></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"> </td><td class="tr-caption"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption"><i> </i></td><td class="tr-caption"><i> </i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe height="700" src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QcTBiFQtfjfKBCCWlb7dFNe9apWcNnL-/preview" width="700"></iframe></div>
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #800180;"> Y para terminar, aquí van algunas fotos más de la charla en el seminario, además de una serie de capturas de pantalla del vídeo de la charla (enlazado arriba), y algunos selfies casuales </span>😀<span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll">✨📚</span></span><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll">♀</span></span>: <br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB5rd5hYvXdJmcqrq8NF-HMmzzLPsCqaC689xdXXquPOTGy1T_BvUenq8O_OOq1r2JmSuHSELiK2w3p3IRB7_6_vChJIKVAuQosInoFjotNa5_XOg0Yts1C87M0ajKtjOt6otB21T4ECfLVkQHPP7EBVwZvHdnUaSJ4cBRs3A-585Cta5VIfam_CjjVKrb/s1920/F6j4-gxWsAAQU3f.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB5rd5hYvXdJmcqrq8NF-HMmzzLPsCqaC689xdXXquPOTGy1T_BvUenq8O_OOq1r2JmSuHSELiK2w3p3IRB7_6_vChJIKVAuQosInoFjotNa5_XOg0Yts1C87M0ajKtjOt6otB21T4ECfLVkQHPP7EBVwZvHdnUaSJ4cBRs3A-585Cta5VIfam_CjjVKrb/w640-h360/F6j4-gxWsAAQU3f.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfvqhjYQwA_NIn3OLZpROKPH6KNkW_kSuQE2XG3vEnQy4SBnrvCfM0C37BTZZkdlZrTR6wc8SXWfg-z-y-BLNfy058ZQvT9xl1cCmPhJ88pdhMPUupY2yL84A40G3GyUxYzxZNOT9UXHQuDtTsgE6Dgde22V_Gt7KRqb0jwfD9XxhgjNMpNlFVDTkUR_pZ/s4341/Selfies.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2738" data-original-width="4341" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfvqhjYQwA_NIn3OLZpROKPH6KNkW_kSuQE2XG3vEnQy4SBnrvCfM0C37BTZZkdlZrTR6wc8SXWfg-z-y-BLNfy058ZQvT9xl1cCmPhJ88pdhMPUupY2yL84A40G3GyUxYzxZNOT9UXHQuDtTsgE6Dgde22V_Gt7KRqb0jwfD9XxhgjNMpNlFVDTkUR_pZ/w640-h404/Selfies.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjir8uP7-LXJY0nGs48LuXO5us2kM1UA_JmjSzyK82fVpYAkSRM5ta67XcCV-3dO8c80c7ktmrZ7AsB6yGyvLmc-1TGV8mOuHCJQIE3lU6T_24gpnTCcoVmJreizGPIOSBd9EMwhmfOTtK0IZsqu9wOcQZiMnFnsGEo5_C1iCirUJyRxukta4CP1fWfEXCW/s2048/F6j61ngXYAADOD5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjir8uP7-LXJY0nGs48LuXO5us2kM1UA_JmjSzyK82fVpYAkSRM5ta67XcCV-3dO8c80c7ktmrZ7AsB6yGyvLmc-1TGV8mOuHCJQIE3lU6T_24gpnTCcoVmJreizGPIOSBd9EMwhmfOTtK0IZsqu9wOcQZiMnFnsGEo5_C1iCirUJyRxukta4CP1fWfEXCW/w640-h480/F6j61ngXYAADOD5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbhwkkmbVa5WHXkfkLNNFoW7NvIQj5-3bv8gSWp5w_2r_OxMb67YxG_4POx2umbRnB7zvMJtG7vyaKnRIx65TC2pujC2876klqleHJjWcfk8diV3ESWgpxrm9m9EHmdVlz31MXRDAmlHpRLvJd4FPYOWgbUw23_cvCrbhC4Kb1qkGahXAvvNHvPbVDFNLU/s2048/F6kASnyXYAcVhRD.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbhwkkmbVa5WHXkfkLNNFoW7NvIQj5-3bv8gSWp5w_2r_OxMb67YxG_4POx2umbRnB7zvMJtG7vyaKnRIx65TC2pujC2876klqleHJjWcfk8diV3ESWgpxrm9m9EHmdVlz31MXRDAmlHpRLvJd4FPYOWgbUw23_cvCrbhC4Kb1qkGahXAvvNHvPbVDFNLU/w400-h300/F6kASnyXYAcVhRD.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Respondiendo preguntas sobre la sesión de preguntas después de nuestra sesión.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> And to finish, find here below several <b>screenshots from the YouTube video</b> (linked above in this post), as wel as <b>some more pictures
from the seminar and a couple of casual selfies </b>right above 😀<span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll">✨📚</span></span><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll">♀:</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_p1mCby3G6OxVIbvs1cTcdZtt4y6BgU7HQq71a9vEoOM4u3rsi8WXt6U1oORa626_qPHp1kaUYLs69uxoSvUTpj6D_xzlFfQmLu-kx9a4G0Kd0EYixRE0aoqlOR_89hBvRYNMWrBI5bC14JKm5_uRZwhEG5nnguwek-29BOCHM1u9fN-sEmunOW02pbB_/s1920/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(5038).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_p1mCby3G6OxVIbvs1cTcdZtt4y6BgU7HQq71a9vEoOM4u3rsi8WXt6U1oORa626_qPHp1kaUYLs69uxoSvUTpj6D_xzlFfQmLu-kx9a4G0Kd0EYixRE0aoqlOR_89hBvRYNMWrBI5bC14JKm5_uRZwhEG5nnguwek-29BOCHM1u9fN-sEmunOW02pbB_/w640-h360/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(5038).png" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin1HSwEpNpMhaLPbN7qomm5CQjJ85IvaBD110ejVLVpgNDn0PcvWcMiLp9QX9xWJn-XgHz60q5Q99mE6wjwHprQujVByp_3zJ6RhGZAXoE9qPstRyddoRd1AoxjIu_BTgUCetOL25iBVvdJtf-YXPtVU3bCEzALGGREZEadMmoSPqsfNBtTR1kcjZNr2Um/s1920/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(5040).png" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZDD9nU3OfD5BQRe0T1qnR_Y-8KNxL_hawJY95n9P4npMqwTnK-trJ8FKd8ZveTExn2-FssePCen5hK_2qa4F2SiSk5CaspBXKvOEbn9wWw51rpBvu5r65PnzAyRUZNqFXeQttOsf9PslNC-cg9AdSDTcx7wdUx_BG81oY1pcMZiqqJTIdzfOX4Oc-uXvN/w640-h360/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(5030).png" width="640" /> </a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> And that's it for this post, but stay tuned for <b>book developments</b> this year! Now to write a 6000-to-8000-word chapter before the deadline <span class="emoji emoji-large">😃</span><span class="emoji emoji-large">😅</span><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll">✨📚💪</span></span><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll">♀! / <span style="color: #800180;">Y con esto termino este post, pero si estáis interesades en el tema, llegarán más noticias sobre el libro a lo largo del año </span></span></span><span class="emoji emoji-large" style="color: #800180;">😃</span><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll" style="color: #800180;"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll">✨📚</span></span><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll" style="color: #800180;"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll">♀</span></span><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll" style="color: #800180;"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"> ¡Ahora a escribir el capítulo de 6000-8000 palabras antes del plazo de entrega </span></span><span class="emoji emoji-large" style="color: #800180;">😅</span><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll" style="color: #800180;"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll">📚</span></span><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll" style="color: #800180;"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll">!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll" style="color: #800180;"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><br /></span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">-</span><b style="color: #274e13;"><u>On the use of my essays, studies and translations</u></b><span style="color: #274e13;">:
Please, <i>do not</i> use this work without my permission without any credit. If you're interested and
want to share it or expand on this idea, you're of course allowed to reference
it if you credit me and link to this post. It would also be
nice if you contacted me beforehand. DO NOT publish as if it were your
own work, always quote and link.</span></div><p></p></div>Arwendë Luhtiénë / Marta Lúthienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01043611744907294700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255946979377638758.post-14404308721556785122023-11-28T07:37:00.000-08:002023-11-28T18:19:53.506-08:00Herstory - Christine de Pizan and her defense of women<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfVQeSevtwUmDQCyY2L4ZqlTSrSPV7lROosfATt4cyS1i3eyT7YHrq-_-6Tg9t6IPCoiq4DwVOYfXKmTgjweV5nucs_yMox4RkYHMx1wSF_AGrK5MnSmQa12Zx7AjGizqpUhH1LjKDmaBf2JRIsBU6X3zjIDh56RjIt6CNK_jL8HMRQmTbfebvIx9XcHor/s2004/Christine%20de%20Pizan%202018_2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1220" data-original-width="2004" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfVQeSevtwUmDQCyY2L4ZqlTSrSPV7lROosfATt4cyS1i3eyT7YHrq-_-6Tg9t6IPCoiq4DwVOYfXKmTgjweV5nucs_yMox4RkYHMx1wSF_AGrK5MnSmQa12Zx7AjGizqpUhH1LjKDmaBf2JRIsBU6X3zjIDh56RjIt6CNK_jL8HMRQmTbfebvIx9XcHor/w640-h390/Christine%20de%20Pizan%202018_2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Christine de Pizan (1364-1431) (left), giving a talk about her at a March 2018 seminar (right)</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><i>(English version, Spanish on the next paragraph) </i></span>Back in 2017-18, I spent quite a lot of time researching <b><u><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_de_Pizan" target="_blank">Christine de Pizan</a></u> (1364-1431)</b>, the <b>first professional woman writer in Medieval Europe and a pretty badass (proto)feminist</b> to boot 🤩📖♀️, and I had the opportunity to talk about her life and works, especially focusing on her defense of women, by taking part in a couple of projects organized by feminist groups: In<b> December 2017</b>, I firstly participated with a <b><a href="https://twitter.com/ArwendeLuhtiene/status/946552815350149120" target="_blank">Twitter thread</a> </b>in the initiative<i><b> </b><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/VisibilizacionEnLaLiteratura?src=hashtag_click" target="_blank"><b>#VisibilizaciónEnLaLiteratura</b></a>, </i>which aimed to <b>visibilize women writers in herstory</b><i>.</i> A few months after, in<b> March 2018 </b>I had the chance to adapt this Twitter thread into a<b> talk for a seminar organized by the feminist group <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dandovozalsilencio/" target="_blank">Dando Voz al Silencio</a></b> in Madrid, which also aimed to <b>visibilize several women writers and artists both past and present</b>. So in this post<b> </b>I'm finally talking about both of these, a few years late, but hey, better late than never 😅! <br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #800180;">En 2017-18 dediqué bastante tiempo a leer sobre e investigar la figura de <b><u><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_de_Pizan" target="_blank">Christine de Pizan</a></u> (1364-1431)</b>, la <b>primera escritora profesional en la Europa medieval</b>, además de <b>una (proto)feminista de armas tomar</b> 🤩📖♀️. Tuve la oportunidad de hablar sobre su vida y obra, sobre todo centrándome en su defensa de las mujeres, participando en un par de proyectos organizados por grupos feministas: Primero, en <b>diciembre de 2017</b>, me uní con un <b><a href="https://twitter.com/ArwendeLuhtiene/status/946552815350149120" target="_blank">hilo de Twitter</a> </b>a la iniciativa <i><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/VisibilizacionEnLaLiteratura?src=hashtag_click" target="_blank"><b>#VisibilizaciónEnLaLiteratura</b></a>, </i>con el objetivo de<b> visibilizar a diferentes escritoras en la historia</b><i>.</i> Unos pocos meses después, en <b>marzo de 2018</b>, tuve además la oportunidad de adaptar este hilo a una<b> charla </b>con la que contribuir a un<b> seminario organizado por el grupo feminista <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dandovozalsilencio/" target="_blank">Dando Voz al Silencio</a></b>, también con la propósito de <b>visibilizar a varias escritoras y artistas femeninas en el pasado y presente</b>. Así que en este post por fin traigo ambas contribuciones, unos años demasiado tarde, pero ¡más vale tarde que nunca 😅!</span> <br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEdz8sp0-RODeMe4kZC2F1R1yZvwo7HtGEGCm-uKHkdfAXiYYRJyT17uexzImigFJeNFshCQUk1036Ftinuz2wXiUmMDV79H-mXi5HbT7-Mb3kqAWqoyqqjC11YSMzKeNarFiB7Pcc0RA53CEEZfknjqoslECG-n1PmMoClOB9Bbdjip8zhOVi8qIYN_I5/s2078/Christine%20de%20Pizan%202018.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1044" data-original-width="2078" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEdz8sp0-RODeMe4kZC2F1R1yZvwo7HtGEGCm-uKHkdfAXiYYRJyT17uexzImigFJeNFshCQUk1036Ftinuz2wXiUmMDV79H-mXi5HbT7-Mb3kqAWqoyqqjC11YSMzKeNarFiB7Pcc0RA53CEEZfknjqoslECG-n1PmMoClOB9Bbdjip8zhOVi8qIYN_I5/w640-h322/Christine%20de%20Pizan%202018.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>December 2017 Twitter thread (left) and March 2018 talk at a seminar (right) about Christine de Pizan. <br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">But I didn't procrastinate with everything, fortunately - In 2018 I also posted on here my<b> <a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2018/04/goodreads-feminist-reviews-christine-de.html " target="_blank">reviews</a> </b>of<b> </b>the two books which, out of her work, focus the most on her pro-woman content:<i> </i><b><i>The Book of the City of Ladies</i></b> and <b><i>The Treasure of the City of Ladies/The Book of Three Virtues</i></b>. As expanded both in <b><a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2018/04/goodreads-feminist-reviews-christine-de.html" target="_blank">this post</a></b> and on <b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2186924591?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1" target="_blank">Goodreads</a></b>, these books include plenty of compelling feminist themes, from her interest in <b>female representation in Ancient and Medieval literature, art and mythology/religion</b>, to a <b>strong criticism of patriarchal double standards </b>and a<b> scathing opinion on male entitlement and some of her contemporary misogynistic works</b>. Of course, because nothing is ever perfect anywhere, de Pizan's<b> religious societal upbringing</b>
(as was the very much compulsory norm in Medieval Europe) also plays a
heavy part in her reasoning and conclusions, and mainly, as a result to this, her works also contain
more <b>problematic aspects </b>having to do with <b>internalized misogyny</b>,<b> patriarchal modesty mindsets</b>, or the belief that, despite the unjust existence of gender roles and misogyny, <b>women would need to ultimately learn to conform to patriarchy in order to be sufficiently secure </b>in
terms of societal reputation and survival - She does not entertain the idea that society should change in the first place, and thus it is a more pragmatic approach which
does differentiate her undeniable (proto)feminism from the later
widespread idea of<b> feminism as a movement which first and foremost seeks the liberation of women from patriarchy</b> as its main and ultimate goal. Still, <b>many of her (proto)feminist ideas are incredibly subversive and rather progressive in the High Middle Ages</b>, as we will also see in this post. </div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #800180;">Por suerte, en 2018 no procrastiné por completo la tarea de hablar sobre Christine de Pizan en este blog, ya que sí posteé<b> <a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2018/04/goodreads-feminist-reviews-christine-de.html " target="_blank">reseñas</a> </b>de los dos libros de su obra que más se enfocan en su contenido pro-mujer:<i> </i><b><i>El libro de la ciudad de las damas </i></b>y <b><i>El tesoro de la ciudad de las damas/El libro de las tres virtudes</i></b>. Como cuento en más detalle tanto en <b><a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2018/04/goodreads-feminist-reviews-christine-de.html" target="_blank">este post</a></b> como en <b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2186924591?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1" target="_blank">Goodreads</a></b>, estos libros incluyen bastantes temas feministas muy interesantes, desde su trabajo de listar el nivel de <b>representación femenina en la literatura, arte y mitología/religión de la Antigüedad y el Medievo</b>, a una<b> fuerte crítica de los dobles raseros patriarcales </b>y un<b> comentario mordaz</b> </span><span style="color: #800180;">de la<b> misoginia en varias de sus obras contemporáneas</b></span><span style="color: #800180;"> y de<b> </b>los<b> hombres que se creen con derecho a dominar y poseer a las mujeres </b>(<b>'male entitlement')</b>. Pero como nada es perfecto en ninguna parte, la <b>socialización religiosa</b> de Pizan
(una norma muy obligada en la Europa medieval) es algo que también contribuye fuertemente en su razonamiento y conclusiones, y, básicamente en consecuencia a eso, su obra también contiene <b>aspectos más problemáticos </b>relacionados con<b> misoginia internalizada</b>,<b> mentalidad de la modestia patriarcal</b>, or la convicción de que, a pesar de la existencia injusta de los roles de género y la misoginia,<b> las mujeres al final necesitan aprender a amoldarse al patriarcado para quedar en una posición suficientemente segura</b>, respecto a reputación y supervivencia social - Ni siquiera llega a considerar que la sociedad deba cambiar para arreglar estos problemas, así que se trata de un acercamiento más pragmático que sí que diferencia su innegable (proto)feminismo con la idea generalizada más tardía del <b>feminismo como un movimiento que antes que nada busca la liberación de la mujer del patriarcado </b>como su principal objetivo. Aun así, <b>muchas de sus ideas (proto)feministas resultan ser increíblemente subversivas y bastante progresistas en la Alta Edad Media</b>, como también vamos a ver en este post. </span> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ITbeQqvmqjo/WsYLGd2XGTI/AAAAAAAAJXk/2EKnJnHVS3IGzJEwi2KReh0rYJwuW4cogCLcBGAs/s1600/received_1881163598562956.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1022" data-original-width="1600" height="408" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ITbeQqvmqjo/WsYLGd2XGTI/AAAAAAAAJXk/2EKnJnHVS3IGzJEwi2KReh0rYJwuW4cogCLcBGAs/s640/received_1881163598562956.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>March 2018 herstory seminars: Me with Christine de Pizan alongside <a href="https://tarmaerika.blogspot.com/2018/07/sor-juana-ines-de-la-cruz.html" target="_blank">Pilar Erika talking about Sor Juana Inés</a>. </i></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">And in both of these initiatives I was also accompanied by <b><a href="https://tarmaerika.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Pilar Erika</a></b>, who firstly talked about Canadian writer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Laurence" target="_blank"><b>Margaret Laurence</b></a> with a <b><a href="https://twitter.com/albarran_pilar/status/946551800072728576" target="_blank">Twitter thread</a></b> (you can also find a more in-depth study on her blog <b><a href="https://tarmaerika.blogspot.com/2018/04/margaret-laurence.html " target="_blank">here</a></b>), and then gave a talk at the Spring 2018 seminar about <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juana_In%C3%A9s_de_la_Cruz" target="_blank">Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz</a></b>'s life and works (here's her <b><a href="https://tarmaerika.blogspot.com/2018/07/sor-juana-ines-de-la-cruz.html" target="_blank">blog post</a></b> including the slideshow presentation from the seminar). <b><u>Sor Juana Inés</u></b> is also one of my favourite women in herstory,<b> a 17th Century nun </b>who is not only <b>one of the most famous women writers and poetesses in Mexico</b>, but also<b> </b>a <b>sapphic woman </b>and an<b> incredibly subversive (proto)feminist</b> <span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="es_XX"> <span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu"><img alt="😊" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/td8/1.5/16/1f60a.png" width="16" /></span><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu"><img alt="💜" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tef/1.5/16/1f49c.png" width="16" /></span><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu"><img alt="📖" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tf7/1.5/16/1f4d6.png" width="16" /></span></span>.
For more about her, Pilar Erika and I also worked on a translation (into Tolkien's Quenya xD) of one of her most famous feminist poems, '<a href="https://www.culturagenial.com/es/poema-hombres-necios-que-acusais-de-sor-juana-ines-de-la-cruz/amp/?fbclid=IwAR14Ng8h7TuV4GDinBQHX8WwL2uiUW9xIPJWdjqwZMA2Ck-uOuBdzKWRQ2M" target="_blank"><b>Hombres necios</b></a>' (blog post <b><a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2021/04/laire-nerion-imnetyalo-traduccion-al.html" target="_blank">here</a></b>). </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #800180;">En ambos proyectos también estuve acompañada por <b><a href="https://tarmaerika.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Pilar Erika</a></b>, quien primero habló sobre la escritora canadiense <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Laurence" target="_blank"><b>Margaret Laurence</b></a> con un <b><a href="https://twitter.com/albarran_pilar/status/946551800072728576" target="_blank">hilo de Twitter</a></b> (también podéis encontrar un estudio más detallado sobre esta escritora en su blog <b><a href="https://tarmaerika.blogspot.com/2018/04/margaret-laurence.html " target="_blank">aquí</a></b>), y más tarde participó en el seminario de primavera de 2018 con una charla sobre la vida y obra de <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juana_In%C3%A9s_de_la_Cruz" target="_blank">Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz</a></b> (aquí esta su<b> <a href="https://tarmaerika.blogspot.com/2018/07/sor-juana-ines-de-la-cruz.html" target="_blank">post de blog</a></b>, incluyendo la presentación de diapositivas que llevó al seminario). <b><u>Sor Juana Inés</u></b> es también una de mi mujeres históricas favoritas:<b> Una monja del siglo XVII </b>que no sólo resulta ser <b>una de las escritoras y poetisas más famosas de México</b>, sino también<b> </b>una<b> mujer sáfica y una (proto)feminista increíblemente subversiva</b> <span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="es_XX"> <span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu"><img alt="😊" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/td8/1.5/16/1f60a.png" width="16" /></span><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu"><img alt="💜" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tef/1.5/16/1f49c.png" width="16" /></span><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu"><img alt="📖" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tf7/1.5/16/1f4d6.png" width="16" /></span></span>.
Si queréis saber más sobre ella, Pilar Erika y yo también hemos trabajado en una traducción (al quenya de Tolkien xD) de uno de sus poemas feministas más conocidos, '<a href="https://www.culturagenial.com/es/poema-hombres-necios-que-acusais-de-sor-juana-ines-de-la-cruz/amp/?fbclid=IwAR14Ng8h7TuV4GDinBQHX8WwL2uiUW9xIPJWdjqwZMA2Ck-uOuBdzKWRQ2M" target="_blank"><b>Hombres necios</b></a>' (post de blog <b><a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2021/04/laire-nerion-imnetyalo-traduccion-al.html" target="_blank">aquí</a></b>). </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #800180;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCsvGgnVsr4K533TrmAjdxNvYy_IQooMeu4_Ii4JZuvTgpvy5s7_b0eyqDoCvObq8uCavFxF012OXUS0Jau75kTobdeU9EYyRVWpIkomh5AEoEpT5x7wfRu8AIYm37cOiM81rPJkBtj0fw3oI7t4GrK1N4Mvb8NMl6su8lwWiFDnrXTWSvaCzfruELm_8G/s5982/Christine%20de%20Pizan%202018_3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3988" data-original-width="5982" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCsvGgnVsr4K533TrmAjdxNvYy_IQooMeu4_Ii4JZuvTgpvy5s7_b0eyqDoCvObq8uCavFxF012OXUS0Jau75kTobdeU9EYyRVWpIkomh5AEoEpT5x7wfRu8AIYm37cOiM81rPJkBtj0fw3oI7t4GrK1N4Mvb8NMl6su8lwWiFDnrXTWSvaCzfruELm_8G/w640-h426/Christine%20de%20Pizan%202018_3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Giving a talk about Christine de Pizan at a March 2018 seminar organized by <span style="color: #800180;"><b> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dandovozalsilencio/" target="_blank">Dando Voz al Silencio</a></b></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"> So, getting back on track, in this post I'll be now finally sharing both the <b><u>talk presentation</u> of Christine de Pizan's life and works</b> that I gave at the seminar, as well as my <b><u>Twitter participation</u> </b>in its entirety, <b>threaded together in blog post format</b> and accompanied with a selection of pictures and illuminations that I originally used in the thread and presentation (most of these pictures you can also find on my <b><a href="https://www.pinterest.es/arwendeluhtiene/women-in-history-christine-de-pizan/" target="_blank">Pinterest board on Christine de Pizan</a></b>). Both the <b>original Twitter thread and the seminar presentation are in <u>Spanish</u></b>, and also see below for the corresponding <b>translated version of the presentation into <u>English</u></b>. Hope you enjoy it 😊! </p><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #800180;">Volviendo al tema que nos atañe ahora mismo, en este post paso a compartir al fin tanto la <b>presentación de diapositivas de la vida y obra de Christine de Pizan</b>, tal y como la di en el seminario, además del hilo completo para la iniciativa #<i>VisibilizaciónEnLaLiteratura</i>, pasando del formato más fragmentado de Twitter a un formato algo más hilado (xD) y más acorde a un post de blog, y acompañado de una selección de imágenes e iluminaciones que usé originalmente en el hilo y la presentación (prácticamente todas estas imágenes están también guardadas en mi <b><a href="https://www.pinterest.es/arwendeluhtiene/women-in-history-christine-de-pizan/" target="_blank">tablero de Pinterest sobre Christine de Pizan</a></b>). Tanto el <b>hilo original de Twitter como la presentación para el seminario están en español</b>, y también podéis encontrar aquí abajo una <b>versión traducida de la presentación a inglés</b>.¡Espero que lo disfrutéis 😊! </span></p><b>1) <u>Christine de Pizan and her defense of women - Talk presentation</u>:</b><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Spanish (original) version of the talk:</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe height="700" src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1U1-FElxa8FjwRUqhzjEetMosUECsemTb/preview" width="700"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b> </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b> </b>And the <b>English version</b>: </div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe height="700" src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/19NDnCtKSF7UCkosMkWnlXaadcJUfN0qt/preview" width="700"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b> </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<b>2) <u>Christine de Pizan and her defense of women - Essay from the <a href="https://twitter.com/ArwendeLuhtiene/status/946552815350149120" target="_blank">Twitter thread</a></u>:<br /></b></div>
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<br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijcuS-b__jvV8mm5Ieh3BFvdtOt1P3COhHkBAESqFmJtHBED81OAfOjpHx4PQ50gIAfeZ-PIo9gv7QSfS2sdBFv5hBolSN0inzm7_t7oqRjyKq4CFZzKM_Qgq3_x99AByv_WAhJtP24tgSht9_n-uW3a9EHE0VHe-e9JvKmRGU-mFXK0ggKz5zlOIh5asX/s1347/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(90).png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="625" data-original-width="1347" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijcuS-b__jvV8mm5Ieh3BFvdtOt1P3COhHkBAESqFmJtHBED81OAfOjpHx4PQ50gIAfeZ-PIo9gv7QSfS2sdBFv5hBolSN0inzm7_t7oqRjyKq4CFZzKM_Qgq3_x99AByv_WAhJtP24tgSht9_n-uW3a9EHE0VHe-e9JvKmRGU-mFXK0ggKz5zlOIh5asX/w640-h296/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(90).png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>My Twitter profile customized and ready to talk about Christine de Pizan in December 2017</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><i><b>As I said above, this essay is for the moment <u>in the original Spanish only</u></b>. <b>If you can't read Spanish and would like to know what
it's about and what I think about Christine de Pizan as a Medieval woman, a professional writer and a (proto)feminist</b>, I recommend that you use <b>Google
translate for a hopefully adequate English version of it</b> </i>😅 <i>Also, remember that you also have the <b>abridged version of my talk available in English</b> above </i>😃☝️<i> Thanks again for reading!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><i> </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxowvY6bjir5_g-zWSm-MPE4gGUqvPfYq8MkRWiQL8jajQhv_GTvJRY9k8bxzTRKjgruEjvb5ToshC1hwhaMWCztS9zl0Mg9yffz_OoM7Z10UEdp96I9-abQB-MUZ0QVU1-FA5AyyvOSqL4ywnbfXOBXoaX-Jdx5JI6w9zDsgn9UU7YuN38hqT4_w9nA4g/s680/17082b71b88c5dc4482e100f95a9514a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="510" data-original-width="680" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxowvY6bjir5_g-zWSm-MPE4gGUqvPfYq8MkRWiQL8jajQhv_GTvJRY9k8bxzTRKjgruEjvb5ToshC1hwhaMWCztS9zl0Mg9yffz_OoM7Z10UEdp96I9-abQB-MUZ0QVU1-FA5AyyvOSqL4ywnbfXOBXoaX-Jdx5JI6w9zDsgn9UU7YuN38hqT4_w9nA4g/w400-h300/17082b71b88c5dc4482e100f95a9514a.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><span class="Truncate"><span class="RichText"><i>Christine en su estudio en una edición del siglo XV de su obra de 1405 </i>Ciento y una baladas de un amante y una dama<i>. </i></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><i> </i><b><u>Christine de Pizan</u></b> (1364- c1430) fue la <b>primera escritora profesional en Europa</b>.<b> Precursora del feminismo moderno</b>, también fue la <b>primera mujer en la Edad Media que habló públicamente en defensa de las mujeres</b>. Este hilo alterna datos sobre la <b>vida y obra</b> de Christine, para pasar después a hablar con más detalle de su <b>activismo pro-mujer</b> y su tipo de feminismo, sobre todo en una de sus obras más importantes y conocidas:<b> <i>La Ciudad de las Damas</i></b>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOeWOqjchtYQ3YWLBMZbHBv6-5R3ie1EMD98KF_wrmdYq0AGGBcFS3ma3ZbnV15AeQ2WLTmdXeE4mZG9hTdlO5q-dNRdiBqmp-MSeK_YJ3crpS1gC-M7lHcJqcq0YzkwaqBrqg7askkOFuWa9r5M9dV9o0o1apS1710eM7DrF8kxy2CitzcNuvXJHBRVbe/s850/frase-una-mujer-debe-tener-dinero-y-una-habitacion-propia-si-desea-escribir-ficcion-virginia-woolf-134520.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="850" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOeWOqjchtYQ3YWLBMZbHBv6-5R3ie1EMD98KF_wrmdYq0AGGBcFS3ma3ZbnV15AeQ2WLTmdXeE4mZG9hTdlO5q-dNRdiBqmp-MSeK_YJ3crpS1gC-M7lHcJqcq0YzkwaqBrqg7askkOFuWa9r5M9dV9o0o1apS1710eM7DrF8kxy2CitzcNuvXJHBRVbe/w320-h151/frase-una-mujer-debe-tener-dinero-y-una-habitacion-propia-si-desea-escribir-ficcion-virginia-woolf-134520.jpg" width="320" /></a> Christine de Pizan es una de las pocas mujeres medievales (conocidas) que tuvieron la suerte de conseguir <b>un "cuarto propio" y la oportunidad de leer, estudiar y desarrollar sus aptitudes como escritoras.</b> Como dijo <b><u>Virginia Woolf</u></b>, la <b>dependencia económica y la falta de un espacio propio y de tiempo</b> (responsabilidad exclusiva para cuidar de marido, casa e hijos) hacían que fuera <b>imposible que la mayoría de mujeres se pudieran dedicar a escribir y crear arte</b>. Además de tener cuarto propio, Christine es única entre las autoras medievales de Europa por ser <b>la primera que escribió de forma profesional para ganarse la vida</b> (la mayoría de escritoras, como <b><u>Hildegarda de Bingen</u></b>, pertenecían a órdenes religiosas).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid4RbeKEB_pixbtqGtsHQJEQp8CEYhYz78GDGV1rpZwIddrODes9no1LCaSmFFzxjK9rqehdz_QI1w8PBV2jb3GJeJaihWPEZXEa-xVmMmSx9pIsUpgTLqGdrizEfs760aMxIt0MBgwAxAp_l0QVRgAlUAU22yzz-Ipy8EZPDIjNI5HTCK6wOhFZRh0Ci-/s944/28156522_201097567327179_5458561991905902592_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="724" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid4RbeKEB_pixbtqGtsHQJEQp8CEYhYz78GDGV1rpZwIddrODes9no1LCaSmFFzxjK9rqehdz_QI1w8PBV2jb3GJeJaihWPEZXEa-xVmMmSx9pIsUpgTLqGdrizEfs760aMxIt0MBgwAxAp_l0QVRgAlUAU22yzz-Ipy8EZPDIjNI5HTCK6wOhFZRh0Ci-/s320/28156522_201097567327179_5458561991905902592_n.jpg" width="245" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>© ane.ceballos (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Bf_GwrfFcD0/" target="_blank">IG</a>) </i></td></tr></tbody></table> Como veremos, Christine de Pizan fue una <b>autora muy prolífica</b>, escribiendo <b>más de 30 obras de géneros muy diversos</b>:
Desde poesía lírica amorosa a debates literarios, política, filosofía,
historia, moral, manuales de cortesía, estrategia bélica,
(auto)biografía,... Y un punto en el que me centraré es en lo
comprometida que estaba Christine con el tema de la <b>defensa de la mujer</b>. Es la <b>primera
mujer medieval (que conozcamos) que denunció públicamente de frente la
misoginia presente en la tradición literaria de su época</b>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> Christine <b>nace en 1365 en Venecia</b>. Su <b>padre </b>es <b>Tommaso da Pizanno</b> (Thomas de Pizan), médico y profesor de astrología en la Universidad de Bolonia. Su <b>madre </b>es la hija de un colega de Tommaso, y gracias a la invisibilización del patriarcado <b>no conocemos su nombre</b>
(¡porque no importaba!). Tommaso recibió invitaciones de Luis I de
Hungría y Charles V de Francia para unirse a sus cortes. Un año más
tarde toda la familia (que tenía que ir donde el hombre decidiera,
claro), se mudaría a <b>París</b>, famosa por su humanismo y su
universidad. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> Con 4 años, Christine es presentada en la <b>corte de Charles
V</b>, cuya biografía escribiría casi 35 años después. Su padre Tommaso se
ha convertido en el médico y astrólogo de la corte y la familia vive
cómodamente en París. Christine pasaría el resto de su vida en <b>Francia</b>, a pesar de su
creciente fama, que hizo que recibiera repetidas invitaciones a lo largo
de los años de unirse a las cortes de Henry IV de Inglaterra y el Duque
de Milán. En su obra, Christine contará con influencias de ambos mundos
- Por un lado, los recuerdos de Venecia y Bolonia y la corriente
humanista italiana, y por otro su interés por la corte francesa.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAI9hju4DvJ4-zefNyK6_4_wmeWZsCE2bknw1is6L_43Mx5yzo9u8pdtOvsbC8XEYDYf4vzeeipYHpLctvNqQbw0h4aJ_h6b24Z2luj4CKmj8yb6l4MDTB9g-CAFO9lFIp5zxzIor7cHYGyw-gxc-rglGTNMwu9uH3jKgl_VrraSBxpo1Q9br8y8lmuh4j/s1091/Venecia-Par%C3%ADs.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="1091" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAI9hju4DvJ4-zefNyK6_4_wmeWZsCE2bknw1is6L_43Mx5yzo9u8pdtOvsbC8XEYDYf4vzeeipYHpLctvNqQbw0h4aJ_h6b24Z2luj4CKmj8yb6l4MDTB9g-CAFO9lFIp5zxzIor7cHYGyw-gxc-rglGTNMwu9uH3jKgl_VrraSBxpo1Q9br8y8lmuh4j/w640-h330/Venecia-Par%C3%ADs.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Venecia en el siglo XIV (izqu.), París en el siglo XV (der.).</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> La educación y ambiente de Christine fueron determinantes para que
pudiera llevar a cabo una carrera como escritora. Christine <b>creció en un
ambiente erudito, con acceso a la biblioteca de Charles V y conexiones
con los talleres de libros de París</b>, y mostró <b>interés y aptitudes hacia
lo intelectual desde muy temprana edad</b>. Tuvo la suerte de que su padre
tuviera una mentalidad más abierta en su época respecto al tema de
la educación de la mujer, y apoyara su deseo de estudiar, ya que, como
en tantas otras épocas, <b>las mujeres podían muy difícilmente acceder a la
educación</b>. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZbLyldiJwHRUGO1F56muEGsedJPBM0euG9G3IwkmZh4Jo_mFAN1iDIaQuEfWFvnszjQdP_MEMbja9kd8L89fu3TDajQejEEUUHJuK-IHfbjL3l7v7Rb0cjnC7emc6WlvA0_dyPDmvjYIHtdUrwunle00-iFns14dDrLq248ikduH5EKObM0sMbvd0WmZ9/s629/Woman%20reading%20-%20%20Chroniques%20sire%20JEHAN%20FROISSART.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="629" data-original-width="564" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZbLyldiJwHRUGO1F56muEGsedJPBM0euG9G3IwkmZh4Jo_mFAN1iDIaQuEfWFvnszjQdP_MEMbja9kd8L89fu3TDajQejEEUUHJuK-IHfbjL3l7v7Rb0cjnC7emc6WlvA0_dyPDmvjYIHtdUrwunle00-iFns14dDrLq248ikduH5EKObM0sMbvd0WmZ9/w179-h200/Woman%20reading%20-%20%20Chroniques%20sire%20JEHAN%20FROISSART.jpg" width="179" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Mujer leyendo (Crónicas de Sire Jean Froissart, c.1470)</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table> En el<b> siglo XIV</b>, había ya más mujeres (de clases acomodadas y nobles,
claro) que aprendían a leer, pero <b>no se apoyaba que escribieran o
estudiaran, y su material de lectura era sólo religioso y moral</b>.
Bastantes esposas e hijas de mercaderes italianos también aprendían a
leer y escribir, pero el objetivo era ¡sorpresa! ayudar a sus maridos y
padres con las cuentas y la correspondencia. <b>La base de la educación
para la mujer era religiosa y de conducta, y la función principal de la mujer era aprender a llevar la casa, casarse y tener hijos</b>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> Como <b><u>inciso</u></b> relacionado con esto - El hecho de que <b>la madre sea la que se dedique
principalmente a la crianza y educación de los hijos</b> y que<b> así promueva
en mucha medida el sistema patriarcal </b>hace que sea <b>muy difícil conseguir
las interdinámicas de sororidad y apoyo entre mujeres</b> tan necesarias
para desafiar al sistema, y esta propia socialización además hace que se
demonice a la madre y las figuras femeninas de la familia con mucha más
facilidad que a las maculinas. Como contraste, el lugar de criticar más duramente a tantos padres
autoritarios que se oponen a la libertad de sus esposas e hijas, se hace
<b>hincapié en premiar y alabar </b>los casos (no tan normativos) de <b>aquellos padres y figuras familiares
masculinas que, como contraste a las madres con mentalidad más
'tradicional', se muestran más 'liberales' y 'abiertos' frente a los
intereses no tradicionales de sus hijas</b> (esto podemos verlo en el caso
del padre de Christine de Pizan o el abuelo de <b><u>Sor Juana Inés de la
Cruz</u></b>, por ejemplo).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXKB24NQ48Gwkgw6WJQcdPDXMwXlMo5FwSdn2x-TrrxrdtDwULFhS29lPh8tScEoaPVCYHyuth8TkxJ5uoqOKTym-d0XGkYjn_qxDDAIQkRlZp4MDrgI3ah5WWKcWSre6sLujp3h2kLfaNuh03dCYztyQBllfPWWnDGGqIcVjSHHV8oELo9IR6METMK8Hx/s539/Christine%20de%20Pizan%20Ep%C3%AEtre%20d'Oth%C3%A9a,%20La%20Haye%20KB,74%20G27,%20fol%2059%20v.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="383" data-original-width="539" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXKB24NQ48Gwkgw6WJQcdPDXMwXlMo5FwSdn2x-TrrxrdtDwULFhS29lPh8tScEoaPVCYHyuth8TkxJ5uoqOKTym-d0XGkYjn_qxDDAIQkRlZp4MDrgI3ah5WWKcWSre6sLujp3h2kLfaNuh03dCYztyQBllfPWWnDGGqIcVjSHHV8oELo9IR6METMK8Hx/s320/Christine%20de%20Pizan%20Ep%C3%AEtre%20d'Oth%C3%A9a,%20La%20Haye%20KB,74%20G27,%20fol%2059%20v.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">L'Epître d'Othéa<i>, fol 59 v</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"> Así que <a href="https://laaletheiadezorba.wordpress.com/2016/07/25/vestir-a-christine-de-pisan/" target="_blank"><b>la educación de Christine estuvo más bien centrada en su futuro como esposa y madre</b></a> y sólo "<i>recogió cuantas migajas de conocimiento
pudo</i>" de lo que le contó su padre, y, sobre todo, de su propia <b>labor
autodidacta</b>. <b>Leyó extensamente en francés y en italiano</b>, y es probable
que también aprendiera algo de <b>latín</b>. Pero <b>no empezó a escribir ni tener
contacto con todas las fuentes literarias que influirían su obra hasta
después de quedarse viuda</b>. Lo que veremos que tampoco es casualidad.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> El período de su juventud en que Christine pudo dedicarse algo a lo intelectual
fue breve, ya que, según la tradición patriarcal establecida, <b>al llegar a los 15
años le tocaba casarse con el hombre que escogiera su padre</b>, ya que su cometido como mujer era procrear (por mucho que su padre pareciera también apoyar sus estudios, se esperaba de ella que cumpliera con su rol como esposa y madre por delante de cualquier otra cosa).
El marido elegido fue <b>Étienne de Castel</b>, un <b>secretario real de 25 años</b>.
<b> A pesar de que el matrimonio era concertado</b>, como era lo habitual,
<b>Christine fue "afortunada", ya que se llevó bien con Étienne</b> y describe
sus años de matrimonio como "muy felices". Christine tuvo<b> tres hijos</b>,
una hija (<b>Marie</b>), un hijo (<b>Jean</b>) y otro hijo que moriría en la infancia. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> Étienne, como Tommaso, era <b>un hombre instruido que también parece haber
alentado las inclinaciones intelectuales de Christine</b> - Christine, por
ejemplo, <b>adoptó en su obra </b>posterior la <b>caligrafía propia de la notaría
de la corte</b>. Sin embargo, no olvidemos que <b>durante sus 10 años de
matrimonio no pudo dedicarse a la escritura</b>. Por muy abiertos que fueran
primero su padre y luego su marido,<b> su rol principal era el de esposa y
madre tradicional, sin tiempo para mucho más</b>. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> Otro <b><u>inciso</u> </b>- Vemos, así, que tanto en el
caso de Christine de Pizan como en el de otras mujeres en la historia
(como <b>Sor Juana</b>, que <b>tuvo que meterse a monja y no casarse para poder
leer y estudiar</b>), tener un padre y/o un marido con mentalidad más
abierta que alienten las habilidades intelectuales de sus hijas o
esposas (que por otro lado no habría que darles tantas medallas por
comportarse de forma mínimamente decente) <b>no es suficiente</b>. Una y otra
vez vemos cómo la sociedad patriarcal con roles de género hace que sea
<b>tantas veces incompatible para las mujeres el combinar el matrimonio con
el desarrollo del estudio y arte</b> - Porque la mujer tiene que dedicarse
de forma exclusiva a la casa y los hijos, sin que la sociedad promueva
la posibilidad de que el hombre haga su parte para que ambos puedan
también desarrollar sus aptitudes, carrera y aficiones (y esto, desafortunadamente, sigue
pasando en demasiados casos). <br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja2PiQcLV5tGq8VBQZrXVhH1snWAjfdHfQSCCUubpyDsAP0XHXIDsKZdN2si6xwO8ce9gZgsFdbJ581KzJVq5-9GTFvrq10KkrK0l24xWGsJBfWIGLWA8wQbpqM5eBq64PeC11yoVWyez0WmLwgy3JjoM0WrT3mvenBbRaqARSPy0d_T79QgaJ4spri24z/s904/3c83f58673dd7fc8d6a4c58fbaa6c697.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="904" data-original-width="564" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja2PiQcLV5tGq8VBQZrXVhH1snWAjfdHfQSCCUubpyDsAP0XHXIDsKZdN2si6xwO8ce9gZgsFdbJ581KzJVq5-9GTFvrq10KkrK0l24xWGsJBfWIGLWA8wQbpqM5eBq64PeC11yoVWyez0WmLwgy3JjoM0WrT3mvenBbRaqARSPy0d_T79QgaJ4spri24z/s320/3c83f58673dd7fc8d6a4c58fbaa6c697.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>El estudio de Christine </i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> "<i>Nuestra puerta se abrió ahora al infortunio y yo, aún joven, la
atravesé</i>" - La muerte de Charles V en 1380 produjo el descenso de
Tommaso. Unos años más tarde muere de enfermedad. También muere uno de
los hijos de Christine. <b>El matrimonio de Christine duró 10 años</b>, con la
muerte repentina de Étienne por una plaga en <b>1390. Con 25 años,
Christine queda viuda y cabeza de familia, con dos hijos, su madre y una
sobrina a su cargo</b>. En su obra Christine siempre c<b>ritica duramente el tratamiento dado a las
viudas en su sociedad</b> y resiente el hecho de que <b>a las mujeres no se
las preparara para organizar los asuntos económicos de sus maridos,
dejándolas desvalidas al quedar viudas</b>. Christine cuenta los <b>extensos
conflictos legales</b> por los que tuvo que pasar en su <b>lucha por conseguir
la herencia que le correspondía</b> como viuda de Étienne. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> Llena de deudas y
penurias económicas, se plantea qué hacer para mantener a su familia. <b>Las opciones que tenían las mujeres de ganarse la vida en esa época y
situación eran muy limitadas </b>- Las dos opciones más comunes eran <b>volver a
casarse o ingresar en un convento</b>. Pero <a href="https://laaletheiadezorba.wordpress.com/2016/07/25/vestir-a-christine-de-pisan/" target="_blank">"Christine decidió una opción valiente, elegida libremente y consecuente consigo misma: <b>seguir escribiendo y vivir de ello</b>”</a>:
Para evadirse de sus problemas económicos y disputas legales, Christine
<b> comienza a volver a leer y estudiar: Historia, poesía, ciencia</b>. También
empieza a escribir <b>poesía de temática amorosa</b>, como forma de
desahogarse por la muerte de su marido. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYIF5nTGo50mxOQapeGMbKrEhbyqwd2MsNVRb9RC8VAs8uTCRcOd1-6-X1HtxqDFG3TfX1uuh9EbrxKWqQPCdqLHpIwZ9BfhNtYM86M7EjNuvdpR9xVx9Y1rgaOKuVdxoTStzowG1mj9NP-Lvd51pb6mZksaZwhLLBNTq1-DxAGycUj_iAkFQRkEKgBYEp/s748/VENUSP~1.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="748" data-original-width="564" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYIF5nTGo50mxOQapeGMbKrEhbyqwd2MsNVRb9RC8VAs8uTCRcOd1-6-X1HtxqDFG3TfX1uuh9EbrxKWqQPCdqLHpIwZ9BfhNtYM86M7EjNuvdpR9xVx9Y1rgaOKuVdxoTStzowG1mj9NP-Lvd51pb6mZksaZwhLLBNTq1-DxAGycUj_iAkFQRkEKgBYEp/s320/VENUSP~1.JPG" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i> Venus en </i>L'Épître d'Othéa<i>.</i></td></tr></tbody></table> Cuatro años después de la muerte de Étienne (<b>1393-4</b>), Christine ha
empezado a escribir con asiduidad -<b> Compone poesía cortesana,
<i>ballades </i>y otras formas líricas de temática principalmente amorosa</b>.
Afortunadamente, <b>su poesía tuvo un éxito considerable entre la
aristocracia, y al final de la década Christine ya estaba ganándose la
vida con lo que escribía</b>. En 1402 había escrito suficiente como para
formar una <b>colección de poesía de 100 baladas</b>. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> Christine se convirtió en
<b>escritora profesional</b> de forma gradual, comenzando a escribir en parte
por placer, en parte por necesidad económica -<b> Una forma de ganarse la
vida muy audaz para una mujer en su época, algo nunca antes visto en su
sociedad</b>. Además, durante la década entre la muerte de su marido y el comienzo
de su éxito de su carrera literaria, se piensa que<b> Christine utilizó
sus dotes de caligrafía para ganar dinero como copista de manuscritos
para varios talleres de París</b>. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> Gran parte de la obra de Christine se puede encontrar en el francés medio original en la red. En <a href="http://www.hs-augsburg.de/%7Eharsch/gallica/Chronologie/15siecle/Christine/chr_ba00.html" target="_blank">esta página</a> tenemos, por ejemplo, sus <b><i>100 baladas</i></b>. Sin embargo, dice mucho de la <b>invisibilización de las escritoras</b> el
hecho de que,<b> a pesar de la fama que tuvo en su época, algunas de las
obras de Christine no han sido aún traducidas, o incluso impresas de
ninguna forma</b> (sólo su versión manuscrita): “<b><i>Si Christine hubiera sido simplemente un escritor medieval notable en
lugar de una escritora medieval notable no se la habría olvidado y
redescubierto tantas veces</i></b>. (....) <b><i>Teniendo en cuenta que fue una escritora tan prolífica y de tanta
importancia en su época está increíblemente poco representada en
antologías y ediciones modernas</i></b>" (Sarah Lawson).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyIRmGKsHImMtCVk6Kfb6QM4bgawERHi_DMC7mr7Ux0vLVQmGRQJQBZtc8VBQtv5bvRjj6ZbNOwkuOa8c2D1pf-9HA69uB-NP2I5zDwLlQyzGiB8jqvXPw7s9MiSxttr2yQ28zh5BpvCAXNhCkhtD5Hs07teHaoaO5u_4Dkd2Uhw6vh8z_YRLJ6He5nzGS/s1200/DG0mD54UAAAKISG.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="902" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyIRmGKsHImMtCVk6Kfb6QM4bgawERHi_DMC7mr7Ux0vLVQmGRQJQBZtc8VBQtv5bvRjj6ZbNOwkuOa8c2D1pf-9HA69uB-NP2I5zDwLlQyzGiB8jqvXPw7s9MiSxttr2yQ28zh5BpvCAXNhCkhtD5Hs07teHaoaO5u_4Dkd2Uhw6vh8z_YRLJ6He5nzGS/w301-h400/DG0mD54UAAAKISG.jpg" width="301" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Christine de Pizan representada en su estudio en uno de sus manuscritos, c.1410.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRgOfV71q9YATk0Ee9Qd3HDx3tIrlVZRg5xePGG_HFAfc7IbKzZYzwd7PiH49QsoZ4RfP3VoXS1IsXMirao4YZtAxkbk4YyTgevK9IFi-f1n6jY9zEmviMO3BkWU_fm8nyhhhHTLovMxqGPbnXvyuA3SopgFyL5IpEjPp8o9Z9eYn_mXfgz5aLgMERFy-m/s640/0651d4d95d39713c8aca13e22850151e.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="564" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRgOfV71q9YATk0Ee9Qd3HDx3tIrlVZRg5xePGG_HFAfc7IbKzZYzwd7PiH49QsoZ4RfP3VoXS1IsXMirao4YZtAxkbk4YyTgevK9IFi-f1n6jY9zEmviMO3BkWU_fm8nyhhhHTLovMxqGPbnXvyuA3SopgFyL5IpEjPp8o9Z9eYn_mXfgz5aLgMERFy-m/w282-h320/0651d4d95d39713c8aca13e22850151e.jpg" width="282" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Christine de Pizan en su estudio</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table> Volvemos al punto en que nos habíamos quedado, con Christine cada vez
<b>más afianzada en su nueva situación de escritora profesional</b>. Se
describe a sí misma "<b><i>acompañada de su equipo</i></b>" cuando va a a
entrevistarse con sus <b>mecenas</b>. Es probable que la propia Christine
<b>copiara muchos de los manuscritos</b> de las obras que presentaba, y también
solía dedicarse a <b>supervisar el trabajo de su equipo</b>. Trabajó, además,
con <b>varias mujeres que iluminaron su trabajo</b>, como '<b>Anastasia</b>'. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> Otro punto interesante es el <b>gran contenido autobiográfico de sus obras</b>, algo <b>inusual en la Edad Media</b>. También <b>aparece con frecuencia representada en las iluminaciones de sus manuscritos</b> - Escribiendo, presentando obras, o dentro de sus historias. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> La <i><b>Mutación de la Fortuna</b></i> es una de estas obras autobiográficas, un poema largo en el que describe <b>cómo cambió la situación de su vida al quedarse viuda</b>,
pasando a hablar del tema de la Rueda de la Fortuna en general. En esta
obra Christine se describe a sí misma transformándose en un hombre para
afrontar su situación al enviudar y tomar cargo de su vida. Más tarde
se dirige a otras viudas en <i><b>El Tesoro de la Ciudad de las Damas</b> </i>y les insta a "<i>adoptar el corazón de un hombre (en otras palabras, ser constantes, fuertes y sabias)</i>"
para poder salir adelante (gracias a los roles de género producto de la
socialización, considera también que ser independiente, constante,
fuerte, etc. equivale a ser "como un hombre", claro :S).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFlwyH8vbwSChyphenhyphen7wkW4fI4aHUsji4oGd7c7vEIqVyVoZkPr5eZKSsdxjpQQTeLzVb7MzL_TjWYicDUIOc5FNwCTs8TUcTKU0c4EvCZ-5U5910MprDB78QegHjg7RLtFixybDorKLL_k5H4Lm4Yql44TVgGbl354014Cu7O601Ar2919iu5PNH3U8Q7jZ9L/s1344/C.%20de%20Pisan%20ofrece%20su%20libro%20%C2%ABLa%20ciudad%20de%20las%20Damas%C2%BB%20al%20duque%20Luis%20de%20Orleans%20(1405)..jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1344" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFlwyH8vbwSChyphenhyphen7wkW4fI4aHUsji4oGd7c7vEIqVyVoZkPr5eZKSsdxjpQQTeLzVb7MzL_TjWYicDUIOc5FNwCTs8TUcTKU0c4EvCZ-5U5910MprDB78QegHjg7RLtFixybDorKLL_k5H4Lm4Yql44TVgGbl354014Cu7O601Ar2919iu5PNH3U8Q7jZ9L/s320/C.%20de%20Pisan%20ofrece%20su%20libro%20%C2%ABLa%20ciudad%20de%20las%20Damas%C2%BB%20al%20duque%20Luis%20de%20Orleans%20(1405)..jpg" width="244" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Christine </i><i>y el duque Louis de Orleans (1405).</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> Desde el inicio de su carrera literaria con su colección inicial de baladas en 1399, <b>Christine escribe de forma <a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_de_Pizan#Obra" target="_blank">muy prolífica</a>, contando con más de 15 obras en 1405</b>. Se la ha comparado con Lope de Vega por <b>componer tan rápido como podía escribir</b>. En <i><b>La Mutación de la Fortuna</b></i>, Christine termina comentando que muchas veces lo que parece malo puede tener resultados positivos - En su caso, <b>perdió a su marido, pero se convirtió en escritora (cosa que no hubiera podido hacer de seguir casada)</b>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> Otras obras de esta época son los <b>poemas en forma de epístola</b>, inspirados por su asociación con el mundo de la secretaría de la corte. Destaca por ejemplo la <i><b>Epístola de Othéa a Héctor</b></i>, un manual de cortesía para caballeros con 99 poemas alegóricos. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkqMR78w7hzr7dTCteWkAxXZzIEGRNuHn_1v8RQvM_aea8HFZ855Bqn_LyezjvQl7LEAcBL6CxAkpFvHRQVhcXTzXOhRHqh4l2OKOP84TgqwJ1OVmd1Q17xxVmQiB7Gbp7zDTV7U1nRXeZow78pbUjTVNJ1sLQma6UbzuSY6nSunWYvJkJ10-r3Bbw_i17/s500/f7d4dca083a9c51e1f95daaa114c0278.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="380" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkqMR78w7hzr7dTCteWkAxXZzIEGRNuHn_1v8RQvM_aea8HFZ855Bqn_LyezjvQl7LEAcBL6CxAkpFvHRQVhcXTzXOhRHqh4l2OKOP84TgqwJ1OVmd1Q17xxVmQiB7Gbp7zDTV7U1nRXeZow78pbUjTVNJ1sLQma6UbzuSY6nSunWYvJkJ10-r3Bbw_i17/s320/f7d4dca083a9c51e1f95daaa114c0278.jpg" width="243" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">El Libro de la Reina<i>, fol. 71v.</i></td></tr></tbody></table> En la <b><i>Epístola al Dios del Amor</i></b> (1399) Christine <b>comienza a tratar uno de los temas en los que se centrará en su obra: La defensa de las mujeres</b>. Es aquí donde Christine comienza a <b>quejarse del comportamiento de los hombres hacia las mujeres</b>. En este poema Christine se presenta como la secretaria real en la corte de Cupido (xD) y lee una carta donde <b>se critica a los hombres que engañan y calumnian a las mujere</b>s. Cupido termina echando de su corte a "<i>todos los amantes falsos</i>".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibbRGq8fUQQg75UOslJ3KFBra9_pyYjtZB7uIDm0ZnTN74RWFycve53qOew7RF3fjk-H1gXqAhQNnqnE6pdKKa0_ZKWRTpvFrO7LFe8ybR54JDMB4d18_JAiUme6JRShVSdRm44paK6fZP9oGayu6qTO8yYilQsMXu_EPCZyfPvmjXxL7MLdkLtWzl-MoB/s500/eec01fb33828d6178ae6e2e74b38b231.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="326" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibbRGq8fUQQg75UOslJ3KFBra9_pyYjtZB7uIDm0ZnTN74RWFycve53qOew7RF3fjk-H1gXqAhQNnqnE6pdKKa0_ZKWRTpvFrO7LFe8ybR54JDMB4d18_JAiUme6JRShVSdRm44paK6fZP9oGayu6qTO8yYilQsMXu_EPCZyfPvmjXxL7MLdkLtWzl-MoB/s320/eec01fb33828d6178ae6e2e74b38b231.jpg" width="209" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Christine y la Sibila de Cumas</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table> Christine aprovecha también para comenzar a <b>criticar la misoginia del <i>Romance de la Rosa</i> de Jean de Meun</b>, lo que se convertirá en <b>uno de los debates literarios más importantes de la Edad Media: La Querella de las Mujeres</b> (de la que hablaré más abajo).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> En <i><b>El Camino de largo estudio</b></i> Christine describe un sueño en el que se encuentra con la <b>Sibila de Cumas, que la alienta a seguir en un vida de estudio</b>.
Parten entones en un viaje por toda la tierra y los cielos. Después de
escribir una biografía sobre Charles V, encargada por su hermano,
Christine vuelve al contenido autobiográfico en <b>la Visión de Christine</b>,
en el que relata gran parte de su vida como respuesta a sus
retractores, mezclada con contenido alegórico. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> También es relevante
decir que a Christine le gustaba mucho hacer <b>representación femenina incluyendo a figuras mitológicas, Virtudes y Diosas </b>en sus obras, y que era <b>muy fan de las Amazonas y la diosa Atenea</b>. </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTMQwX9QWbnj2WGYpvyvLyCOT-DDdFjL5XvTGCgJOx3HSqDA1XeGV3cU32jVC6w7L26mq0fe1Kj1s9YPjAo5aPo5pgHvBBMiJTg28kRb0OKzAcPi807ts5pC4FVSpYYvvaLb9tEklYLILxAHdhW0VXNmRqSrQ2lwheR2t8Bm6Kj1GFFqtsbF9kkhRoJtsO/s659/Atenea%20y%20Amazona.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="377" data-original-width="659" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTMQwX9QWbnj2WGYpvyvLyCOT-DDdFjL5XvTGCgJOx3HSqDA1XeGV3cU32jVC6w7L26mq0fe1Kj1s9YPjAo5aPo5pgHvBBMiJTg28kRb0OKzAcPi807ts5pC4FVSpYYvvaLb9tEklYLILxAHdhW0VXNmRqSrQ2lwheR2t8Bm6Kj1GFFqtsbF9kkhRoJtsO/w400-h229/Atenea%20y%20Amazona.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Christine con Atenea (izqu.), Pentesilea y su ejército de amazonas (der.)</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"> Otro <b><u>inciso</u></b>, esta vez sobre la <b>moda histórica</b> - Debido al anacronismo típico medieval, las iluminaciones posteriores a la muerte de Christine la muestran con la <b>moda borgoñona de la segunda mitad del siglo XV</b>
(saya, hopalanda con cuello de V con escote y hennin), mientras que las
iluminaciones de la época de Christine la muestran con la moda
contemporánea de finales de siglo XIV y principios del XV, siendo
representada a menudo con una <a href="https://laaletheiadezorba.wordpress.com/2016/08/01/la-moda-imparable-christine-de-pisan/" target="_blank">saya roja y cota azul, además de "tocado patíbulo con reboco y griñón cubriendo cuello y escote</a>." </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEulFLARGwhTf47yeUzcsb7tLZpUV93TAjZAXjTzi9rbbf-g0kuaNl2hYvgLFDYMxJ49YmLql-ljf-0pl8iTPRrbMaZNcPvvPqKLVDmzG1kRJhX710bXMR2HV4XKe5eYWYHnTnp57cBHxrLZ4GJjsfe9QtduSTY3PEtQfmRtHCWkxuaYPB8m1uDOJP8g4H/s1027/Moda.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="622" data-original-width="1027" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEulFLARGwhTf47yeUzcsb7tLZpUV93TAjZAXjTzi9rbbf-g0kuaNl2hYvgLFDYMxJ49YmLql-ljf-0pl8iTPRrbMaZNcPvvPqKLVDmzG1kRJhX710bXMR2HV4XKe5eYWYHnTnp57cBHxrLZ4GJjsfe9QtduSTY3PEtQfmRtHCWkxuaYPB8m1uDOJP8g4H/w400-h243/Moda.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Christine
vestida a la moda contemporánea (izqu.), y de forma anacrónica con moda
borgoñona en iluminaciones de la segunda mitad del siglo XV.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"> Por otro lado, también es importante hacer notar que, según las <b>mentalidades de la modestia religioso-patriarcales</b> (que desafortunadamente siguen aún vigentes en la actualidad), <b>las mujeres tenían que cubrirse el cabello con cofias, velos y tocados por ser casadas o viudas (y en general por ser mujeres)</b>. La problemática sexista de esta mentalidad de la modestia, además del resto de <b>bagaje religioso</b> que lleva a cuestas, es algo que Christine, a pesar de su gran pensamiento revolucionario en su época,<b> <a href="https://laaletheiadezorba.wordpress.com/2016/07/25/vestir-a-christine-de-pisan/" target="_blank">parece no empezar a plantearse </a></b><a href="https://laaletheiadezorba.wordpress.com/2016/07/25/vestir-a-christine-de-pisan/" target="_blank">en ningún momento</a>:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>"Es curioso que, entre sus reivindicaciones, en ningún momento plantea el tema de la <a href="https://laaletheiadezorba.wordpress.com/2016/07/06/la-velacion-una-estetica-impostada/">velación</a>
obligada, algo que, supongo, estaba tan asumido, que era una verdad, un
dogma de fe. Christine no se plantea quitarse el velo, a pesar de que
la velación femenina era la manifestación más dura de la diferenciación
discriminatoria entre géneros. Símbolo de obediencia y sumisión, de
humillación y castigo, legislada y penada como delito su infracción."</i> (<a href="https://laaletheiadezorba.wordpress.com/2016/07/25/vestir-a-christine-de-pisan/" target="_blank">Fuente</a>) </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> Christine contó con un <b>gran número de mecenas, protectores y admiradores </b>en <b>Francia </b>durante su carrera literaria, y su fama se extendió a otros países como <b>Italia </b>e <b>Inglaterra</b>.
Presentó y dedicó copias de sus libros, cuidadosamente copiados y
decorados con iluminaciones, a grandes nobles y a reinas, varias de
ellas mujeres, como <b>Margaret de Burgundia</b> o <b>Isabeau de Bavaria</b>. Se trataba muchas veces de una estrategia para conseguir el apoyo de mujeres
importantes a la hora de enfrentarse a los detractores de su contenido
feminista. Uno de los casos más importantes el del llamado <b><i>Libro de la Reina</i></b>, un <b>compendio de la obra de Christine presentado a la reina Isabeau de Bavaria</b>. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij5JogNB7LmAupo0jNSr9YkiPyFidcaHKEmRSHX0MyUZGT4YP4JJ_SHVGM90IhGSCNVco91seDkNGbNpsGMTw7XvJ-c6iQZdFVM1G9Y1pbtpfO_tMExBH2HCoVusyFeenCGw257-53xZBsSlLl_D2iqFa2TOgZary40_KUG8j_QwXQWRkmj_zg1GSmZiE0/s800/800px-Christine_de_Pisan_and_Queen_Isabeau.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="535" data-original-width="800" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij5JogNB7LmAupo0jNSr9YkiPyFidcaHKEmRSHX0MyUZGT4YP4JJ_SHVGM90IhGSCNVco91seDkNGbNpsGMTw7XvJ-c6iQZdFVM1G9Y1pbtpfO_tMExBH2HCoVusyFeenCGw257-53xZBsSlLl_D2iqFa2TOgZary40_KUG8j_QwXQWRkmj_zg1GSmZiE0/s320/800px-Christine_de_Pisan_and_Queen_Isabeau.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Christine y la reina Isabeau de Bavaria</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> La fama de Christine más allá de Francia también ayudó a que su hijo <b>Jean </b>obtuviera contactos en la corte de Inglaterra. Su hija <b>Marie</b>, sin embargo, había <b>ingresado en el convento de Poissy</b> siguiendo las opciones limitadas reservadas a las mujeres.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"> Con una base segura de patronazgo, Christine participó de forma destacada en el <b>debate literario más celebrado de la Edad Media - La Querella del Romance de la Rosa</b>. El <i>Romance de la Rosa</i>
era una de las obras más populares de la Edad Media, y trata de forma
alegórica la forma gradual en que un 'amante' seduce y 'se gana' (es
decir, asalta) a la dama, representada por una rosa encerrada en un
jardín. <b>Jean de Meung introdujo una misoginia muy marcada</b> en la versión de finales del siglo XIII.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSmINuqs6-H5KZMn_eVxFLuhwvWwcb4IwxyOh2ka_4FkQWNaWh3vYKSQ-XnrhqYqM7SWCNu5C2CMK7Pa3pwA8fIKnTxWmro2SlZTHVAuviIflh710YrbjGpUH2xW-QWHpW951XOvJk1bZscJdfywJaQVa-foldxnuEXrfxP0WFdoa0HZ-QTLARaKZp4Hj7/s584/Christine%20de%20Pizan%20lecturing%20men.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="584" data-original-width="540" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSmINuqs6-H5KZMn_eVxFLuhwvWwcb4IwxyOh2ka_4FkQWNaWh3vYKSQ-XnrhqYqM7SWCNu5C2CMK7Pa3pwA8fIKnTxWmro2SlZTHVAuviIflh710YrbjGpUH2xW-QWHpW951XOvJk1bZscJdfywJaQVa-foldxnuEXrfxP0WFdoa0HZ-QTLARaKZp4Hj7/s320/Christine%20de%20Pizan%20lecturing%20men.jpg" width="296" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Christine 'womansplaineando' a hombres xD</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><i>"Me preguntaba cuáles podrían ser las razones que llevan a tantos
hombres, clérigos y laicos, a vituperar a las mujeres. (...) No hay
texto que esté exento de misoginia (...) filósofos, poetas, moralistas,
todos - y la lista sería demasiado larga -, parecen hablar con la misma
voz (...) Si creemos a esos autores, la mujer sería una vasija que contiene el poso de todos los vicios y males"</i> (Christine de Pizan, <i>La ciudad de las damas</i>, 1405). <br /><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> Christine atacó ya la misoginia de este autor y obra en la <b><i>Epístola al Dios del Amor</i></b>. Su <b>dura crítica a los hombres que difaman y atacan a las mujeres con estereotipos generalizados y dobles raseros</b> es el <b>punto fuerte de su (proto)feminismo</b>, algo <b>radical
en una sociedad con una tradición tan extensa de misoginia proveniente
tanto de la teología judeo-cristiana como de la cultura greco-latina</b>,
las dos fuentes principales de los autores de la Edad Media. Según
estas dos fuentes, la mujer era considerada la fuente de todos los
males, fruto del pecado y la tentación, inferior al hombre en
inteligencia y capacidad, bajo el gobierno del padre y marido.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"> Christine fue <b>la única mujer que se atrevió a atacar una obra tan
popular en un debate y lucha literaria que duró de 1401 a 1403, con 20
tratados y cartas intercambiadas</b>. Al final el desacuerdo de los
detractores de Christine no había cambiado, pero Christine, que además
había escrito mucho más y de forma mucho más convincente que todos sus
detractores juntos, demostró su coraje en <b>levantar la voz a favor de la mujer y defender lo que creía correcto</b>, aun frente a una oposición importante. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji9iWhuIPb7Y-RzbOOk9ig-qvQ4yNM5Yd_FkPw1BM5qnKlzCGlanb5wan_eK9golnnL5C7sVSI0P34nFj3TlnRrBRTUFWU1jqEWkHMOXWDySvkLPzvr6YJUqpLE4jwQc9VLVFKvu4WXmDaM0aFfSufbE3IX9Ha3xrcv-xChX_73sN7w5WBZPdkCyDdxizr/s500/duke-of-true-love-the-book-of-the-queen-selected-works-of-christine-de-pizan-1410-1414.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="417" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji9iWhuIPb7Y-RzbOOk9ig-qvQ4yNM5Yd_FkPw1BM5qnKlzCGlanb5wan_eK9golnnL5C7sVSI0P34nFj3TlnRrBRTUFWU1jqEWkHMOXWDySvkLPzvr6YJUqpLE4jwQc9VLVFKvu4WXmDaM0aFfSufbE3IX9Ha3xrcv-xChX_73sN7w5WBZPdkCyDdxizr/s320/duke-of-true-love-the-book-of-the-queen-selected-works-of-christine-de-pizan-1410-1414.jpg" width="267" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Criticando a MRAs desde 1390 xD</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table> Leyendo extractos del <b><a href="(https://archive.org/stream/epistlesonromanc00ward#page/44/mode/2up" target="_blank">debate</a></b>,
es impresionante ver qué poco ha cambiado el tema del '<i>male
entitlement</i>' y la misoginia de los hombres en demasiados casos. Leyendo a los detractores de Christine, parece que estemos ante
un típico caso de MRAs discutiendo con feministas como parte de una de sus pataletas online diarias
("<i>Men's rights activists</i>", un movimiento misógino que más que interesarse por cómo afecta el patriarcado a los hombres se dedica a atacar el feminismo
afirmando que roba derechos a los hombres). Christine, como las
feministas de ahora, se mostraba cada vez más exasperada ante la lógica
inexistente, la misoginia cerril y el paternalismo como contraarma de
sus detractores MRAs medievales: <br /><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>"Pero si las mujeres son tan frívolas, volubles, cambiantes, impresionables e inconstantes (como nos quieren hacer creer algunos escribanos), ¿por qué sus pretendientes tienen que recurrir a tantos engaños para hacer lo que quieran con ellas? ¿ Y por qué no sucumben las mujeres a ellos de inmediato, sin necesidad para todas estas triquiñuelas e ingenios para conquistarlas? (...) ¿Es un libertino merecedor de nada bueno, cuando se dedica a perseguir a cualquiera que lleve faldas y luego se cree que puede esconder su vergüenza con éxito calumniando a las mujeres? (...) Condenar a todas las mujeres para ayudar a algunos hombres errados a que superen su comportamiento necio es equivalente a denunciar al fuego, que es un elemento vital y beneficioso, sólo porque algunas personas se queman con él, o maldecir al agua sólo porque algunas personas se ahogan."</i> </p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFnr6xzgUpLLOLlEj61HwZx8DU9NexvNNaQpJXrqQKr324dP8TuBwTOvj-DQoAVf_oicHUeWp2wXJSBi-TthZ0hhwJWY2aYQXo9pYW9CgH6qUHkGGdh5J_tB8pqXUihFs6d5cqkCM2WKIm_Suvf1gmSMZXMnJW01-jy1YmZ1QgM1jjJRQRrYaD1Yx5Q1eU/s436/64587dfe0cff9dda96d31fa4593797de.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="436" data-original-width="300" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFnr6xzgUpLLOLlEj61HwZx8DU9NexvNNaQpJXrqQKr324dP8TuBwTOvj-DQoAVf_oicHUeWp2wXJSBi-TthZ0hhwJWY2aYQXo9pYW9CgH6qUHkGGdh5J_tB8pqXUihFs6d5cqkCM2WKIm_Suvf1gmSMZXMnJW01-jy1YmZ1QgM1jjJRQRrYaD1Yx5Q1eU/s320/64587dfe0cff9dda96d31fa4593797de.jpg" width="220" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Christine y las Tres Virtudes</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table> En <b>1404 </b>Christine escribe <i><b><a href="http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b6000102v/f11.image.r=Christine%20de%20Pizan" target="_blank">La Ciudad de las Damas</a></b></i> como <b>reafirmación de los temas que habían surgido en la Querella</b>, y es considerado por muchos como<b> su libro más conocido e importante, y el exponente más claro de su feminismo y su defensa de la mujer</b>.<p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> Christine comienza el libro describiendo su consternación al leer un
libro con mentalidad misógina y preguntarse si será verdad que ser mujer
es tan malo, ya que tantos hombres 'sabios' lo dicen (¡¿que si lo dicen
tantos, tendrán razón, no?!). Christine se queda entonces dormida. La
visitan tres mujeres, que resultan ser tres hijas de Dios: <b>Razón, Rectitud y Justicia</b>. Le anuncian que <b>Christine ha sido escogida para erigir una Ciudad en que puedan habitar las mujeres y defenderse de la agresión de los hombres</b>: "<i>Primero
hay que limpiar el terreno de los ataques misóginos y, a continuación,
se empiezan a erigir los edificios y la fortaleza en un terreno
propicio: el Campo de las Letras. La azada es la inteligencia.</i>"</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPwMJR9a1cFpjum2UMNPWwVv4XnErrvkkrRLo8J5YWlYHsHVrvgwFHnbX0Jxjv2_evBgwjpmm1r-rm2vxVDNd3gbGre7B7zM-2bfSjlvN5_fig1W3x47L9CNBUKsspwTCbEerLl5f5pkKJoqGBGRtnPa2zn-O_4RfUU7ebw5X-dAfSdKZkUu5Cg-lW2faM/s632/d51669103deeacd6b5260c51232fea25.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="632" data-original-width="564" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPwMJR9a1cFpjum2UMNPWwVv4XnErrvkkrRLo8J5YWlYHsHVrvgwFHnbX0Jxjv2_evBgwjpmm1r-rm2vxVDNd3gbGre7B7zM-2bfSjlvN5_fig1W3x47L9CNBUKsspwTCbEerLl5f5pkKJoqGBGRtnPa2zn-O_4RfUU7ebw5X-dAfSdKZkUu5Cg-lW2faM/s320/d51669103deeacd6b5260c51232fea25.jpg" width="286" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Construyendo la Ciudad de las damas</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Con una <b>estructura alegórica en tres partes</b>, Christine <b>hace uso de su ingenio y su lógica empírica</b> para ir <b>desmintiendo</b>, en boca de cada una de las tres Virtudes, <b>todos los estereotipos y afirmaciones falsas de los hombres misóginos</b>. A la vez que va criticando cada uno de los argumentos misóginos para atacar y difamar a las mujeres, Christine va haciendo <b>representación
y visibilización de mujeres de sus fuentes disponibles (la cultura
grecolatina y la Biblia) en historias ejemplares que rebaten la
misoginia imperante procedente de esas mismas fuentes</b>. <p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> Christine hace uso de la <b>táctica de la citación selectiva</b>, pasando a<b> citar sólo contenido positivo pro-mujer como contraargumentos</b>. Es una táctica inteligente porque <b>utiliza las mismas armas de los autores misóginos para demostrar lo contrario</b>,
haciendo también más difícil que pudieran reaccionar muy agresivamente,
ya que en ese caso estarían criticando citas bíblicas, por ejemplo
xD. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Las Virtudes instan a Christine a <b>no creerse lo que los hombres digan sobre ella como mujer</b> y a basarse en su experiencia personal para juzgar la 'condición
femenina' (<i>“Los hombres que difaman al sexo opuesto generalmente han conocido a mujeres más inteligentes y virtuosas que ellos.”)</i>. También se pasa buena parte del libro mandando callar a los
hombres misóginos, lo que siempre es de agradecer xD. Fragmentos como el que vemos a continuación recuerdan mucho también a la crítica similar de <b><u>Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz</u></b>, que, dos siglos después, sigue criticando a los <b><a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2021/04/laire-nerion-imnetyalo-traduccion-al.html" target="_blank">hombres necios</a></b> que calumnian a las mujeres sin razón.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>"¡Que callen ya! ¡Que se callen para siempre esos clérigos que hablan
mal de las mujeres, esos autores que las desprecian en sus libros y
tratados, y que se mueran de vergüenza todos sus aliados y cómplices por
lo que se han atrevido a decir, al ver cómo la verdad contradice lo
que sostienen!"</i> (Christine de Pizan, <i>La ciudad de las damas</i>, 1405). </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbHJX1Y57GTdBFe9qXS2tw1balHzQ9ApR6i6FdqgJAEADnD7_3hBxUD8OjrWjgz89MOvjoeMtlGciAZVFGBsjAAa-2aX2L_N4Dt185hB-m68vAgjHa1FM8QlTlV2zzAEE47NfZaomcqObrXYFaCYuKviBKMlm1P4ceP3ihFpHQmCQwJPrFNLBdEvzO9JjN/s640/Christine%20de%20Pizan%20on%20perfection%20quotepicture.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="425" data-original-width="640" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbHJX1Y57GTdBFe9qXS2tw1balHzQ9ApR6i6FdqgJAEADnD7_3hBxUD8OjrWjgz89MOvjoeMtlGciAZVFGBsjAAa-2aX2L_N4Dt185hB-m68vAgjHa1FM8QlTlV2zzAEE47NfZaomcqObrXYFaCYuKviBKMlm1P4ceP3ihFpHQmCQwJPrFNLBdEvzO9JjN/w400-h266/Christine%20de%20Pizan%20on%20perfection%20quotepicture.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>"Te digo que en el día en que todos los hombres lleguen a la perfección, las mujeres seguirán su ejemplo" (zasca xD)</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRK_KDxRoENd8qodQtbToyNU9tOWIhOMqjNMDn19kS1GxeFGCOUOqJZfPOYvDN9XAiNTLnmNb3pOQpBHmb6L1maacLj-fUJp_Wdwt_1ok8Po3__ct5FrYFTDJofDxVH-FNsME6UZOTS07TDQ4EqcQee4D4xVvQmW7EeLplVu6c6CjgCwirnVK0veE_J2E5/s692/Christine%20reading%20in%20her%20study%20-%20Le%20Livre%20de%20la%20Cit%C3%A9%20des%20dames.%20Copyright%20of%20the%20Biblioth%C3%A8que%20de%20Gen%C3%A8ve,%20Ms.%20Fr.%20180,%20f%C2%B0%203v..jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="692" data-original-width="385" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRK_KDxRoENd8qodQtbToyNU9tOWIhOMqjNMDn19kS1GxeFGCOUOqJZfPOYvDN9XAiNTLnmNb3pOQpBHmb6L1maacLj-fUJp_Wdwt_1ok8Po3__ct5FrYFTDJofDxVH-FNsME6UZOTS07TDQ4EqcQee4D4xVvQmW7EeLplVu6c6CjgCwirnVK0veE_J2E5/s320/Christine%20reading%20in%20her%20study%20-%20Le%20Livre%20de%20la%20Cit%C3%A9%20des%20dames.%20Copyright%20of%20the%20Biblioth%C3%A8que%20de%20Gen%C3%A8ve,%20Ms.%20Fr.%20180,%20f%C2%B0%203v..jpg" width="178" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Christine en su estudio</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>En <i>La Ciudad de las Damas</i>, además de criticar los dobles raseros y ataques misóginos, Christine <b>promueve la educación de las mujeres y la mujer en el gobierno, la guerra, el arte, la ciencia, etc</b>.<b> </b>Además,
en esta obra aparece <b>sororidad </b>constante, con mujeres apoyándose las unas a las otras durante todo el libro, algo muy pocas veces visto en la literatura de entonces
(¡y de ahora!).<p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>"Si fuera costumbre mandar a las niñas a las escuelas y les hicieran luego aprender las ciencias, cual se hace con los niños, ellas aprenderían a la perfección y entenderían las sutilezas de todas las artes y ciencias por igual que ellos. (...) Ha llegado el momento en que las severas leyes de los hombres dejen de impedirles a las mujeres el estudio de las ciencias y otras disciplinas. Me parece que aquellas de nosotras que puedan valerse de esa libertad, codiciada durante tanto tiempo, deben estudiar para demostrarles a los hombres lo equivocados que estaban al privarnos de este honor y beneficio. Y si alguna mujer aprende tanto como para exhibir sus pensamientos, que lo haga (...) el honor de la educación es completamente nuestro." </i>(Christine de Pizan, <i>La ciudad de las damas</i>, 1405).</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghrgYd7jS2KaSEHGhSXxk8PcW2BgkDpyid-FYaB4o_PF9aYOCGUx6tqRY9ZqQ3VglFLGjHZyrvq_s_Stldx_mq8MCbVzKswVO7r2Imm0knvkn9igwblqU6XmCA7F9Nr7yQDGWag0sYAJhpTjKnSquwHr86iIzAfRPyz_nHprywN3kcFg7Pnp2WGv8xCJQA/s469/Detail%20of%20a%20miniature%20of%20the%20queen%20and%20her%20ladies%20entering%20the%20Cite%20des%20Dames+.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="469" data-original-width="393" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghrgYd7jS2KaSEHGhSXxk8PcW2BgkDpyid-FYaB4o_PF9aYOCGUx6tqRY9ZqQ3VglFLGjHZyrvq_s_Stldx_mq8MCbVzKswVO7r2Imm0knvkn9igwblqU6XmCA7F9Nr7yQDGWag0sYAJhpTjKnSquwHr86iIzAfRPyz_nHprywN3kcFg7Pnp2WGv8xCJQA/s320/Detail%20of%20a%20miniature%20of%20the%20queen%20and%20her%20ladies%20entering%20the%20Cite%20des%20Dames+.jpg" width="268" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>La ciudad de las damas, para 'mujeres virtuosas'</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table> Como he comentado antes, los puntos a mi modo de ver negativos de su mentalidad son ese <b>bagaje religioso, en especial relacionado con los constructos misóginos de la 'modestia' y la 'castidad'</b> - <b>La Ciudad está pensada para las mujeres 'virtuosas'</b> solamente, y muchas veces refuta ataques misóginos utilizando argumentos de la mentalidad de la modestia y el <b>constructo de la castidad (igualmente sexistas) para defender la 'virtud' y la valía de una mujer</b>. En ese sentido muestra <b>misoginia internalizada</b>, fruto de su socialización, que no ha llegado a deconstruir. También tiende a promover la <b>jerarquía de clases</b>
(es natural que se centrara fundamentalmente en las mujeres nobles ya
que eran las que podían leer y su público, sin embargo). Christine
también hace referencia a otras clases sociales en <i>La Ciudad de las Damas </i>y su secuela, <i>El Tesoro de la Ciudad de las Damas</i>, pero al mismo tiempo <b>sigue promoviendo esa estructura de clases que no debe cuestionarse</b>.<p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> A pesar de que Christine tenía interiorizada la mentalidad religiosa
imperante del 'vicio' y el 'pecado', a pesar de ello piensa que los
ataques misóginos contra las mujeres no tienen sentido porque el
'vicio'/'pecado' son <b>independientes del sexo de la persona</b>. En varias de sus obras resalta la igualdad moral y espiritual (si no social) de hombres y mujeres en cuanto compartiendo la misma naturaleza humana.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCga2t5FXfskq2MhDmP8_3lMDqB2rHf-cF666hQy_iLo8IjwTIX2igwp2gz1ayiGRUuiLb9Zw3Rz18JUnat7vBcZlzg7hcB-OB7mgsp73thYbA2v8ppgiZUysY6YKMOPzG-y9fGoZh74BNJ7HCxYLzQdON-NKDmuFQmiidJ2DE_yg_mOpEYOeMzp4ZKQSx/s600/cristina-de-pizan.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="600" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCga2t5FXfskq2MhDmP8_3lMDqB2rHf-cF666hQy_iLo8IjwTIX2igwp2gz1ayiGRUuiLb9Zw3Rz18JUnat7vBcZlzg7hcB-OB7mgsp73thYbA2v8ppgiZUysY6YKMOPzG-y9fGoZh74BNJ7HCxYLzQdON-NKDmuFQmiidJ2DE_yg_mOpEYOeMzp4ZKQSx/w400-h234/cristina-de-pizan.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> Hay muchas más citas de <b><a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2018/04/goodreads-feminist-reviews-christine-de.htmlhttp://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2018/04/goodreads-feminist-reviews-christine-de.html" target="_blank">La ciudad de las damas</a></b> que valen mucho la pena, pero aquí un #NotAllMen sarcástico de 1405 antes de pasar a la siguiente obra: </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i> “No todos los hombres (y especialmente los más sabios) comparten la opinión de que es malo que las mujeres se eduquen. Pero es muy cierto que muchos hombres necios han afirmado esto porque les desagradaba que las mujeres supieran más que ellos.” </i>(¡pónganse aloe vera sobre esas quemaduras, señoros!)<i>.</i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> A pesar de promover el sistema del matrimonio, Christine también <b>critica los matrimonios desiguales y a los maridos abusivo</b>s, y se centró mucho en <b>criticar duramente el Amor Cortés</b>. Más que ser "estrecha", lo veía como <b>otro
modo en que los hombres se aprovechaban de las mujeres, que tenían
todas las que perder si entraban en una relación fuera del matrimonio</b> (y la verdad es que no le falta razón).</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYo-PF0P-DgM5Cx9EdHurH0oC7R3VYLGeknbTuGApGaXiyagMvPqbE1a-75Ed72zAiX5d8j015E-nE16ws-1ji9pbA_7FuY8wRf6r-2OyKNBQgvODTF9Gu5GCU3hOcvqPBVa-E8xRJgW-14GjV_WvKV0IWTTDRjeVTml9vs0yuVMh6qzieRpgH8lc2mplF/s991/Burgundian%20ladies%20attend%20the%20school%20of%20three%20virtues.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="905" data-original-width="991" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYo-PF0P-DgM5Cx9EdHurH0oC7R3VYLGeknbTuGApGaXiyagMvPqbE1a-75Ed72zAiX5d8j015E-nE16ws-1ji9pbA_7FuY8wRf6r-2OyKNBQgvODTF9Gu5GCU3hOcvqPBVa-E8xRJgW-14GjV_WvKV0IWTTDRjeVTml9vs0yuVMh6qzieRpgH8lc2mplF/s320/Burgundian%20ladies%20attend%20the%20school%20of%20three%20virtues.jpg" width="320" /></a></i></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Damas borgoñonas en la escuela de las Tres Virtudes<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table> En la secuela de <i>La ciudad de las damas</i>, <a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2018/04/goodreads-feminist-reviews-christine-de.html" target="_blank"><b><i>El tesoro de la ciudad de las damas/El libro de las tres virtudes</i></b></a>, Christine se centra en la <b>socialización femenina</b>. Es a partes <b>un libro de etiqueta y un manual de supervivencia</b>. El texto puede parecer contradictorio (y contrastar algo más con <i>La ciudad de las damas</i>) porque Christine va <b>alternando una promoción del statu quo y los roles de género que resulta bastante anti-feminista a nuestros ojos</b> (la regla de oro es aguantar y callarse ante cualquier injusticia porque no se gana nada), junto con una <b>intención de proteger a las mujeres de una sociedad cruel (y patriarcal) que podía hacer que perdieran su reputación a la mínima</b>. <p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> Como comenté en la introducción de este post, el (proto)feminismo de
Christine difiere sobre todo en esto de los movimientos feministas
modernos: <b>Ella no se plantea que sea posible abolir el sistema
patriarcal, así que se limita a aconsejar a las mujeres cómo actuar para
que el sistema las afecte lo menos posible</b>, y así muchas veces termina promoviendo el statu quo. Sin embargo, a pesar de estos puntos problemáticos, el trabajo de Christine en <i>La ciudad de las damas </i>y
otras obras con contenido pro-mujer convierten a Christine de Pizan en
una indiscutible precursora del los movimientos feministas, y <b>su dura
crítica de los dobles raseros y los estereotipos misóginos nada tiene
que envidiar al feminismo moderno y fue increíblemente revolucionaria en
su momento</b>. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Por cierto, <i>La ciudad de las damas</i> fue el equivalente medieval de un
<i>bestseller</i>, y ¡el manuscrito se copió al menos tres veces!
Definitivamente <b>ayudó a propulsar el feminismo como lo conocemos ahora</b>. Como
dijo <b><u>Simone de Beauvoir</u></b> en <i>El segundo sexo</i>, Christine<b> fue la primera mujer en '<i>levantar su
pluma en defensa de su sexo</i>'.</b> Probablemente no la primera, pero sí la
primera en hacerlo como escritora profesional y de forma tan pública y
clara.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwj6QXRUZAh83nAVv6Pb5Ildhm7kDUL1ts1ktQ9sc9VASMd1UkuCY4-YEkuaFbkljzQsEbZpvTuSO-DZ6orMAd44aYN7xSrnARtxDBxQpAjs6fyeMXMBO7tGQQ8DiCdxyRIsnSeMVqrAULZQ28Tx6LUMTCh345msPjcezobvsEGQ-ojpq5NH0HmCTNHR-a/s564/527ea6bc0f16aea7c25d186b5a2c6428.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="521" data-original-width="564" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwj6QXRUZAh83nAVv6Pb5Ildhm7kDUL1ts1ktQ9sc9VASMd1UkuCY4-YEkuaFbkljzQsEbZpvTuSO-DZ6orMAd44aYN7xSrnARtxDBxQpAjs6fyeMXMBO7tGQQ8DiCdxyRIsnSeMVqrAULZQ28Tx6LUMTCh345msPjcezobvsEGQ-ojpq5NH0HmCTNHR-a/s320/527ea6bc0f16aea7c25d186b5a2c6428.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Crítica de señoros y tratados de estrategia. ¡Para qué limitarse!</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table> Cuando Christine terminó <i>El libro de las tres virtudes</i>, tenía 40 años, con una distinguida carrera de escritora por detrás. había escrito unas <b>20 obras mayores en poesía y prosa</b>. Y aún le quedaban algunas por escribir, como <b><i>La política del cuerpo</i></b>, un manual de aprendizaje para príncipes (orientado al entonces Dauphin de Francia), la versión de <i>El tesoro de la ciudad de las damas</i> para hombres. Otra obra notable y subversiva de Christine es su <b>tratado de guerra y estrategia</b>, <b><i>El libro de las proezas de armas y caballería</i></b>, ¡que se siguió usando como referencia en siglos posteriores! <p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAI43k-y1tnOgFPk_ZN1JWI193CIS9WfIMKWTK3FcpC3IuA-LyRCoB1Sr0xRrelK2mhz56fTsczVBustZkhMwTw5RxwwtiF8yRnubhgxudaPLrfMTxd-siLZBhI_GTqVzu2LIc9LfcPJvFzkJzDHaQGHGWrZGuj3wZz-cn7gA5LoLIiYWCxr4QlO5GJMt6/s551/063db3a1ed3e13911d4aa27bf3fb7de0.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="551" data-original-width="400" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAI43k-y1tnOgFPk_ZN1JWI193CIS9WfIMKWTK3FcpC3IuA-LyRCoB1Sr0xRrelK2mhz56fTsczVBustZkhMwTw5RxwwtiF8yRnubhgxudaPLrfMTxd-siLZBhI_GTqVzu2LIc9LfcPJvFzkJzDHaQGHGWrZGuj3wZz-cn7gA5LoLIiYWCxr4QlO5GJMt6/w145-h200/063db3a1ed3e13911d4aa27bf3fb7de0.jpg" width="145" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Jeanne d'Arc</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table> Otro <b>interés fundamental de Christine</b>, además de la defensa de la mujer, era <b>la paz</b>. <b>Se opuso a la guerra</b> y habló sobre los peligros de que Francia entrara en guerra con la guerra civil en ciernes. Escribió <b><i>El lamento sobre los males de la guerra </i></b>y <b><i>El libro de la paz</i></b> para abordar estos temas. En <i>La política del cuerpo</i>
también habla sobre qué cualidades debe tener un buen gobernante y la
mejor forma de gobernar para evitar conflictos. Desafortunadamente, su
activismo anti-guerra no tuvo ningún efecto en el transcurso de la
guerra civil, y acabó <b>huyendo al monasterio de Poissy, donde estaba su hija, y allí pasó sus últimos años</b>.<p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhihB_XSHc9QhlmSEUU5MC3N0x8Wy4qJQBH4DCUy0zCTUD1fpBbmk3ztDTpkunq4X7b7zXgvKnycng_-9Tosk_9vG-t0D-occGjtTZJi4RqUESc3jbpYLtfzn7kfMwmiu7FCF39A97zWj4Qp6rBfScqxIkwOlwADV3WJ5NOYlxUIImJicxqDPjFrsbG6VfA/s950/Suzanne%20Savoy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="950" data-original-width="594" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhihB_XSHc9QhlmSEUU5MC3N0x8Wy4qJQBH4DCUy0zCTUD1fpBbmk3ztDTpkunq4X7b7zXgvKnycng_-9Tosk_9vG-t0D-occGjtTZJi4RqUESc3jbpYLtfzn7kfMwmiu7FCF39A97zWj4Qp6rBfScqxIkwOlwADV3WJ5NOYlxUIImJicxqDPjFrsbG6VfA/w200-h320/Suzanne%20Savoy.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Suzanne Savoy como Christine</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table> Incapaz de dejar su trabajo literario por completo, Christine aún
escribió en el convento, fundamentalmente trabajos de tema religioso. El<b>
último poema que escribió</b> Christine fue el <b><i><a href="http://www.hs-augsburg.de/%7Eharsch/gallica/Chronologie/15siecle/Christine/chr_jeha.html" target="_blank">Himno a Juana de Arco</a></i> (Jeanne D'Arc)</b>,
<b> a la que Christine admiraba profundamente por representar los ideales
de heroísmo femenino y lucha por la justicia</b> que había estado
promoviendo en su obra. Este poema de Christine es, además, <b>el único
tributo contemporáneo a Jeanne D'Arc </b>y la única evidencia de sus logros
más allá de registros de juicio escritos durante su vida. <p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">El lugar y el año de la muerte de Christine no están claros - <b>1430 en
Poissy</b> (Christine tendría 65 años) es una opción común en las fuentes.
Christine deseaba fama más allá de la muerte a través de su obra, y, a
pesar de la invisibilización del patriarcado, creo que definitivamente
lo ha conseguido. Esta ha sido mi contribución para <b>dar más relevancia a
otra de tantas mujeres interesantes que mucha gente aún no conoce</b>. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> Para finalizar, dejo también por aquí el trabajo de <a href="http://www.27east.com/news/article.cfm/Montauk/514246/Suzanne-Savoy-Brings-Medieval-Feminist-To-Life-At-Montauk-Library" target="_blank">Susanne Savoy</a>, que ha interpretado a Christine de Pizan en el teatro: </p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6Kg1FHZNf0k" width="320" youtube-src-id="6Kg1FHZNf0k"></iframe></div> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Y termino este post con una breve <b><u>bibliografía</u></b> listando los <b>libros principales</b> que leí para realizar este trabajo: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimT0n9KkC4y2EyqeCTiVGHsgwmt9l1cJMvdXipdgc6TX9J_ZaHNf3LHvUjPN2skyuskMHyCGS_ikFSxqQdURudAAIPG1kBh63PfTzh82KY3ITJzwV1hW3H7H2PC0whXnsT_A6GX61WFFq_XoOvPcL5GeEqv7kibtwkYIQL8tpr7ftUIm3kV1wcKKPV_Aoz/s3678/IMG_20180315_145459_916.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3678" data-original-width="2976" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimT0n9KkC4y2EyqeCTiVGHsgwmt9l1cJMvdXipdgc6TX9J_ZaHNf3LHvUjPN2skyuskMHyCGS_ikFSxqQdURudAAIPG1kBh63PfTzh82KY3ITJzwV1hW3H7H2PC0whXnsT_A6GX61WFFq_XoOvPcL5GeEqv7kibtwkYIQL8tpr7ftUIm3kV1wcKKPV_Aoz/s320/IMG_20180315_145459_916.jpg" width="259" /></a></div> -<b>Brown-Grant, Rosalind</b>: <b><i>Christine de Pizan and the Moral Defence of Women. Reading Beyond Gender</i></b>.<br /><br />-<b>De Pizan, Christine</b>: <br /><b><i>The Book of the City of Ladies</i></b> (trad. inglesa e introducción por Rosalind Brown-Grant)<br /><br /><b><i>The Treasure of the City of Ladies</i></b> (trad. inglesa e introducción de Sarah Lawson)<br /><br />-<b><i>Willard, Charity Cannon</i></b>: <b><i>Christine de Pizan: Her Life and Works </i></b><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">-</span><b style="color: #274e13;"><u>On the use of my essays, studies and translations</u></b><span style="color: #274e13;">:
Please, <i>do not</i> use this work without my permission without any credit. If you're interested and
want to share it or expand on this idea, you're of course allowed to reference
it if you credit me and link to this post. It would also be
nice if you contacted me beforehand. DO NOT publish as if it were your
own work, always quote and link.</span></div>
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</div></div>Arwendë Luhtiénë / Marta Lúthienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01043611744907294700noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255946979377638758.post-31596204591521186042023-11-05T19:23:00.004-08:002024-01-07T08:53:42.092-08:00Mineral collection: May 2023 haul from a local fair<div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2jdTKnR5K9y1v-XBoJgwDXxVpWPRbj6Weuhzdb4zPSTdhsbm0aWqKJ8ek5hNIlbnrkKuWBtbw4O7Iad2g4XBqQj9s5M6uixYNgx7VrHOsZP9o1HfSzt7NfnQB5Q97M8Yie0bnioALo05nGuiQP4t1irhUrw_9U7rYbKCKcpHD8gADA8WfvzTMxjqPBufX/s3968/IMG_20230530_180024.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2976" data-original-width="3968" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2jdTKnR5K9y1v-XBoJgwDXxVpWPRbj6Weuhzdb4zPSTdhsbm0aWqKJ8ek5hNIlbnrkKuWBtbw4O7Iad2g4XBqQj9s5M6uixYNgx7VrHOsZP9o1HfSzt7NfnQB5Q97M8Yie0bnioALo05nGuiQP4t1irhUrw_9U7rYbKCKcpHD8gADA8WfvzTMxjqPBufX/w640-h480/IMG_20230530_180024.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 1 - All the new specimens from the fair: From left to right, azurite+malachite and aragonite (top), cactus amethyst, vanadinite, chrome diopside, fluorite and cinnabar (bottom).</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> Fourth post in my new <a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/search/label/Mineralogy" target="_blank"><b>mineralogy</b></a><a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/search/label/Mineralogy" target="_blank"> <b>series</b></a>, <b>talking about my mineral collection </b>✨💎! This time it's not another installment about the specimens from the <a href="https://tienda.rbacoleccionables.com/minerales-national-geographic-2022.html" target="_blank"><b>National Geographic RBA minerals collection</b></a> that I've been getting since 2022 (more of that specific series to come after this haul!), but rather about the <b>new (and gorgeous) specimens that I got at a local fair this past May</b>, from a<b> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cabolitos/" target="_blank">mineral stall</a></b> (<b>@/cabolitos </b>on Instagram)<b> </b>- Featuring (see <b>Fig. 1</b>) <u><b>azurite+malachite</b>,<b> aragonite</b>, <b>vanadinite</b>,<b> fluorite</b>,<b> cactus amethyst/ametrine,</b><b> chrome diopside</b>,<b> </b>and <b>cinnabar (mercury sulfide)</b></u>. These are easily among the most stunning specimens in my collection, all of them are so beautiful 😍, and lately I'd been especially looking for a larger azurite specimen and a vanadinite (I got another one at another September fair since), so yay 😁👌! </p><p style="text-align: justify;">And before the haul, here are some pictures of the mineral stall from the fair, and it was mineralogy heaven, so many beautiful specimens ✨💎! I was also pleasantly surprised by this stall because the main section of it was<b> revolving around mineralogy and mineral collecting per se</b>, with most minerals organized in your typical cardboard and methacrylate boxes indicating the name and country of origin of each specimen. Typically, stalls at local fairs which sell gems and minerals tend to be mainly focused on the New Age/'crystal healing'/esoteric/spiritual aspects (see <b><a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2022/08/expanding-my-mineral-collection.html" target="_blank">this post</a></b> to see <b>why 'crystal healing' is such a huge pet peeve of mine</b> 😅), so yeah, big breath of fresh air, honestly! And while I also do like tumbled stones and polished minerals and gems, this stall also offered a lot more rough/unpolished specimens than is also typical among fair stalls in my area, so I really liked that as well <span><b><b>😃</b></b></span>. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><i></i></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUMK7A2YoQ72c9bakM86PJKtTNADcNsn2DSQ8lmnWLLw_eI8Pv04CF0AzWkPyWEiqlA4RXx3wF_vxUbZtPTLZcLzoXRfrA9BwSWsznr1Wyx2EZxFy7BXyRU50u8Xm2R0QQxtfTn6Q2CkvlEeaUwFpuFMNU0tT95mZgVWdLrOJ02Fzj_MsjRGgtADlKzO8L/s1600/IMG-20230527-WA0002.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUMK7A2YoQ72c9bakM86PJKtTNADcNsn2DSQ8lmnWLLw_eI8Pv04CF0AzWkPyWEiqlA4RXx3wF_vxUbZtPTLZcLzoXRfrA9BwSWsznr1Wyx2EZxFy7BXyRU50u8Xm2R0QQxtfTn6Q2CkvlEeaUwFpuFMNU0tT95mZgVWdLrOJ02Fzj_MsjRGgtADlKzO8L/w640-h480/IMG-20230527-WA0002.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 2 - This mineral stall was mineralogy heaven </i>✨💎!</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i></i></div><i><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtNGotjEgcD-5pqXLmcj7UaRBaT9FIlBI9puEX9eR0xgkgXmd7Z2guKxVY6EaWcOq_fMNI7rgk4Lu68uPU8V4Kvm7jv44QmJEUo3tcGCBgV81_2FS1oFI2girlqYiIHbVzlycyKJs2nIWtI2IuHXZd6Yugd9qDY6kt03xSy4yf04yWtudjWBvUtRjaVQm_/s2430/1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1620" data-original-width="2430" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtNGotjEgcD-5pqXLmcj7UaRBaT9FIlBI9puEX9eR0xgkgXmd7Z2guKxVY6EaWcOq_fMNI7rgk4Lu68uPU8V4Kvm7jv44QmJEUo3tcGCBgV81_2FS1oFI2girlqYiIHbVzlycyKJs2nIWtI2IuHXZd6Yugd9qDY6kt03xSy4yf04yWtudjWBvUtRjaVQm_/w640-h426/1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 3 - So many minerals </i>✨💎!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></i></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ5L2Co_pQMA4zXbzut9wiWSzxLkKBkSNSWHacsy-R278PW7HyXkmueiLTRE35ZtzLdmZ6VlxYoMtY9itKOVIQBGsFhMRilyy5VegTRbo1SmzOrHFfcOKV6TbK4jSitOBD7Znn4tNfmScDTpCWf9qfBVOYcFKAhEA7ubccX-6tDlBWor6mqJLHorM1nR4m/s3968/IMG_20230527_210112.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3968" data-original-width="2976" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ5L2Co_pQMA4zXbzut9wiWSzxLkKBkSNSWHacsy-R278PW7HyXkmueiLTRE35ZtzLdmZ6VlxYoMtY9itKOVIQBGsFhMRilyy5VegTRbo1SmzOrHFfcOKV6TbK4jSitOBD7Znn4tNfmScDTpCWf9qfBVOYcFKAhEA7ubccX-6tDlBWor6mqJLHorM1nR4m/w300-h400/IMG_20230527_210112.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 4 - No fair outing is an optimum fair outing without some chips xD!</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><i> </i><i></i></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> A hefty <b>picture spam</b> is incoming 🤩💎 and will be the main highlight of this post, but I'll also be expanding on some of these minerals, namely the <b><u>cactus amethyst/ametrine</u> </b>variety,<b> </b>and <b><u>cinnabar</u></b> (and <u><b>mercury</b></u>), which <b>won't feature in the National Geographic/RBA collection</b>. For the rest, <b>malachite</b>, <b>aragonite</b>, <b>vanadinite </b>and <b>(chrome) diopside</b> will feature in future installments of the RBA series, and I have already talked about the remaining ones in the following posts:</p><p style="text-align: justify;">✨<b><u><a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2022/08/expanding-my-mineral-collection.html" target="_blank">Post 1</a></u></b>: <u><b>Amethyst </b></u>(with general mentions to <u><b>ametrine</b></u>) and <u><b>fluorite</b></u>. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">✨<a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2023/08/expanding-my-mineral-collection.html" target="_blank"><b><u>Post 3</u></b></a>: <u><b>Azurite</b></u> (with general mention to <u><b>malachite</b></u>).</p><p style="text-align: justify;"> So, let's being with the pic spam 😃✨:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgba-F0eB3xNdaxdEAR6qIIJDqPYsIH64t320Y-fPqmXzNz0G91HfS_V01wAdnbS6C4qP82YKXjWm30apQpDrKVUeUIQw0_Wb7BLotlTsCCgmavoIwafNP9on5yarzCrVt89mdU0FyMRyMe5IzL9FgtzIrsxv1YmoUQOnaqHKEcDLPvhRGmhGYWJ8lE0LL_/s3968/IMG_20230530_180118.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3968" data-original-width="2976" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgba-F0eB3xNdaxdEAR6qIIJDqPYsIH64t320Y-fPqmXzNz0G91HfS_V01wAdnbS6C4qP82YKXjWm30apQpDrKVUeUIQw0_Wb7BLotlTsCCgmavoIwafNP9on5yarzCrVt89mdU0FyMRyMe5IzL9FgtzIrsxv1YmoUQOnaqHKEcDLPvhRGmhGYWJ8lE0LL_/w480-h640/IMG_20230530_180118.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 5 - From left to right: Azurite+malachite and aragonite (top), cactus amethyst <br />and vanadinite (bottom).</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQgNMR3-h-OBFsvl1nADAUgkYNPMrVBbvuk-vqVhF5Wd7qcK0Kp-IXHIMbhljaSYZGhmb4C2Qw0zQYM0yVKvUYVUortFy9pZK3ebkKNGSxr5_1Scn38ylEVufm9vTxqYZqH6Rh5TRNlXyo1gXiun9LqSGfE7cgp1uYWbRk2BlFzLbDF_zNrAceQ_N497nW/s3968/IMG_20230530_180141.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3968" data-original-width="2976" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQgNMR3-h-OBFsvl1nADAUgkYNPMrVBbvuk-vqVhF5Wd7qcK0Kp-IXHIMbhljaSYZGhmb4C2Qw0zQYM0yVKvUYVUortFy9pZK3ebkKNGSxr5_1Scn38ylEVufm9vTxqYZqH6Rh5TRNlXyo1gXiun9LqSGfE7cgp1uYWbRk2BlFzLbDF_zNrAceQ_N497nW/w480-h640/IMG_20230530_180141.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 6 - From left to right: Aragonite (top), chrome diopside, cinnabar, fluorite (bottom).<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkjrBy2taXTdOX6AK9ot6Qwj3sghz0lAJapgrtGYz2rlnQ6g0FYzVGa9F36hAd47jvcE15gZvBYJ5PjVj6uTB9N2guI9_uYllsn3gcmadV2YVKJH6GQ_cxt_qygqCq9jm_QvQN2USF9Kpnv7mwcHUXVsj7kHcQ4G7OUkHicl45iqc5qJpP_GdmlWSo98bG/s3968/IMG_20230528_003908.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3968" data-original-width="2976" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkjrBy2taXTdOX6AK9ot6Qwj3sghz0lAJapgrtGYz2rlnQ6g0FYzVGa9F36hAd47jvcE15gZvBYJ5PjVj6uTB9N2guI9_uYllsn3gcmadV2YVKJH6GQ_cxt_qygqCq9jm_QvQN2USF9Kpnv7mwcHUXVsj7kHcQ4G7OUkHicl45iqc5qJpP_GdmlWSo98bG/w480-h640/IMG_20230528_003908.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 7 - These were the minerals that I got on my first outing, then the next day I also got the aragonite and vanadinite xD. From top to bottom, left to right: Azurite+malachite, cactus amethyst, cinnabar, fluorite and chrome diopside. <br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table> <br /><div><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>1) <u>Azurite & malachite</u>: </b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">This large <b>azurite and malachite specimen over a goethite matrix plate</b> is absolutely gorgeous, and easily one of my top 5
fave specimens in my collection 😍<b>💎</b>. The front is nearly completely covered with<b> patches of deep blue azurite, accompanied by some bright green malachite patinas</b> at the right, while the
back and sides feature small crystals of both azurite and malachite
strewned upon the goethite plate. Also, see below for a couple of <b><u>videos</u></b> showcasing the <b>rich colour and glittering crystals</b> of my large azurite specimen ✨:<span style="color: red;"> </span><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">✨Read more about <u><b>azurite</b></u> in<b> <a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2023/08/expanding-my-mineral-collection.html" target="_blank">this post</a></b> from my <b>RBA mineral collection series</b>. <br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaP7ydE1yp5Sj064XQz31MoMYMKJjVlvRnK-d6aQSbel3ZgBVyvmguI1bwGLIzMzblpEtstbx5SIKQrLMv7CXx8efiTrKOovkcXPaRsvm8HT0C8B6IFR2RSlInYc07_XgPcByLiJCMgfSKoZhsmYF1nXz9S5sdrEwvk1tu-xZf2nCmu4Kfnyrq8BHUbvfj/s3063/IMG_0168.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2209" data-original-width="3063" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaP7ydE1yp5Sj064XQz31MoMYMKJjVlvRnK-d6aQSbel3ZgBVyvmguI1bwGLIzMzblpEtstbx5SIKQrLMv7CXx8efiTrKOovkcXPaRsvm8HT0C8B6IFR2RSlInYc07_XgPcByLiJCMgfSKoZhsmYF1nXz9S5sdrEwvk1tu-xZf2nCmu4Kfnyrq8BHUbvfj/w640-h462/IMG_0168.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 8 - Look at this beauty </i>😍<i>! Azurite+malachite on a goethite matrix plate, front view.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjxzOAZbLXKn4M6xkvN5nfpx5RzFXkJGe2HiUyCL1Br5NkU0iCLsVD6pugm9xkrCmrORZNjplgmusU0w_NRqCq3q-OeJov72-vqk0Q4VkGKn4THPmKAFEytwXHAS_I797Qu_T_alvqU-bEAiNmgvjNvARanIv8gvsQ9PYxWQKGqU9464CJdO9taYf9dBpu/s4961/azurita1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2285" data-original-width="4961" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjxzOAZbLXKn4M6xkvN5nfpx5RzFXkJGe2HiUyCL1Br5NkU0iCLsVD6pugm9xkrCmrORZNjplgmusU0w_NRqCq3q-OeJov72-vqk0Q4VkGKn4THPmKAFEytwXHAS_I797Qu_T_alvqU-bEAiNmgvjNvARanIv8gvsQ9PYxWQKGqU9464CJdO9taYf9dBpu/w640-h294/azurita1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 9 - Azurite+malachite on a goethite matrix plate, side and back view.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"><b></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir-LGU-DwZhH06o0IhQmj9XXO0ZWXP_H_Fx8646mUKw6OBYFNZwy-1BboVcxou_BOorFFeXcBkEcmFSGJKUNj-VM8s7xdE3MMeGEETDe0WMlJ_3PMz4l8cmhRJ7ZAL1Q1VHZ0CJlYQekeVCwntYxu0FsrSurz8H9ljLGtqHCjwCuwl4pqP5jR-JCiIzN4d/s3306/IMG_20230530_183632.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3306" data-original-width="2975" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir-LGU-DwZhH06o0IhQmj9XXO0ZWXP_H_Fx8646mUKw6OBYFNZwy-1BboVcxou_BOorFFeXcBkEcmFSGJKUNj-VM8s7xdE3MMeGEETDe0WMlJ_3PMz4l8cmhRJ7ZAL1Q1VHZ0CJlYQekeVCwntYxu0FsrSurz8H9ljLGtqHCjwCuwl4pqP5jR-JCiIzN4d/w360-h400/IMG_20230530_183632.jpg" width="360" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 10 - Azurite+malachite, front, II.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b></b></div><b><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhit7yb14ijU31fDMRgZJDzPXyfwOSUMhSHu_IE31B0arKJz1WPiAM_lnvcI7x8t3EDLBilQa-ezBauMK3kREylMYTEDc4-NGJBVxPXBqXTc6OjCDmFh1T8CZvL2CmdhcZ9mm9ibM08X5IlxuOM4YfY3uCZilNOXLMfFlmvmzJzhT1c3Ck_3euZbEVspf_p/s3175/IMG_0167.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2849" data-original-width="3175" height="574" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhit7yb14ijU31fDMRgZJDzPXyfwOSUMhSHu_IE31B0arKJz1WPiAM_lnvcI7x8t3EDLBilQa-ezBauMK3kREylMYTEDc4-NGJBVxPXBqXTc6OjCDmFh1T8CZvL2CmdhcZ9mm9ibM08X5IlxuOM4YfY3uCZilNOXLMfFlmvmzJzhT1c3Ck_3euZbEVspf_p/w640-h574/IMG_0167.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">Fig. 11 - Azurite+malachite, size comparison with hand.</span></i></div></td></tr></tbody></table></b><b><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLO4t6idh3iT5AyeMSlsRDcPUnjg3ylEAnkL9zX5PsvXexyvbznipVIIkruVyxflMknIFr_0R5X4LJZm0GfHE0dln80QIJVfaFmFTmworQZHxmQy1j-2fp6FDAbdspLgbCgHgywpPOBVyZ7TGt1kHq_p2I0IOCyHeQ5pkwNkkFli3erw8p5p2UN29cyrgX/s4000/IMG_0162.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3658" data-original-width="4000" height="586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLO4t6idh3iT5AyeMSlsRDcPUnjg3ylEAnkL9zX5PsvXexyvbznipVIIkruVyxflMknIFr_0R5X4LJZm0GfHE0dln80QIJVfaFmFTmworQZHxmQy1j-2fp6FDAbdspLgbCgHgywpPOBVyZ7TGt1kHq_p2I0IOCyHeQ5pkwNkkFli3erw8p5p2UN29cyrgX/w640-h586/IMG_0162.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">Fig. 12 - Azurite+malachite, front view, III.</span><br /></i></div></td></tr></tbody></table></b><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit_xfDOKOJBv4F9uCPJCe5BmPfAYwW47iahc2jcQjsHzitkPyDWsz-JSKIoj55jfMLz2zOUZhkhTgx4f75lY6P7V-Ko6oX4yab0VUD_MoiME7hcsDvgRO1YtHYbXpCwfQcML16juEeRZVXlph16aBVoqFEJ25-fJHcmElwle1Th6ompj_XDHSwSwFFl9Qu/s3968/IMG_20230530_180206.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3968" data-original-width="2976" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit_xfDOKOJBv4F9uCPJCe5BmPfAYwW47iahc2jcQjsHzitkPyDWsz-JSKIoj55jfMLz2zOUZhkhTgx4f75lY6P7V-Ko6oX4yab0VUD_MoiME7hcsDvgRO1YtHYbXpCwfQcML16juEeRZVXlph16aBVoqFEJ25-fJHcmElwle1Th6ompj_XDHSwSwFFl9Qu/w480-h640/IMG_20230530_180206.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 13 - Azurite+malachite (top), alongside cactus amethyst and vanadinite (bottom).<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTWZaEvkSKvAIX3F2V-zTqAKiPh5W-YT9FbAW5yog19rNi6mHOm5tDs_yGacf6zrKR_H6iKIU5f6PsGq7ZcIQ9ukFS1ZR9JcixlFumV0ApiCGGm3_qfj8IAt4x2vgDiaa6-3T9n84sKtkqaqurhCINxr7x8AuZFsDTS-CNUgEX8g2drgNLkk4Bt-0I0sho/s3968/IMG_20230608_213624.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2976" data-original-width="3968" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTWZaEvkSKvAIX3F2V-zTqAKiPh5W-YT9FbAW5yog19rNi6mHOm5tDs_yGacf6zrKR_H6iKIU5f6PsGq7ZcIQ9ukFS1ZR9JcixlFumV0ApiCGGm3_qfj8IAt4x2vgDiaa6-3T9n84sKtkqaqurhCINxr7x8AuZFsDTS-CNUgEX8g2drgNLkk4Bt-0I0sho/w640-h480/IMG_20230608_213624.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 14 - Azurite+malachite (left), alongside amethyst and celestine cluster. </i></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"><b> </b><b> <u>Videos</u> </b>✨:</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwyjWC8W5eNqV-ofn-fUbgnRHhxES-ZHN0MPV87AmlF-33ktfqs4GJByCyVXUXmcgfbZNqbajfm92hxFyWm_Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy_RMNZ4brrLO1VAvQvN40Wp9ww5eC-_Sfl51xsJ9DoG3213Opmwcr82G51ZDktBIFkjmAHzd4KEsCqlXC62g' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b> </b><b>2) <u>Aragonite</u>: </b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">This large aragonite cluster, originating from <b>Tichka (Morocco)</b>, shows a <b>beautiful display of red, reddish-brown and white pseudo-hexagonal prismatic crystals of varying sizes, grouped around a central axis</b> - These kind of specimens are typically called '<b><u>pinecone aragonite</u></b>' or '<b><u>aragonite star clusters</u>'</b>. Also see a couple of <b><u>videos</u> </b>below showing the different colour hues of this lovely cluster and the shape and <b>vitreous luster</b> of its crystals✨.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b> </b>✨<u><b>Aragonite</b></u> will feature in the upcoming <b><u>post 4</u></b> of the <b>RBA mineral collection series </b>on this blog. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><b></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD4mGOJiNN1zLX6J8twJlqfwIEFGIVDCX6WO56eKkJkUfh4POSIQlj8cagkPHDrpZswCDBrexvj_CvkFM_Q7IIDzYZaiwgXpeOCADBgCjFGAh44PMGmqNTBXVOxlJyOEM9PTUdnjL2g19d4-xKNWRfEiyHsGNSbIeMp8QBL3lu4tfCPG_T7uhQ0mSIQfbW/s3164/1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3164" data-original-width="2687" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD4mGOJiNN1zLX6J8twJlqfwIEFGIVDCX6WO56eKkJkUfh4POSIQlj8cagkPHDrpZswCDBrexvj_CvkFM_Q7IIDzYZaiwgXpeOCADBgCjFGAh44PMGmqNTBXVOxlJyOEM9PTUdnjL2g19d4-xKNWRfEiyHsGNSbIeMp8QBL3lu4tfCPG_T7uhQ0mSIQfbW/w544-h640/1.jpg" width="544" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><div><i>Fig. 15 - Aragonite star cluster from the fair (front view), with other aragonite specimens from my collection in the background.<br /></i></div></td></tr></tbody></table><b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8cTWjHblaioaher1ijEHxGmcIfpFKluTHVVlRIVFdGpIw2LN6mqqsyC5-ViWfrxy6SBKKPa-6PCyNpjVVEeJRjCDLfGgZKI6_rcVuWUo-oOgmTOPG5BfDEsiN227A90ZKM4IYzJGxr8DINxT-D7Gzlr9YtRwatfEGBnRt3KBTq4LOnbZc95orkIYpZDoj/s2520/2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2088" data-original-width="2520" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8cTWjHblaioaher1ijEHxGmcIfpFKluTHVVlRIVFdGpIw2LN6mqqsyC5-ViWfrxy6SBKKPa-6PCyNpjVVEeJRjCDLfGgZKI6_rcVuWUo-oOgmTOPG5BfDEsiN227A90ZKM4IYzJGxr8DINxT-D7Gzlr9YtRwatfEGBnRt3KBTq4LOnbZc95orkIYpZDoj/w400-h331/2.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div><i>Fig. 16 - Aragonite star cluster (side).</i></div></td></tr></tbody></table></b><b><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIcYHKh6-dJkq6Z4KM7f2zwldhvMckp8b3SkLkUeGbEseFbezrXfXyuN6e5bgkwjosQervX8KAjcO5iQ_4T-xu6lTf9u-lcwDDD_mKdR_djgTyaTUtfpLHKQW5HmIiqx8dtfofRXBnjFcBE68MlYKoMF8VaCZyfE6-vIYzN-fBAMRa_lHiQHB5-YUq8bGl/s2642/3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2642" data-original-width="2603" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIcYHKh6-dJkq6Z4KM7f2zwldhvMckp8b3SkLkUeGbEseFbezrXfXyuN6e5bgkwjosQervX8KAjcO5iQ_4T-xu6lTf9u-lcwDDD_mKdR_djgTyaTUtfpLHKQW5HmIiqx8dtfofRXBnjFcBE68MlYKoMF8VaCZyfE6-vIYzN-fBAMRa_lHiQHB5-YUq8bGl/w394-h400/3.jpg" width="394" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 17 - Aragonite star cluster (back).</i></td></tr></tbody></table></b><b><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqTjRHL00PVSKvrcOXhMOZtecdP0t1TfY2ZiHeX0fiTkC7TAZ702sqoiHkmcuhgsq9vhOZJ84vh9FFMWU6RGaHjqz4z4DvtDIGR4Zw83_zHLME3U16_kw6ZRrZVUcF0q4tKpkXFFN4skHDlTGZwJTVq_IznwbUC1Qcqy1zteJMY5tTNGpK9gOhpmhyWecA/s2976/4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2673" data-original-width="2976" height="574" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqTjRHL00PVSKvrcOXhMOZtecdP0t1TfY2ZiHeX0fiTkC7TAZ702sqoiHkmcuhgsq9vhOZJ84vh9FFMWU6RGaHjqz4z4DvtDIGR4Zw83_zHLME3U16_kw6ZRrZVUcF0q4tKpkXFFN4skHDlTGZwJTVq_IznwbUC1Qcqy1zteJMY5tTNGpK9gOhpmhyWecA/w640-h574/4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 18 - Look at how pretty the crystals are in this specimen! Aragonite star cluster in direct sunlight (front view, size comparison with hand)</i><i>.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table></b><b><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijtiqvtU-e6YJJ-OQ6oqk-P8BUTtxFvDGLSb0lvLuMQuhCLeR2moLQH5E41uTDGnRWWAnAFnA-F7ElrSux7NYeR3KJLH_HtrPQw6vKELrBgbIpQFDv5JzWO4f0H29W5cRe6OSOvQ19X60HD48X0Md7bSL3AeXszRQGpftekwAa3l8nnxH_dLCNnZPBsbTX/s2818/5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2557" data-original-width="2818" height="580" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijtiqvtU-e6YJJ-OQ6oqk-P8BUTtxFvDGLSb0lvLuMQuhCLeR2moLQH5E41uTDGnRWWAnAFnA-F7ElrSux7NYeR3KJLH_HtrPQw6vKELrBgbIpQFDv5JzWO4f0H29W5cRe6OSOvQ19X60HD48X0Md7bSL3AeXszRQGpftekwAa3l8nnxH_dLCNnZPBsbTX/w640-h580/5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 19 - Aragonite star cluster in direct sunlight (back, size comparison with hand).</i></td></tr></tbody></table></b><b><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHdKaEGJ1DolJcOAk4e1UeISezvpCuFc8dILcU8KO479VlAfuUeMl5s6TsFCgx3Iest1oRd7NX6Plb5QmuAFl7bqHEdR8OJRmyaTHSbtfYf5MUCngM9pxigJ561YTrZjOgTZ90-DBFa8BNuZUnVSjniBoWjU1RZK06mY6kLE7Yh_MTzMN5b2MO900cI0xq/s2670/IMG_20231001_172535.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2670" data-original-width="2538" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHdKaEGJ1DolJcOAk4e1UeISezvpCuFc8dILcU8KO479VlAfuUeMl5s6TsFCgx3Iest1oRd7NX6Plb5QmuAFl7bqHEdR8OJRmyaTHSbtfYf5MUCngM9pxigJ561YTrZjOgTZ90-DBFa8BNuZUnVSjniBoWjU1RZK06mY6kLE7Yh_MTzMN5b2MO900cI0xq/w380-h400/IMG_20231001_172535.jpg" width="380" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 20 - Aragonite star cluster (front view, comparison with hand).</i></td></tr></tbody></table></b><b><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTVig29AutnDnmnYO_mHSywrK7jW0Xi6saRtnn71bByuvU99x7L1VjWIh4f6tbGIQFylbnYJxPmFrmAIRdjMTlHkcN7ZaJZEbD11A9Y5Fax1M2d9W2c3t_qfquuWSuDmlAQlibNhqBYDE2a2RkslPbSuTpZgBz8lwuWUjb1rkprB5gTUjn9PNea97BPMp0/s2979/IMG_20231001_172540.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2979" data-original-width="2976" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTVig29AutnDnmnYO_mHSywrK7jW0Xi6saRtnn71bByuvU99x7L1VjWIh4f6tbGIQFylbnYJxPmFrmAIRdjMTlHkcN7ZaJZEbD11A9Y5Fax1M2d9W2c3t_qfquuWSuDmlAQlibNhqBYDE2a2RkslPbSuTpZgBz8lwuWUjb1rkprB5gTUjn9PNea97BPMp0/w400-h400/IMG_20231001_172540.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 21 - Aragonite star cluster (side).</i></td></tr></tbody></table></b><b><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7_3oLo-B8WxYkaJFUEYVd7PSGv6xTsXM5PM3yXyM1nB6kgrktSnD1PcRTWEkZIgmeUVWye6QP4-LNGkM7Q2ixUeMLDZPtDdBLlwO-oY4gWpVY-FitUFAUi9GQrno56CE2aPFaU158KW2nXn5wxN49-xIt543_62YHzBfBXY92SUxnPFZHqfMNsnifL2la/s2631/IMG_20231001_172556.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2631" data-original-width="2461" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7_3oLo-B8WxYkaJFUEYVd7PSGv6xTsXM5PM3yXyM1nB6kgrktSnD1PcRTWEkZIgmeUVWye6QP4-LNGkM7Q2ixUeMLDZPtDdBLlwO-oY4gWpVY-FitUFAUi9GQrno56CE2aPFaU158KW2nXn5wxN49-xIt543_62YHzBfBXY92SUxnPFZHqfMNsnifL2la/w374-h400/IMG_20231001_172556.jpg" width="374" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 22 - Aragonite star cluster (front view, comparison with hand).</i></td></tr></tbody></table></b><b><br /> <u>Videos</u> </b>✨:<b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwpBzCGWwbBk7iglM06yRE9cBYIlarx_Z6085jt8DbMmskoNM9ivEE8WdnSvsmLVgRb7Di3ru8KeC-B5BBKlA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div></b><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzhqo62ROrPCL4roQXctuF89PCGMxHWA30e1WrmecqHudJXgLOuA4NNt9lNI_4KGzT1cX04PfdHowd51AYsTw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></b></div><b><br /></b><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>3) <u>Cactus amethyst/ametrine</u>: </b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Alongside the gorgeous azurite+malachite and vanadinite specimens in this haul <i>(all of the minerals in this haul are gorgeous, really, but I was most excited about finally finding some nice specimens of these two, as I said above)</i>, I was particularly thrilled to also find some <b><u>cactus amethysts/ametrines</u> </b>in the mineral stall - and this is quite a beautiful specimen, showcasing both the<b> purple hues of amethyst in the terminations of the main (pyramidal prismatic) crystals</b> <b>and in all of the smaller crystals</b>,<b> </b>and the <b>intense orange-yellow hues inside the main crystals, caused by iron oxide inclusions </b>(but <i>not </i>citrine, see below)<b> </b>😍<b>💎</b>. As we will see below when discussing ametrine, we could also refer to this cactus amethyst specimen (as shown in <b>Figs. 23-27</b>) as a <b><u>'cactus ametrine'</u></b> <i>(although bearing in mind that 'ametrine' is the trade name, and the <b>most recent studies seem to show that the yellow zones of ametrine are caused by iron oxide inclusions, rather than being citrine quartz</b>).<br /></i></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Scroll down the (lovely) picture spam for a <b><u>video</u></b> showing the showy colours and shine of the multiple quartz crystals in this cactus ametrine, as well as for <b>some <u>general information and trivia about both cactus quartz and ametrine</u></b> ✨:</p></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzr_OCbPVIGyRXTFoPHKrP5Bk3EunhysdWqOWyJb15EcRXSeLufkL9X1GFJ0NW6lAzrZ0EtP8s8m6CD17rnmqvcHBzprorobs-gsIR7q9NOV6aDr4Iq84ZpOu8coRDpBcwiqev_GWvNqUT1gmTbS1cTv9xCztRT3orS6PTMCNkdmRP3iwdbGUKI_C6R0kR/s5606/Sin%20t%C3%ADtulo2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2783" data-original-width="5606" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzr_OCbPVIGyRXTFoPHKrP5Bk3EunhysdWqOWyJb15EcRXSeLufkL9X1GFJ0NW6lAzrZ0EtP8s8m6CD17rnmqvcHBzprorobs-gsIR7q9NOV6aDr4Iq84ZpOu8coRDpBcwiqev_GWvNqUT1gmTbS1cTv9xCztRT3orS6PTMCNkdmRP3iwdbGUKI_C6R0kR/w640-h318/Sin%20t%C3%ADtulo2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 23 - A stunner </i>😍<i>! Cactus amethyst/ametrine with yellow iron oxide inclusions, front view and size comparison with hand.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcyi-JGDI_jRUoRiWVeQS5sRl7sTWWDibgooAaXAOySkWOlrpzwqU57jB0PWEsQlLGHgiBpUng72KAAdlG2P9vJ6FNKl-GVhBSLXu5IGfB8dyby3KnMzpez3vA5_-vV49xZoIpx0cl-I6lQXn3_-scPgnGsPQq7oKky2auaXNSHRoP-4X65XYASJ3wfTlb/s3608/Ametrino2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3608" data-original-width="2929" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcyi-JGDI_jRUoRiWVeQS5sRl7sTWWDibgooAaXAOySkWOlrpzwqU57jB0PWEsQlLGHgiBpUng72KAAdlG2P9vJ6FNKl-GVhBSLXu5IGfB8dyby3KnMzpez3vA5_-vV49xZoIpx0cl-I6lQXn3_-scPgnGsPQq7oKky2auaXNSHRoP-4X65XYASJ3wfTlb/w325-h400/Ametrino2.jpg" width="325" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 24 - Cactus amethyst, with azurite+malachite in the background.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja-8pt-QV5M9VgACL8-LAmTD0fbaj6X-JMo7WbN4GmukwD3JAF4KK6TrRMdf9Fa5HlB3JpsXS7GZ3eyA8ACDfnemhGPRoeMOqgFxT4xEfuKzknAv38o4krNKgDwiGdMpdAu83UhSaoxYDGx1NbM0rNqlW5gTeo07aaw83uwcaKwqDrbuE26q16CP8AtOYG/s2936/Ametrino3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2835" data-original-width="2936" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja-8pt-QV5M9VgACL8-LAmTD0fbaj6X-JMo7WbN4GmukwD3JAF4KK6TrRMdf9Fa5HlB3JpsXS7GZ3eyA8ACDfnemhGPRoeMOqgFxT4xEfuKzknAv38o4krNKgDwiGdMpdAu83UhSaoxYDGx1NbM0rNqlW5gTeo07aaw83uwcaKwqDrbuE26q16CP8AtOYG/w400-h386/Ametrino3.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 25 - Cactus amethyst, with azurite+malachite in the background.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiradDXPPy6UlRdJkuCV5JO7LzNpTT0ALtErj5ucGA7zffzDnv0HdL5m4gLsEdOvnxg8YBL5gy8pNrWPvQIaSfsiJrT414jaMK-FG8-iB_uAJaDckv2aNeJEdAIl74cSPXkpcsiYOjQHNxkOTniOL9EK_vnBA-S65_5Fe40KpKO-EhoDYCPzdB_UdV260kQ/s6431/Sin%20t%C3%ADtulo.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2439" data-original-width="6431" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiradDXPPy6UlRdJkuCV5JO7LzNpTT0ALtErj5ucGA7zffzDnv0HdL5m4gLsEdOvnxg8YBL5gy8pNrWPvQIaSfsiJrT414jaMK-FG8-iB_uAJaDckv2aNeJEdAIl74cSPXkpcsiYOjQHNxkOTniOL9EK_vnBA-S65_5Fe40KpKO-EhoDYCPzdB_UdV260kQ/w640-h242/Sin%20t%C3%ADtulo.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 26 - Cactus amethyst/ametrine, front view. The iron-stained orange-yellow zones in the middle of the prisms contrast in a beautiful way with the pale violet hues of the amethyst in the crystal terminations and in the smaller crystals all around the main ones. <br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdnyox71qrxKQFJ26Dd2eNfk-FMR_V-T3oeX0O9WhoHPD3ppOE02GWdwz_PeikcYGuu4Gmkatmzx-Xp0YdvL7ZXRMTZ2gs0gavnxwb3pwGh31PzsAynojWc0fWqgZxuV_-fYTv9p_VDeKKWN4yPbxHJ7uot_XrtG4JwFAcYsqDpvi9yW3v8SuarNV_emZM/s4114/Ametrino1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2147" data-original-width="4114" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdnyox71qrxKQFJ26Dd2eNfk-FMR_V-T3oeX0O9WhoHPD3ppOE02GWdwz_PeikcYGuu4Gmkatmzx-Xp0YdvL7ZXRMTZ2gs0gavnxwb3pwGh31PzsAynojWc0fWqgZxuV_-fYTv9p_VDeKKWN4yPbxHJ7uot_XrtG4JwFAcYsqDpvi9yW3v8SuarNV_emZM/w640-h334/Ametrino1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 27 - Cactus amethyst/ametrine, with azurite+malachite in the background. The colours are particularly intense here.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><u>Video</u> </b>✨:<b> <br /></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxMFsFtjq33TqaO6B1q5-GqNl9ifu0iz98R45dEdps44TuaLQZDH1ZfzxlhzMCBSOv2SCgtTvPhIfKfKKRXZQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></b></div><b><br /></b><p></p><div><p><b>💎</b><u><b>A bit about cactus amethyst and ametrine</b></u>: <b><a href="https://www.uky.edu/KGS/rocksmineral/specimen-month-05-2017.php" target="_blank">Source 1</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ametrine" target="_blank">Source 2</a>, <a href="https://geology.com/minerals/quartz/ametrine.shtml" target="_blank">Source 3</a>, <a href="https://www.mindat.org/min-7606.html" target="_blank">Source 4</a>, <a href="https://www.mindat.org/min-1054.html" target="_blank">Source 5</a>, <a href="https://www.gia.edu/doc/Russian-Synthetic-Ametrine.pdf" target="_blank">Source 6</a>, <a href="https://www.gemsociety.org/article/ametrine-jewelry-and-gemstone-information/" target="_blank">Source 7</a></b></p></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> ✨Read more about <u><b>amethyst</b></u> (with a brief mention to <b><u>ametrine</u></b>) in<b> </b><b><u><a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2022/08/expanding-my-mineral-collection.html" target="_blank">Post 1</a></u></b> of my <b>RBA mineral collection series</b>. <b><u>Citrine</u> </b>(both natural and heated) will feature in a future post of the RBA collection as well.</div></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b> </b>The<b> <u>cactus quartz</u> </b>variety, also known as '<b><u>pineapple quartz</u></b>' and <u>'<b>spirit quartz</b></u>', is <b>so rare as to be practically only to be found in one place</b>: the Magaliesberg Mountains close to Pretoria (<b>South Africa</b>). It usually occurs as <b>large pyramidal-shaped and perfectly formed quartz crystals, containing multiple twinned quartz crystals with faceted terminations on each hexagonal side of the main prismatic crystal</b> (see <b>Figs. 23-27</b>).<b> </b>The disposition of these smaller crystals is what creates the <b>prickly "cactus" appearance</b> of this variety. Some specimens of cactus quartz are composed only of <b>amethyst</b>, while others can range <b>from clear to smoky and yellow hues caused by iron residue inside the crystals</b>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwEZHrTko-I5PHoAmfLs9dYgYQRyZmO-2x33SxC0pxk1TORHJD8IP0tTsgincFwlRS5WRVRzrYsaw8mx0cGL-XYMmwT3iZLJ6pv6_EIsNr0tnzSo08-w_XZ1scbrOSTISCSwjgDYPNsbvAmyPJAfTYuTzH1YDMYKFVCRomUaLhPslHFuihRIoXDrK0MlPS/s567/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(4962).png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="567" data-original-width="513" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwEZHrTko-I5PHoAmfLs9dYgYQRyZmO-2x33SxC0pxk1TORHJD8IP0tTsgincFwlRS5WRVRzrYsaw8mx0cGL-XYMmwT3iZLJ6pv6_EIsNr0tnzSo08-w_XZ1scbrOSTISCSwjgDYPNsbvAmyPJAfTYuTzH1YDMYKFVCRomUaLhPslHFuihRIoXDrK0MlPS/s320/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(4962).png" width="290" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 28 - Ametrine infographic (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ametrine" target="_blank">Source</a>).</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Various sources have generally defined (and still define) '<b><u>ametrine</u></b>' as the resulting <b>bicolour purple+yellow quartz variety</b> which includes <b>both amethyst and citrine zones in the same crystal</b>. Thus, the name originated from the combination of 'amethyst' and 'citrine'. Also called <b><u>trystine</u></b> and '<b><u>bicolour amethyst</u>'</b>, this <b>naturally occurring</b> variety of quartz makes for <b>quite a rare gemstone </b>that is mainly (but not exclusively) produced in commercial quantities in the Anahi mine in <b>Bolivia </b>(thus its trade name <b><u>bolivianite</u></b>). </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Earlier studies explained the presence of both amethyst and citrine in an ametrine specimen due to <b>differing oxidation states of iron impurities within the crystal</b>, with purple <b>amethyst zones</b> thought to be produced by <b>Fe<sup>3+</sup> that is oxidized to Fe<sup>4+</sup></b> as a cause of natural radiation emitted
by the decay of potassium-40 in nearby rocks; and the<b> yellow citrine</b> segments being produced by <b>oxidized Fe<sup>3+</sup> iron</b>. Moreover, these different oxidation states occur due to the presence of <b>a temperature gradient across the crystal during its formation</b> process. <br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">However, some studies have
actually concluded that <b>amethyst and citrine cannot form in the same environments</b>,
and thus <u>'ametrine' specimens would be instead composed of </u><b><u>amethyst with inclusions of iron compounds which create yellow and orange zones reminiscent of citrine</u> </b>(<i>in contrast, the yellow tones in <b>citrine quartz </b>specimens seem to <b>not </b>be<b> simply caused by trace elements </b>in the crystal, and are also at least in part </i><b><i>aluminum-based rather than iron-based</i>)</b>. Thus, the purple zones in ametrine specimens are indeed made of amethyst, but <b>the yellow segments would be more accurately referred to as <u>'ferruginous quartz'</u> instead of 'citrine'</b>. Additionally, upon heating ametrine the amethyst zones pale, while the yellow-orange areas maintain their colour (in contrast to citrine quartz, which also pales when heated). Despite this, <b><u>the trade name to refer to this variety has typically remained 'ametrine</u>'</b>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">In view of this, we can refer to this cactus quartz specimen (<b>Figs. 23-27</b>) as either a <b><u>'cactus ametrine'</u></b> (as in combining amethyst with yellow zones caused by iron impurities, as seems to be the case of all ametrine specimens), or simply as a '<b><u>cactus amethyst</u></b>' which also happens to include iron-stained orange-yellow zones, in so many words. In any case, <b>the hues in these cactus quartz specimens </b><b>are completely natural and <u>have not been either dyed or heat-treated</u></b>, in contrast to the common practice of <b>heat-treating amethyst to obtain affordable <a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2022/08/expanding-my-mineral-collection.html" target="_blank">'citrine'</a> specimens</b> (<i>I actually typically quite like the intense tones and zoning of treated citrine, though, I only wish there was way more transparency in the mineral market about it </i>😅). Moreover, unlike
the lighter yellow tones of many natural citrines, <b>cactus 'ametrines' </b>such as this one (which contain iron-stained zones rather than citrine, as we have seen)<b> c<a href="https://www.mindat.org/mesg-48596.html" target="_blank">an feature very intense orange-yellow hues in the middle of the main crystals</a></b>, due to the sides reflecting the iron-stained hues from underneath.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">A well-formed ametrine crystal sawn perpendicular to the c-axis (optic axis) can also form a striking <b>geometric pattern radiating outwards</b> from the axis like the pieces of a pie, with <b>straight lines separating the zones of amethyst and ferruginous yellow quartz</b>:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizSzawaQmNetmKlNm5WO-OotqFYQxVU7IOzcGEPeoW_hky5edOWmalJBxHAavTC6DIYOzrGm-U59TMIbm7u5ONnU5eWcn0lVArrYfnn9YXcmnbqNivzuOQYhMaD__51wfe4DHlVc02McJo_Xh3GZNfVv-0Cql3QO1TQmXnphnmaS-Xv7CD_kW5RtakMTk-/s1920/canvas.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="851" data-original-width="1920" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizSzawaQmNetmKlNm5WO-OotqFYQxVU7IOzcGEPeoW_hky5edOWmalJBxHAavTC6DIYOzrGm-U59TMIbm7u5ONnU5eWcn0lVArrYfnn9YXcmnbqNivzuOQYhMaD__51wfe4DHlVc02McJo_Xh3GZNfVv-0Cql3QO1TQmXnphnmaS-Xv7CD_kW5RtakMTk-/w400-h178/canvas.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 29 - Geometric pattern in an ametrine specimen from Anahi mine (Bolivia) (<a href="https://www.mindat.org/photo-723620.html" target="_blank">Source</a>).</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><p><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-streeter1_17-1"> </sup>✨<b><u>Some interesting historical and STEM trivia about ametrine</u></b>: </p></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;">According to legend, the <b>indigenous Ayoreos tribe</b> <b>of Eastern Bolivia</b> (currently living in an area spanning both Bolivia and Paraguay) knew about the existence of <b>bicolour quartz crystals with zonal colouring of purple and yellow </b>(aka <b>ametrine</b>) over 500 years ago, and it was introduced in Europe in 1600s when a Spanish colonizer ("<i>conquistador</i>") (sigh) gifted the Spanish Queen some ametrine after acquiring a mine in Bolivia as dowry for marrying a princess from the Ayoreos people (double sigh). Legend or not, this is not dissimilar to the way that many things from America, Africa, Asia and Oceania were introduced to Europe, via <b>colonialism and imperialism</b> (and, in this case, also <b>patriarchy</b>, yay) 😬. But the earliest attested mention of ametrine in Europe was probably in a <b>1925</b> issue of American Mineralogist, with further reports beginning in earnest in the <b>1960s</b> and ametrine becoming more available in the <b>1970s</b>.<br /></li></ul></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;"><b><u>Synthetic ametrine</u></b>: <b>Heat and irradiation can be used to transform natural amethyst into a bicolour material similar to ametrine</b>, as determined in laboratory experiments as early as 1981, but this process is very costly and has seemingly not produced appreciable quantities of synthetic 'ametrine'. With many similarities (but also differences) to their natural counterparts in Bolivia,<b> gem-quality synthetic ametrine has been produced in Russia since 1994</b>, via hydrothermal synthesis from alkaline solutions, followed by irradiation of the created crystals. <br /></li></ul><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>4) <u>Vanadinite</u>: </b><b></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">This stunning specimen of vanadinite, originating from <b>Mibladen (Morocco)</b>, definitely comes in second among my favourites, after the azurite+malachite piece (with the aragonite and cactus ametrine closely viyng for third position). It displays <b>a cluster of gorgeous bright orange-red crystals </b>on a matrix plate 😍<b>💎</b>. The<b> vanadinite crystals in this specimen come in varying sizes</b>, with the<b> largest of them clearly displaying their hexagonal (prismatic) shape</b>. I especially love one of the largest hexagonal-shaped crystals sticking out at the side! Also see the <b><u>video</u></b> below showcasing the rich colour and the <b>characteristic adamantine luster</b> of these vanadinite crystals ✨.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b> </b>✨<u><b>Vanadinite</b></u> will feature in an upcoming post of the <b>RBA mineral collection series</b> on this blog. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd_Tl-FXmEaLBvsml1Mo3mCzvsVydi7QLmumB28gqPcsPYyCNl1UHAa9bSipNdqLxn-EAkjGXTM9-Yo9zJwm-Ow5ba4Q8F9GCqu-ok1jyqBr6HXWOWKKCnn4WuE2UFG4gI6rP4GuIOMNzgGVdF4Op4JdhMJqah0QtxoWONh5GixmB8nx6h55ocPlRI-4q9/s2938/IMG_20231001_161231.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2267" data-original-width="2938" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd_Tl-FXmEaLBvsml1Mo3mCzvsVydi7QLmumB28gqPcsPYyCNl1UHAa9bSipNdqLxn-EAkjGXTM9-Yo9zJwm-Ow5ba4Q8F9GCqu-ok1jyqBr6HXWOWKKCnn4WuE2UFG4gI6rP4GuIOMNzgGVdF4Op4JdhMJqah0QtxoWONh5GixmB8nx6h55ocPlRI-4q9/w640-h494/IMG_20231001_161231.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 30 - Rich colours and sparkles ahoy </i>😍! <i>Vanadinite cluster with bright orange-red crystals, front view. Another vanadinite specimen in my collection can be seen in the background, featuring darker-coloured cyrstals.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div></div><div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBy8rr6I5u9FAFJhHfxGUbA7YbH18fqvDGE6ifiARTeAmJEsOL35NwG7qhUuRIGz-dw9ZHnjrKvCT6tzkcV1nZA6BWZOHpVzCNAhvrk-PMwjx2A6TMcq7Sti5a7T3oeQPVJJRe_DEgxWf6KCsmZsFlvGJ37EcH0L2s9K8dhcAgo5vNHLnbVPawD-YfmYFW/s3450/Vanadinita1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3450" data-original-width="1963" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBy8rr6I5u9FAFJhHfxGUbA7YbH18fqvDGE6ifiARTeAmJEsOL35NwG7qhUuRIGz-dw9ZHnjrKvCT6tzkcV1nZA6BWZOHpVzCNAhvrk-PMwjx2A6TMcq7Sti5a7T3oeQPVJJRe_DEgxWf6KCsmZsFlvGJ37EcH0L2s9K8dhcAgo5vNHLnbVPawD-YfmYFW/w364-h640/Vanadinita1.jpg" width="364" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 31 - Vanadinite cluster with bright orange-red hexagonal prismatic crystals, side views. Note the largest hexagonal crystal sticking out at the side!<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7QI7pga05k8wMcHtnwkHY7dSiozx2P3R5zaYZVpO4aEP_V8T8wOXupBy3UrC6HYGUmXfY-1aNQ6Sbjqg_rYL2hnkbpZI6-V-M3uieAHSlAcxtrlS9Mr0-orZ-DquLgLdOCwX31QziAzTcL7tgfR7E_la6cYbB3QCx4QWRquTM9_XxipI89cnqoPT86S4G/s3779/Vanadinita2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2080" data-original-width="3779" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7QI7pga05k8wMcHtnwkHY7dSiozx2P3R5zaYZVpO4aEP_V8T8wOXupBy3UrC6HYGUmXfY-1aNQ6Sbjqg_rYL2hnkbpZI6-V-M3uieAHSlAcxtrlS9Mr0-orZ-DquLgLdOCwX31QziAzTcL7tgfR7E_la6cYbB3QCx4QWRquTM9_XxipI89cnqoPT86S4G/w640-h352/Vanadinita2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 32 - Vanadinite cluster, more details.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIWwWXT_4hlfnGNV2dCe5ja8NGR_jCSaLheEPIuZLTMzYIcribmmoaNc8ayvgXM-rxN2rr50E8ZpKKPLQsIy4nvBtNvVCR9QW9aDROVBpxxLO_LhZiKlua4OlID0_fsa_dcjwZiBKG9vLBYDJp9I4THIzzSXQU95QYRceBUO3_r-pUCKoLgF0dwJrRnb59/s3313/IMG_20231001_161219.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3313" data-original-width="2464" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIWwWXT_4hlfnGNV2dCe5ja8NGR_jCSaLheEPIuZLTMzYIcribmmoaNc8ayvgXM-rxN2rr50E8ZpKKPLQsIy4nvBtNvVCR9QW9aDROVBpxxLO_LhZiKlua4OlID0_fsa_dcjwZiBKG9vLBYDJp9I4THIzzSXQU95QYRceBUO3_r-pUCKoLgF0dwJrRnb59/w477-h640/IMG_20231001_161219.jpg" width="477" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 33 - Vanadinite cluster, from above, with another vanadinite specimen in the background.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><u>Video</u> </b>✨:</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b> </b><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyWY26YgoDmvgF-TpLMMXNWR7qKc9XQc6qej7qttU4XNmNL3gE27CVMA-IxViWA8TngBlzr0al1PxWR9HV9EQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>5) <u>Chrome diopside</u>: </b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">This chrome diopside specimen, a lovely <b>rich green prismatic crystal</b>, originates from <b>Nuristan (Afghanistan)</b>, and includes some white quartz inclusions, especially on one side. See a <b><u>video</u> </b>below featuring the vibrant green of this diopside in direct sunlight!<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b> </b>✨<u><b>(Chrome) diopside</b></u> will feature in an upcoming post of the <b>RBA mineral collection series</b> on this blog. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE5sqMdLcSUJXxfe5F59STbHOL8c0gbWl8u-_K2F7UP1y3oazt3CykzI5-N8DI-OkFwJc-DYLmH0U3c6x6zwT3gJmVXg5MW0QLwBe9-z47o4j7jXg-Lhdc-kd_4RT0JyHWhx_qriaLD_FHHCkSYjSNMt86MYcCEdji_HGnLnFwQ1oSNEQJ1DVW4C9FhEBa/s2109/IMG_20231001_171543.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2109" data-original-width="1667" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE5sqMdLcSUJXxfe5F59STbHOL8c0gbWl8u-_K2F7UP1y3oazt3CykzI5-N8DI-OkFwJc-DYLmH0U3c6x6zwT3gJmVXg5MW0QLwBe9-z47o4j7jXg-Lhdc-kd_4RT0JyHWhx_qriaLD_FHHCkSYjSNMt86MYcCEdji_HGnLnFwQ1oSNEQJ1DVW4C9FhEBa/w316-h400/IMG_20231001_171543.jpg" width="316" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 34 - This chrome diopside prismatic crystal has a lovely rich green colour, reminiscent of other bright green gems like peridotite.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXabxy5xb2tY0rluhKQhEfn_RFipTlXiyjkHSUW5pi0ft5PUDmZU-53wOGdzuJVHiSUsnN0Vion-XEvOBqJuPh8F2r-Xu4jsZ7ukVKpIjPjF0i2esTD9EcyKYskT2T8ThLUUezQJiD4zKBL_mk1OTYLlSsbjj9-I_3smBlWIVExILc8ISFItHZZ9KBSphj/s2104/IMG_20231001_171421.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="2104" height="355" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXabxy5xb2tY0rluhKQhEfn_RFipTlXiyjkHSUW5pi0ft5PUDmZU-53wOGdzuJVHiSUsnN0Vion-XEvOBqJuPh8F2r-Xu4jsZ7ukVKpIjPjF0i2esTD9EcyKYskT2T8ThLUUezQJiD4zKBL_mk1OTYLlSsbjj9-I_3smBlWIVExILc8ISFItHZZ9KBSphj/w400-h355/IMG_20231001_171421.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 35 - The chromium in this diopside crystal is what gives it its rich green colour.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><u>Video</u> </b>✨:<b> <br /></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b> </b><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzCb8e6vtVtRK0Ejge6xRGS6q5spcB2udH6YGvApCqbRJ3IpvBjnkdj0X6C0KXVYQMUWLJcD2peTDJ8iCc6oA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b> </b><b>6) <u>Fluorite</u>: </b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I also got this small tumbled fluorite as a gift, and it's a lovely one, displaying <b>a very defined banding pattern with various hues of green and purple</b>.</p>✨Read more about <u><b>fluorite</b></u> in<b> <a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2022/08/expanding-my-mineral-collection.html" target="_blank">this post</a></b> from my <b>RBA mineral collection series </b>on this blog. </div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidrzUhnBKIanw0m8WYnY9PDp_dgf86CL3hG6rUAyMV9z09Zd2nFvJS6TxG5-Sca6m7y8tMNiIl7yAk1W5zebpxQ9RcROHmKLKpSCn8hQ-kuQ_VCMqu5biMd-teeBMfqnr0tDeyPH0iSebSqSR5ZMEqnY-V3W0p6BQcP3qOp8ZM6CHlMpoSam2Il59oKKBk/s5989/Sin%20t%C3%ADtulo3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1851" data-original-width="5989" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidrzUhnBKIanw0m8WYnY9PDp_dgf86CL3hG6rUAyMV9z09Zd2nFvJS6TxG5-Sca6m7y8tMNiIl7yAk1W5zebpxQ9RcROHmKLKpSCn8hQ-kuQ_VCMqu5biMd-teeBMfqnr0tDeyPH0iSebSqSR5ZMEqnY-V3W0p6BQcP3qOp8ZM6CHlMpoSam2Il59oKKBk/w640-h198/Sin%20t%C3%ADtulo3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><div><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">Fig. 36 - This tumbled fluorite showcases a very defined banding pattern in various shades of green and purple.</span></i></div></td></tr></tbody></table></b><b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiULFhoy0urmu6tdbwEoRJSFLWN_wiZMClMcYhDBnUjTnKbDbEBOvZAQ9qV42ZUXDZToawntSuQO6lRVZ8Ran0Eti8ZuHJAJsCoeTKpvwDgi8DFcrIwTAhS8XvhC4kVhXm4M8rex_0dk6FNQbO7-P_8m-w-GdEYNpbeLbUcZKIIyAnm8lwm3zkLWIsmtpG_/s2519/IMG_20230530_180336.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2519" data-original-width="2330" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiULFhoy0urmu6tdbwEoRJSFLWN_wiZMClMcYhDBnUjTnKbDbEBOvZAQ9qV42ZUXDZToawntSuQO6lRVZ8Ran0Eti8ZuHJAJsCoeTKpvwDgi8DFcrIwTAhS8XvhC4kVhXm4M8rex_0dk6FNQbO7-P_8m-w-GdEYNpbeLbUcZKIIyAnm8lwm3zkLWIsmtpG_/w370-h400/IMG_20230530_180336.jpg" width="370" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><div><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">Fig. 37 - Tumbled fluorite with a very defined banding pattern, size comparison with hand.</span></i></div></td></tr></tbody></table></b></div><div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYT1i7j-KuQJxIJn47-igOTr5kAWP1uRRLxVq0Y6z8vw7XT0RCUTSg8qfo8alGCQDRT8NnCyew2mhRxwIZ4HuZ3zZQ40njYDT-ACw3YqlHs0MTVpONjVFhUy2v_l9t6akUaEaaogSxa_Vj9-Xj555fJgw74QUGlo65uv2rJYByD3eVAZ1U0xmUHi8pFqtx/s3038/fluorite2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3038" data-original-width="2123" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYT1i7j-KuQJxIJn47-igOTr5kAWP1uRRLxVq0Y6z8vw7XT0RCUTSg8qfo8alGCQDRT8NnCyew2mhRxwIZ4HuZ3zZQ40njYDT-ACw3YqlHs0MTVpONjVFhUy2v_l9t6akUaEaaogSxa_Vj9-Xj555fJgw74QUGlo65uv2rJYByD3eVAZ1U0xmUHi8pFqtx/w280-h400/fluorite2.jpg" width="280" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 38 - The polished fluorite from the fair alongside the <a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2022/08/expanding-my-mineral-collection.html" target="_blank">rough specimen from the RBA collection</a>.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b></b></div><b><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaw9vGmWo3FlDr1OPjgUM2iqhV-6rdQ67_WzdT-UUDc9j5NkOf9KQ5JIQN-gbENHtlKQbxBwVFZHTZMkZNioNUkT78gkDKBzeq-YpQsjdQFaV4MqOBHW0mVvyQ7DEnqVYBZOPZuQ3VrEorxuSJHcL57b2BNaCotVWZobezLBsaPbBHtxEX94_bA1W3XCjd/s2166/Fluorite3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1938" data-original-width="2166" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaw9vGmWo3FlDr1OPjgUM2iqhV-6rdQ67_WzdT-UUDc9j5NkOf9KQ5JIQN-gbENHtlKQbxBwVFZHTZMkZNioNUkT78gkDKBzeq-YpQsjdQFaV4MqOBHW0mVvyQ7DEnqVYBZOPZuQ3VrEorxuSJHcL57b2BNaCotVWZobezLBsaPbBHtxEX94_bA1W3XCjd/w400-h358/Fluorite3.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 39 - The polished fluorite from the fair alongside the <a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2022/08/expanding-my-mineral-collection.html" target="_blank">rough specimen from the RBA collection</a>.</i></td></tr></tbody></table></b><b> </b></div><div><b>7) <u>Cinnabar</u> (and <u>mercury</u>): </b><b> </b><b> </b><p style="text-align: justify;">And finally, I also got a small specimen of <b><u>cinnabar with mercury</u></b> (<b>Figs. 40-43</b>), from <b>Almadén</b> <b>(Ciudad Real, Spain)</b>, featuring its characteristic <b>rich deep red hue</b> alongside some <b>silvery grey-black</b> <b>parts</b>, as well as a very pretty <b>shimmer </b>in the light due to the <b>tiny native mercury drops present in the specimen</b>. In my existing collection, I already had some <b><u>mercury in a bottle</u></b> (see <b>Figs. 40 </b>and <b>44</b>), also from <b>Almadén</b>, which I got quite a few years ago (I don't think they sell native mercury as often now for safety reasons). <br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u><b>Important note</b></u>: <i><b><u>Cinnabar and mercury are toxic minerals </u></b></i>😅<i>. <a href="https://www.foro-minerales.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=23149#23149" target="_blank">Collecting cinnabar specimens should be reasonably safe if handled correctly</a>, but <b>don't keep liquid mercury out of its bottle or container</b> (it's dangerous to touch and especially to inhale). </i><i>In contrast to native mercury, cinnabar is insoluble and more stable than native mercury, but it's a very good idea to </i><i><b>wear gloves when handling cinnabar, and/or to wash one's hands after touching a cinnabar specimen</b> (especially the specimens which include native mercury in them, typically those with a massive habit)</i><i>.</i><i> Even though in the pictures I appear holding cinnabar bare-handed</i><i>, it was for a very short period of time, and I washed my hands immediately afterwards! </i><i>In fact, it's <a href="https://www.foro-minerales.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14735" target="_blank">standard advice among the mineralogy collecting community</a> to <b>wash one's hands after handling *any* mineral, just in case (as well as keeping the minerals away from children and pets, not licking or ingesting them, and not inhaling any mineral powder</b>)</i><i>. </i><i>Finally, although some people display their cinnabar specimens more in the open in a display case or specimen cabinet with reasonable safety, I personally like to keep mine inside a closed box alongside other specimens, and only take it out for short periods of time when needed. <br /></i></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Scroll down this picture spam for a couple of <b><u>videos</u></b> showing both the red hue and glimmer of this cinnabar specimen, and how liquid mercury moves. And then we'll finish this post with <b>some <u>general information and trivia about cinnabar and mercury</u></b> ✨:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigXvZgR4Jytbve6rkSKI2Oiz4fN-sM953kxJ94ZTqtJq6q87IN_bjwXeP1B9akCXTp63az-DQtCATa-a_k9UMdNvkb-XIQrIGNgFL2XVrVola1PWCperKGOPdPdoY8593vP4qzzNy3RUxG7q3K59s6J0DlMkNypry4Sss88qKwewto3wt1CsQiZOSqp7u3/s2746/IMG_20231001_162401.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2530" data-original-width="2746" height="369" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigXvZgR4Jytbve6rkSKI2Oiz4fN-sM953kxJ94ZTqtJq6q87IN_bjwXeP1B9akCXTp63az-DQtCATa-a_k9UMdNvkb-XIQrIGNgFL2XVrVola1PWCperKGOPdPdoY8593vP4qzzNy3RUxG7q3K59s6J0DlMkNypry4Sss88qKwewto3wt1CsQiZOSqp7u3/w400-h369/IMG_20231001_162401.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 40 - Cinnabar in massive habit with native mercury (left), alongside native mercury (right).<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp7lvr3EpiFhkCdBj_Bvt3XvBjZNEDgwHr0FY5s4sLe-w9HVqa9reRuaYPzh0L8TwICrdMMdLttdS7oDIHS1zXh_7a_Jai-QyG0_CXSRpsVACEITxLNucyZ0CShUFV7-2_ZWNqZw_ZXXepD0vTtRARRDiBqIEpuRsB0JF33dDYyGTJaL2UVHraILuBdw0-/s2508/IMG_20231001_171806.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2508" data-original-width="2234" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp7lvr3EpiFhkCdBj_Bvt3XvBjZNEDgwHr0FY5s4sLe-w9HVqa9reRuaYPzh0L8TwICrdMMdLttdS7oDIHS1zXh_7a_Jai-QyG0_CXSRpsVACEITxLNucyZ0CShUFV7-2_ZWNqZw_ZXXepD0vTtRARRDiBqIEpuRsB0JF33dDYyGTJaL2UVHraILuBdw0-/w356-h400/IMG_20231001_171806.jpg" width="356" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 41 - Cinnabar with native mercury (front).<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOsTU-cBgSWJnQ62waHFRRZbbGiDDvTw1x1zJ6kktHtusezRK24ORiTofDZKkjdr9s0IUkDlpIBXbVpf7ky_pxmgYm6u8lPcYLQcM-jxwrwRglvKssfvgv4cp9f_qHEPNzM151DS05sFkSHBCtaQm5xHAL5nbdTDP3JETZCkFH7YaVbuPXQIGqbqpFHCpo/s3382/2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1692" data-original-width="3382" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOsTU-cBgSWJnQ62waHFRRZbbGiDDvTw1x1zJ6kktHtusezRK24ORiTofDZKkjdr9s0IUkDlpIBXbVpf7ky_pxmgYm6u8lPcYLQcM-jxwrwRglvKssfvgv4cp9f_qHEPNzM151DS05sFkSHBCtaQm5xHAL5nbdTDP3JETZCkFH7YaVbuPXQIGqbqpFHCpo/w640-h320/2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 42 - Cinnabar with native mercury (front and side).</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqjTPPVz-DGG0O4_riB_9vszYBvlxtXiLasPPJkngrG2WuqePqXq2Z7HpEQgvEptX2xp60AAGLQpOpdzX96PJdDll5O4ofAnq9oCKfspRjkA62ePgyk2CnYq1Ys3T2wyTpix2ximp6lW1qJsXADZa44Ox-jBmkQ72VljuH3ZD6h4jFqXkj_9_sCme-mOu6/s3735/1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1783" data-original-width="3735" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqjTPPVz-DGG0O4_riB_9vszYBvlxtXiLasPPJkngrG2WuqePqXq2Z7HpEQgvEptX2xp60AAGLQpOpdzX96PJdDll5O4ofAnq9oCKfspRjkA62ePgyk2CnYq1Ys3T2wyTpix2ximp6lW1qJsXADZa44Ox-jBmkQ72VljuH3ZD6h4jFqXkj_9_sCme-mOu6/w640-h306/1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 43 - Cinnabar with native mercury (back and side).</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB16IxlyO__lKpBxEDRAc3mXa1e5SEEA-aOGYKOdnJZ9Om0AwIvxuEJjshquiAL4Xk5WUMz3Pcl0ICE3QwQQlRy2aDD5VWvHONJEESpZvRWDKucUsFHOFZ4vIuKrxpXjZSBEGUpaUXCc0y9Z88jPTh2QdKJXsTlMEVbMhu9Fm5QduPrKPdzVOWo4kRHBue/s2748/IMG_20231001_162407.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2575" data-original-width="2748" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB16IxlyO__lKpBxEDRAc3mXa1e5SEEA-aOGYKOdnJZ9Om0AwIvxuEJjshquiAL4Xk5WUMz3Pcl0ICE3QwQQlRy2aDD5VWvHONJEESpZvRWDKucUsFHOFZ4vIuKrxpXjZSBEGUpaUXCc0y9Z88jPTh2QdKJXsTlMEVbMhu9Fm5QduPrKPdzVOWo4kRHBue/w400-h375/IMG_20231001_162407.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 44 - Native mercury in bottle.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><b><u>Videos</u> </b>✨:<p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyLwDAy3QIJXMKkEOC29f9_ws3P_qHLPw097GD-YI2Mit-QoImnJS8U8_ignQwJDc0M5JyBQreyaFSV7F6dbw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><b> </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwBBWH1n9u5OpXXEv3SpxDopOQcoEnIgicMdcznwBc_Wv7QAtAChmCT-dYX3c_Sfk3vsFbh_xfJ5plOyQ4kTQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzM_YH-L-Np5GoVoFgXxYlpSkRKggBQA3BY-gxyAFXzHb5K6GDE94zg7CuonlXA0aw8YhB-HAL1bPzzREdXWg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /></b></div><div><b> 💎</b><u><b>A bit about cinnabar and mercury</b></u>: <b><a href="https://www.mindat.org/min-1052.html" target="_blank">Source 1</a>, <a href="https://www.mindat.org/min-2647.html" target="_blank">Source 2</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinnabar" target="_blank">Source 3</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_(element)" target="_blank">Source 4</a>, <a href="https://geology.com/minerals/cinnabar.shtml" target="_blank">Source 5</a></b><br /><div><b> </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOYSFA3REoBjhsh8gx-fX892Xr8Mj_DeQWKIcctv52fOKNhhGTRFMil79ptSX_hdS7lP-06_KNOXp2CRFZT5fyD_omQBpOguVadQWT8mB2vUQxgNIx0S8ETut_Yzcv3kugBBQGuTJOqsbaT7_A2swHqqLT1pWE23Vr08ADmMkdBkp2sRR7u9wYqxnus3D6/s663/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(4972).png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="663" data-original-width="505" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOYSFA3REoBjhsh8gx-fX892Xr8Mj_DeQWKIcctv52fOKNhhGTRFMil79ptSX_hdS7lP-06_KNOXp2CRFZT5fyD_omQBpOguVadQWT8mB2vUQxgNIx0S8ETut_Yzcv3kugBBQGuTJOqsbaT7_A2swHqqLT1pWE23Vr08ADmMkdBkp2sRR7u9wYqxnus3D6/s320/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(4972).png" width="244" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 45 - Cinnabar infographic (<a href="https://geology.com/minerals/cinnabar.shtml" target="_blank">Source</a>) </i></td></tr></tbody></table><b>- </b><b><u>Cinnabar</u> </b>(also called<b> <u>cinnabarite</u></b>) is a <b>toxic </b>mineral with a chemical composition of <b>HgS </b>(<b><u>mercury(II) sulfide</u></b>), the <b>most important and common ore of elemental mercury</b> (<b>Hg</b>). A hydrothermal mineral <b>associated with recent volcanic activity</b>, as well as <b>hot springs and fumaroles</b>, cinnabar typically precipitates at shallow depths as coatings on rock surfaces and as vein fillings from ascending hot vapors and waters moving through fractured rocks. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Cinnabar is mostly <b>associated with <u>native mercury</u>,</b> as well as with other sulfide minerals, such as <b>pyrite, realgar, marcasite </b>and<b> stibnite</b>, and is typically found alongside gangue minerals (materials surrounding a deposit ore) which include quartz, barite, dolomite and calcite. The <b>most important cinnabar deposit </b>worldwide for centuries has been <u><b>Almadén</b>, in<b> Ciudad Real (Spain)</b></u>, exploited since Roman times, from where both the specimens above originate.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Cinnabar typically ranges from <b>bright scarlet to brick red</b> in colour, and is generally found in a <b>massive </b>or <b>granular habit</b>, sometimes with <b>small droplets of liquid mercury also present </b>on or near the specimen (as is the case in my specimen). Sometimes, a <b>silver colouration </b>can also be seen on cinnabar, a product of colloidal mercury being formed on the crystal surface after photo-oxidation. Cinnabar can also occasionally occur as <b>well-formed prismatic crystals </b>with an<b> adamantine luster</b>,<b> </b>ressembling quartz in symmetry and exhibiting the phenomenon of <b>birefringence</b>, with <b>the second highest refractive index of any mineral</b>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>- </b><b><u>Mercury</u> </b>(also known as <b>quicksilver</b>, with symbol <b>Hg</b>) is a heavy and silvery-white chemical element, the <b>only metal which remains liquid at standard temperature and pressure</b>. <b>Extremely rare </b>in Earth's crust as a <b>native metal</b> (although large liquid masses have been found in rock cavities), <b>mercury typically occurs in volcanic regions and hot spring deposits</b> worldwide<b> mostly as <u>cinnabar</u></b>, and can be also associated with other ores, such as sphalerite and corderoite.<b> </b>In spite of being liquid, and thus not satisfying the normal criteria to be classified as a mineral (it only forms <b>rhombohedral crystals </b>at <b>-40 degrees celsius</b>),<b> mercury is officially classed as a mineral species </b>because of its<b> distinctive chemical and physical properties</b>, as well as for<b> historical reasons</b>.<b><br /></b></div><div><p><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-streeter1_17-1"> </sup>✨<u><b>Some interesting historical and STEM trivia about </b><b>cinnabar and mercury</b></u>: </p><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><b><u>The etymology of cinnabar</u></b>: The origin of the name "cinnabar" comes from Ancient Greek <b><i>κιννάβαρι</i> </b>(<b><i>kinnàbari</i></b>), cited by Theophrastus
(c. 371 – c. 287 BC) in his treatise <i>Περὶ λίθων</i> (<i>On Stones</i>). The origin of this word is oriental in origin, associated with Persian <b><i>zinjirfrah</i></b> and Arabic <b><i>zinjafr</i></b>, "Dragon's blood". </li></ul></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><b><u>The etymology of mercury</u></b>: The chemical symbol "<b>Hg</b>" is an abbreviation of <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la"><b>hydrargyrum</b></i></span>, a <b>romanized </b>form of the <b>ancient Greek</b> name for mercury, <b><span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">ὑδράργυρος</span></span> (<span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language romanization"><i lang="grc-Latn">hydrargyros</i></span>) "water-silver"</b>,<b> </b>from <i><span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><i lang="grc-Latn">hydro</i></span></i> "water" and <i><span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><i lang="grc-Latn">argyros</i></span></i> "silver" (so called, similarly to <b>'quicksilver' "living-silver"</b>, due to the element's liquid, shiny aspect). On the other hand, mercury is the only metal for which its <b>alchemical planetary name survives as one of its current common names</b>. In <b>Medieval alchemy</b>, the then seven known planets gave their name to the seven known metals (quicksilver, gold, silver, copper, iron, lead, tin). Quicksilver was associated with the fastest planet, <b>Mercury</b>, named after the Roman name for <b>Hermes</b>, the wing-sandaled messenger of the gods in Ancient Greece.<br /></li></ul></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip5TdkcgbSZElWU_1Ik_j8QU6gfIfMalXaCJwwtcreBGMUbnVPhMRXZ0q4KQWloHUMnzJAuGdb06MPsRUhHOhN-EVki91YbzyfAiFBD5ncQFr2SeXRACB0D9XF0ZbFwxe8airVtbiHXuHvk4Q_Wd7FVhyphenhyphenI6Teuu5poECt0qFv7E4RH83qHp7SUK4aPvN5R/s1024/Alchimia_1570_p_9.tif.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="782" data-original-width="1024" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip5TdkcgbSZElWU_1Ik_j8QU6gfIfMalXaCJwwtcreBGMUbnVPhMRXZ0q4KQWloHUMnzJAuGdb06MPsRUhHOhN-EVki91YbzyfAiFBD5ncQFr2SeXRACB0D9XF0ZbFwxe8airVtbiHXuHvk4Q_Wd7FVhyphenhyphenI6Teuu5poECt0qFv7E4RH83qHp7SUK4aPvN5R/w320-h245/Alchimia_1570_p_9.tif.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 46 - </i><i>Apparatus for the distillation of mercury from cinnabar, </i>Alchimia<i>, anonymous, 1570.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><b><u>Cinnabar as a mercury ore</u></b>: Cinnabar has been mined for thousands of years, as far as the Neolithic Age, to obtain mercury. <b>Liquid mercury was produced by crushing cinnabar and heating it in rotary furnaces</b> (see <b>Fig. 46</b> for an example in a 16th Century book). During the process, mercury separated from sulphur, escaping as a vapour that could be collected and condensed into liquid mercury.</li></ul><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><b><u>Decorative uses of cinnabar</u></b>: Due to its bright red colour, <b>many cultures have used cinnabar for decorative purposes for thousands of years</b>, tracing back to Paleolithic cave paintings in Spain and France from 30,000 years ago. It is also one of the <b>few minerals that have been in use by ancient people worldwide</b>,
from the European Mediterranean to
the Middle East, Eastern Asia and the Mayan and Incan cultures in South
America. Cinnabar was ground into a fine powder and used as a <b>pigment </b>for <b>paints and cosmetics </b>(cinnabar being the historic source of red pigments such as "<b>vermillion</b>" and "<b>Chinese red</b>"), as well as carved into <b>ornaments and jewellery</b>. <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carved_lacquer" target="_blank">Chinese lacquerware</a> using cinnabar</b> is especially famous (see <b>Fig. 47</b> below for an example), a technique dating back to the Song dynasty (960–1279 AD). Due to the toxicity of cinnabar, however, <b>its use in paints, decoration and cosmetics has been discontinued in present times</b>, substituted by safer synthetic alternatives.</li></ul><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUqKWgvdHVjroRuTN_PwlRKRYRkv73T58ZicKsHuixSi4mZda8SGB26k5hHOrSg3fcUtcqN3ACBSkYazHb2aL07Eu5698EEsBPJEbkUviCzrSEsEhwMo8qAebCyHWd9Z_sXIa_QXvNpyhdNw50RUBuO-NZqra3eVAQ3aylOZXmDblbk_y3_lgxlVY-7Do2/s1024/Oval_Tray_(Duoyuan_Pan)_with_Pavilion_on_a_Garden_Terrace_LACMA_M.81.125.1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="742" data-original-width="1024" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUqKWgvdHVjroRuTN_PwlRKRYRkv73T58ZicKsHuixSi4mZda8SGB26k5hHOrSg3fcUtcqN3ACBSkYazHb2aL07Eu5698EEsBPJEbkUviCzrSEsEhwMo8qAebCyHWd9Z_sXIa_QXvNpyhdNw50RUBuO-NZqra3eVAQ3aylOZXmDblbk_y3_lgxlVY-7Do2/s320/Oval_Tray_(Duoyuan_Pan)_with_Pavilion_on_a_Garden_Terrace_LACMA_M.81.125.1.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 47 - Chinese cinnabar lacquerware: A Yuan oval tray with people in a landscape. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carved_lacquer" target="_blank">Source</a>.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><b><u>Toxicity</u></b>: Cinnabar is a highly <b>toxic material</b> due to its mercury content, and <b>mercurialism </b>due to overexposure to mercury (which can be both absorbed through the skin and inhaled as vapours) was a disease recognized historically as early as <b>ancient Rome</b>, where cinnabar was already being mined both for pigment and decorative purposes, and for its mercury content. The toxic properties of mercury were also known in other parts of the world, such as <b>ancient South America</b>, where cinnabar was also routinely used for similar purposes. <b>Mining and processing cinnabar was (and is) very dangerous</b>, and many of the workers in the (in)famous mine of <b>Almadén (Spain)</b> were enslaved people and convicts, as working there was regarded as pretty much death sentence, with a considerably shortened life expectancy for the miners, constantly exposed to toxic mercury fumes. Nowadays, there fortunately tend to be stricter <b>protocols</b> when it comes to <b>safely handling mercury and its compounds </b>in the cases when this element continues to be in use (see below), with specific cleaning procedures to avoid exposure in the event of potential mercury spills. <b>Contamination of mercury in the environment</b> (especially in the sea), however, continues to be a pressing problem.</li></ul><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><b><u>Mercury in history</u></b>: Similarly to cinnabar, native mercury has been in use historically for thousands of years worldwide, having been found as far back as<b> 1500 BC</b> in both Egyptian tombs and Mesoamerican pyramids. <b>Despite its high toxicity, it has been used repeteadly for cosmetics and supposed medicinal purposes</b> in various cultures, from ancient Egypt, to ancient Greece and Rome, China and India. Throughout the European Middle Ages and Renaissance period, the use of mercury was still (quite wrongly) thought to maintain good health and promote longevity (on the contrary, <b>exposure to mercury leads to severe adverse health effects</b> 😬). Mercury was also routinely used in the mining industry to create <b>amalgams</b>, alloys of mercury with other metals, and <b>alchemists </b>additionally believed that the different metals could be obtained by varying the quantities of sulphur in mercury, with the ultimate goal of achieving the transmutation of several metals into gold.<br /></li></ul><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><b><u>Uses of mercury</u></b>: Despite the many applications of mercury, <b>its high toxicity has resulted in its use being reduced or discontinued whenever possible </b>due to health and safety regulations, and to replace it with less toxic and nontoxic substitutes. Mercury was formerly widely utilized in the manufacture of <b>industrial chemicals and electrical and electronic applications</b>, and has been famously used since the 18th century as a part of temperature- and pressure-measuring <b>instruments </b>such as <b>thermometers and barometers</b>. The use of these instruments declined in the early the 21st century and has been since banned in several countries and medical
institutions. Mercury does still remain in use in several <b>scientific research applications</b>, however (for an Astrophysics example, see <b><u>liquid mirror telescopes</u></b> below), and gaseous mercury is still utilized in <b>fluorescent lighting</b>. Many more uses of mercury, past and present (many of them dangerous 😅), are listed <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_%28element%29#Applications" target="_blank">here</a></b>, from ancient divination practices, to mercury-filled pools as decoration, skincare products (yikes), gold prospecting and silver mining, as coolant for nuclear reactors, or as propellant
for space engines. <br /></li></ul></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA0le2FuqLQ7oaxXW8uVHYZmc-N6IVLDYiJ8j9hwTBHnqg9EEgkWs4YwJUy8t53IXA4dyuE9xCetpNJYN1xcrp4casWBie5nAT-XTH1hOVoOVFzGwDBnCoxXutNy8SYtuhiWFSPPmUUHuBiNhQVaGJyctWT9_lPea-1en6tHa03l0eL75PLbwk0J2v8rHf/s1028/Liquid_Mirror_Telescope.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1028" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA0le2FuqLQ7oaxXW8uVHYZmc-N6IVLDYiJ8j9hwTBHnqg9EEgkWs4YwJUy8t53IXA4dyuE9xCetpNJYN1xcrp4casWBie5nAT-XTH1hOVoOVFzGwDBnCoxXutNy8SYtuhiWFSPPmUUHuBiNhQVaGJyctWT9_lPea-1en6tHa03l0eL75PLbwk0J2v8rHf/w250-h320/Liquid_Mirror_Telescope.jpg" width="250" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 48 - <span class="mw-mmv-title">The Liquid Mirror
Telescope at the
NASA Orbital Debris Observatory in Cloudcroft, New Mexico, operated from 1996 to
2000. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid-mirror_telescope" target="_blank">Source</a>.<br /></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li> <span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">🌟🪐<u><b>Astrophysics fact! </b></u></span><u><b>Liquid mirror telescopes</b></u>: For some <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflecting_telescope" target="_blank">reflecting</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meridian_circle#Structure" target="_blank"><b>transit telescopes</b></a> (mounted on a horizontal axis),<b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid-mirror_telescope " target="_blank">liquid mirrors made out of mercury</a></b> have been used as the <b>primary mirror</b> since the 1990s (see <b>Fig. 48</b>). These mirrors assume a <b>concave paraboloidal shape </b>by rotating the liquid and its container at a constant speed aroung a vertical axis. The main advantage of such a rotating liquid metal mirror is that they are <b>vastly more affordable than conventional solid glass mirror telescopes</b>, which typically account for at least 95% of the cost of the entire telescope. As for disadvantages, a liquid mirror cannot be tilted and thus <b>always points straight up</b>, which limits their use to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenith_telescope" target="_blank">zenith telescopes</a> and astronomical fields of research which would remain unaffected by the fact that <b>the mirror's view changes as the Earth rotates and cannot track physical objects </b>(these research fields include long-term sky surveys, supernova searches and some cosmology studies). Another disadvantage is of course once again presented by the <b>toxicity of mercury vapours</b> (with the alternative less toxic metal <b>gallium </b>being considerably more expensive), resulting in the need to house the mirror and the human operators in separate, well-ventilated rooms, as well as placing the telescope in more isolated locations to reduce hazards to the area population.<br /></li></ul><p>And that's it for this haul! Stay tuned for more mineral content with a next installment of the RBA collection series (or perhaps, another haul) 😁!</p></div><p style="text-align: justify;"></p></div>Arwendë Luhtiénë / Marta Lúthienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01043611744907294700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255946979377638758.post-38952203505065066032023-10-23T14:30:00.005-07:002023-10-23T14:59:18.318-07:00Quenya translation - "Aiwë" ("Int én bec"): Traducción al quenya de un poema en irlandés antiguo / Medieval poem in Old Irish translated into Quenya<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoZeFP3oBaT8qJsdsjVw3ItoOwPIj83WXfVWT2zKeHFIdxHxGgSOld5j0dDpXj5-kjmUJXZFsnjoCUnkxmc1NQ79pO1BexT9Ll7XHw7VhkdAYrEsU653G7BDJzf_TlU5nZKi0VQMERCrwhTRB0uk0-A8812KGDhuXR3AfzWS4DqoTBmAJwNY9Ag8sR_JDR/s3948/Int%20%C3%A9n%20bec_dibujo.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2890" data-original-width="3948" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoZeFP3oBaT8qJsdsjVw3ItoOwPIj83WXfVWT2zKeHFIdxHxGgSOld5j0dDpXj5-kjmUJXZFsnjoCUnkxmc1NQ79pO1BexT9Ll7XHw7VhkdAYrEsU653G7BDJzf_TlU5nZKi0VQMERCrwhTRB0uk0-A8812KGDhuXR3AfzWS4DqoTBmAJwNY9Ag8sR_JDR/w640-h468/Int%20%C3%A9n%20bec_dibujo.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 1 - I made this watercolour illustrating my interpretation of the titular blackbird and the image that is evoked in the poem '</i>Int én bec<i>'. </i><b><a href="https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Nyk54N" target="_blank">ArtStation</a></b>. DeviantArt. <b><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cytq9HyND5e/" target="_blank">Instagram</a></b>. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #38761d;"><i> 'Int én bec</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #38761d;"><i> ro.léic feit</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #38761d;"><i> do rind guip</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #38761d;"><i> glanbuidi</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #38761d;"><i> fo.ceird faíd</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #38761d;"><i> ós Loch Laíg</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #38761d;"><i> lon do chraíb</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #38761d;"><i> charnbuidi.' </i></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="color: #38761d;"> </b></div>"The little bird / has whistled / from point of beak / bright yellow; / lanza un canto / sobre el Lago Laoi, / un mirlo desde una rama / heaped with
yellow (blossom)." </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i style="color: #800180;"> </i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #800180;">"El pajarito / ha silbado / desde la punta de un pico / amarillo brillante; /
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<span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; line-height: 115%;">I aiwë<br />
ilírnë maicavë<br />
colmello penta<br />
calima malino;<br />
hortëas lirilla<br />
olla Ailin Rotiltundo,<br />
aiwe-morna olwa<br />
lótëa malinello.</span></b><i> </i></span> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>(English version, Spanish below)</i> A year ago, in October 2022, I finished writing and revising a new translation article which <b>combined my interests for both Quenya and Celtic languages, particularly Irish</b>. Back when I was first learning <b>Irish </b>in the late 2000s-early 2010s, I dabbled in translating a couple of poems from Tolkien's <i>The Lord of the Rings</i>
into Irish that I will probably also share on here sometime (that's how
geeky translating practice should work, right xD?). And this time, I
tried my luck at <b>translating one of my favourite Medieval Irish poems into Quenya </b>🍀🍃🐤✨. This translation, alongside a <b>watercolour that I made expressly for the article </b>(see <b>Fig. 1</b>) were published in the Summer 2023 edition of <b><a href="https://www.sociedadtolkien.org/blog/category/publicaciones/revista-estel/" target="_blank"><i>Estel</i></a><i> </i>(no. 99</b>), the biannual <b><a href="https://www.sociedadtolkien.org/revista-estel/ " target="_blank">magazine</a> of the Spanish Tolkien Society</b> (Sociedad Tolkien Española, STE) (<b>Figs. 2-3</b>). </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The <b>poem </b>that I translated, which you can read here above, alongside the <b>English </b>translation and my own translations into <b>Spanish </b>and, specially, <b>Quenya</b>, is called '<i><b>Int én bec</b></i>' (literally, "<b>The Little Bird</b>", also known as "<b>The Blackbird of Belfast Lake</b>"), a <b>c. 9th Century poem in Old Irish </b>written by an anonymous monk and found as a mid-text annotation in <b>manuscripts </b>of the<b> Book of Ballymote </b>(see <b>Fig. 4</b>) and the<b> Book of Uí Maine</b>. In this essay and translation, which I show in PDF format in this post below (<b>pages 61-66 of the magazine, and also posted as a separate file</b>), I delve in more detail about the historical context of this poem and a description of its metrical form, before showing my translation into Quenya with an accompanying analysis. Hope you enjoy it 😊! <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8IxbZnHw8606MgfPz_T0-S1ACv5GDba5G_uaoXywNGtWs3xAI5kqJdnK4bmQJsJOgvMEyfLDAI1WGwv0dwECxoAYa-jciubf7JSNsC8FkAywsxuqMpNzuXefdsSHmkeIjR8f_ynox341lH20OsX7RhALcd1aCE34vRJhiiMFPVI5hKutF_rfl0_VQE9R9/s5333/Revista%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3375" data-original-width="5333" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8IxbZnHw8606MgfPz_T0-S1ACv5GDba5G_uaoXywNGtWs3xAI5kqJdnK4bmQJsJOgvMEyfLDAI1WGwv0dwECxoAYa-jciubf7JSNsC8FkAywsxuqMpNzuXefdsSHmkeIjR8f_ynox341lH20OsX7RhALcd1aCE34vRJhiiMFPVI5hKutF_rfl0_VQE9R9/w640-h406/Revista%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 2 - The article in Estel 99</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="es_XX"><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu"> <br /></span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9b5NoqJjrqaWlKXdGYHjFUzvWxrtJU5wSZbGLSEtYr-_Y5MFNsHqUxlzRtDSzvmob5Jfcm9NFRQxcg2FVAthHdyutYfIW7AQ_8O-5X7clztXAe7dClIArOCyOwSRYMpcUv1UurlVj46505mhnvIFg76f9VAhHsNSQwWDPEC1x1Bfv2-0U5CDBsSnJKodB/s3797/IMG_20231023_022132.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2817" data-original-width="3797" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9b5NoqJjrqaWlKXdGYHjFUzvWxrtJU5wSZbGLSEtYr-_Y5MFNsHqUxlzRtDSzvmob5Jfcm9NFRQxcg2FVAthHdyutYfIW7AQ_8O-5X7clztXAe7dClIArOCyOwSRYMpcUv1UurlVj46505mhnvIFg76f9VAhHsNSQwWDPEC1x1Bfv2-0U5CDBsSnJKodB/w640-h474/IMG_20231023_022132.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 3 - The article in Estel 99</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGd2Ikl3oqGQKwk2YB7JhYniNjF9P0NtLMS4_E6HGuRtUioAHDAlVFC7XH9C261-tz5-N-ezIBkBDcL91sTyvPjq5Sx_EP48GjTMT1Hrqt1Zsn1b34rmSSi2NfjpPys48NjkgFoaz2LQUCgumjqViSd0iMPY0h20ktXiIehjkXJGEkFLIP0GoUettuI-Rn/s1285/Book_of_Ballymote_primera%20p%C3%A1gina.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1285" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGd2Ikl3oqGQKwk2YB7JhYniNjF9P0NtLMS4_E6HGuRtUioAHDAlVFC7XH9C261-tz5-N-ezIBkBDcL91sTyvPjq5Sx_EP48GjTMT1Hrqt1Zsn1b34rmSSi2NfjpPys48NjkgFoaz2LQUCgumjqViSd0iMPY0h20ktXiIehjkXJGEkFLIP0GoUettuI-Rn/w249-h400/Book_of_Ballymote_primera%20p%C3%A1gina.jpg" width="249" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 4 - Book of Ballymote, first page (f. 8r). <br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #800180;"> (<i>Spanish version</i>) Hace un año, en octubre de 2022, terminé de escribir y revisar un nuevo artículo de traducción, <b>combinando mi interés tanto por el quenya como por las lenguas celtas, particularmente por el irlandés</b>. A finales de los 2000 y principios de los 2010, cuando estaba yendo a clases de irlandés (moderno), ya se me ocurrió traducir unos cuantos poemas de <i>El Señor de los Anillos</i> de Tolkien <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">(¡qué mejor que
Tolkien y otros <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">fandoms</i> como
práctica!)</span>, traducciones que también compartiré en este blog en algún momento. Y esta vez, <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> decidí hacer el trabajo inverso y probar a<b>
traducir uno de mis poemas favoritos de la Irlanda medieval al quenya</b> </span>🍀🍃🐤✨. Esta traducción, junto con una <b>acuarela que hice expresamente para el artículo </b>(ver <b>Fig. 1</b>) se publicó finalmente en la edición de verano de 2023 de la <b><a href="https://www.sociedadtolkien.org/blog/category/publicaciones/revista-estel/" target="_blank"><i>Estel</i></a><i> </i>(nº 99</b>), la <b><a href="https://www.sociedadtolkien.org/revista-estel/ " target="_blank">revista</a> bianual de la Sociedad Tolkien Española </b>(STE) (<b>Figs. 2-3</b>). <br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #800180;">El poema que he traducido, que podéis también leer más arriba en este post, se llama '<i><b>Int én bec</b></i>' (literalmente, "<b>El pajarito</b>", y también conocido como "<b>El mirlo del lago de Belfast</b>"). Se trata de un <b>poema de alrededor del siglo IX, escrito en irlandés antiguo </b>por un monje anónimo, y se encontró como una anotación en medio de una página en los manuscritos del <b>Libro de Ballymote</b> (ver <b>Fig. 4</b>) y el <b>Libro de Uí Maine</b>. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #800180;">En este ensayo y traducción, que adjunto como PDFs más abajo en este post (<b>en las páginas 61-66 del PDF de la revista adjunta, y en un fichero por separado</b>),
he profundizado más en el contexto histórico de esta poema y la descripción de su forma métrica, para luego ya pasar a mi propuesta de traducción al quenya y su análisis correspondiente. <span>¡Espero que lo disfrutéis 😊!</span></span><span style="color: #800180;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <br /></span></span></p></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><b>This essay is for the moment in Spanish only</b>,
similarly to most of my essays and presentations for the magazine and
the events of the Spanish Tolkien Society, but ideally I'd like to
translate them all into English as well sometime, hopefully soonish.</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #800180;"> </span> <br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>PDF of the magazine (my article is on pages 61-66):</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b> </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe height="700" src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aGE1eAtMYNx49uUv4Vknsq9oX_-y4vJO/preview" width="700"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b> </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b> </b>And the <b>separate file</b> with just my draft article before publishing:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b> </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe height="700" src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/14URdHBLNq9S_ij4F8l1aatEDKsDQUKku/preview" width="700"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b> </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;">This is also my <b>third Quenya post</b>, so to finish, here below is the list of the former ones in the <b><a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/search/label/Languages" target="_blank">language and translation series</a> </b>of this blog:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b> </b>-<a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2014/07/translating-asterix-into-quenya.html" target="_blank"><b>Eleniono Tecië mi i Lambë Eldaiva </b>- Translating a page of Astérix in Britannia</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div>-<a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2021/04/laire-nerion-imnetyalo-traduccion-al.html" target="_blank"><b>Lairë Nerion Imnetyalo</b> - Poem by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz translated into Quenya</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="es_XX"><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu"> </span></span></div><span style="color: #274e13;"></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">-</span><b style="color: #274e13;"><u>On the use of my essays, studies and translations</u></b><span style="color: #274e13;">:
Please, <i>do not</i> use this work without my permission without any credit. If you're interested and
want to share it or expand on this idea, you're of course allowed to reference
it if you credit me and link to this post. It would also be
nice if you contacted me beforehand. DO NOT publish as if it were your
own work, always quote and link.</span></div></div><b></b></div><p></p>Arwendë Luhtiénë / Marta Lúthienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01043611744907294700noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255946979377638758.post-72748289091124729992023-08-15T19:04:00.015-07:002024-03-10T11:04:05.467-07:00Expanding my mineral collection III: Red jasper, Iceland spar, obsidian, azurite, and chalcanthite<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSP8xFZqpGw03q6En6OrqnSXtuHT1D3FxdZTDUTq5XtFKfDv7rih9Fdx4gmxCgR6thL-VkBom7f_rjVzRxH5IzSKeMEOKdAf2lmYOFqaQz_c3mYOaUhZRbeXiRIWeSmLBod-vjyZRrafC3WhbLSdGJB6lbmlWqDI-BYzSOYTIu6I1YJcxD3G6Ggh5Ocw/s3221/IMG_20221130_200135.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2259" data-original-width="3221" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSP8xFZqpGw03q6En6OrqnSXtuHT1D3FxdZTDUTq5XtFKfDv7rih9Fdx4gmxCgR6thL-VkBom7f_rjVzRxH5IzSKeMEOKdAf2lmYOFqaQz_c3mYOaUhZRbeXiRIWeSmLBod-vjyZRrafC3WhbLSdGJB6lbmlWqDI-BYzSOYTIu6I1YJcxD3G6Ggh5Ocw/w640-h448/IMG_20221130_200135.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig.1 - Red jasper, Iceland spar and obsidian (top row); desert rose (this one is for the next post xD) and azurite (bottom row)</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">Third post in my new <a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/search/label/Mineralogy" target="_blank"><b>mineralogy</b></a><a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/search/label/Mineralogy" target="_blank"> <b>series</b></a> incoming, <b>talking about my mineral collection </b>✨💎! I
have been a great fan of collecting minerals and gemstones since I was little, and<b>
through the years I've collected quite a few</b>, both from various shops and from
field trips. What really gave me the final nudge to rediscover mineralogy as an active hobby was finding out that <b>the local kiosk was selling a mineral collection</b>, the <a href="https://tienda.rbacoleccionables.com/minerales-national-geographic-2022.html" target="_blank"><b>National Geographic RBA minerals collection</b></a> (in Spanish), and it included a lot of minerals and gems I didn't have. So <b>in April 2022 I started collecting most of the weekly numbers</b>, and here I am, <b>full on back to mineralogy as a hobby and expanding my existing collection</b> 😃.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIjRrbu8YxhbRXCWjje3uTb_nPQCNSNmprQcOoxg-oK_KDBEMgZyk3hZE-IMUK5yPFbOOup8DX7XBPGasWWggsOU8Sdbe6gIrRnFbAnPZcOIT0-qiJZ605nuMMphKXPWIEXSW2ZO2-SNqORJT2RTd8CK8BS4QsMtj-TcpjN0yRof5EML_Prz-MQTR1bw/s3968/IMG_20220525_003403.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2976" data-original-width="3968" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIjRrbu8YxhbRXCWjje3uTb_nPQCNSNmprQcOoxg-oK_KDBEMgZyk3hZE-IMUK5yPFbOOup8DX7XBPGasWWggsOU8Sdbe6gIrRnFbAnPZcOIT0-qiJZ605nuMMphKXPWIEXSW2ZO2-SNqORJT2RTd8CK8BS4QsMtj-TcpjN0yRof5EML_Prz-MQTR1bw/w640-h480/IMG_20220525_003403.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 2 - My mineral collection as of May 2022, featuring the fuchsite, rhodonite, quartz geode, galena (see the <a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2022/11/expanding-my-mineral-collection.html" target="_blank">second post</a> in this series) and red jasper from the RBA collection </i>✨💎 </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir6-tIeN97PIYtWaOd_ArVeR7lQ7NdSxGWNmxGM339UpheI5LqB8Aod9NbeKGX79YEyeCl814dAln6ocxCSWpKqaaGYZtF17jCOV84Bw0aBgYH8hUhV4yhqCDimzn_5E_EZHH74ZnuCYt09p6-QR7qjQomAWtAYBHtMtpZoANhWZXvEOGBTc5e0fsqQA/s3417/IMG_20220608_212332.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2776" data-original-width="3417" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir6-tIeN97PIYtWaOd_ArVeR7lQ7NdSxGWNmxGM339UpheI5LqB8Aod9NbeKGX79YEyeCl814dAln6ocxCSWpKqaaGYZtF17jCOV84Bw0aBgYH8hUhV4yhqCDimzn_5E_EZHH74ZnuCYt09p6-QR7qjQomAWtAYBHtMtpZoANhWZXvEOGBTc5e0fsqQA/w640-h520/IMG_20220608_212332.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 3 - My mineral collection as of June 2022, featuring the fuchsite, rhodonite, quartz geode, galena (see the <a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2022/11/expanding-my-mineral-collection.html" target="_blank">second post</a> in this series), red jasper, Iceland spar and obsidian from the RBA collection </i>✨💎</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">In this third post we're gonna keep following the order of the RBA collection, and talk about four minerals, up <b>to the first 16 minerals in the collection</b>: <b>red jasper</b>, <b>Iceland spar</b>, <b>obsidian</b>, <b>azurite</b> and <b>copper sulfate/chalcanthite </b><span><b><b>😃💎</b></b></span>. </p><p>13) <u><b>Red Jasper</b></u>:</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLQ-SuSi-8XvCWhBv0D1Ix6b0W3RwVVk7EuqoCNajavTDE4-XQhVg87B-MWG59k3sbDM7XkCvc3WZ7hBvT8cT2x_VUdcv2r89oP1D5mni3CtQCTGSq4a-tjKnPPdVLSDyc4w5p0Kp2wUEr3xjqgMJP_w8H9i5_TDl9gMn-_NQz8E2imL7yFnwJdv01IVy7/s3924/IMG_20240204_162304.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2541" data-original-width="3924" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLQ-SuSi-8XvCWhBv0D1Ix6b0W3RwVVk7EuqoCNajavTDE4-XQhVg87B-MWG59k3sbDM7XkCvc3WZ7hBvT8cT2x_VUdcv2r89oP1D5mni3CtQCTGSq4a-tjKnPPdVLSDyc4w5p0Kp2wUEr3xjqgMJP_w8H9i5_TDl9gMn-_NQz8E2imL7yFnwJdv01IVy7/w640-h414/IMG_20240204_162304.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 4.1 - </i><i>All of my red jasper specimens in my collection:
Most of them are tumbled stones - RBA collection (above, right), and two
others from my former existing collection (front, and left, above); alongside a red jasper in its natural rough form (in the middle).</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQjOGMGAzV0F1XfAvFFNtNemLNb7-O708pPwiZPWIHCTCyX0K0Y2r9cJkmxzh7kRyhtDxCn-83j5ENTO0iE2GUGu_MQdSanGB8_3EzfqGpL2xIRg3StVQZ0Ueucqu9roWto0yB77uZ5ePt8WPupqMoii0_G4XNZI9CN42-FD5UiPgB3Pfm_E7ggiIFvw/s2588/IMG_20221130_200808.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2563" data-original-width="2588" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQjOGMGAzV0F1XfAvFFNtNemLNb7-O708pPwiZPWIHCTCyX0K0Y2r9cJkmxzh7kRyhtDxCn-83j5ENTO0iE2GUGu_MQdSanGB8_3EzfqGpL2xIRg3StVQZ0Ueucqu9roWto0yB77uZ5ePt8WPupqMoii0_G4XNZI9CN42-FD5UiPgB3Pfm_E7ggiIFvw/w400-h396/IMG_20221130_200808.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 4.2 - </i><i>All of my red jasper specimens in my collection: Most of them are tumbled stones - RBA collection (above, left), and two others from my former existing collection (above, right, and below, right); alongside a red jasper in its natural rough form.</i></td><td class="tr-caption"><i><br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP3d7xpGTmQdDxWmV7E_2e9xDVrd1E65EK_MgjDdm6B3CxraUBPA9J_tWNXyWJNXtq0CXN0h2sagxqM2IBINyj1ClrNv4RfUktXRqYbHqVbzE30JRP4nNuPhH3iFBQWI1OEANq1_zJzpRYX_5wLw_M7CbJCV_rl39mizMmHEbTm5GO1CkccyK4AiGgxg/s4435/1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2162" data-original-width="4435" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP3d7xpGTmQdDxWmV7E_2e9xDVrd1E65EK_MgjDdm6B3CxraUBPA9J_tWNXyWJNXtq0CXN0h2sagxqM2IBINyj1ClrNv4RfUktXRqYbHqVbzE30JRP4nNuPhH3iFBQWI1OEANq1_zJzpRYX_5wLw_M7CbJCV_rl39mizMmHEbTm5GO1CkccyK4AiGgxg/w640-h312/1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 5 - The red jasper tumbled stone from the RBA collection</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGgpVf5tT4ojs-yCIkJQ_gx4Q0Rw1czpYVyALXy0e3lQG7F8L5VTb0MggcMPHlJqqVVKUK2_l_vQisRFszMrpUDYa3cCCFkE0QZ_D4OlEnY44YYtlu_It_KtqRKklNVqmKPA2mc-4yZetT16RrcYxf1yTlKxPOZby8rDr0TN_smWKYpzBIIsJxn7D1yQ/s2877/IMG_20221130_200922.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2380" data-original-width="2877" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGgpVf5tT4ojs-yCIkJQ_gx4Q0Rw1czpYVyALXy0e3lQG7F8L5VTb0MggcMPHlJqqVVKUK2_l_vQisRFszMrpUDYa3cCCFkE0QZ_D4OlEnY44YYtlu_It_KtqRKklNVqmKPA2mc-4yZetT16RrcYxf1yTlKxPOZby8rDr0TN_smWKYpzBIIsJxn7D1yQ/w400-h331/IMG_20221130_200922.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 6 - Red jasper specimen in its rough form. Its conchoidal fracture, with smooth and curved edges, can be easily appreciated here.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"><b> </b>In my existing collection, I had <b>three specimens of red jasper </b>(<b>Fig. 4</b>), two tumbled stones and a rough red jasper specimen. The boxed ones (both specimens originating from <b>Brazil</b>) are part of a couple of collections from the science shop of the former <a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/CosmoCaixa_Madrid" target="_blank">CosmoCaixa</a> museum. The RBA collection specimen (also from <b>Brazil</b>) is another tumbled stone, the largest out the three. </p><p><b>💎</b><u><b>A bit about red jasper</b></u>: <b><a href="https://geology.com/rocks/flint-chert-jasper/" target="_blank">Source 1</a>, <a href="https://rocktumbler.com/blog/what-is-agate-jasper-chalcedony/" target="_blank">Source 2</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasper " target="_blank">Source 3</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalcedony" target="_blank">Source 4</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45997268-rocas-y-minerales-guia-v-definit" target="_blank">Source 5</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44285727-rocas-y-minerales-gu-as-de-la-naturaleza-gu-as-del-naturalista-rocas?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=fnW43xFes1&rank=1" target="_blank">Source 6</a>, <a href="https://www.mindat.org/min-2082.html" target="_blank">Source 7</a>, <a href="https://www.mindat.org/min-960.html" target="_blank">Source 8</a></b></p><p></p><p><b></b></p><p><b></b></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtrcI5NRO6W9jhGUMVVQv64Ot9BVXu6ZAdUpuytKECTxL0gZK5XBISYiaFkSjM9n28_0oZMtW1YvhjjKHierYBFskAS11tcnxx2uAJd4h1DlDBszpwnAd0Cj5fwROeCXkKq1qWpv26k6DUVA8fgtCsFPEKA1NbO_gCTEL_jYnG3NIK85Fxtgm60AjxSA/s658/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(4627).png" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="658" data-original-width="396" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtrcI5NRO6W9jhGUMVVQv64Ot9BVXu6ZAdUpuytKECTxL0gZK5XBISYiaFkSjM9n28_0oZMtW1YvhjjKHierYBFskAS11tcnxx2uAJd4h1DlDBszpwnAd0Cj5fwROeCXkKq1qWpv26k6DUVA8fgtCsFPEKA1NbO_gCTEL_jYnG3NIK85Fxtgm60AjxSA/w241-h400/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(4627).png" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 7 - Chaldedony infographic (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalcedony" target="_blank">source</a>) </i></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Jasper </b>is a <b>variety of</b> <u><b>chalcedony</b></u>, so let's introduce that mineral first, and then focus on (red) jasper <i>per se</i>: </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><u>Chalcedony</u> </b>is a<b> microcrystalline compact form of silica</b> composed of very fine intergrowths of <u><b>quartz</b></u><b> </b>(SiO<sub>2</sub>, also see <a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2022/08/expanding-my-mineral-collection.html" target="_blank">post 1</a>) alongside small amounts (between 1% and 20%) of the silica mineral <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moganite" target="_blank">moganite</a></b>. Chalcedony appears in <b>numerous varieties </b>(from <b><a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2022/11/expanding-my-mineral-collection.html" target="_blank">agate</a> </b>and <b>jasper</b>, to <b>carnelian, chrysoprase, heliotrope</b> and <b>onyx</b>), with <b>various lusters</b> (from waxy, to vitreous and silky), and displaying a <b>wide range of colours</b>. Microcrystalline quartz <b>in its pure form</b> is <b>semitransparent</b>, and the <b>different colours and levels of diaphaneity</b> (from translucent to opaque) tend to appear due to the addition of varying amounts of <b>impurities</b>. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> The most common hues displayed by chalcedony are <b>white</b>,<b> </b><b>grey</b>,<b> brown </b>(see all the <b>banded agates</b> in <a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2022/11/expanding-my-mineral-collection.html" target="_blank">post 2</a>), and <b>greyish-blue</b> (for ex., the <b>lace-blue agate</b> in <a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2022/08/expanding-my-mineral-collection.html" target="_blank">post 1</a>), but we can also find chalcedony specimens in <b>reds and oranges </b>(as in the case of <b>red jasper</b>, <b>carnelian </b>or <b>red onyx</b>, deriving their colour from <b>iron oxides</b>), <b>greens </b>(for ex., <b>chrysoprase</b> or <b>green jasper</b>, deriving their hues from nickel impurities), and <b>black </b>(as in the case of <b>black onyx</b>, which is rare in nature and usually dyed). <b>Many chalcedony specimens</b> (for example, numerous banded agates), are <b>artificially dyed or heated to achieve enhanced and/or brighter colours</b> that are not to be found naturally (see the dyed blue agates in <a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2022/08/expanding-my-mineral-collection.html" target="_blank">post 1</a> vs the naturally coloured agates in <a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2022/11/expanding-my-mineral-collection.html" target="_blank">post 2</a>). </p><p><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-streeter1_17-1"> </sup>✨<b><u>Some interesting historical trivia about chalcedony</u></b>: </p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;">The word "chalcedony" comes from the<b> </b>Latin <b><i>chalcedonius</i></b>, probably derived from the Turkish town of <b>Khalkedon </b>(Chalcedon) in the Asia Minor of Ancient Times. <b>Pliny the Elder</b> mentioned the name in his <i>Naturalis Historia</i> to name a translucent variety of jasper.</li></ul><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li> <b><u>Uses</u></b>: Chalcedony being a very hard and durable material, breaking with a conchoidal fracture with smooth, curved and sharp surfaces, it has been used for thousands of years to <b>manufacture tools and weapons </b>(in these contexts, usually under the name of <b>'flint'</b>).<b> </b>With its <b>colourful varieties </b>and its <b>luster and ability to be brightly polished and tumbled</b>, chalcedony has also been historically used for<b> jewellery and ornaments</b>, and in the Bronze Age this mineral was already in ample use in the Mediterranean and Central Asian regions (featuring seals, beads, rings and cameos). <br /></li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEqraK0qJn6Bzf9oSRwBLzHJheFcvZGaSPLCokmHHVfOP-aFGNSsKC0T1qddeytkMagSbSFIi2e1haT2dN9MwN_Pey8zsDPWW4wOjJ61j-o4P5OvNdgnYh5ozOlHdDb7A1XVp2wVzhs8LyiOeMwcP8860NAQgP9FdkFGbOhbV8dEEo_ArKy6hsE9q87Q/s632/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(4628).png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="632" data-original-width="437" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEqraK0qJn6Bzf9oSRwBLzHJheFcvZGaSPLCokmHHVfOP-aFGNSsKC0T1qddeytkMagSbSFIi2e1haT2dN9MwN_Pey8zsDPWW4wOjJ61j-o4P5OvNdgnYh5ozOlHdDb7A1XVp2wVzhs8LyiOeMwcP8860NAQgP9FdkFGbOhbV8dEEo_ArKy6hsE9q87Q/w276-h400/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(4628).png" width="276" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 8 - Jasper infographic (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasper">source</a>)</i></td></tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Both <b><u>jasper</u> </b>and <a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2022/11/expanding-my-mineral-collection.html" target="_blank"><b>agate</b></a><b> </b>are varieties of chalcedony, and the main difference between them is their <b>diaphaneity</b>: <u><b>Jasper </b>is <b>opaque</b> while <b>agate </b>is <b>translucent to semi-transparent</b></u> (typically with <b>banded </b>patterns). In the <a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2022/08/expanding-my-mineral-collection.html" target="_blank">first post of this series</a>, <b><u>agate</u> </b>was
described as forming in the cavities of igneous and metamorphic rocks
as deposits of hot silica. <b><u>Jasper</u></b>, on the other hand, often forms in
<b>soft sediments when silica precipitates, cementing them into a solid
mass</b>. Jaspers can also form from <b>silica precipitation when volcanic ash is cemented into a solid material</b>, and sometimes this process is so violent that the sediments and ash dissolve and then recrystallize into microcrystalline quartz. <b>These fine materials (sediments and/or volcanic particles) are what give jasper its opacity and its varying colours</b>. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> '<u><b>Flint</b>', '<b>chert</b>' and '<b>jasper</b></u>' are names used to describe <b>opaque varieties of chalcedony</b>, with the usage of '<u><b>flint</b></u>' being favoured by <b>historians and archaeologists</b> (especially when referring to human-made artifacts and weapons with this material), '<u><b>chert</b></u>' by <b>geologists </b>(when referring to this material as a sedimentary rock unit forming in extensive bedded deposits), and '<u><b>jasper</b></u>' being a more <b>gemological </b>term: <b><u>Jasper</u></b> would thus be described as <b>opaque microcrystalline quartz (chalcedony)</b> <b>in attractive colours</b> that can be carved, cut, tumbled and polished as a <b>gem</b>, usually in the shape of tumbled stones, cabochons and spheres.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Jasper generally appears with <b>red, yellow, brown, green and (rarely) blue colours,</b> due to the <b>presence of different impurities</b> in the silica (the higher level of impurity inclusions from different non-chalcedony materials being the reason why this variety of chalcedony is opaque). The rich and homogeneous red hues of <b><u>red jasper</u></b>, the main variety of jasper that concerns us here, are a result of <b>iron oxide inclusions</b>. <br /></div><div><p></p><p>✨<b><u>Some interesting STEM trivia about red jasper</u></b>: <br /></p><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>The word "<b>jasper</b>" means "<b>spotted or speckled stone</b>" and derives from the Old French <b><i>jaspre</i></b> (a variant of Anglo-Norman <b><i>jaspe</i></b>), and Latin <b><i>iaspidem </i></b>(nom. <i>iaspis</i>), from Ancient Greek <b>ἴασπις</b><i><b> </b></i>(<i><b>iaspis</b></i>). This Greek work, in turn, comes from a Semitic language - For comparison, we have Hebrew<b><i> </i>ישפה<i> </i></b>(<b><i>yashpeh</i></b>) or Akkadian <i><b>yashupu</b>. </i>The Persian word for the mineral jasper is also <b><i>yashp</i> </b>(یَشم). </li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><u>Uses</u></b>: With its name being traced back in Persian, Assyrian, Hebrew, Arabic, Greek and Latin, since <b>Ancient times</b> jasper has been polished and used as a gem to make <b>jewellery and ornaments</b> (from seals, to cameos, beads, rings or vases). For example, jasper seals dating back to c. 1800 BC in <b>Minoan Crete</b> have been found in Knossos, and in <b>Ancient Egypt</b> amulets made out of red jasper were common, as this gem was revered as a sacred stone linked to the goddess Isis and associated with fertility and protection<i> (see the <a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2022/08/expanding-my-mineral-collection.html" target="_blank">first post</a> for some context on the modern 'crystal healing' as a pseudotherapy and pseudoscience)</i>. Many mentions of jasper in antiquity actually refer to the green variant rather than the red, compared to emerald and other green stones (it might have also been akin to the green chalcedony variety now named <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysoprase" title="Chrysoprase">chrysoprase</a>).</div></li></ul><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0H6K7XT_ALdnipViLolGQsI25FzrLveNgZ3fUPImMVnAm1q72lVO7xg9TnrVV2FxegaEKgfICiU77uwPZ_L0Un45nL_3T0_g4-Yqae-SvjVjHuoE-OXDM7S5eWrGJU_B0bdJfU5qvIAWsex9AXY69Rv34uXbRsoVmCeLCMvRAg7Jqlgk2rBjkNQM85Q/s3101/IMG_20230406_004134.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1760" data-original-width="3101" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0H6K7XT_ALdnipViLolGQsI25FzrLveNgZ3fUPImMVnAm1q72lVO7xg9TnrVV2FxegaEKgfICiU77uwPZ_L0Un45nL_3T0_g4-Yqae-SvjVjHuoE-OXDM7S5eWrGJU_B0bdJfU5qvIAWsex9AXY69Rv34uXbRsoVmCeLCMvRAg7Jqlgk2rBjkNQM85Q/w400-h228/IMG_20230406_004134.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 9 - Red jasper infographic from the RBA collection (in Spanish)</i></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>14) <b><u>Iceland spar</u></b>:</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCRIL2mUpke4Mf94JD_VH8qYif7dxaYMFiJWbrdSH5n0_D7nexc2hBW7myuZy6SKVnK4CeTD4ThVmC6QqLIXdAX4-hPTXhFMsPaWrrM1kdDqGxQIBnzSyD5pC0rvmQW0cPe_0c8x7jYutZYABPoO_VPL3QCxEllC9XGyynzO-1dheLsI7joD0UROD7ew/s2931/IMG_20220601_210129.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2714" data-original-width="2931" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCRIL2mUpke4Mf94JD_VH8qYif7dxaYMFiJWbrdSH5n0_D7nexc2hBW7myuZy6SKVnK4CeTD4ThVmC6QqLIXdAX4-hPTXhFMsPaWrrM1kdDqGxQIBnzSyD5pC0rvmQW0cPe_0c8x7jYutZYABPoO_VPL3QCxEllC9XGyynzO-1dheLsI7joD0UROD7ew/w400-h370/IMG_20220601_210129.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 10 - The Iceland spar specimen from the RBA collection<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b> </b>This was my first Iceland spar my existing collection (<b>Fig. 10</b>), and I was really excited to get this one because of the birefringence property of this clear calcite crystal 😃 (see below). This is a<b> </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhombohedron" target="_blank">rhombohedral</a> </b>specimen from <b>Mexico</b>, displaying <b>perfect cleavage</b>, and also <b>easily scratched</b>, with a white streak that minimizes its birefringence properties, so handled with care it must!<br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5j6aWNa8quAOpt8SyiVfUHU8E5gijRcUiImAO12-EU3f4_7gCdyvHLTpPQWb9VN9RsicVcSq1r7kDuI0SYV6A4A6iogsTS2j_NNAprkGVWVlsFZKwVejJ6YhsBHopBsmRvXNG7qMqe4YeZ8mnHlFSmra_d9TX-FneJZ63jHcSS_QDf_6eM5EWPqRukQ/s677/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(4629).png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="677" data-original-width="517" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5j6aWNa8quAOpt8SyiVfUHU8E5gijRcUiImAO12-EU3f4_7gCdyvHLTpPQWb9VN9RsicVcSq1r7kDuI0SYV6A4A6iogsTS2j_NNAprkGVWVlsFZKwVejJ6YhsBHopBsmRvXNG7qMqe4YeZ8mnHlFSmra_d9TX-FneJZ63jHcSS_QDf_6eM5EWPqRukQ/s320/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(4629).png" width="244" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 11 - Calcite infographic (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcite" target="_blank">Source</a>)</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><b>💎</b><u><b>A bit about Iceland spar and </b><b>birefringence</b></u>: <b><a href="https://geology.com/minerals/calcite.shtml" target="_blank">Source 1</a>, <a href=" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceland_spar" target="_blank">Source 2</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birefringence" target="_blank">Source 3</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunstone_(medieval) " target="_blank">Source 4</a>, <a href="https://www.mindat.org/min-4900.html" target="_blank">Source 5</a></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><u>Iceland spar</u></b> (also known as <b>Iceland crystal</b> and <b>optical calcite</b>)<b>,</b> is a <b>transparent variety of </b><u><b>calcite</b></u> (crystallized calcium carbonate, <b>CaCO<sub>3</sub></b>), an abundant rock-forming mineral found worldwide in igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks alike. Iceland spar is so named for having originally been brought from Iceland, and is remarkable for its <b><u>birefringence</u></b>, an optical property where the <b>refractive index of the crystal changes depending on the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polarization_(waves)" title="Polarization (waves)">polarization</a> and the direction of propagation of the incident light</b>. <br /></p></div><div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Birefringence is responsible for the phenomenon of <b><u>double refraction</u></b>, by which <b>an incident ray of light is divided into two rays of perpendicular polarization that are directed at slightly different angles - Causing objects to appear doubled</b> when seen through the birefringent crystal. <br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3XXGZNb2zWEtuB74a4VXJvT5S3sJbsy920bHyi5h3dHxhkiglZUkiTYJQImwQ7D3eL7uHh9mtuvaiBI0FIRG7NjTAqdgdc-3aa_Rym9ZZF8_J3-mA4OWPzSWZ1ch2JZbg3fHfJBq_ShxBrrjIrNkHWAqU6dcE6rbkgjqncHrFmP1sgHv9QeRiLjCxkg/s831/Positively_birefringent_material.svg.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="831" data-original-width="800" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3XXGZNb2zWEtuB74a4VXJvT5S3sJbsy920bHyi5h3dHxhkiglZUkiTYJQImwQ7D3eL7uHh9mtuvaiBI0FIRG7NjTAqdgdc-3aa_Rym9ZZF8_J3-mA4OWPzSWZ1ch2JZbg3fHfJBq_ShxBrrjIrNkHWAqU6dcE6rbkgjqncHrFmP1sgHv9QeRiLjCxkg/w193-h200/Positively_birefringent_material.svg.png" width="193" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig, 12 - Example of birefringence (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birefringence" target="_blank">Source</a>). Here, the optic axis along the surface is perpendicular to plane of incidence. Incoming light in the <span class="texhtml mvar">s</span>
polarization (perpendicular to plane of incidence, thus "parallel
polarization" to optic axis) sees a greater refractive index than light
in the <span class="texhtml mvar">p</span> polarization ("perpendicular polarization" to optic axis)</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIxYx5Lq7JcCeZsfIEawC8AB3z0Z9pyTp2oIWLM2-BFzL1pYVVQH2PKmTOy43X1RyFT9ehEuDcX0ivXKOfsNaKZr5_KAr42KfWEONa8ONlxtsQPixuPcLN7nt4-U6DBPFWrjT3lx_OtR3iSF5MP4ljtt9WWiYpFwotrepdAAHZyjT_-iCkXVtExFCURQ/s1200/3310.calcite_(Iceland_Spar)_birefringence.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIxYx5Lq7JcCeZsfIEawC8AB3z0Z9pyTp2oIWLM2-BFzL1pYVVQH2PKmTOy43X1RyFT9ehEuDcX0ivXKOfsNaKZr5_KAr42KfWEONa8ONlxtsQPixuPcLN7nt4-U6DBPFWrjT3lx_OtR3iSF5MP4ljtt9WWiYpFwotrepdAAHZyjT_-iCkXVtExFCURQ/w200-h133/3310.calcite_(Iceland_Spar)_birefringence.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 13 - Birefringence (<a href="https://es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:3310.calcite_%28Iceland_Spar%29_birefringence.jpg" target="_blank">Source</a>)</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>As a result of these properties, Iceland spar has been <b>widely used historically to study double refraction and to demonstrate the polarization of light</b>, with<b> </b>Danish scientist <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasmus_Bartholin" title="Rasmus Bartholin">Rasmus Bartholin</a></b> first describing double refraction in 1669 with the aid of calcite. In the 1820s, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustin-Jean_Fresnel" title="Augustin-Jean Fresnel">Augustin-Jean Fresnel</a></b> described this phenomenon in terms of polarization, <b>studying the nature of light as a wave</b>, as per<b> </b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christiaan_Huygens" title="Christiaan Huygens"><b>Christiaan Huygens</b></a>'s <b>wave theory of light</b> (1690). Some other scientists who studied the birefringent properties of Iceland spar include <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Nicol_(geologist)" title="">William Nicol</a></b>, who invented the first <b>polarizing prism</b> in 1828 (the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicol_prism" title="Nicol prism">Nicol prism</a>) by making use of this clear calcite variety; and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_George_Stokes,_1st_Baronet#Polarization" title="Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet"><b>Sir George Stokes</b></a>, who studied the double refraction of Iceland spar in 1862.<p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> The short video below shows the <b>birefringent properties of my Iceland spar specimen</b>. When placing the mineral over the page, the words appear twice, and if we rotate the rhombohedral specimen around itself, we will see that one of the texts doesn't move, while the duplicated one rotates in a circle around the former:<br /></p></div><div><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzcTZcBAsd0fr_fMjzjtUZBRJncGdErTzJVIzLkRzqBpGtWWH8sBLCxqASGNNEqeDRp6LGq2kgcFOlGEJwfMQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-streeter1_17-1"> </sup>✨<b><u>Some interesting historical and STEM trivia about Iceland spar</u></b>: </p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;">One alternate name of Iceland spar is 'Iceland crystal', and in <b>Icelandic </b>it's named <b><i lang="is">silfurberg</i></b> <b><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span>"silver-rock"</b>.</li></ul><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-left: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRfgd3JLbzKGAOhJCEVMJHh2gM_547tNcE3XWK3DR0NXGk0cIVD_PKbAwY45tkPN_AEdJTv_e9_PFKc5gwYLJRW94-TIQTYbeT7rI21mrS2FQ2OAZWATjZSUcm9Y_cXP6asii4IQMPNJ7GRu_EJZxQTMwyZRWGRv0oO3LEvh3xQArlfK64rlA5XXV00Q/s1024/1024px-Silfurberg.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="838" data-original-width="1024" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRfgd3JLbzKGAOhJCEVMJHh2gM_547tNcE3XWK3DR0NXGk0cIVD_PKbAwY45tkPN_AEdJTv_e9_PFKc5gwYLJRW94-TIQTYbeT7rI21mrS2FQ2OAZWATjZSUcm9Y_cXP6asii4IQMPNJ7GRu_EJZxQTMwyZRWGRv0oO3LEvh3xQArlfK64rlA5XXV00Q/w200-h164/1024px-Silfurberg.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 14 - Iceland spar used as sunstone (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunstone_(medieval)" target="_blank">Source</a>)</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;"> <b><u>The Viking sunstone?</u></b>: Iceland spar could be a probable candidate for the Old Norse <b><i lang="non">sólarsteinn </i></b><span lang="non"><b>"sunstone"</b> mineral mentioned in <b>13th-14th Medieval Icelandic texts </b>such as</span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rau%C3%B0%C3%BAlfs_%C3%BE%C3%A1ttr" title="Rauðúlfs þáttr">Rauðúlfs þáttr</a>, where this sunstone is described as being used to<b> locate the Sun in an overcast or snowy sky, by holding up up and observing where the stone emitted, reflected or transmitted light</b>:</li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;"><i> </i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3X0hPu3YVIBzjNwj96IQRI8SUfJsNFyloiRrLCAfiqbTV_l6t9sCzdarN2vzBVt_XQR95DSspMn4J4N89glY-LwShdau-u5NJStNB245WJjVtutldyZd-QPUTxhXL8M72RVQu0wS_8_umaa2z8eO1vDJ6LnKPk7pzmbuqu9w4U5wx_E54mK_JWITrUg/s935/vikingi_kristal_navigacija.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="935" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3X0hPu3YVIBzjNwj96IQRI8SUfJsNFyloiRrLCAfiqbTV_l6t9sCzdarN2vzBVt_XQR95DSspMn4J4N89glY-LwShdau-u5NJStNB245WJjVtutldyZd-QPUTxhXL8M72RVQu0wS_8_umaa2z8eO1vDJ6LnKPk7pzmbuqu9w4U5wx_E54mK_JWITrUg/s320/vikingi_kristal_navigacija.jpg" width="274" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 15 - Use of sunstones for navigation</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><i> </i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>"Veður var þykkt og drífanda sem Sigurður hafði sagt. Þá lét konungur
kalla til sín Sigurð og Dag. Síðan lét konungur sjá út og sá hvergi
himin skýlausan. Þá bað hann Sigurð segja hvar sól mundi þá komin. Hann
kvað glöggt á. Þá lét konungur taka sólarstein og hélt upp og sá hann
hvar geislaði úr steininum og markaði svo beint til sem Sigurður hafði
sagt."</i></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i> </i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>"The weather was thick and snowy as Sigurður had predicted. Then the king
summoned Sigurður and Dagur (Rauðúlfur's sons) to him. The king made
people look out and they could nowhere see a clear sky. <b>Then he asked
Sigurður to tell where the sun was at that time.</b> He gave a clear
assertion. <b>Then the king made them fetch the solar stone and held it up
and saw where light radiated from the stone and thus directly verified
Sigurður's prediction</b>" </i>(translation by<i> </i>Thorsteinn Vilhjalmsson, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunstone_(medieval)#cite_note-tt_trans-8" target="_blank">Source</a>).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> Viking seafarers could have been making use of the <b>light-polarizing properties of Iceland</b> <b>spar</b><b> for navigational purposes </b>in this way. The polarization of sunlight in the Arctic latitudes can be indeed detected with a mineral such as Iceland spar<b> </b>(or other minerals with similar light-polarizing properties, such as <u><b>iolite</b></u>,<b> </b>called <b>'Vikings' compass'</b>), and the <b>azimuth of the Sun can be </b>consequently <b>identified with the naked eye</b> <b>to within a few degrees in cloudy skies and when the Sun is just below the horizon</b>. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgfz9AWeTk-cMJO8DjoWJlKN1RQxB_xKFD1zO-kn8wn03k3AZsH9_fMJoA4AzERISgwj_7KrlgW0-4ZES5bdkK3IoDSUETwmct0K5xB9hbhIZZ8e_FNR-TSQW2p8mXQmsRcC3yrXJFxYfzgbcX_s6EgvJTDRbbqW9InxRMTya5sutbqfQL7ShA-wftIA/s500/giphy.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="281" data-original-width="500" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgfz9AWeTk-cMJO8DjoWJlKN1RQxB_xKFD1zO-kn8wn03k3AZsH9_fMJoA4AzERISgwj_7KrlgW0-4ZES5bdkK3IoDSUETwmct0K5xB9hbhIZZ8e_FNR-TSQW2p8mXQmsRcC3yrXJFxYfzgbcX_s6EgvJTDRbbqW9InxRMTya5sutbqfQL7ShA-wftIA/s320/giphy.gif" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 16 - In the series </i>Vikings <i>(2013-2020), Ragnar Lothbrok uses what looks like a large specimen of Iceland spar as a sunstone to help with navigation in his seafaring (and plunder).</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;">As these videos below illustrate, <b>one possible way that <a href="https://pufflesandhoneyadventures.wpcomstaging.com/2017/09/28/vikings-and-the-sunstone-crystal/" target="_blank">Scandinavian seafarers could have used the sunstone as a navigational tool</a></b> consists in <b>placing a dot on top of the crystal </b>with pine tar or charcoal, and then pointing the stone at the brightest part of the horizon. Looking up from the bottom of the crystal, the navigator would see <b>two dots appearing, refracted through the stone due to birefringence</b>. The direction of the Sun could be found by <b>moving the crystal along the horizon until these two points had the same brightness</b>. In this position, <b>the front the crystal would be pointing towards the Sun</b>:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/eq9NE2qQzTo" width="320" youtube-src-id="eq9NE2qQzTo"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0cwE5qYmFcM" width="320" youtube-src-id="0cwE5qYmFcM"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In addition to Viking seafarers, a sunstone was additionally found in a <b>16th century Elizabethan shipwreck</b>, which may point to the <b>continued use of such stones as navigational devices even when the magnetic compass was already well in use</b>. And beyond their use in nautical navegation, sunstones are also mentioned in <b>14th-15th century Ireland and Germany</b> as part of churches and monasteries, which were probably <b>using these polarizing crystals in conjuction with known landmarks as a sundial </b>to keep track of time, particularly at high latitudes with limited hours of sunlight and extended periods of twilight, as well as in mountain areas and in frequent overcast weather conditions.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhasP_H1sPSKItQAkNkyCEL6-20aqjsTYhu-xR17rcxMF72zrvssClEOY26onTnmG2deeifrIXTS8PPh6IWYVsHEXgrsneTIUqafFJhSy3Rf0lXKsk21Ee5KNBq1yaUBRtzvWCWO056AMxh8qQXCmubpp50jPvsTWti5C6_kUYS91HL1gWh07K_Kfx1cQ/s3032/IMG_20230406_004117.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1993" data-original-width="3032" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhasP_H1sPSKItQAkNkyCEL6-20aqjsTYhu-xR17rcxMF72zrvssClEOY26onTnmG2deeifrIXTS8PPh6IWYVsHEXgrsneTIUqafFJhSy3Rf0lXKsk21Ee5KNBq1yaUBRtzvWCWO056AMxh8qQXCmubpp50jPvsTWti5C6_kUYS91HL1gWh07K_Kfx1cQ/w400-h263/IMG_20230406_004117.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 17 - Iceland spar infographic from the RBA collection (in Spanish)</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>15) <b><u>Obsidian</u></b>:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifBeGNY4vrRxe1cQq3hmxSXaeaGwvqylNoMq0iyDzJ-5zW13wEMJQIF1lbgsDS7SxMvU1Drw0vRfDzjinxuBYJ-KMJoZYR4-SvqZOxoXbJnfvPaSdqdgqoLZibyz_JXRnZ5hRh2lJ5BdsN8DnGwaxp_aHAN6AZIy_qIWBBv7Ywkeuf8SHIbxoeyCCx6Q/s2826/IMG_20221130_201224.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2348" data-original-width="2826" height="533" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifBeGNY4vrRxe1cQq3hmxSXaeaGwvqylNoMq0iyDzJ-5zW13wEMJQIF1lbgsDS7SxMvU1Drw0vRfDzjinxuBYJ-KMJoZYR4-SvqZOxoXbJnfvPaSdqdgqoLZibyz_JXRnZ5hRh2lJ5BdsN8DnGwaxp_aHAN6AZIy_qIWBBv7Ywkeuf8SHIbxoeyCCx6Q/w640-h533/IMG_20221130_201224.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 18 -</i> <i>All snowflake obsidian specimens in my collection so far: All of them tumbled stones, except for the specimen from the RBA collection (above, left), which is in its rough unpolished form.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiztLGpC_1fpiqyGded6UpeqE6Hv6CbHXHqpL9QMgMm6kGXit-8iM-7VmHIYE7Y0ACF9kPl07fYCy1QQor3WeLiFL0BfckHXa-lcCnuwE38C73iHYPU9jIhIMIdYdITAbXJvtlET1I1DLAPxr_y17hRbT5hzadzJu7IW0xiHlDdFIdodkuli876efl89g/s4098/2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2086" data-original-width="4098" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiztLGpC_1fpiqyGded6UpeqE6Hv6CbHXHqpL9QMgMm6kGXit-8iM-7VmHIYE7Y0ACF9kPl07fYCy1QQor3WeLiFL0BfckHXa-lcCnuwE38C73iHYPU9jIhIMIdYdITAbXJvtlET1I1DLAPxr_y17hRbT5hzadzJu7IW0xiHlDdFIdodkuli876efl89g/w640-h326/2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 19 -</i> <i>Rough snowflake obsidian specimen from the RBA collection. </i><i>Its conchoidal fracture, with smooth and curved edges, can be easily appreciated here.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> </div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL1S8Yy-urN2GUAfbsWGi0hJyLPL2gMOATbpvxuqnmn4PfHUUGBXkfuX_PhlYdOKQGZdQ1nUz2tu7Fj2Phof4ldLamIGYO7tPEwUAOgcBuDQqCQ9YJdcwMdu2edE0vTJmxAJMJqJe-VtxJ10mQUoCUvf4adYPghCiPEkuqke0hp75oIWmmfL_KHpNVCw/s2507/IMG_20221130_201237.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2507" data-original-width="2358" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL1S8Yy-urN2GUAfbsWGi0hJyLPL2gMOATbpvxuqnmn4PfHUUGBXkfuX_PhlYdOKQGZdQ1nUz2tu7Fj2Phof4ldLamIGYO7tPEwUAOgcBuDQqCQ9YJdcwMdu2edE0vTJmxAJMJqJe-VtxJ10mQUoCUvf4adYPghCiPEkuqke0hp75oIWmmfL_KHpNVCw/w376-h400/IMG_20221130_201237.jpg" width="376" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 20 -</i> <i>Snowflake obsidian tumbled stones.</i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu1QhbEC5KldxG00fZSjmmwOJUPKt_mi025ANXn8fY5KFqGCWxDRfO7IaE_JKRblfR6QuvE03-AaMx5zZ9H4yLWI-FZmFkirBBM58WjeZQj-G3L4_XvHwrN0SFBSo5OUNauCETUtoyxslGs7hVZTnFYNi-Q47uVXacTiEp6ProXBDksRE_OG4PtPhKvA/s2816/IMG_20221130_201135.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2816" data-original-width="2712" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu1QhbEC5KldxG00fZSjmmwOJUPKt_mi025ANXn8fY5KFqGCWxDRfO7IaE_JKRblfR6QuvE03-AaMx5zZ9H4yLWI-FZmFkirBBM58WjeZQj-G3L4_XvHwrN0SFBSo5OUNauCETUtoyxslGs7hVZTnFYNi-Q47uVXacTiEp6ProXBDksRE_OG4PtPhKvA/s320/IMG_20221130_201135.jpg" width="308" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 21 -</i> <i>Rough pure obsidian from a set including various Chilean minerals.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"><b> </b><b> </b>Most of the obsidian specimens I had in my existing collection, including <b>four tumbled stones of snowflake obsidian </b>(<b>Figs. 18</b>,<b> 20 </b>and<b> 21 </b>in the background) <b>of varying sizes and differing amounts </b>(and also sizes) <b>of </b>their characteristic<b> cristobalite spherulites</b> (see below); and some small pure black obsidian in the rough, from a Chilean mineral set (<b>Fig. </b><b>21</b>). The new specimen from the RBA collection is a <b>medium-sized rough obsidian of the snowflake variety </b> from <b>USA </b>(<b>Figs. 18-19</b>,<b> </b>and<b> 20-</b><b>21 </b>in the background). <br /></p><p><b>💎</b><u><b>A bit about obsidian</b></u>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsidian">Source 1</a>, <a href="https://geology.com/rocks/obsidian.shtml" target="_blank">Source 2</a>, <a href="https://rocktumbler.com/rough/snowflake-obsidian.shtml">Source 3</a>, </b><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45997268-rocas-y-minerales-guia-v-definit" target="_blank">Source 4</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44285727-rocas-y-minerales-gu-as-de-la-naturaleza-gu-as-del-naturalista-rocas?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=fnW43xFes1&rank=1" target="_blank">Source 5</a>, <a href="https://www.mindat.org/min-8519.html" target="_blank">Source 6</a></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDZrmbwruOl9yAs-OW5pF0uqX7ChES1cYTK8LQX-OHyOtfMVYd3JzEdmreYuwHQgDc3GdBzKlYx778eM5CS6yXc9K21YPdzxwKWcZhB7q8rK8vjdPrw54IUZ0wCrD2gtSo3imxlgS3LWo7NrFf7V3CdVDZZrI6WgCSS3Ny4tRyHQUud97idXpA7k-KbhF-/s487/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(4820).png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="487" data-original-width="398" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDZrmbwruOl9yAs-OW5pF0uqX7ChES1cYTK8LQX-OHyOtfMVYd3JzEdmreYuwHQgDc3GdBzKlYx778eM5CS6yXc9K21YPdzxwKWcZhB7q8rK8vjdPrw54IUZ0wCrD2gtSo3imxlgS3LWo7NrFf7V3CdVDZZrI6WgCSS3Ny4tRyHQUud97idXpA7k-KbhF-/w262-h320/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(4820).png" width="262" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 22 - Obsidian infographic (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsidian">Source</a>)</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"> <u><b>Obsidian</b></u> is a naturally occurring <b>volcanic glass</b> with a <b>smooth texture </b>and a<b> glassy shine</b> which is<b> amorphous, hard and brittle</b>, with a characteristic <b>conchoidal fracture</b>. Found worldwide in areas of volcanic activity, it is formed when <b>silica-rich lava flows with high viscosity cool so rapidly </b>that atoms are <b>unable to form a crystalline structure</b>, instantly solidifying as an<b> <u>amorphous glass</u></b>. Sometimes also known as a '<b><u>mineraloid</u></b>', obsidian is thus <u>an <b>igneous rock </b>and <b>not a true mineral</b></u>, both because of its lack of crystalline structure and its very variable composition (although typically similar to that of the silica-rich igneous rock <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhyolite" target="_blank"><b>rhyolite</b></a>). Most commonly an <b>extrusive rock</b> (solidifying above the surface of the Earth), obsidian is produced from <b>felsic lava</b>, rich in elements such as silica, oxygen, aluminium, pottasium and sodium. <br /></div></div><div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> The most common colour for pure obsidian is <b>deep black</b>, sometimes also showcasing <b>brown</b>, <b>reddish </b>or <b>green </b>tones, and very rarely blue, yellow and orange hues. All of these colours are caused by <b>trace elements and inclusions</b>, with <b>iron </b>(via the presence of <b>hematites</b>, for example)<b> and other transition elements</b> giving it the characteristic dark brown to black hues.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"> With the passage of time, obsidian, a chemically unstable glass, begins to crystallize at a non-uniform rate. The crystallization process forms<b> radial clusters of white and grey <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristobalite" target="_blank">cristobalite</a></b> <b>spherulites </b>within the volcanic glass (cristobalite has the same chemical formula as quartz, SiO<sub>2</sub>, but a distinct crystal structure), producing a snowflake pattern and creating specimens which are fittingly known as '<b><u>snowflake obsidian</u></b>' (most of my specimens are of this variety). More rarely, some obsidian specimens can showcase a <b>golden iridescent sheen</b> caused by the light being reflected off gas bubbles resulting from the lava flow or minute inclusions of mineral crystals. These varieties are known as '<b><u>golden obsidian</u></b>' (with a golden sheen), and '<u><b>fire obsidian'</b></u> and <b>'</b><u><b>rainbow obsidian</b>'</u> (with colourful, iridescent patterns). </p><p> </p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsMAv8tO1CxeNwABKUrRpYrb9wniqEh1hVjWXn-Sj3qWdHLAUR_a3K71_Hz_e3EkQhRNMpxO7weVpJ9gMvVMa6-BSEGrVqHJnCRywDPK9Yah6U6PlLjmPVqKdK11A3TPBDQtxd-RbL1tRo6zrQ7vwarXQzG-VGObvNTBLtj8n40T8_BRSuTaHq-Zw9oZJD/s1030/Sin%20t%C3%ADtulo.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="520" data-original-width="1030" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsMAv8tO1CxeNwABKUrRpYrb9wniqEh1hVjWXn-Sj3qWdHLAUR_a3K71_Hz_e3EkQhRNMpxO7weVpJ9gMvVMa6-BSEGrVqHJnCRywDPK9Yah6U6PlLjmPVqKdK11A3TPBDQtxd-RbL1tRo6zrQ7vwarXQzG-VGObvNTBLtj8n40T8_BRSuTaHq-Zw9oZJD/s320/Sin%20t%C3%ADtulo.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 23 - Golden obsidian (left) and rainbow obsidian (right, <a href="https://www.geologyin.com/2020/09/rainbow-obsidian.html" target="_blank">source</a>)</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-streeter1_17-1"> </sup>✨<b><u>Some interesting historical and STEM trivia about obsidian</u></b>: <br /></p><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li> In in his <i>Natural History</i>, Roman writer <b>Pliny the Elder</b> included mentions of a volcanic glass discovered in Ethiopia by a Roman explorer called <b>Obsidius</b>, thus the name 'obsidian' (<b><i>lapis obsidianus</i></b>, "stone of Obsidius") </li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><u>Obsidian in history</u></b>: Because its breaks with a <b>characteristic conchoidal fracture</b>, creating curved and sharp edges, obsidian has been used by numerous cultures <b>since the Stone Age</b> (c. <b>700,000 BC</b>) to manufacture <b>cutting tools</b>, from knives, to spear points and arrowheads. <b>Early mirrors </b>were also made out of polished obsidian in Ancient times, because of its <b>high luster and reflective properties</b>, and it has been consistently <b>carved </b>into <b>jewellery </b>and many <b>artifacts </b>and <b>decorative objects </b>(figurines, sculptures, masks,...). Obsidian was considered a <b>highly valued commodity</b> in Ancient times, with many artifacts and tools travelling far and wide thanks to widespread <b>trading</b>:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Obsidian objects had become common by the <b>Upper Paleolithic</b> and have been found in many <b>Neolithic </b>cultures in <b>Central Europe</b>, and in <b>Turkey</b> dating to the<b> 5th millennium BC</b>. <b>Ancient Egyptians</b> imported obsidian from the <b>eastern Mediterranean</b> regions. <b>Minoan Crete</b>, as well as the areas of modern <b>Hungary and Slovakia</b>, were some of the main sources in <b>Europe</b>. The <b>Japanese </b>areas of volcanic activity were another focal point of obsidian tool making. In America, the <b>Aztec </b>culture used obsidian in a very sophisticated way, and <b>Native North American</b> peoples traded it in a widespread way. Obsidian was also widely used throughout <b>Oceania </b>since at least <b>1000 BC</b>, with <b>Pacific cultures</b> engaging in long distance trading, and many tools showing complex production techniques that would indicate the association of the use of this volcanic glass with high status.<br /></div></li></ul><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><b><u>Modern uses</u></b>: Thin blades of obsidian have been used to create <b>precision scalpels in the field of modern surgery</b>. While obsidian blades can be thinner and sharper than any steel blade, their major disadvantage is their brittleness, thus limiting their use to specialized uses where this would not be a concern. One of the main <b>industrial </b>uses of obsidian is to manufacture <b>glass wool</b>, used in building construction for thermal and accoustic insulation. Several variations of obsidian, such as snowflake obsidian, are also considered as a <b>semiprecious stone</b>, and used for <b>ornamental </b>purposes, cut into <b>beads, cabochons and tumbled stones</b>. </li></ul><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><b><u>Apache tears</u></b>: This is the name that has been given to rounded pebbles of black obsidian, or '<b>obsidianites</b>'. Mainly found in Arizona and Nevada, the name calls back to a <a href="https://betweenbookendsblog.wordpress.com/2018/07/02/educated-by-tara-westover-legend-of-the-apache-tears/" target="_blank"><b>legend of the Native American Apache tribe</b></a>, recounting a battle between 75 Apaches and the US Cavalry in the 1870s in a mountain in what is now Arizona. Rather than face defeat, the outnumbered Apache warriors preferred to jump their
horses off the mountain. Upon hearing the news (and probably awaiting slavery or death themselves), the
wives and families of the fallen warriors wept, their tears turning into dark pebbles upon hitting the ground 😕.</li></ul><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDEBxo3Ei3QasSiU0ZO6ofaVdtz9FUasoGOI0aMVc72tv0-Hhc66BR7NqQq7kBZVU3hvF0u4tExAL0Yl4JpMboTFM0KtqT6JH6Ts59SFNh6wlbrNUnJdW0CdDeY_HiR_wpPHLu7CSSJ3wbR0jhCz0lbeb0O27NQeX6rhZBCYlj2p9_ivO6nrG8Ke4lkg/s3447/IMG_20230406_004058.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2180" data-original-width="3447" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDEBxo3Ei3QasSiU0ZO6ofaVdtz9FUasoGOI0aMVc72tv0-Hhc66BR7NqQq7kBZVU3hvF0u4tExAL0Yl4JpMboTFM0KtqT6JH6Ts59SFNh6wlbrNUnJdW0CdDeY_HiR_wpPHLu7CSSJ3wbR0jhCz0lbeb0O27NQeX6rhZBCYlj2p9_ivO6nrG8Ke4lkg/w400-h253/IMG_20230406_004058.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 24 - Obsidian infographic from the RBA collection (in Spanish)</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>16) <u><b>Azurite</b></u>:</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKXJ14xNv2SQHcGmBByEV9VbvEPNoGuCs7-Rtgr-xCgSI-c9cTr6KNdAXdhgU3S2I35HrmzEekffA7upvjiuWnl7tszHwtG5thiL3sWbOyuHNP5P9Eqpv3hHxqeSHCgsTzEWqeUitSRXLJ_Ya_HiUBlgyprOfutb_Zc1zgL0i39lCQ042fq2hBHgCJS273/s3063/IMG_0168.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2209" data-original-width="3063" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKXJ14xNv2SQHcGmBByEV9VbvEPNoGuCs7-Rtgr-xCgSI-c9cTr6KNdAXdhgU3S2I35HrmzEekffA7upvjiuWnl7tszHwtG5thiL3sWbOyuHNP5P9Eqpv3hHxqeSHCgsTzEWqeUitSRXLJ_Ya_HiUBlgyprOfutb_Zc1zgL0i39lCQ042fq2hBHgCJS273/w640-h462/IMG_0168.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 25 -</i> <i>Large azurite and malachite specimen over a goethite matrix plate, from a local fair. It is absolutely gorgeous, and easily one of my top 5 fave specimens in my collection </i>😍</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY5VxEILWhDCfSaKDJdPyjx_74BtY0acAa0IQL4TpfCwyYyF0jRH-Tb2TiPZJ8Yj4jNbzH1lEisk6dg_lxV7ACaK0DcIcPsS5HYewY2ytWZnX5FI1VTW1kLTmynxe3kVF59kVgwrzJL39mG3JNdTnUD427hCJ3eapUiMJNNpWEAsLE4EB7G-yTWvD0uA/s2620/5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2620" data-original-width="2494" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY5VxEILWhDCfSaKDJdPyjx_74BtY0acAa0IQL4TpfCwyYyF0jRH-Tb2TiPZJ8Yj4jNbzH1lEisk6dg_lxV7ACaK0DcIcPsS5HYewY2ytWZnX5FI1VTW1kLTmynxe3kVF59kVgwrzJL39mG3JNdTnUD427hCJ3eapUiMJNNpWEAsLE4EB7G-yTWvD0uA/w381-h400/5.jpg" width="381" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 26 -</i> <i>Two azurite specimens from the RBA collection.</i></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i> </i></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUv3ZgusEeauoDy4fpcjnOL6JIjlawS0ApFzn11NEtqDr4_74wDfjCzD6pm4FTECr55OwAT4K7Smj9l5UUFs1vLQ1VXuQXL2qfwtlysKnbo-E2Gkg5hXxBGgmSbLvWuxFMXFhYBa0kETmY0GFTAwXbvpA8HaebkMrEkT5D39DCXmOXal0DRBDKKglPyA/s4775/3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2438" data-original-width="4775" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUv3ZgusEeauoDy4fpcjnOL6JIjlawS0ApFzn11NEtqDr4_74wDfjCzD6pm4FTECr55OwAT4K7Smj9l5UUFs1vLQ1VXuQXL2qfwtlysKnbo-E2Gkg5hXxBGgmSbLvWuxFMXFhYBa0kETmY0GFTAwXbvpA8HaebkMrEkT5D39DCXmOXal0DRBDKKglPyA/w640-h326/3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 27 -</i> <i>The first azurite specimen I got from the RBA collection, featuring small azurite crystals (as well as some green malachite crystals) over a goethite matrix.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXXQkywpxqJdQxosBoMda3bGjMLgZXL-6XcuGMe0qh2r98F9sUdZW6w-EimdncTK_9fW0wceFLp_rHMYWY_NP1sAA8FfI11hNS4f4BQKxK1ysP8I3l5vT0zVln4avADhbDpcbLLIn1j0uQOC5d4EobpYdcE-KbMriICjQdjpA31m2a2qhlPI2B7MbCBg/s4392/6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2251" data-original-width="4392" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXXQkywpxqJdQxosBoMda3bGjMLgZXL-6XcuGMe0qh2r98F9sUdZW6w-EimdncTK_9fW0wceFLp_rHMYWY_NP1sAA8FfI11hNS4f4BQKxK1ysP8I3l5vT0zVln4avADhbDpcbLLIn1j0uQOC5d4EobpYdcE-KbMriICjQdjpA31m2a2qhlPI2B7MbCBg/w640-h328/6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 28 -</i> <i>The second azurite specimen I got from the RBA collection, with larger patches of azurite over what looks like a goethite rock piece.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIUkNUrS8YtL-vPaL0v9vVvdOwskfWA-gZbEjzzygSBr4LJ7Yit9FwjI8YvdsDkyWsM4xoGlIOS3O_WRr9mOWjfxjA0Vu1CUvC1hgWaE9NT37hPuKrxrm50UQvOtTfFM1DrWA3Ro07h5SW04wLnIJjAESW024WDhkazmnTYgdhtgECCSHKWuEwrwel0ahP/s3175/IMG_0167.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2849" data-original-width="3175" height="574" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIUkNUrS8YtL-vPaL0v9vVvdOwskfWA-gZbEjzzygSBr4LJ7Yit9FwjI8YvdsDkyWsM4xoGlIOS3O_WRr9mOWjfxjA0Vu1CUvC1hgWaE9NT37hPuKrxrm50UQvOtTfFM1DrWA3Ro07h5SW04wLnIJjAESW024WDhkazmnTYgdhtgECCSHKWuEwrwel0ahP/w640-h574/IMG_0167.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 29 -</i> <i>Another shot of the large specimen from the local fair. Its front is nearly completely covered by the azurite and malachite crystals.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieEz1wRrmhX7qDVqkiW_KR878PH6i-OSu26Jk7bmFXGYAql0M4DUgAgfczXpzNbrH-hCdcFvHTr0RbaC5J6odAWTaW2n9fQwBYzC_lzJC2oIh-xnAGpapwZsMM1BGLU2jeHb680G9ABmvV4WhDiMVsk_19_ZkjhI687hX498xloC7FszZxyyJufWUanFDG/s3306/IMG_20230530_183632.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3306" data-original-width="2975" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieEz1wRrmhX7qDVqkiW_KR878PH6i-OSu26Jk7bmFXGYAql0M4DUgAgfczXpzNbrH-hCdcFvHTr0RbaC5J6odAWTaW2n9fQwBYzC_lzJC2oIh-xnAGpapwZsMM1BGLU2jeHb680G9ABmvV4WhDiMVsk_19_ZkjhI687hX498xloC7FszZxyyJufWUanFDG/w360-h400/IMG_20230530_183632.jpg" width="360" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 30 -</i> <i>Another shot of the large azurite and malachite specimen from the local fair.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0lybwoYbZy7ZKLUDKuRvwlpuy_q9xxwQ3DsQG0MM4Yc9qSTh2knKcF2XKHq6kdc9vmimt1wdkoqquucUMzrTjopkWEinfSpg_LEO0Tzp0netyo3QM3HAoR5dn-_KOZGc9a9bu4bgoKSHq5QUCLm25dY6aegmOoLiXAsEvZFcet-fGVN7c0UEOv0oPbljm/s4961/azurita1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2285" data-original-width="4961" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0lybwoYbZy7ZKLUDKuRvwlpuy_q9xxwQ3DsQG0MM4Yc9qSTh2knKcF2XKHq6kdc9vmimt1wdkoqquucUMzrTjopkWEinfSpg_LEO0Tzp0netyo3QM3HAoR5dn-_KOZGc9a9bu4bgoKSHq5QUCLm25dY6aegmOoLiXAsEvZFcet-fGVN7c0UEOv0oPbljm/w640-h294/azurita1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 31 -</i> <i>The back of the large specimen. Contrasting with the front, the back and sides feature small crystals of both azurite and malachite dispersed on the goethite matrix plate. It's very much like the small RBA specimen in Fig. 27, but considerably larger.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table></b><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b> </b><b> </b><span> Azurite is one of my favourite minerals, mostly because of its deep blue colour </span>💙<span>. I didn't have any azurite specimens in my former collection, and all of a sudden I got three of them this year, so yay </span>😃 xD<span>. <b>Two of them are from the RBA collection</b> </span>(<b>Figs. 26-28</b>, both of them from <b>Morocco</b>), and then I found <b>the most gorgeous large azurite and malachite specimen</b> at a local fair this past Spring (<b>Figs. 25 </b>and <b>29-31</b>). I was a bit disillusioned with the <b>first specimen from the National Geographic collection</b> (<b>Fig. 27</b>). Its small azurite and malachite crystals, embedded in what looks like a <b>matrix plate of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goethite" target="_blank">goethite</a></b>, an iron oxyde-hydroxide mineral typically associated with azurite (also see<b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gossan" target="_blank">gossan rock</a></b>), are undeniably beautiful, but I was expecting a bit more of a presence of azurite, so to speak 😅, and so I got the same number from the collection when it started selling in kioscs again from the top (<i>I've since done this with a couple of others because I wasn't satisfied with the specimen I already had and wanted one more....perfectionist, me? Hoarder-collector, me? Nope </i>😅 xD). The <b>second specimen I got from the same collection</b> (the renewed round of it, that is) showcased <b>azurite patches that were a little larger </b>(<b>Fig. 28</b>), something which I was initially going for. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> I still wanted to find a larger azurite(+malachite) specimen sometime, and then I visited a local Spring fair which had a minerals stall and voilà, I fell in love with a large (and surprisingly affordable!) specimen, featuring <b>extensive patches of mainly azurite but also malachite </b>(love the combination!) <b>on a large matrix plate of goethite</b>. It's like the amped up (and utterly gorgeous) edition of both RBA specimens, featuring <b>both the more homogeneous patches of azurite and malachite patinas on the front </b><span></span>(<b>Figs. 25 </b>and <b>29-30</b>),<b> and the small crystals strewn upon the rock in the sides and back</b> <span></span>(<b>Fig. </b><b>31</b>). I found this specimen quite by chance, and it has <b>easily become one of my top faves in my whole collection </b>😍<b>💎</b>. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLd58sxuKWL4h2ucEfFaVAEEYTLNCcATC__YY6pWHXPnH-6Oml0lexvcQ0On-WqGr2mhZPwpdM5smxOpX1K8s-9TFHLe-vk8WOsm7Ex9_yDNGKjeeKuDdonrEG3SpVMxERZTaVqJ47_6ZlVLsCO-O3pwj8FjqDUKf8E9JjSbHObdlOkmugZmeIMfq0ZUiR/s574/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(4823).png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="574" data-original-width="513" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLd58sxuKWL4h2ucEfFaVAEEYTLNCcATC__YY6pWHXPnH-6Oml0lexvcQ0On-WqGr2mhZPwpdM5smxOpX1K8s-9TFHLe-vk8WOsm7Ex9_yDNGKjeeKuDdonrEG3SpVMxERZTaVqJ47_6ZlVLsCO-O3pwj8FjqDUKf8E9JjSbHObdlOkmugZmeIMfq0ZUiR/s320/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(4823).png" width="286" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 32 - Azurite infographic (<a href="https://geology.com/minerals/azurite.shtml" target="_blank">Source</a>)</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><b>💎</b><u><b>A bit about azurite</b></u>:<a href=" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azurite" target="_blank"> </a><b><a href=" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azurite" target="_blank">Source 1</a>, <a href="https://geology.com/minerals/azurite.shtml" target="_blank"> Source 2</a>, <a href="https://geologyscience.com/minerals/azurite/" target="_blank">Source 3</a>, </b><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45997268-rocas-y-minerales-guia-v-definit" target="_blank">Source 4</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44285727-rocas-y-minerales-gu-as-de-la-naturaleza-gu-as-del-naturalista-rocas?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=fnW43xFes1&rank=1" target="_blank">Source 5</a>, <a href="https://www.mindat.org/min-447.html" target="_blank">Source 6</a></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p> <u><b>Azurite</b></u><b> </b>is a soft <b>copper carbonate hydroxide mineral </b>(Cu<sub>3</sub>(CO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>(OH)<sub>2</sub>) formed as a secondary mineral by the <b>weathering of copper ore deposits by carbon-dioxide-laden waters</b>, often occurring in fractures and cavities of subsurface rock. Azurite showcases a characteristic <b>deep blue to violet blue colour</b>, traditionally called <b>azure</b> (hence the name), and forms either <b>tabular or prismatic glittering crystals with a vitreous luster in a wide variety of crystal habits</b>, from <b>rossette</b>-shaped crystalline <b>aggregates </b>to <b>massive </b>(shapeless, no distinctive external crystal shape), <b>nodular</b>,<b> stalactitic </b>or <b>botryoidal</b> (globular) forms. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Azurite is one of the <b>two common basic copper (II) carbonate variations</b>, the other being <b><u>malachite</u></b>, with bright green hues. The copper (II) content in these two minerals is reponsible for their bright blue and green hues, and also for their <b>high specific gravity of 3.7-3.9</b>, exceptionally high for a non-metallic mineral. Being <b>more unstable</b> in open air conditions, <b>azurite is often pseudomorphically replaced by malachite over time</b>, one mineral replacing another in a substitution process where the appearance and dimensions remain constant. Both <b>azurite and malachite are thus are often found together</b> in the same geological settings and the same specimens (as we can see in the large specimen of <b>Fig. 25</b>), although azurite is markedly less abundant than malachite. Both variations are also associated with native copper, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuprite" title="Cuprite">cuprite</a> (a copper oxide) and various iron oxide minerals. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi9Y8iKZQN2HrReiRcL-J4Li70u2nn4V74ySBc8QdK7NS1bPIZDfN_86iJxgdPpbDLYIhrh0L_RoffBYc4sAUqTWOdUinBYnv12XDPPiHxO7I-ot4Ennq1DcvICcS_5xU6T_AZNdJaQQRgYUOnKb_n8V_sJ8DqiIhTMTRfb7qDk6JVHL6Yxpo8bqUzIQ/s3428/IMG_20230406_004044.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2235" data-original-width="3428" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi9Y8iKZQN2HrReiRcL-J4Li70u2nn4V74ySBc8QdK7NS1bPIZDfN_86iJxgdPpbDLYIhrh0L_RoffBYc4sAUqTWOdUinBYnv12XDPPiHxO7I-ot4Ennq1DcvICcS_5xU6T_AZNdJaQQRgYUOnKb_n8V_sJ8DqiIhTMTRfb7qDk6JVHL6Yxpo8bqUzIQ/w400-h261/IMG_20230406_004044.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 33 - Azurite infographic from the RBA collection (in Spanish)</i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><p><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-streeter1_17-1"> </sup> Also, here are a couple of <b><u>videos</u></b> showcasing the rich colour and glittering crystals of my large azurite specimen ✨:</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwdNgfL85QZZO_BLxbqu5w2-camrdpzAqkfCV76rANLuMnB-KRBcrikWUSSKI2yUnepPvuJ1NF9RJB8qDJwKg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy978PtCHsidPLlMPpSNSIf_MalMj08U8tnZAjdvg0UjlptNiwGJ9xsGCxttYnPnu0qCVwVUk0mROq-PBHF-g' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><p></p><p>✨<b><u>Some interesting historical and STEM trivia about azurite</u></b>: <br /></p><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><b>"Azure" </b>comes from <span><span><b>Old French <i>asur/azur</i></b>, from <b>Medieval Latin <i>azzurum/azolum</i></b></span></span>, via the <b>Persian <i>lazhuward</i></b>,
“blue" and the <b>Arabic </b><span><span><b><i>lāzaward</i> </b>"heaven, sky"</span></span>. This is the same etymology that appears in the also blue mineral<b> lapis lazuli</b>. Azurite has been known since Ancient times, mentioned by Pliny the Elder's <i>Natural History </i>under the <b>Greek </b>name <b>κυανός </b>(<b><span title="Greek-language romanization"><i lang="el-Latn">kuanos</i></span></b><span title="Greek-language romanization"><span lang="el-Latn">)</span></span><b> </b>"deep blue" (root of 'cyan'), and the <b>Latin <i>caeruleus </i></b>"dark blue"<b><i> </i></b>(root of 'cerulean')<i>. </i>During the <b>19th Century</b>, azurite was also known as<i> </i><b>chessylite </b>after the French locality of Chessy-les-Mines, where azurite was mined.</li></ul><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><b><u>Uses</u></b>: Even though it is not an abundant mineral, the
bright blue tones of azurite have attracted attention for thousands of
years, and it has been <b>used since Ancient times for various uses, especially as a pigment</b> (see below)<b> and as a gemstone</b>, cut into beads, cabochons, carvings and various types of jewellery and ornaments (even though it's <b>brittleness and low hardness</b>, as well as its oxidation into malachite with time, <b>limits its use an an ornamental stone</b>). Cultures such as the Ancient Egyptians also used it as an <b>ore of copper</b>, although nowadays the presence of azurite is mainly used in <b>prospecting </b>only as a <b>surface indicator of the presence of copper sulfide ores</b>. Another modern use of azurite is its interest for mineralogy <b>collectors</b>, due to its intense azure colour. </li></ul></div><div style="text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><b><u>Azurite as a pigment</u></b>: As early as the <b>Ancient Mesopotamian and Egyptian cultures</b>, azurite was already being ground to use as a blue pigment, as well as fused with glass. While Romans don't appear to have used it significantly, it was also used in <b>Ancient Greece</b>. A common mineral in <b>Europe</b>, it was during the <b>Middle Ages and the Renaissance</b> that the use of azurite for art became commonplace, becoming the <b>main blue pigment used by Medieval artists</b> and vastly surpasing the use of lapis lazuli, which had to be imported from Afghanistan. Because azurite <b>weathers into malachite </b>with time and exposure to light and the atmosphere, older paintings using azurite can show <b>deterioration of the blue tones</b>, with greenish tints appearing due to malachite. And, while its use was commonplace for centuries, making pigment from azurite was also quite costly, as it was difficult to mine, transport and produce. In the <b>18th Century</b>, its use started to be replaced by human-made <b>synthetic blue pigments such as "Prussian blue" and "blue verditer"</b>, more uniform and permanent in use and less costly to produce. </li></ul></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmfd7jja-LOTXaM3uJG-HZ59QbhWCRyAuWUP_oBHN_OiOzLUZA5Z5Eu50mZfGXoCv5bFBbJGEdhRdvJAVtnUiYp2FzxCBuOf-KB8Yh827ksFPNJWksZPOpd7bqdny5WWt0yBjuWhzWo-Nf62HGtlpa-4Gar6VKyk1nfvPYPR32TZGI9XodH5AFzDkdAqR-/s936/Sin%20t%C3%ADtulo.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="470" data-original-width="936" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmfd7jja-LOTXaM3uJG-HZ59QbhWCRyAuWUP_oBHN_OiOzLUZA5Z5Eu50mZfGXoCv5bFBbJGEdhRdvJAVtnUiYp2FzxCBuOf-KB8Yh827ksFPNJWksZPOpd7bqdny5WWt0yBjuWhzWo-Nf62HGtlpa-4Gar6VKyk1nfvPYPR32TZGI9XodH5AFzDkdAqR-/w400-h201/Sin%20t%C3%ADtulo.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 34 - Medieval women painting women, using azurite among other pigments (note the man grinding azurite in the illumination on the right). Manuscript illuminations from Boccacio's </i>De Claris Mulieribus<i>.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div><p style="text-align: justify;">Bonus, 17) <u><b>Chalcanthite (</b><b>pentahydrate</b><b> copper(II) sulphate)</b></u><b>:</b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKpDiXmJFH-1GSUGP38mOceX2M8ZTETG_jBPp24WALzv69NbeBoKdedJwIhK2LxlIUymNmKW7KewbdGve4cRgHy0-paXmbt5EmxGtNNwhOj4Zp6NxGbPtFdABLLS3wUBSUP3ONSACn77W8DQigKKUoe580Ofpjx6FbNTCGZ7V_GPSIBRNLru5MsIntvQ/s3927/2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2338" data-original-width="3927" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKpDiXmJFH-1GSUGP38mOceX2M8ZTETG_jBPp24WALzv69NbeBoKdedJwIhK2LxlIUymNmKW7KewbdGve4cRgHy0-paXmbt5EmxGtNNwhOj4Zp6NxGbPtFdABLLS3wUBSUP3ONSACn77W8DQigKKUoe580Ofpjx6FbNTCGZ7V_GPSIBRNLru5MsIntvQ/w640-h382/2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 35 - A crystallized synthetic specimen of pentahydrate copper(II) sulphate (left), and a chalcanthite specimen (naturally ocurring copper sulphate) (right), both from my existing collection.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEOTK8yGEgI-JseHxjH-82qxGOaA96BFucJY3hlh4-dsR9NBDjR2yrPY-av34UcfJRzmkkFL1yYvK58MjJbM6WFXacdDeQdYGanu-aRnMNjlMnFT4nj8rk3Jm_TjDQoUOqnLlk4YuIymH_AY1aO6O0ojH9jaq5YmR547ZaKZBHUJqpo-GjiqgyoV9mIA/s3978/1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3978" data-original-width="2364" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEOTK8yGEgI-JseHxjH-82qxGOaA96BFucJY3hlh4-dsR9NBDjR2yrPY-av34UcfJRzmkkFL1yYvK58MjJbM6WFXacdDeQdYGanu-aRnMNjlMnFT4nj8rk3Jm_TjDQoUOqnLlk4YuIymH_AY1aO6O0ojH9jaq5YmR547ZaKZBHUJqpo-GjiqgyoV9mIA/w381-h640/1.jpg" width="381" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 36 - </i><i>A synthetic specimen of chalcanthite, showcasing beautiful prismatic crystals<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiwc5buopcU6gi4kcX78lBQOe0EfIuw8xX7oU-Ep1oe-KZf5RJx1fNk_OYjv9Wmy6qc15E-9Z6enReJjks50qzOUw5_YPMDqFmz4GWYmdkCsUkfO0-nYVYLSccoWDekQCvydfijkuwUNJWWKMO_fCdBKOTXYvj-1TwpfHNvJ60n28ZNDvKL6etANwC2w/s4154/3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="4154" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiwc5buopcU6gi4kcX78lBQOe0EfIuw8xX7oU-Ep1oe-KZf5RJx1fNk_OYjv9Wmy6qc15E-9Z6enReJjks50qzOUw5_YPMDqFmz4GWYmdkCsUkfO0-nYVYLSccoWDekQCvydfijkuwUNJWWKMO_fCdBKOTXYvj-1TwpfHNvJ60n28ZNDvKL6etANwC2w/w640-h296/3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 37 - </i><i>A chalcanthite specimen with a tabular crystal habit<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6dDksKyaSCLgl3GQYxpy5Rbi3gsptjE6-zSVXvqkqpfDYY-hYXTsfL8E2JopC4rR2dOPAXlsqcFw_dKEr6tnS97d0rkLMX4rEpg2GqPEPRn3hMyWydRIndNbPCO_-o0xzbiVunH337qdenWRevgrz7oQZQXrepOOMeAc8jI9A1YoT6chtGdznGjRXhw/s2381/4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2080" data-original-width="2381" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6dDksKyaSCLgl3GQYxpy5Rbi3gsptjE6-zSVXvqkqpfDYY-hYXTsfL8E2JopC4rR2dOPAXlsqcFw_dKEr6tnS97d0rkLMX4rEpg2GqPEPRn3hMyWydRIndNbPCO_-o0xzbiVunH337qdenWRevgrz7oQZQXrepOOMeAc8jI9A1YoT6chtGdznGjRXhw/w400-h350/4.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 38 - </i><i>a chalcanthite specimen </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3RbKaA79_VLh8cVMnAL23GbjAS2FXZK-kZM-UAYf9mmOKH08-bPktg3fdXTgoR5S5DmQ2yDHlktkZjRjN2j9D39qrSWjukRBOARsbC2ifFxWBgQYHHkyRjIv9U0Lq1_oMjpbEVkeu-9HruEFNS6WzVBb8fM2r1hY0poj66HlbNGVQdhRdwcDJ24s5mQ/s2733/IMG_20230415_185418.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2235" data-original-width="2733" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3RbKaA79_VLh8cVMnAL23GbjAS2FXZK-kZM-UAYf9mmOKH08-bPktg3fdXTgoR5S5DmQ2yDHlktkZjRjN2j9D39qrSWjukRBOARsbC2ifFxWBgQYHHkyRjIv9U0Lq1_oMjpbEVkeu-9HruEFNS6WzVBb8fM2r1hY0poj66HlbNGVQdhRdwcDJ24s5mQ/w400-h328/IMG_20230415_185418.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 39 - </i><i>A synthetic specimen of chalcanthite</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Another blue copper mineral that I wanted to talk about in this post is<b> chalcanthite </b>(<b>pentahydrate of copper sulphate</b>). It does not feature in the RBA collection, but I have two lovely specimens that I got years ago in a memorabilia shop in Segovia (Castilla y León, Spain) (<b>Figs. 35-39</b>), so I'm including them in this post as well. One of them is a <b>naturally ocurring chancanthite </b>from <b>Riotinto</b> (Huelva, Spain) (<b>Figs. 37-38</b>), while the other one (<b>Figs. 36 </b>and <b>39</b>) is a <b>synthetic specimen of (pentahydrate) copper sulphate.</b> These are also <b>among my fave specimens in my collection</b>, because of their<b> striking electric blue shades</b>, and also because of the<b> beautiful crystallization pattern of the synthesized specimen</b><b> </b> (<b>Figs. 36 </b>and <b>39</b>).<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSx_zbVUNMHvdfn1S0MhvcUt1K3DR6mjs6eB9EgJEh5pC9Y2zieoRdeEuSw-Aw4512PKCtiwU8pTDMxVkLFORcG-jCR3sTxt3dufsa9MA9ukYamA54JELLI7TZtDwOUHFLxYacvSrqtduKHngW6BDl_XL_mTFe6BY9-cmPREHkXZkpOVVR20BZ6RnEjHQ7/s1038/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(4847).png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="1038" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSx_zbVUNMHvdfn1S0MhvcUt1K3DR6mjs6eB9EgJEh5pC9Y2zieoRdeEuSw-Aw4512PKCtiwU8pTDMxVkLFORcG-jCR3sTxt3dufsa9MA9ukYamA54JELLI7TZtDwOUHFLxYacvSrqtduKHngW6BDl_XL_mTFe6BY9-cmPREHkXZkpOVVR20BZ6RnEjHQ7/w320-h239/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(4847).png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 40 - Chalcanthite </i><i>infographic (<a href="https://www.minerals.net/mineral/chalcanthite.aspx" target="_blank">Source</a>)</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><b>💎</b><u><b>A bit about chalcanthite</b></u>:<a href=" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azurite" target="_blank"> </a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copper(II)_sulfate" target="_blank">Source 1</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalcanthite" target="_blank">Source 2</a>, <a href="https://www.minerals.net/mineral/chalcanthite.aspx" target="_blank">Source 3</a>, </b><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45997268-rocas-y-minerales-guia-v-definit" target="_blank">Source 4</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44285727-rocas-y-minerales-gu-as-de-la-naturaleza-gu-as-del-naturalista-rocas?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=fnW43xFes1&rank=1" target="_blank">Source 5</a></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><u>Copper(II) sulphate</u> (<span class="chemf nowrap">CuSO<sub class="template-chem2-sub">4</sub></span>)</b> is an inorganic compound which forms hydrates with the chemical formula <span class="chemf nowrap"><b>CuSO<sub class="template-chem2-sub">4</sub>·<i>n</i>H<sub class="template-chem2-sub">2</sub>O</b></span><i> </i>(where<i> n</i> can range from 1 to 7). The most common is the <b>pentahydrate (n=5) of copper sulphate (</b><span class="chemf nowrap"><b>CuSO<sub class="template-chem2-sub">4</sub>·5H<sub class="template-chem2-sub">2</sub>O</b></span><i>)</i>, a <b>bright blue water-soluble crystal</b>, <b>occurring in nature </b>as the <b><u>chalcanthite</u> </b>mineral, and also as rarer minerals such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copper(II)_sulfate" target="_blank"><span>chalcocyanite</span></a>. It can also be <b>produced industrially </b>by treating copper metal or copper oxides with hot sulfuric acid. Other names for this pentahydrate include <b>blue vitriol</b>, <b>vitriol of copper</b>, <b>bluestone</b> and <b>Roman vitriol</b>. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><u>Chalcanthite</u> </b>is found in late-stage oxidation areas of <b>copper deposits</b>. Due to the rapid solubility of this mineral, it is typically in <b>arid regions and dry caves</b>, commonly forming both <b>botryoidal (globular) and stalactitic growths</b> on walls and ceilings. The most notable feature of this mineral is its striking electric blue colour, and it dissolves in water, turning the solution blue. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Natural chalcanthite crystals</b>, typically <b>tabular </b>(shaped like a book) or <b>prismatic</b>, are very rare in nature, and <b><u>most well-formed crystals are actually grown synthetically</u> </b>(as seen in the specimen of <b>Figs. 36</b> and <b>39</b>), dissolving readily-made copper sulphate and letting the water evaporate, leaving a <b>beautifully crystallized mass of chalcanthite</b> as the result. Large synthetic specimens of crystallized chalcanthite are sometimes unethically sold as being natural.<br /></div></div><div><p style="text-align: justify;"> Here's a short video, with a rather yellowish background, but the electric blues, and the way that the light shines off the crystals of especially the synthetic specimen, still show:<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxF5h6onGKPrGrB2UV2rEfJkAAx4jCQ1uuy9GXKe81-jjiR78INjvIKw_tqW9Eh6SCBzwKGzX4WTzzws86bSQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><p><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-streeter1_17-1"> </sup>✨<b><u>Some interesting historical and STEM trivia about chalcanthite</u></b>: <br /></p><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li> The name "<b>chalcanthite</b>" means "copper flower", describing the curved and flowering formations of this mineral, originating from the Ancient Greek <i><b>χάλκανθον </b></i>(<b><i>khálkanthon</i></b>), from <b><i>χαλκός </i></b>(<b><i>khalkós</i></b>) "copper", and <i><b>ἄνθος </b></i>(<i><b>ánthos</b></i>) "flower, bloom". </li></ul><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>Copper(II) sulphate is a <b>poisonous</b> substance which can induce dangerous copper poisoning when consumed (so don't taste-test any copper sulphate solutions at home :S!).<br /></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><u>Uses</u></b>: Chalcanthite can be used as an <b>ore of copper</b> in arid regions where it is found in suficiently large quantities. Its rich blue hues and beautiful crystals (be they naturally ocurring or synthesized) also make this a mineral that is highly sought out by mineralogy <b>collectors</b>, with the specimens needing to be adequately stored in order to protect them from humidity and preserve their crystalline structure. however, due to their rapid sollubility (I store both of my specimens in a closed wooden box). <b>Copper(II) sulphate</b> in general also has various uses, mainly in<b> industry and art</b>: Among others, it has been used as a <b>fungicide, insecticide and herbicide</b>; as a mordant in <b>vegetable dyeing</b> (dissolved copper sulphate also dyes materials in blue tones and highlights the green tints of some dyes); as a colouring ingredient in <b>glasses and potteries</b>; and as an additive for both <b>book-binding glues</b>, and to make <b>concrete </b>more resistant to water.<br /></div> </li></ul></div><div><p> <span>-Finally, here are some <b>infographics</b> from the collection (in Spanish) about <b>red jasper</b>, <b>Iceland spar</b>, <b>obsidian </b>and <b>azurite </b>(<i>click on the pics or open in new tab for larger pics!</i>):</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy1547796anXBxeqGJyTslZ2EcHPplXVkk-lwvrqEoRwqVpxzxJ-WmSLC27coRa3-I50FTb9uvrsViRdg3-ksdZT0mIzzt2C1u5v9AMbMzsnvJOnoZScCSFgIz7qTiezBYSQb_Rp4WaIOFrsfBisxJo_T0AHXh4pgVGRUmMHLhZpKSky1pO30s2SL3vA/s3550/IMG_20220918_211631.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3550" data-original-width="2420" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy1547796anXBxeqGJyTslZ2EcHPplXVkk-lwvrqEoRwqVpxzxJ-WmSLC27coRa3-I50FTb9uvrsViRdg3-ksdZT0mIzzt2C1u5v9AMbMzsnvJOnoZScCSFgIz7qTiezBYSQb_Rp4WaIOFrsfBisxJo_T0AHXh4pgVGRUmMHLhZpKSky1pO30s2SL3vA/w273-h400/IMG_20220918_211631.jpg" width="273" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNMZ8mqbwml3ygeLFaSNCQ1G44uSYhArxY55g6JjVrB6eDd2sOMmQMwSuFGJtuR1fqbOXAbXR-cuE7Bd-iiMu7Oeh3XGonNUeY4QJS1t4ewDrzjTfgeKbmdwf4_SGATxZaDkcdjaQq2fxQr--TVF00rNSXt3BHQV-Q7NRDs7voesBZncFo2KPw6nZapw/s3221/IMG_20220918_212022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3221" data-original-width="2240" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNMZ8mqbwml3ygeLFaSNCQ1G44uSYhArxY55g6JjVrB6eDd2sOMmQMwSuFGJtuR1fqbOXAbXR-cuE7Bd-iiMu7Oeh3XGonNUeY4QJS1t4ewDrzjTfgeKbmdwf4_SGATxZaDkcdjaQq2fxQr--TVF00rNSXt3BHQV-Q7NRDs7voesBZncFo2KPw6nZapw/w279-h400/IMG_20220918_212022.jpg" width="279" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuvkOkpz7cnKhpnVxNyyzaouZ5TsmZD_-WGr66sMyKI20ODKwskgTtjTQOsfhl2Z_oyQEtUmSc4OVm5zXZ-XTuC31TAVExdaWgD_kFJante8OXP8X0hVwl9ewdN1UrT2tQq34Ec5pQZJ-bJhTS-bPHCzfap5Wa2N2-45i6RgijWzjes_0TlvqCQIg8_w/s3398/IMG_20220918_211504.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3398" data-original-width="2383" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuvkOkpz7cnKhpnVxNyyzaouZ5TsmZD_-WGr66sMyKI20ODKwskgTtjTQOsfhl2Z_oyQEtUmSc4OVm5zXZ-XTuC31TAVExdaWgD_kFJante8OXP8X0hVwl9ewdN1UrT2tQq34Ec5pQZJ-bJhTS-bPHCzfap5Wa2N2-45i6RgijWzjes_0TlvqCQIg8_w/w280-h400/IMG_20220918_211504.jpg" width="280" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3_v01dFgxQWqlQkh4T_ByzxannL8W7t8CD-I49UiP1ilgRTjezTUex9bpYARHmkR2D9gv-I23lZSs1zJj0g3TLpaeXkvlmtMa8w3zjGTHTgt_kh9F6QdMGgodPFJyczqdA1mAcg4YqD8uGpUllMSfAW1IaNAYE8Fry9mjICMlfTNywTPvC8rg6t-Zow/s3968/IMG_20230406_004030.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3968" data-original-width="2539" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3_v01dFgxQWqlQkh4T_ByzxannL8W7t8CD-I49UiP1ilgRTjezTUex9bpYARHmkR2D9gv-I23lZSs1zJj0g3TLpaeXkvlmtMa8w3zjGTHTgt_kh9F6QdMGgodPFJyczqdA1mAcg4YqD8uGpUllMSfAW1IaNAYE8Fry9mjICMlfTNywTPvC8rg6t-Zow/w256-h400/IMG_20230406_004030.jpg" width="256" /></a></p><p><span>That's it for today! On the next minerals post we'll talk about: </span><u><b>desert rose</b>,<b> aragonite</b>, <b>emerald</b>, and<b> jadeite</b></u> <span><b> </b></span><span><b><b>😃💎</b></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><b><b>💎</b></b></span><b><u>Former posts in this series</u></b><span><b><b>💎</b></b></span>:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2022/08/expanding-my-mineral-collection.html" target="_blank"><b>Post 1</b></a>: Various types of<b> quartz</b> (<b>rose quartz, Tiger's Eye, amethyst, ametrine </b>and <b>blue agate</b>), as well as <b>gold</b>, <b>fluorite</b>, and <b>celestine</b>. Also check out this same first post for a lengthy rant about what I think about the<b> pseudoscientific branches </b>having to do with rocks, minerals and gems, such as<b> 'crystal healing'</b> (spoiler alert, I'm not a fan).</p><b><u><a href="https://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2022/11/expanding-my-mineral-collection.html" target="_blank">Post 2</a></u></b>: <b>Fuchsite,</b> <b>rhodonite</b>, <b>quartz and agate geodes</b>, <b>pyrite </b>and <b>galena</b>. </div></div>Arwendë Luhtiénë / Marta Lúthienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01043611744907294700noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255946979377638758.post-34072411585624800342023-03-27T19:42:00.013-07:002023-03-28T18:49:58.081-07:00Goodreads reviews - Doctor Who: The Complete History Volumes #06-#08<div><div><p style="text-align: justify;">A new Doctor Who Goodreads review! I've recently read <b>Volumes #06-#08 of <i>Doctor Who: The Complete History</i></b>,
corresponding to Hartnell's final run as the <b>First Doctor</b>, including <b>season 3 and the two first
serials of season 4 </b>(from 'Galaxy 4' to 'The Tenth Planet'). So here are some thoughts about all three volumes in a joint review (also on Goodreads <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5093347741?type=review#rating_597576576 " target="_blank">here</a>):<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">1.<i><b> </b></i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35233604-doctor-who " target="_blank"><b><i>Doctor Who: The Complete History #06</i></b></a>, including the <b>First Doctor era </b>stories <b>18-21</b>: <b>'Galaxy 4</b>',<b> 'Mission to the Unknown'</b>,<b> 'The Myth Makers'</b>, and <b>'The Daleks' Master Plan'</b>. Written by <b>John Ainsworth</b>.</p><p><b>3.5-4/5. <b>Goodreads review</b> </b>(including thoughts from all three volumes)<b> </b>also <b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5093347741?type=review#rating_597576576 " target="_blank">here</a></b>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6C_4jj6kDCIU8f9um7I_AEMTshuuTjEC86p206CncCSdPbjA05iPhWTsI5Q7FpWCbsSEsR8Q1foLbTYiPmKNZk4BS0urTkWhgRr7mTRTXrcZIfL_47lE0bI8FyzfvsHDz43g6bJaEww3fhiw2OgZIpxmDOGsCAnbpezQxQkpcWObfFMULuKTcAwC1Dg/s825/35233604.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="825" data-original-width="630" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6C_4jj6kDCIU8f9um7I_AEMTshuuTjEC86p206CncCSdPbjA05iPhWTsI5Q7FpWCbsSEsR8Q1foLbTYiPmKNZk4BS0urTkWhgRr7mTRTXrcZIfL_47lE0bI8FyzfvsHDz43g6bJaEww3fhiw2OgZIpxmDOGsCAnbpezQxQkpcWObfFMULuKTcAwC1Dg/w153-h200/35233604.jpg" width="153" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">2.<i><b> </b></i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40380674-doctor-who" target="_blank"><b><i>Doctor Who: The Complete History #0</i></b><b><i>7</i></b></a>, including the <b>First Doctor era </b>stories <b>22-25</b>: <b>'The Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Eve'</b>,<b> 'The Ark'</b>,<b> 'The Celestial Toymaker</b>', and <b>'The Gunfighters'</b>. Written by <b>John Ainsworth</b>.</p><p><b>2.5-3/5. <b>Goodreads review</b> </b>(including thoughts from all three volumes)<b> </b>also <b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5093347741?type=review#rating_597576576 " target="_blank">here</a></b>. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLPPtNSden75ndUhumMOy0cx0OdCJ1tzDWMqAZCW87WqjWuEjdPiWWejtsLtGVNE5TACnM083ZPzp4VywDw2xYi5lll9bwlFa5RxRYDA3cohPnjRYEmWZklHD2zPTaa97gqGtWkvHncvPZlLTNxb-ktu0LoOtktuMNvTgRkTqXnlO3NRDmAxvJNm_06A/s947/40380674.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="947" data-original-width="729" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLPPtNSden75ndUhumMOy0cx0OdCJ1tzDWMqAZCW87WqjWuEjdPiWWejtsLtGVNE5TACnM083ZPzp4VywDw2xYi5lll9bwlFa5RxRYDA3cohPnjRYEmWZklHD2zPTaa97gqGtWkvHncvPZlLTNxb-ktu0LoOtktuMNvTgRkTqXnlO3NRDmAxvJNm_06A/w154-h200/40380674.jpg" width="154" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">3.<i><b> </b></i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31563824-doctor-who" target="_blank"><b><i>Doctor Who: The Complete History #0</i></b><i><b>8</b></i></a>, including the <b>First Doctor era </b>stories <b>26-29</b>: '<b>The Savages'</b>,<b> 'The War Machines'</b>,<b> 'The Smugglers</b>', and <b>'The Tenth Planet</b>'. Written by <b>John Ainsworth</b>.</p><p><b>3/5. <b>Goodreads review</b> </b>(including thoughts from all three volumes)<b> </b>also <b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5093347741?type=review#rating_597576576 " target="_blank">here</a></b>. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHszncY6WPyrAgMAh8keOl2CbCkF6Z7BIFvEj9HcbRQNo5MzGz2OXJLpaGG_cPe_qs06gqIdluqrmM1J9n3jsOmrAZfCGRa1rCaAme7VQI2sVCZfB-2TPiYYWupkbRsOr7q3jHu0tJ0y7YqiW5zXfJw37x_K53lGHbFxgLav_ShjhyJBSvAs2_ouQUcw/s829/31563824.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="829" data-original-width="630" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHszncY6WPyrAgMAh8keOl2CbCkF6Z7BIFvEj9HcbRQNo5MzGz2OXJLpaGG_cPe_qs06gqIdluqrmM1J9n3jsOmrAZfCGRa1rCaAme7VQI2sVCZfB-2TPiYYWupkbRsOr7q3jHu0tJ0y7YqiW5zXfJw37x_K53lGHbFxgLav_ShjhyJBSvAs2_ouQUcw/w152-h200/31563824.jpg" width="152" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"> I
appreciate that the <i><b>Doctor Who: The Complete History</b></i> <b>series </b>exists alongside <a href="https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Doctor_Who_Wiki" target="_blank"><b>TARDIS Wiki</b></a> because it
offers a lot of <b>information on the pre-production, production and
post-production stages of the Classic and New Who serials</b>. However,
there are instances where I feel that the way that these books are
written - only judging by the volumes I've read so far, which is four -<b> glosses over certain more problematic aspects of the production,
cast and scripts - often having to do with gendered and racialized
topics -, instead of acknowledging both their existence and their
problematic nature</b>, which remains problematic <b>even when contextualized
in their time</b>, as I'll further discuss at the end of this review (New!Who has had issues that are way too similar
sometimes, unfortunately). </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>1.</b> <b><u>From a feminist pov</u><u>: Female characters tropes, discrimination, infidelities and male gaze </u></b><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZa2HDLCs_uCJMKqUCljrOwKS5wJTxsT24AaKhv0dlQHEj1WJpeDPhai2N0MFdXLAo-uTCs7x_wMA4GHR5ae865uShphCIdNRHdHtSfMUJklZJParKD7INREI-I9gws3wPuVRXDODg5a9G9JF-YX3oLbQhcuZEdagMbWGjsppXYY1SwRZljxSi-dQulg/s500/the-war-machines-the-doctor-and-dodo1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZa2HDLCs_uCJMKqUCljrOwKS5wJTxsT24AaKhv0dlQHEj1WJpeDPhai2N0MFdXLAo-uTCs7x_wMA4GHR5ae865uShphCIdNRHdHtSfMUJklZJParKD7INREI-I9gws3wPuVRXDODg5a9G9JF-YX3oLbQhcuZEdagMbWGjsppXYY1SwRZljxSi-dQulg/w320-h240/the-war-machines-the-doctor-and-dodo1.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>"Well, Dodo, my dear, it's a shame that you'll have your companion exit off-camera mid-serial in an unceremonious manner, but then again, the track record for female companions (and actresses) hasn't been stellar so far" </i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Matters having to do with <b>sexist
tropes applied to female characters</b>, as well as <b>real-life discrimination
directed against actresses</b>, were discussed a bit more often in these, especially in Volume #06, which did comment on how actresses such
as <b><u>Maureen O'Brien (Vicki Pallister)</u> </b>and <b><u>Jackie Lane (Dodo Chaplet)</u> got
the short end of the stick when it came to both the expiration of their
contracts</b> (especially in O'Brien's case), <b>and the exits for their
companions</b> - following the fantastic (not) tropes of <i>'I'm leaving to get
married to this dude I just met</i>' - Elsa is cringing - and '<i>I'm leaving
mid-serial without even appearing to say goodbye</i>' (sigh). </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnUwUNsNjupkdMcqUGE_18CqxzVW3ja9iRR5w5q95F53GoaBf4dIZKbwuXJshuhhc2vQ5n57s03IisGOMgPaNEZjoS6ezdrfKw5S6ALBNPfL2_c_Zred7oUGDFF0e_RqvJGGFKZp9Uf4aawIM1ewScogU_3b5sq-M1q--WNxru3FnLlHGqpe3TNobCsA/s245/tumblr_n4es838csl1sn0o28o1_250.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="245" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnUwUNsNjupkdMcqUGE_18CqxzVW3ja9iRR5w5q95F53GoaBf4dIZKbwuXJshuhhc2vQ5n57s03IisGOMgPaNEZjoS6ezdrfKw5S6ALBNPfL2_c_Zred7oUGDFF0e_RqvJGGFKZp9Uf4aawIM1ewScogU_3b5sq-M1q--WNxru3FnLlHGqpe3TNobCsA/s1600/tumblr_n4es838csl1sn0o28o1_250.gif" width="245" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Elsa, can you please tell this to the men who wrote the shitty af companion exits for Susan and Vicki?</i></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKjakdb29CHqU4T-FyVijOBW4mzeZyV4nHq8HbUA2ZcLuefRkAF_8xMLrBjODpCyhmWnDgw2TPlQ807SD62DmCx9VRb9vN2InewXK_EXntn41UkDkIOGh7ouAQzW5JexIx_-NA6gWmoDABbwqrD1J8EO5nRktG3KdjGUWVCk8fM5Sxh8XOsJDx-La7Cg/s1500/37.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1500" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKjakdb29CHqU4T-FyVijOBW4mzeZyV4nHq8HbUA2ZcLuefRkAF_8xMLrBjODpCyhmWnDgw2TPlQ807SD62DmCx9VRb9vN2InewXK_EXntn41UkDkIOGh7ouAQzW5JexIx_-NA6gWmoDABbwqrD1J8EO5nRktG3KdjGUWVCk8fM5Sxh8XOsJDx-La7Cg/w400-h240/37.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>1)
My girl Vicki deserved so much better, honestly her exist was offensive
at a core level; 2) Also, production did Maureen O' Brien so dirty and
that's not OK.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"> <b>More than one
actress experienced discrimination based on her gender from the
production of <i>Doctor Who</i> over the Classic Who years</b>, and that was at least
sometimes commented upon. However, the also <b>problematic sexist tropes</b>
associated with the <b><u>all-female Drahvin race</u></b> in 'Galaxy 4' (described as both blonde bombshells and unfeminine emotionless machines in a violent and misandric 'matriarchal' society - <i>see screenshots at the end of this post for more</i>), as well as the <b>sexist, male-gazey way </b>that male production members described the appearance and character of
<u><b>Sara Kingdom</b></u> (<i>see here below</i>) were described, quoted and put upon the paper
<b>at face value</b>, <b>with no added</b> comment on any tropes or problematic ideas
<b>that would contextualize any problematic mindsets in those respects</b>.
Some more context was offered for a couple of <b>sexist comments about
<u>Polly</u>'s character</b> in Volume #07 (reduced to a '<b>pretty young woman to cater to the dads</b>' and to a '<b>secretary who should be doing the housechores in the TARDIS</b>', courtesy of both the production and the audience at
the time 😖, <i>see screenshots below</i>), but still. </p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrGA0RorvTpONutAVlWppM_-TDAzIrEyYjNn434hLkOJTdaDOs8t246ImnSREwLTWRPXTULosmroK8NLteGTlIM5oEByfARXoK3QIdF69gDu_sqG1TD--vLMWT8jGHTeEG-_jm55s5OYMIVBfKMV3oN-qybAZNIcxnhtlfaMqc0dlUZNMTPcVH_5cO9w/s976/p00nxs52.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="549" data-original-width="976" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrGA0RorvTpONutAVlWppM_-TDAzIrEyYjNn434hLkOJTdaDOs8t246ImnSREwLTWRPXTULosmroK8NLteGTlIM5oEByfARXoK3QIdF69gDu_sqG1TD--vLMWT8jGHTeEG-_jm55s5OYMIVBfKMV3oN-qybAZNIcxnhtlfaMqc0dlUZNMTPcVH_5cO9w/w400-h225/p00nxs52.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>The
<b>all-female Drahvin species</b> - Female representation of warrior women
with agency, or a blatant display of misogyny and male gaze combined?
Call me demanding and ungratreful, but I'm definitely not relating that
much to being represented by 2D characters falling under the labels of
'dumb blonde' or 'callous+sexy+incompetent+egotistical leader', and the
portrayal of a female species that's defined as 'misandric',
'emotionless' and 'violent' doesn't scream 'girl power' to me either </i>🙃🤨</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Contrary to the Drahvins and their strawman misandrist (aka antifeminist) characterization, when I first watched 'The Daleks' Master Plan', I was very pleasantly surprised to see that <b><u>Sara Kingdom</u></b> was a female character that had <b>actual agency, independence and badassery</b> going on, and she was dressed in a non-sexualized and practical uniform, to boot, with pants and low-heeled boots and everything! So colour me incensed when I read about the <b>male-gazey and regressive af way that the male script-writers and production members thought of her and talked about her </b> (why are men 😣).<b> </b>Even though she ended up being a much more 3D and much less regressively portrayed female character, their initial idea of Sara is not that far off from the way they looked at the Drahvins, actually<b> (the super beautiful and ruthless</b> <b>combo</b>), and they also wanted to make absolutely sure to be crystal clear about how her agency, leadership and practical outfit didn't '<b>masculinize</b>' her, but rather made her even '<b>more</b> <b>feminine</b>' when contrasted with the - apparently naturally masculine - traits that are <b>being in a leadership position </b>('don't worry, her voice still sounds feminine when she gives commands!')<b> and, gasp, *wearing pants*</b><i> </i>🙄 <i>(click on pics or open in new tab for larger size)</i>:</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ABaZrkyruj8/ZBdAaZFOx9I/AAAAAAAATHg/nPNJJpJHeCANi3V_eCTDsSjW-_riHHh9ACNcBGAsYHQ/s1920/IMG_20230319_170204_872.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ABaZrkyruj8/ZBdAaZFOx9I/AAAAAAAATHg/nPNJJpJHeCANi3V_eCTDsSjW-_riHHh9ACNcBGAsYHQ/w225-h400/IMG_20230319_170204_872.jpg" width="225" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjwKXeBqmWmnIp5v91wxRmfc24kF2EfZvj8WTIe_BLYYAOEmBb7-uArLZNp1j8xqUT6BUrpb5yi5_mxhjRXqxLwuIK9uCUBul9IJNn3ZgbIeB206NAmok_qaPSvKHhydNOYSY6cGEMyo3hxlUViIq5ZtyISI3oOSmabF4pkfrH8CCZyNyL-m1DZiZsTg/s1920/IMG_20230319_170208_039.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjwKXeBqmWmnIp5v91wxRmfc24kF2EfZvj8WTIe_BLYYAOEmBb7-uArLZNp1j8xqUT6BUrpb5yi5_mxhjRXqxLwuIK9uCUBul9IJNn3ZgbIeB206NAmok_qaPSvKHhydNOYSY6cGEMyo3hxlUViIq5ZtyISI3oOSmabF4pkfrH8CCZyNyL-m1DZiZsTg/w225-h400/IMG_20230319_170208_039.jpg" width="225" /></a><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ABaZrkyruj8/ZBdAaZFOx9I/AAAAAAAATHg/nPNJJpJHeCANi3V_eCTDsSjW-_riHHh9ACNcBGAsYHQ/s1920/IMG_20230319_170204_872.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div style="text-align: justify;">When discussing Peter Purves (Steven Taylor)'s biography, another thing that's <b>discussed completely at face value are Purves' <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1138468/Yes-Valerie-lover-And-Lesley-Er-lets-just-say-gorgeous-Peter-Purves-dishes-Blue-Peter-dirt.html" target="_blank">numerous infidelities </a>during
his first marriage with several female coworkers from Doctor Who and
Blue Peter</b> 😬. Which I feel legitimizes his behaviour big time, and I also think that <b>we should hold the cast of any production for their problematic
aspects</b>, or at least not let those aspects be hidden under the rug, as
they often are
😐. While I quite like the character of Steven Taylor, I
was also pretty disappointed by the actor's behaviour and nonchalantly
phrased views on this matter, especially when talking about it in both interviews and his published biography. <br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>2.</b> <b><u>Race matters: Blackface, yellowface and Hartnell's racism</u></b>: <br /><br /><b>Matters having to do with
race</b>, however, were the issues that were <b>most of the time pretty much
literally ignored in these volumes</b>, which honestly baffled me 😐 (other sites including information about the production of Doctor Who, such as <b>TARDIS Wiki</b> and, especially, <a href="https://tvtropes.org/" target="_blank"><b>TV Tropes</b></a>, do tend to mention most of these instances, for example, if not always in an in-depth way). In
Classic Who we unfortunately see <b>several instances of blackface,
yellowface and a stereotyped use of orientalism</b>, and <b>we can actually see all of these together in season 3</b>: With <b>Mavic Chen</b> in '<b>Daleks' Master Plan</b>', the <b>Celestial
Toymaker</b> in the serial of the same name, and <b>Jano </b>in '<b>The Savages</b>'. In
spite of this, there's no mention of the <b>obsolete (and problematic)
characterization of both Mavic Chen and Jano </b>(as portrayed by <b>white actors in yellowface</b> (plus <b>either blackface or 'blueface'</b>), <b> and blackface</b>, respectively), and <b>only a vague </b>(stated at face value) <b> </b>mention of the
<b>Chinese Mandarin costume and stereotyped characterization </b>for the <b>Toymaker</b> (also played by<b> white actor Michael Gough</b>, although not in yellowface) (and let's also not forget that the original version of this serial also included a use of the N word in a nursery rhyme, still considered acceptable in the 1960s 😬). I find the way that these volumes literally ignored most of these issues - or neglected to be minimally critical of them in the scarce moments when they appeared - incredibly baffling, as it's something that current publications should certainly comment upon 😬.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6EMRvDoRa3MeoeRLCeYmCImoBHqFxz1IXrMVkqaPlFsTfOdKUiLaILc7S0Aa1mCgbTIw-B8y3XczZUWcWfmNMmVapyN9B0JSYyhGhEX4wXVoXiaBY8COFPBuy9zgyCIMDC-JmBNEjsVbPDeW8C4SvD34jrqK29pk6uN6NPxeZBB1Cm702_zfMoaavJQ/s3000/Collage%20Maker-28-Mar-2023-02-31-AM-2245.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6EMRvDoRa3MeoeRLCeYmCImoBHqFxz1IXrMVkqaPlFsTfOdKUiLaILc7S0Aa1mCgbTIw-B8y3XczZUWcWfmNMmVapyN9B0JSYyhGhEX4wXVoXiaBY8COFPBuy9zgyCIMDC-JmBNEjsVbPDeW8C4SvD34jrqK29pk6uN6NPxeZBB1Cm702_zfMoaavJQ/w400-h400/Collage%20Maker-28-Mar-2023-02-31-AM-2245.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Kevin Stoney as Mavic Chen in yellowface & blackface/'blueface' (left); Michael Gough as the Celestial Toymaker, dressed as a Chinese Mandarin (centre); and Frederick Jaeger as Jano in blackface (right).</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">-On <a href="https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWhoS3E4TheDaleksMasterPlan" target="_blank">TV Tropes</a>, <b>Mavic Chen</b> from '<b>The Daleks' Master Plan</b>' falls under '<b>Yellowface</b>' and '<b>Yellow Peril</b>': <i>"Mavic Chen has white hair, dark skin, and epicanthic eyefolds. Though
this does not come up in the story, Chen represents a future where
racial distinctions do not exist (...) In the script, he's even described as "part-Oriental" (...) Some eyewitness accounts
claim that he was actually in blueface". </i>None is this is mentioned in <b>Volume #06</b>.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>-</i>On <a href="https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/The_Celestial_Toymaker_(TV_story)" target="_blank">TARDIS Wiki</a>,<i> </i>regarding '<b>The Celestial Toymaker</b>', it is mentioned that <i>"the word "celestial" is itself an old <b>slur used to describe the Chinese</b>.
"The Celestial Toyroom" could therefore be the first episode of Doctor Who
to include a slur in its title. However, "celestial" can also be used
to refer to something relating to outer space (which is where The
Toymaker is from)."</i> In <b>Volume #07</b>, only the fact that Gough's Toymaker is (for some reason) <b>dressed as a 'Mandarin'</b>, is mentioned.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i> -</i>Both <a href="https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWhoS3E9TheSavages" target="_blank">TV Tropes</a> and <a href="https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/The_Savages_(TV_story)" target="_blank">TARDIS Wiki</a> address a <b>very problematic inicial idea for 'The Savages'</b> (even 'for the time period'), and this is only very vaguely mentioned in <b>Volume #08</b>:<i> "The advanced race was originally supposed to be played by actors in
blackface (the story's original title was "The White Savages") as a
parable about apartheid era South Africa. This got dropped except for
the city's leader Jano. Given that it would have given us a race of
black-skinned baddies and white-skinned goodies, this could well be
viewed as a good thing." </i>Indeed 😬.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAek8l76OBn4oixvfwH5I52JvLAcDJPqYSU8qgqMWGqtgk9raOnERTrWXIP3Z6OBP8ZSK9vttMazLbYiFwaykkFaHkzjN-MnUKgawJoNdjnVWPZtOb7e5lmCMzAmyRrNvPW0ANIQcBm_84nAA7gkMdhBuM7Gw0p0Dg5zq93oyGekTOVH8550C9vIrNZA/s599/f5ca508554fcc8f8273ba5ec2872a8393aa5345fr1-599-463v2_hq.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="463" data-original-width="599" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAek8l76OBn4oixvfwH5I52JvLAcDJPqYSU8qgqMWGqtgk9raOnERTrWXIP3Z6OBP8ZSK9vttMazLbYiFwaykkFaHkzjN-MnUKgawJoNdjnVWPZtOb7e5lmCMzAmyRrNvPW0ANIQcBm_84nAA7gkMdhBuM7Gw0p0Dg5zq93oyGekTOVH8550C9vIrNZA/s320/f5ca508554fcc8f8273ba5ec2872a8393aa5345fr1-599-463v2_hq.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Anneke Wills as Polly Wright (right), and Michael Craze as Ben Jackson (left)</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Volumes #07 and #08 </b>do comment on how
<b>Anneke Wills (Polly Wright) and Michael Craze (Ben Jackson) clashed </b>with
the<b> very conservative mindset of </b>First Doctor's actor<b> William Hartnell</b>, and especifically with his <b>very blatant racist views</b>,
with a quote from <b>Craze </b>stating that<b> Hartnell's racist stance made them
both very 'uncomfortable and ashamed'</b>, while <b>Wills </b>stated a similar sentiment
about <b>Hartnell's very old-fashioned views</b> (<i>see screenshots below</i> <i>at the end of the post</i>). </p><p style="text-align: justify;">One particular instance of
this racist mindset, however, is <b>never specified in this volume</b>, and it
was <b>Hartnell's overt opposition to the casting of black actor <u>Earl
Cameron</u> as astronaut Glynn Williams in 'The Tenth Planet'</b>, and then his
<b>unprofessional and deeply racist attitude towards him </b>during filming,
according to both Wills and Craze. <b>Cameron was the second black actor
with a speaking role in Doctor Who </b>(the first one being <b>Elroy Josephs</b> as the <b>stereotypically-named and stereotypically-portrayed pirate Jamaica</b> in just the former serial, '<b>The Smugglers</b>')<b>, and one of the first black actors to
play an astronaut on television</b>. <b>Volume #08</b>, which discusses 'The Tenth Planet', mentions <i>nothing </i>about any
of this, and the breakdown of the serial <b>doesn't </b>really <b>talk about Earl Cameron</b> at all, when I
think that <b>his role is very much worth noting regarding representation</b>,
at the very least, and <b>he would definitely have deserved to be featured</b> in this particular volume alongside the members of the cast and crew who are typically featured at the end of the discussion and breakdown of each serial 😕. He was the obvious choice for this serial's feature, in my opinion.<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikGUOpn7Gke9pTjZYMaXIultSi2ZuOdyUYbfjzhxiyqQkfftBYSL3qzlhP7zodXMLMVt4SAGt7xYVejHDjbd44d1JXtRO7LxWzvOahnfe2wb65nuR9WqM1g5xLmVmxql-Vpy3-oLplB8sh9dIUPWFED8P20Q4Jx8nyIhRV12LK6f502Gl-fpIKyn08yQ/s1080/EcEyUVOWAAEuJJe.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikGUOpn7Gke9pTjZYMaXIultSi2ZuOdyUYbfjzhxiyqQkfftBYSL3qzlhP7zodXMLMVt4SAGt7xYVejHDjbd44d1JXtRO7LxWzvOahnfe2wb65nuR9WqM1g5xLmVmxql-Vpy3-oLplB8sh9dIUPWFED8P20Q4Jx8nyIhRV12LK6f502Gl-fpIKyn08yQ/s320/EcEyUVOWAAEuJJe.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Earl Cameron as astronaut Glynn Williams in 'The Tenth Planet'</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="https://doctorwhomagazine.com/doctor-who-magazine/doctor-who-magazine-520/" target="_blank">Doctor Who magazine 520</a></b> (January 2018) featured an <b>interview with the late Earl Cameron</b>, who was then 100 years old, and he commented on the<b> continuous racism that he had to put up with in the film and TV industry, </b>including <b>Hartnell's unprofessional and racist attitude towards him</b> (a non-stop racism that he had learned to live with because there was no other option, so people shouldn't take his words in the interview as any kind of leniency for Hartnell's attitude 😬). There was literally <b>no reason why volume #08 of this collection (2016) didn't mention any of this</b>, seeing as these books feature most important details about the cast and crew, pre-production, production, post-production, publicity, audience reactions and merchandise about each serial:<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAqNhdLfTy06IaKPMgQFcO1sjrriVQ9fG3YmS0wYjuhOPVNWJxBBwoRM1Wxw8xj9heHVd_WSxKrM45cA7WzRId9rCbjBlCHlNAlfsrf-YwhqDJ3O10lC-Tsk10BF0K8IAZDmev_rlMWT2HCwKYqupoPImXA679SyF9jh6q4nfh46wb0hPFfTc0vM_1hg/s456/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(4566).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="456" data-original-width="351" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAqNhdLfTy06IaKPMgQFcO1sjrriVQ9fG3YmS0wYjuhOPVNWJxBBwoRM1Wxw8xj9heHVd_WSxKrM45cA7WzRId9rCbjBlCHlNAlfsrf-YwhqDJ3O10lC-Tsk10BF0K8IAZDmev_rlMWT2HCwKYqupoPImXA679SyF9jh6q4nfh46wb0hPFfTc0vM_1hg/w308-h400/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(4566).png" width="308" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2XiedO3y5EQWmYPyTIwT_ZtTdlCclmgz4oqXeHiEoyi_pqbfVsbgHx4DqwzrxQoOD3_g9JwSarMu8EzWyUKXZbj8-mrHjH_nElJoSSUtxr21RiVwrefXSp6G9R3pUGvtO6PrezkHaBvccj1oY6NCokGS47Z8ECysfJArzrZ8pEiNQTRh-IaxTmzXl6Q/s590/Sin%20t%C3%ADtulo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="336" data-original-width="590" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2XiedO3y5EQWmYPyTIwT_ZtTdlCclmgz4oqXeHiEoyi_pqbfVsbgHx4DqwzrxQoOD3_g9JwSarMu8EzWyUKXZbj8-mrHjH_nElJoSSUtxr21RiVwrefXSp6G9R3pUGvtO6PrezkHaBvccj1oY6NCokGS47Z8ECysfJArzrZ8pEiNQTRh-IaxTmzXl6Q/w640-h364/Sin%20t%C3%ADtulo.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>3.</b> <b><u>Discussing these issues is important for any time period</u></b>:<br /><br />And
to conclude, why do I think that all this is so important? Because <b>women, BIPOC people,
queer LGBT+ people, and other minorities have been forced to stay silent
about their discrimination and discomfort in the workplace (and other
areas) for decades and centuries</b>, and it's <b>high time that any
informative book </b>talking about the production of a series (or about any other topic) <b>were
completely transparent about these issues</b> - and also, yes, critical
about it, because it's <b>important to be critical of inequality even when
contextualizing said inequality 'in its historical time</b>', and <b>'<i>it was
how things were done back then/it was a different time/generation</i>' is no valid excuse</b> - Many of these issues
are still happening today, so <b><u>not talking about them in the past is
making the present worse because the silencing and discomfort, and the
privilege and discrimination and inequality are still going on</u></b> in most cases, unfortunately, and <b>in too many cases it's still happening in a worryingly similar level</b>. <b><u>Not being critical of discrimination, anywhere and in any period where it may appear, ensures that a system will continue to legitimize and normalize said discrimination, till it becomes so commonplace we don't even question it</u></b>.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I feel
that the account in these volumes was often sugarcoated, whether
consciously or not, by not mentioning many of these issues, or simply by
describing them at face value. But hopefully this will not be a trend of
the full collection! </p><p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2ly1FX2bup0LJ8UFjOFP8IWdJQMCi8ETGcCo92I9PxxAWuUle8POVUi8_4nVQT2T3-1Ru-6XKYCq-vui9iKcZ9QukfSEed09a950tJ_6C4nI3bAmGQRyuy4z2AmMfPFbnXrNsN-g6lWb_QT5K3gMhrXTdniqmLiYbNjr34BgKDNxw3HeouDlYYqYUgA/s540/tumblr_otautw2RCA1roco90o5_540.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="251" data-original-width="540" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2ly1FX2bup0LJ8UFjOFP8IWdJQMCi8ETGcCo92I9PxxAWuUle8POVUi8_4nVQT2T3-1Ru-6XKYCq-vui9iKcZ9QukfSEed09a950tJ_6C4nI3bAmGQRyuy4z2AmMfPFbnXrNsN-g6lWb_QT5K3gMhrXTdniqmLiYbNjr34BgKDNxw3HeouDlYYqYUgA/s320/tumblr_otautw2RCA1roco90o5_540.webp" width="320" /></a></p><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i></i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> And finally, here's some <b>screenshots </b>from the books tackling some of these issues<i> (find them sorted under topic, and click on the pic or open new tab for a larger size, as usual)</i>: <i><br /></i></p><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><i>The <b><u>Drahvins from 'Galaxy 4'</u> </b>are repeteadly described as the both male-gazey and misogynistic combo of <b>"sexy, blonde women" who are "emotionless and callous" in a very "unfeminine" way</b> </i>🙄😑<i>. Never was a fan (understatement of the year) of the trope that goes 'when women have ostensible power and agency in a species/society, they have to be misandric emotionless machines in a matriarchal society that's the same as a (standard, normalized) patriarchal society, but reversed' - This trope serves as <b>good misogynistic propaganda, but also make them super sexy for the male gaze</b> </i>😑!<i> (And the fact that it was Verity Lambert's idea to make the Drahvins female doesn't mean that men didn't also write them following this very sexist trope, btw, expressing enthusiasm about working with 'beautiful blondes' instead of providing actual representation). Also, interesting that one aspect of their unfeminine ways is their (romantic) disinterest for men, lol </i>🙄.</li></ul><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinf6tBF6U5O__LvWZwTIYFqTRIlRQ144PjfmPy-Ohc2T1PnrbALol9SgJ5hO6PjGGhLPXOzuuYHw5-pwKip7i_CuE-LDJDP-ahLzLkZvGoP-ZusWZfLLZKtGZwrHgJp0hNZaDEmsTNPZPSSzpLHsrkBGSaWf_XrJXp87jkco6QuCrn1lFlJ0tIEa7vqQ/s1274/331503140_1327626284468220_149849147753204151_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1274" data-original-width="1029" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinf6tBF6U5O__LvWZwTIYFqTRIlRQ144PjfmPy-Ohc2T1PnrbALol9SgJ5hO6PjGGhLPXOzuuYHw5-pwKip7i_CuE-LDJDP-ahLzLkZvGoP-ZusWZfLLZKtGZwrHgJp0hNZaDEmsTNPZPSSzpLHsrkBGSaWf_XrJXp87jkco6QuCrn1lFlJ0tIEa7vqQ/s320/331503140_1327626284468220_149849147753204151_n.jpg" width="258" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUv_DbPEjtUaTLZAIk8blEMfeH5BYAZjZtuH37fLn_p9T7EYpUM4AvsCnqe58DUpZsB5mmdxHHQjYftlrhGWtjYb3egWhGbp6ZVQNqQwBFNrov_pGzYU10dFeU2dfdQNeiklCTwDi6Zgrbnk-6tzvBfHkZU2qG3u8u0p78ctCO5oP7QGOAzx2xu0-m8Q/w400-h225/Katarina-1920x1080.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Katarina deserved way better too, tbh.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b><u><i>Miscelanea</i></u></b>: <i>Thanks to Mrs Stroud for keeping the Daleks in Doctor Who</i> 😄</li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5UoJ-0mTM9UBY652LpmNM1afO49gMToec8YXKOFdUBw31zanUU5uZqoWxukO-OQ4YwitpWWk0Ln4BzAWFsJLSQYX8qZEYx7cmwK2CO61Q8m9dbsgUreeTdExiJ5sgy_z5AmObGrN9d5ZvVpBNygAAOoruzZzE-SuAx8wdFQtg-gSaYNiWdzA-1nPZcw/s1920/IMG_20230319_170201_546.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5UoJ-0mTM9UBY652LpmNM1afO49gMToec8YXKOFdUBw31zanUU5uZqoWxukO-OQ4YwitpWWk0Ln4BzAWFsJLSQYX8qZEYx7cmwK2CO61Q8m9dbsgUreeTdExiJ5sgy_z5AmObGrN9d5ZvVpBNygAAOoruzZzE-SuAx8wdFQtg-gSaYNiWdzA-1nPZcw/w360-h640/IMG_20230319_170201_546.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><b><i><u>About Polly and Ben</u></i></b>: <i>Featuring more <b>male gaze</b>, with <b>Polly being thought of as a 'pretty and trendily dressed' young woman that would "hopefully attract the dads"</b> as one of her main functions (ew </i>😖<i>). A female (sigh) member of the public additionally commented on <b>how Polly should be the one doing the housechores in the TARDIS, because she's the woman in the team</b>, and how she's also failing as a woman because her more assertive, trendy characterization would makie more 'more inept at sewing, cooking and cleaning' (wtf </i>😵<i>) </i><i>(this line of thought of Polly being the one who should be cleaning the TARDIS was actually brought up as one of the instances of lampshaded 60s misogyny featuring the episode '<b>Twice Upon a Time</b>' in New Who).</i></li></ul><i></i></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijoxd9wv80hW9BzbW8LO_JpT6Ct7EeRnfzpdfOx_xJFgDGohuUM2GMCDjFVb7OwSUsqqhMjxeGWMExjpnW4aWbRhML-A46Ib7BRkVeF7y40RSaFcEjkB4Q2U2jppN8x-D3cV3TzP3KjLqq_Cwoqf733hRnC24wRb5x3woHPVC7RiUBQHrIql4L01YSHA/s286/895c765a88062e3d13b6f6647887a4242ca2c78e_hq.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="216" data-original-width="286" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijoxd9wv80hW9BzbW8LO_JpT6Ct7EeRnfzpdfOx_xJFgDGohuUM2GMCDjFVb7OwSUsqqhMjxeGWMExjpnW4aWbRhML-A46Ib7BRkVeF7y40RSaFcEjkB4Q2U2jppN8x-D3cV3TzP3KjLqq_Cwoqf733hRnC24wRb5x3woHPVC7RiUBQHrIql4L01YSHA/s1600/895c765a88062e3d13b6f6647887a4242ca2c78e_hq.gif" width="286" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Why are men, am I right?</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><i> </i></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKwh2CIv9REQgoRVGyVeEO_NgU5LojaGQ73cufcDCfeIAtfacm0iW8C0YNBoMWPl3XdLVoYPZfHuiyCG1dPASUf6yJidOiFRaEvcMeuSawOIo3D6SGtjjjszSGYrgL83upX8BBTnLbqScgeqo4GyFHb6sJLievkgVU0duVzTAhthBgbehXGboRCz4mFA/s1233/335478400_708152897728646_8821950490005672085_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1233" data-original-width="972" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKwh2CIv9REQgoRVGyVeEO_NgU5LojaGQ73cufcDCfeIAtfacm0iW8C0YNBoMWPl3XdLVoYPZfHuiyCG1dPASUf6yJidOiFRaEvcMeuSawOIo3D6SGtjjjszSGYrgL83upX8BBTnLbqScgeqo4GyFHb6sJLievkgVU0duVzTAhthBgbehXGboRCz4mFA/s320/335478400_708152897728646_8821950490005672085_n.jpg" width="252" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij3J6nhHm2nldP4q9y2V1df84tYv8p5bUdNBj0wtN7g9RSYBvgy2b6SOrrLEhV1DAxuJW0CKwAxxQ1YAgw5AqpMUraYG0-lORIaPUiNUQFZvobuQBKtNmh7ZOXCVdiOYjrrDEKWfha16wbiIYudC16Q5mbDhoQPYxrmAXIBkZRJ0hgr3QjCv-EXhPjLg/s810/IMG_20230311_194457.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="770" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij3J6nhHm2nldP4q9y2V1df84tYv8p5bUdNBj0wtN7g9RSYBvgy2b6SOrrLEhV1DAxuJW0CKwAxxQ1YAgw5AqpMUraYG0-lORIaPUiNUQFZvobuQBKtNmh7ZOXCVdiOYjrrDEKWfha16wbiIYudC16Q5mbDhoQPYxrmAXIBkZRJ0hgr3QjCv-EXhPjLg/s320/IMG_20230311_194457.png" width="304" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj26QIFEXEtqfJG7VRy2r2vz_Uk9asU4dQpN8dflhfqaL5hVJu4EnAczGQb5Y4I51wXVnhbMXW9Rza6yIjAhT5-dcgdYWDalCHClhenGtCgEXgB1frhwjuby0KQ_9pOWt98cUb7YSGzrmzXlkhwk9EqkP5uju9d-tC7Rxb6SU_4klnU5PZrXwVXOdVGsA/s502/Polly_Wright.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="502" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj26QIFEXEtqfJG7VRy2r2vz_Uk9asU4dQpN8dflhfqaL5hVJu4EnAczGQb5Y4I51wXVnhbMXW9Rza6yIjAhT5-dcgdYWDalCHClhenGtCgEXgB1frhwjuby0KQ_9pOWt98cUb7YSGzrmzXlkhwk9EqkP5uju9d-tC7Rxb6SU_4klnU5PZrXwVXOdVGsA/w320-h310/Polly_Wright.webp" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Polly was much, much more than "a pretty girl for the pervy dads" (ew)!<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><div><div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><b><u><i>Hartnell's racism, via statements from Anneke Wills and Michael Craze</i></u></b>: <i>Both actors talked on several interviews about their strained relationship with William Hartnell, and especially because of his conservative, 'old-fashioned' mindset. They especifically commented on how <b>Hartnell's overt racism made them uncomfortable and ashamed</b>, especially regarding Hartnell's treatment towards black actor <b>Earl Cameron</b>, who worked with them in 'The Tenth Planet'. </i><i>And like I similarly said above, if Wills and Craze in the 60s were against Hartnell's racist views -
why do people excuse the lack of criticism for 60s racism today with 'it
was another generation/time'? Nope, <b>there are people who endorse racism </b></i><b><i> (or misogyny, or any other kind of discrimination) </i></b><i><b>and people who don't, everywhere, in every period</b>. And <b>being
always critical of it whenever it may appear ensures that the system
doesn't uphold any kind of hate speech or discrimination as blatantly</b> as it tends to happen when it becomes commonplace and normalized :S.</i></li></ul><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha7_qmCD9WKn2Qqh6aF7cadl_UFDKB3rU1SSAn73_WHj7q96mMUKI2EqY7mBTT65IUv5eZLvxZ5mQ76S5trZ_J1rLG6rYuLeehco48oiUtEwiN6EV9aPvaUzKA6s7Zc_kGF4fvctls8Pfg5KX45Ed6qGvxCnTWbVduqvf0fJZ4jEjwPH-4B6krHNRIOQ/s506/333356997_171370265648581_1599453848432719446_n.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="459" data-original-width="506" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha7_qmCD9WKn2Qqh6aF7cadl_UFDKB3rU1SSAn73_WHj7q96mMUKI2EqY7mBTT65IUv5eZLvxZ5mQ76S5trZ_J1rLG6rYuLeehco48oiUtEwiN6EV9aPvaUzKA6s7Zc_kGF4fvctls8Pfg5KX45Ed6qGvxCnTWbVduqvf0fJZ4jEjwPH-4B6krHNRIOQ/s320/333356997_171370265648581_1599453848432719446_n.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5DGvjYbg6LJmsgeWtjal8RkliU7c4evB-OSgukuOa82lbuE-Rc_0XrB-4ambInv_ZSrDcfLPAb1PERDd5asjqReJXqM9_bZuHy3Lr1x8gWmb7d15mnRjIeEfHOGhdVFRV532ce_zUHwDXrF0hqFlukvBeYjPeOX4k-TdsbdT6kll9fiKNtcWEgist7g/s786/IMG_20230311_194554.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="604" data-original-width="786" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5DGvjYbg6LJmsgeWtjal8RkliU7c4evB-OSgukuOa82lbuE-Rc_0XrB-4ambInv_ZSrDcfLPAb1PERDd5asjqReJXqM9_bZuHy3Lr1x8gWmb7d15mnRjIeEfHOGhdVFRV532ce_zUHwDXrF0hqFlukvBeYjPeOX4k-TdsbdT6kll9fiKNtcWEgist7g/s320/IMG_20230311_194554.png" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhrPg9lYq6LzD3Z1YwIYk1YS8CNXEQYacJiuRSHHRYft1vkvoGTe0DUz1ox09Myr0Udaqp-2qtppydYxkXEGOJK8PUZTIsSi4cHzvU5P8qcRDoRhWXeSN9KhO68srrhO4Af_PdtxvqpmRLDnZyOEV8-cu92TNc3kdXYbJXtVps7M39flIm2Z8-Z5vmFQ/s560/dw-tenth-planet-2.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="560" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhrPg9lYq6LzD3Z1YwIYk1YS8CNXEQYacJiuRSHHRYft1vkvoGTe0DUz1ox09Myr0Udaqp-2qtppydYxkXEGOJK8PUZTIsSi4cHzvU5P8qcRDoRhWXeSN9KhO68srrhO4Af_PdtxvqpmRLDnZyOEV8-cu92TNc3kdXYbJXtVps7M39flIm2Z8-Z5vmFQ/s320/dw-tenth-planet-2.webp" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Polly and Ben be judging, rightly so</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And that's it for today! Tune in next month for more fandoms, feminism, Herstory and science 😃!</div></div></div>Arwendë Luhtiénë / Marta Lúthienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01043611744907294700noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255946979377638758.post-73749764799074635942023-03-19T19:14:00.004-07:002023-03-24T12:26:37.831-07:00Astrophysics - 2023 Open-doors seminars on science research at the UCM faculty of Physics<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZu-qcGpSbfPuQYhnbUqeq8h1QBhghAM4soEuT6cluqwkJoPDuJ5v5jqJMFkdbdNNJY8HykzH21errxr05O-6gN5oIRKcn4AVhmJzTIehzamQSvvUFZQ_Mlqjp78a6QMcU95altdoTBTmw3LfKeIKxoBXSWd8CaYFBN8KmaJbdS9Tmbwq00JOvOYdRbA/s4926/%C3%ADndice.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3284" data-original-width="4926" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZu-qcGpSbfPuQYhnbUqeq8h1QBhghAM4soEuT6cluqwkJoPDuJ5v5jqJMFkdbdNNJY8HykzH21errxr05O-6gN5oIRKcn4AVhmJzTIehzamQSvvUFZQ_Mlqjp78a6QMcU95altdoTBTmw3LfKeIKxoBXSWd8CaYFBN8KmaJbdS9Tmbwq00JOvOYdRbA/w640-h426/%C3%ADndice.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Another Astrophysics post <span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">😃</span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">🌟🪐🔭📚📐📊!</span> As part of the Astrophysics and Geophysics department of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), <b>last Wednesday I participated with a short talk about my recently defended </b><a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2022/08/im-doctor-not-that-doctor-astrophysics.html" target="_blank"><b>thesis</b></a><b> </b><b>project</b> <b>in an open-doors seminar </b>where several members from the university department talked about Astrophysics research in general, and their work in particular. These <b><a href="https://fisicas.ucm.es/jornadas-intro-inv-2023 " target="_blank">open-doors introductory seminars</a> about academic research in several scientific areas (XI Jornadas de introducción a la investigación) </b>spanned the whole week, and you can find all talks from our department listed here below 👇 . All PDF presentations from this seminar can also be accessed following <a href="https://fisicas.ucm.es/jornadas-intro-inv-2023 " target="_blank">this link</a> <span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">🌟.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXeas68dWsf4I4iDHh2UOvR2WvXv8m1DnxK_XCuUYdRbS3iGP7HVf2SmAlWUVCerSh2cRDdgZoNx5lBZOENgkkJCuYANp3Df3iyQ52SfuCQDayikKyQzp0D4rdZuqMgaHAsiaUXVmmnHECRZ1zG5QU6uGUxGIHkFGk6w4maNUUlyNUcxHu5dJBvLdqMQ/s1200/Jornadas2023_programa.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="831" data-original-width="1200" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXeas68dWsf4I4iDHh2UOvR2WvXv8m1DnxK_XCuUYdRbS3iGP7HVf2SmAlWUVCerSh2cRDdgZoNx5lBZOENgkkJCuYANp3Df3iyQ52SfuCQDayikKyQzp0D4rdZuqMgaHAsiaUXVmmnHECRZ1zG5QU6uGUxGIHkFGk6w4maNUUlyNUcxHu5dJBvLdqMQ/w640-h444/Jornadas2023_programa.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN-0doyWbn4ZvWQYKpBFKc57ahIkwqy84A5gqLo19SFt8ku4ciwbDvbbDMUnDOfqrjQjJKQK__uIG9849pKmtPtH_4vldzJCfHb1Wk6Mhq5Ie6v-FNTsjCEn6r2BvRlw4aA5TYW9YGbVcLm1hcutbE9KEg_z5mHX5qCYJOU7gX92kB_EPHMRO7ka0ydw/s1067/Screenshot_20230316-031828.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1018" data-original-width="1067" height="381" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN-0doyWbn4ZvWQYKpBFKc57ahIkwqy84A5gqLo19SFt8ku4ciwbDvbbDMUnDOfqrjQjJKQK__uIG9849pKmtPtH_4vldzJCfHb1Wk6Mhq5Ie6v-FNTsjCEn6r2BvRlw4aA5TYW9YGbVcLm1hcutbE9KEg_z5mHX5qCYJOU7gX92kB_EPHMRO7ka0ydw/w400-h381/Screenshot_20230316-031828.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/dmontesg_astro/" target="_blank"><b>Source</b></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">Here's the <b>PDF presentation from my contribution at the seminar </b>(which you can also find<b> <a href="https://fisicas.ucm.es/jornadas-intro-inv-2023" target="_blank">here</a></b>),<b> summarizing my thesis project</b>. I posted a very similar presentation (although this one is updated a bit) a while back in <b><a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2022/09/astrophysics-phd-project-sea-2022-and.html" target="_blank">my post about the 2022 SEA conference</a></b>: </span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><iframe height="700" src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QSeSviJPjxE5Pv2JX_VXYRDNlgTEd6QM/preview" width="700"></iframe> <br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> And to finish this short post, <b>some more images from the seminar</b>, featuring the <b>list of talks</b> from our Astrophysics department from that day, the <b>cover of my thesis project </b>alongside all the most recent theses that have been defended the past few years, and the first page of my <b><a href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020A%26A...643A..71G/abstract" target="_blank">2020 refereed Astronomy&Astrophysics article</a></b>:<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje4g1hLPhID40xF_mjfYTVtEbL-gN4PDNxyEC5Fo7MXhyDHY6c1f29_9emwp2mqn4AlQ2_U_j0h9LPYFkktP5LQJTDO7cbHA0oBXV2BfRHEoh4kzPyJlox9FjP584Mx5a5CPmDcKMfRmETHj0jju2V1bpEnRcEJH-iAurSFX4jxNppx3vjk94GZK3CzA/s1840/%C3%ADndice.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1840" data-original-width="1840" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje4g1hLPhID40xF_mjfYTVtEbL-gN4PDNxyEC5Fo7MXhyDHY6c1f29_9emwp2mqn4AlQ2_U_j0h9LPYFkktP5LQJTDO7cbHA0oBXV2BfRHEoh4kzPyJlox9FjP584Mx5a5CPmDcKMfRmETHj0jju2V1bpEnRcEJH-iAurSFX4jxNppx3vjk94GZK3CzA/w400-h400/%C3%ADndice.jpg" width="400" /></a> <br /></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I've still got a handful of Goodreads reviews I haven't posted on here, so here's another post of that! A Whovian one, with several <b>Big Finish short trips featuring the First Doctor and most of his companions</b> (Barbara, Ian, Susan, Vicki, Steven, Polly and Ben). I have listened to all First Doctor short trips to date, but I haven't reviewed all of them except for the star ratings, so here below I'll be listing both the audios I'll be discussing here, and those I have also listened to, but haven't reviewed yet, in case I end up expanding this post in the future!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The audios I will be discussing: </p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwgf24KD0-EgkwTPh5WYUK7v6J9wUB_YCNRJ_xvmWs8LqJfl7GCgpO9tPAmzlBiuJnc1rlxNRsuv5tsHkAX0A4odmouh3V9pr2e_5WIiR6YJG8KqvNkzyiuZpvzw1hk_1JEgV-itQTlIcL2g3sEHx8XS_cr2Xz9cZNXZV_sJNi2AgDyowiV6A0884wVQ/s2400/%C3%ADndice3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="2400" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwgf24KD0-EgkwTPh5WYUK7v6J9wUB_YCNRJ_xvmWs8LqJfl7GCgpO9tPAmzlBiuJnc1rlxNRsuv5tsHkAX0A4odmouh3V9pr2e_5WIiR6YJG8KqvNkzyiuZpvzw1hk_1JEgV-itQTlIcL2g3sEHx8XS_cr2Xz9cZNXZV_sJNi2AgDyowiV6A0884wVQ/w640-h160/%C3%ADndice3.jpg" width="640" /></a> <br /></div><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><i><b> </b></i><b><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26024048-doctor-who" target="_blank">Etheria </a></i></b>(2015, short trip #5.09, featuring <b>One, Vicki and Steven</b>).</li><li style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35387658-doctor-who" target="_blank">Falling</a> </i></b>(2017, short trip #7.05, featuring <b>One, Polly and Ben</b>).<br /></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38740191-doctor-who" target="_blank"><i><b>O Tannenbaum</b></i></a> (2017, short trip #7.12, featuring <b>One and Steven</b>).</li><li style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42088090-doctor-who" target="_blank">A Small Semblance of Home</a></i></b> (2018, short trip #8.09, featuring <b>One, Barbara, Ian and Susan</b>).<br /> </li></ul><p style="text-align: justify;">The audios I haven't written a review for, as yet: </p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiewUODfs8M7_cMthf4QTRyT_veiNhv05ACXsB2fnVNQ9AKFg3kDRMhgnYt0JJiC1jN89eEphZ9v-irB50FenssnU4_Dw-XcfReJZ_w92uU13oILr8t7wpy9wNjLNj4jITtuCmiB_JF-O3wlWL-mEwjo9eZVR8VVrYyAccVoRCphYnx0LJmf_YIJHO-1Q/s3000/%C3%ADndice2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="3000" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiewUODfs8M7_cMthf4QTRyT_veiNhv05ACXsB2fnVNQ9AKFg3kDRMhgnYt0JJiC1jN89eEphZ9v-irB50FenssnU4_Dw-XcfReJZ_w92uU13oILr8t7wpy9wNjLNj4jITtuCmiB_JF-O3wlWL-mEwjo9eZVR8VVrYyAccVoRCphYnx0LJmf_YIJHO-1Q/w640-h128/%C3%ADndice2.jpg" width="640" /></a> <br /></div><p></p><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><b><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23522121-doctor-who" target="_blank">Flywheel Revolution</a></i></b> (2015, short trip #5.01, featuring <b>One</b>, rated it <b>5/5</b>).</li><li><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33832904-doctor-who" target="_blank"><b>The Horror at Bletchington Station</b></a></i> (2016, short trips rarities #3.1, featuring <b>One and Dodo</b>; marked it with <b>2/5</b>, rating may change when revisiting it).</li><li><b><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30339716-doctor-who" target="_blank">This Sporting Life</a></i></b> (2016, short trip #6.05, featuring <b>One and Steven</b>, rated it <b>5/5</b>). </li><li><b><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50077674-doctor-who" target="_blank">Peace in Our Time</a></i></b> (2020, short trip #9.12, featuring <b>One and Steven</b>, rated it <b>4/5</b>).<br /></li><li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53980179-doctor-who" target="_blank"><b><i>Out of the Deep</i></b></a> (2020, short trip #10.06, featuring <b>One and Steven</b>, rated it <b>3/5</b>).<br /></li><li><b><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55017379-doctor-who" target="_blank">Home Again, Home Again</a></i></b> (2020, subscriber short trip #43, featuring <b>One, Barbara, Ian and Susan</b>, rated it <b>5/5</b>).<br /></li></ul><p>So let's go with those first four audios! <b>Spoilers for the plots!</b><br /></p><p>1. <u><b>Audio</b></u>:<i><b> </b></i><b><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26024048-doctor-who" target="_blank">Etheria</a> </i></b>(2015, short trip #5.09, featuring <b>One, Vicki and Steven</b>). Written by <b>Nick Wallace</b> and performed by <b>Peter Purves</b> (who plays Steven Taylor in<i> Doctor Who</i>). </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3868UT6Zz2L3-bVmhHrixHcZYSKL3oqYRilekvu_cxjons66vgVe3KnbuABWHJpXe7lBVIYdkUxkTGwaiFGgbKF888x_hkM_NYrA9I6VXwbt2DdVgUkkHE9lIzEUlo-I-T2MWPrygHaB-lXH0WuxsXGSD8hfNoXs0EktGSWiCFqyvdmN4ylDVZjom-w/s600/large.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3868UT6Zz2L3-bVmhHrixHcZYSKL3oqYRilekvu_cxjons66vgVe3KnbuABWHJpXe7lBVIYdkUxkTGwaiFGgbKF888x_hkM_NYrA9I6VXwbt2DdVgUkkHE9lIzEUlo-I-T2MWPrygHaB-lXH0WuxsXGSD8hfNoXs0EktGSWiCFqyvdmN4ylDVZjom-w/w200-h200/large.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><p><b>3/5. <b>Goodreads review</b> </b>also <b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2678472919" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a>. <br /></b></p><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">+1 Engaging narration style by <b>Peter Purves</b>, who played Steven Taylor in the series. For short trips he also always does
the voices of the First Doctor and, in this case, also for Vicki.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><u>Note</u></b>: <i>I recently found out via several sources about Purves' <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1138468/Yes-Valerie-lover-And-Lesley-Er-lets-just-say-gorgeous-Peter-Purves-dishes-Blue-Peter-dirt.html" target="_blank">numerous infidelities </a>during his first marriage with several female coworkers from Doctor Who and Blue Peter, and, while I quite like the character of Steven Taylor, I was also pretty disappointed by the actor's behaviour and nonchalantly phrased views on this matter :S. Similarly, yeah, we can note that William Hartnell was noticeably old-fashioned in his views (as Anneke Wills and Michael Craze commented on, for example), and his mindset included conservative sexist and racist notions. But in this particular case, seeing as Peter Purves features pretty heavily in these First Doctor
audiodramas, I'm dropping a comment on Purves specifically because, apart from the character vs actor/writer exercise we're often forced to make when we enjoy fandoms, we should also hold the cast of our fave fandoms accountable for their problematic
aspects, or at least not let those aspects be hidden under the rug as they often are
</i>😬<i>.</i><br /><br />+1 This
story <b>features mainly Vicki</b>, and I really like Steven as well, but Vicki
instantly makes anything 100% better in my personal experience 😃 xD</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFud1OKT3gQHr4Vzj_qDjF80_oTQ_rZdhmh_Q1GNBY-zmnOsll6MQlCB98rzItj3GrxGcy6COs1N76IBJqWzc9FAyvBqSCrVTj3awO4PXkpEckJdkA-RU8tbp6tz8OurNfBa2SH9XPr0wp0RdypFk5BMYrUQIlXdVe_XGUlKlJBTXDSvPVDL-rEc1EQQ/s400/tumblr_957f163ec9c79798e18bb553952068f3_8d86c326_400.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="400" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFud1OKT3gQHr4Vzj_qDjF80_oTQ_rZdhmh_Q1GNBY-zmnOsll6MQlCB98rzItj3GrxGcy6COs1N76IBJqWzc9FAyvBqSCrVTj3awO4PXkpEckJdkA-RU8tbp6tz8OurNfBa2SH9XPr0wp0RdypFk5BMYrUQIlXdVe_XGUlKlJBTXDSvPVDL-rEc1EQQ/w320-h240/tumblr_957f163ec9c79798e18bb553952068f3_8d86c326_400.webp" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">+-1
I enjoyed the idea of the <b>plot</b>, involving the TARDIS team being held
captive by Space Pirates and exposed to an oniric substance that makes
the Doctor and Vicki believe they're on a supernatural-behaving planet
on a quest to find the TARDIS, as well as rescue captive Steven.
However, the plot also dragged at times for me, and I didn't find it as
engaging as other Big Finish stories.<br /><br />-1 <b>Casual sexism</b>, patriarchal
'chivalry' edition: At the end, there's a moment when the Doctor asks
Steven to 'escort' Vicki to the TARDIS while he deals with the
antagonists. Couldn't he have said something along the lines of 'Vicki,
Steven, wait for me in the TARDIS'?? Additionally <b>grating seeing as
rescuing Steven was what the story was all about, and Vicki was the most proactive of the two companions throughout it</b>.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH5H44XupaZGyvbMT2IfoPNxLahoORs2EGfp_SNHmLe3MvDUeyViwphbOLpiQeVWot1YOB9YLwKDDajHt6gYNqGhMgA90fVdwvZBFp55Ve9k2opr6h79V8L74bWm-SyyQJqoG-UU2g_VYbPeim759b5PCHtsnY0VYP33EFpT8Z2zfFLOBu36836WZNdg/s400/tumblr_737f6b9f2778a27ed5865a787621598d_e5434f3a_400.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="400" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH5H44XupaZGyvbMT2IfoPNxLahoORs2EGfp_SNHmLe3MvDUeyViwphbOLpiQeVWot1YOB9YLwKDDajHt6gYNqGhMgA90fVdwvZBFp55Ve9k2opr6h79V8L74bWm-SyyQJqoG-UU2g_VYbPeim759b5PCHtsnY0VYP33EFpT8Z2zfFLOBu36836WZNdg/w320-h240/tumblr_737f6b9f2778a27ed5865a787621598d_e5434f3a_400.webp" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Vicki can definitely handle herself, thank you xD</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p> -1 Vicki is the only female character in the tale. </p><p> </p><p>2. <u><b>Audio</b></u>:<i><b> </b></i><b><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35387658-doctor-who" target="_blank">Falling</a> </i></b>(2017, short trip #7.05, featuring <b>One, Polly and Ben</b>). Written by <b>Jonathan Barnes</b> and performed by <b>Anneke Wills</b> (who plays Polly Wright in<i> Doctor Who</i>). </p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIn9CEqYgaeXcXw8xUQ3tOLxyx61iW4Ti-XywR-259tSRrSNqBAG1PDyV5TqddeR8OUKlttdvzstw_w9naQU61fjXCNctVbyc6OJvDdUO4HCT__Yjug_muabYY35rJUlFyTtFfyszmXXvN7fg3A8w2kGOe51QpVBI_WMbJbVRNsXO05lWzPOlS7KYKaQ/s600/2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIn9CEqYgaeXcXw8xUQ3tOLxyx61iW4Ti-XywR-259tSRrSNqBAG1PDyV5TqddeR8OUKlttdvzstw_w9naQU61fjXCNctVbyc6OJvDdUO4HCT__Yjug_muabYY35rJUlFyTtFfyszmXXvN7fg3A8w2kGOe51QpVBI_WMbJbVRNsXO05lWzPOlS7KYKaQ/w200-h200/2.jpg" width="200" /></a> <br /></div><p></p><b>3/5. <b>Goodreads review</b> </b>also <b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2684123144" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a>. </b><p style="text-align: justify;">+1 Engaging narration style by <b>Anneke Wills</b>, who plays <b>Polly </b>in <i>Doctor Who</i>, and here she also does the voices of Ben and the First Doctor.<br /><br />+1
Interesting<b> structure with flashbacks and flashforwards</b> - Polly, years
after stopping her travels with the Doctor, now married to Ben and on
the verge of moving houses, finds a memento which makes her recall a
former adventure with the Doctor.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj68MNV2zh-vB_wvX2OqtI3zm0QVgvtXF6CD4cxentb9GS8y6X06DPME4NfuShfSplsfS17kd8QRQlZdQgDPfqILnCMguCLH4LWTSVn8MVTAc0XewF358WIM9kHbsUJ7z4O97aaETFd5BKqEyh4ELUodPJvnq6vb-xf_i3PAAyaxUElcAoF2hNRtDHxIg/s250/tumblr_98ddf30b9c936ef0bf0afafda78336af_2147ed54_250.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="188" data-original-width="250" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj68MNV2zh-vB_wvX2OqtI3zm0QVgvtXF6CD4cxentb9GS8y6X06DPME4NfuShfSplsfS17kd8QRQlZdQgDPfqILnCMguCLH4LWTSVn8MVTAc0XewF358WIM9kHbsUJ7z4O97aaETFd5BKqEyh4ELUodPJvnq6vb-xf_i3PAAyaxUElcAoF2hNRtDHxIg/s1600/tumblr_98ddf30b9c936ef0bf0afafda78336af_2147ed54_250.webp" width="250" /></a></i></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Maybe they'll go to India next, like the canonical reference in Sarah-Jane Adventures?<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"> +1 <b>Continuity and parallels</b>:
There's some <b>foreshadowing about the First Doctor's regeneration</b>,
encountering in a rather dreamlike adventure an alien angel-like
creature with emerald-feathered wings who, similarly to the Ood with Ten, reminds the Doctor
that his present incarnation is close to its end (this adventure
supposedly happens exactly before '<b>The Tenth Planet</b>'). The angel also
mentions that he is the last of his species, another
foreshadowing for the <b>New!Who post Time-War Doctor</b>. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">First an
alien angel, then the future Twelfth Doctor...One is probably pretty fed
up with everyone trying to convince him into accepting to go through his
first regeneration 😅 xD</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKKDhhnfINP_W1zYCMTSb2BVq_PdlbQL-0fqbxCnCjScNlBeooaE09QHtasgme0oaUzT99TCGRsC7uQ0q-XSQ_eqCyf6Ng-Moe-MjfcXC38iTE0aMJGByD8A_CwdlK--U6qqgLNOVDod2L4QlJdkmyhnjBHcrrQ0Jiv3PCvdE-z0_bV4KMdzxCr7mWtA/s268/tumblr_p5naboku7q1qi8d2ko1_400.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="268" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKKDhhnfINP_W1zYCMTSb2BVq_PdlbQL-0fqbxCnCjScNlBeooaE09QHtasgme0oaUzT99TCGRsC7uQ0q-XSQ_eqCyf6Ng-Moe-MjfcXC38iTE0aMJGByD8A_CwdlK--U6qqgLNOVDod2L4QlJdkmyhnjBHcrrQ0Jiv3PCvdE-z0_bV4KMdzxCr7mWtA/s1600/tumblr_p5naboku7q1qi8d2ko1_400.gif" width="268" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">+-1 Companion <b>Ben Jackson is in my opinion a
bit too idealized in this story</b>, with Polly's narration emphasizing
more than once how reliable, kind, brave and loyal he is. Ben does show
all of these traits in the series, and Polly most definitely also holds her own in the series regarding agency and intelligence, but <b>Ben <i>also</i> pretty patronizing towards Polly more often than I'd prefer,
exhibiting casual sexism and male entitlement</b> (the infamous "<i>this is no job for a bird</i>" line
comes to mind, not to mention his '<i>you want to be careful who you encourage</i>' stellar introduction 🙃), and, <b>apart from some negative reactions from Polly, the series usually frames this as romantic chemistry, pretty much </b>😬. In view of this, I feel like some of these Short
Trips I have listened to forget or want to ignore those more problematic traits in
favour of portraying him as the ideal boyfriend/husband/man Polly can
always rely on :S </p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCp7yeVbsh6_MXGafIdsKfS4_vv6aCLZyt3jYmS9lYUj6a0vZt9etTI3YNTHrsKenqtYKJHGh39ySYbPjb6PdSHX_0qQrtJZHYjfpbmkPTyTliKvOk_4PX8KP2gEbovzhxp0xEKyYJHfCvGTykhHC4WhOuNA_O4dpTnv9asy9p6LkIhGghVhz8UmbSIQ/s400/941ac41c9c1d1a08015d622d982126d1.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="318" data-original-width="400" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCp7yeVbsh6_MXGafIdsKfS4_vv6aCLZyt3jYmS9lYUj6a0vZt9etTI3YNTHrsKenqtYKJHGh39ySYbPjb6PdSHX_0qQrtJZHYjfpbmkPTyTliKvOk_4PX8KP2gEbovzhxp0xEKyYJHfCvGTykhHC4WhOuNA_O4dpTnv9asy9p6LkIhGghVhz8UmbSIQ/w200-h159/941ac41c9c1d1a08015d622d982126d1.gif" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>And Ben's attitude in that respect is a pity, because if it weren't for that I guess they would make a cute couple. But Ben tends to make it more difficult by being unnecessarily chauvinistic and patronizing from time to time, when Polly clearly also holds her own perfectly, and Ben also gets scared sometimes, as humans do. Sigh.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">In this story especially, seeing as Polly and Ben are
married in 'present time' and the flashbacks also tend to focus on
their budding relationship. <b>The relationship portrayed - albeit maybe
idealized in this way - is not particularly problematic</b>, though, <b>with
Polly seemingly retaining agency and an active life</b>. Polly Wright has lost her
surname and become Polly Jackson, however 😕, as usual in English-speaking countries (a custom which, yep, is inherently patriarchal). </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><p>3. <u><b>Audio</b></u>:<i><b> </b></i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38740191-doctor-who" target="_blank"><i><b>O Tannenbaum</b></i></a> (2017, short trip #7.12, featuring <b>One and Steven</b>). Written by <b>Anthony Keetch</b> and performed by <b>Peter Purves</b>. </p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih8xOtgDE-RqSES26QqlGeUWFqAfaBTnW5THwnvFUEGHX_8HhxL4R4JvvhUT_FWsnDBDjHGBv0HTECi2skwV2-jr0DcV7_or8x5XsH50N9ZzotfMx6Dz4jMFkt3Br6rSXd8o40EJfq6-aEoD4ZgpclgcTOAxPtMCnc4xxRjdI_64vMTttcBBfDPm5bjQ/s600/3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih8xOtgDE-RqSES26QqlGeUWFqAfaBTnW5THwnvFUEGHX_8HhxL4R4JvvhUT_FWsnDBDjHGBv0HTECi2skwV2-jr0DcV7_or8x5XsH50N9ZzotfMx6Dz4jMFkt3Br6rSXd8o40EJfq6-aEoD4ZgpclgcTOAxPtMCnc4xxRjdI_64vMTttcBBfDPm5bjQ/w200-h200/3.jpg" width="200" /></a> <br /></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p></p><b>2.5/5. <b>Goodreads review</b> </b>also <b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2675481918"><b>here</b></a>. <br /></b><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Formatted">Christmas-themed stories are generally not
my cup of tea, and, apart from that, I found a couple of problematic
issues in this particular one. But I also found <b>Peter Purves' narration</b>
to be engaging, and I quite enjoyed Steven's pov in this story.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Formatted">+1 Great
narration and acting by Peter Purves aka Steven Taylor. His First
Doctor impression has really grown on me, and I personally think he gets Hartnell's
vocal mannerisms quite well.<b> I enjoyed Steven's point of view and the
fact that we learned a bit more about his backstory</b>. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Formatted">+1 Enjoyed the
<b>dynamic between the Doctor and Steven</b> in general. There's a moment when
Steven thinks about getting into a snowball fight with the Doctor but
thinks better of it because he doesn't want to get him grumpier </span>🤣<span class="Formatted">
Meanwhile, Steven is also cold and just wants to go to the beach xD</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWEl3PHj3s00y14566l5BLufHv9deKkwIS0CjvcArM_7oQJh74-zvFzV3WPpKrJI9Oy_wxgxLv8zKMY3eWCdy4_H26NvfqVam_CtoCI5-CJu3Cno5_krWgpfNSw1QMiapwPnTFnN4SgWTqlxNVuaQs-8rxxShg7FFEaeVjgDFbtAFcCBKm_pIBEY_Czw/s300/tumblr_mhzjnnPx141qcwhkeo2_400.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="300" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWEl3PHj3s00y14566l5BLufHv9deKkwIS0CjvcArM_7oQJh74-zvFzV3WPpKrJI9Oy_wxgxLv8zKMY3eWCdy4_H26NvfqVam_CtoCI5-CJu3Cno5_krWgpfNSw1QMiapwPnTFnN4SgWTqlxNVuaQs-8rxxShg7FFEaeVjgDFbtAFcCBKm_pIBEY_Czw/s1600/tumblr_mhzjnnPx141qcwhkeo2_400.gif" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Get Steven to the beach already, Doctor xD!</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Formatted">+1 We get some cute caring!Doctor moments when interacting with a little girl (<i>"I
returned downstairs to find that the Doctor, a man who could terrify
Daleks and bring down Galactic empires, was captivating a little girl
with a rabbit made from his handkerchief"</i>). Being Christmas, the little girl - <b>Gretta </b>- also wonders whether the Doctor is Father Christmas xD</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Formatted">+1 The
Doctor mentions the <b>pagan origins of the Yule tree</b>. Fed up as I am to
see narrow-minded Christian people getting affronted every single year when anyone dares to comment on the pre-Christian
origins of 'their' Winter holiday, I appreciated that moment very much xD </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Formatted"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij4-xQbgHIcHJr0hHIadqxrMByl7c5idbXrmupiR7w18nn6uOL4deQFv6WDgRGS8lepfQTOYXPjok2LLYkP9JrRw-T4gRIZK9-3CwD2tp2lTXLYTORCJwxTowDLKqqVYD-HWYnt9sWCFz9Yohv7WvFJbhK9JfYXLh0I2oMo1Hdq7xjjD7R8UCeLbGj0g/s498/doctor-who-first-doctor.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="373" data-original-width="498" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij4-xQbgHIcHJr0hHIadqxrMByl7c5idbXrmupiR7w18nn6uOL4deQFv6WDgRGS8lepfQTOYXPjok2LLYkP9JrRw-T4gRIZK9-3CwD2tp2lTXLYTORCJwxTowDLKqqVYD-HWYnt9sWCFz9Yohv7WvFJbhK9JfYXLh0I2oMo1Hdq7xjjD7R8UCeLbGj0g/s320/doctor-who-first-doctor.gif" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>One is offending the narrow-minded religious folks and being happy about it xD</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij4-xQbgHIcHJr0hHIadqxrMByl7c5idbXrmupiR7w18nn6uOL4deQFv6WDgRGS8lepfQTOYXPjok2LLYkP9JrRw-T4gRIZK9-3CwD2tp2lTXLYTORCJwxTowDLKqqVYD-HWYnt9sWCFz9Yohv7WvFJbhK9JfYXLh0I2oMo1Hdq7xjjD7R8UCeLbGj0g/s498/doctor-who-first-doctor.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><span class="Formatted">+1 There's
some typically Whovian <b>subversion of the good/evil binarism</b> in the plot, as well
as some <b>environment-related social criticism</b> (but not as much as I would
have liked, as I'll discuss below): The antagonists are <b>alien trees who
attack people back when being felled</b> (Whovian Ents, kinda!), and rather
than being 2D 'baddies', they have motivations and a backstory behind
their violence. And the Doctor speaks Tree - of course he does </span>😂<span class="Formatted"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilGcsq883MZC5lB4_oSZpTqPuhyQlAQT4NRBqzRxHWann5IAAMSoe2UnqmElIrx8mgstbVdnwU_2Qtbh1JSP2IjpSFN6eI8Py9bDGjlcp5d33ao4-rnDx9XVWTTGb_vjNjh9kXQzs-OfzOuF8PLEqwZmuRqRLcAhDhYQNmhVM80cNO-YAUUKEM6aB8mQ/s220/lotr-treebeard.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="144" data-original-width="220" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilGcsq883MZC5lB4_oSZpTqPuhyQlAQT4NRBqzRxHWann5IAAMSoe2UnqmElIrx8mgstbVdnwU_2Qtbh1JSP2IjpSFN6eI8Py9bDGjlcp5d33ao4-rnDx9XVWTTGb_vjNjh9kXQzs-OfzOuF8PLEqwZmuRqRLcAhDhYQNmhVM80cNO-YAUUKEM6aB8mQ/w320-h210/lotr-treebeard.gif" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Treebeard approves</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Formatted">+-1 This is more of an exploration of <b>the more problematic aspects of the dynamic between the Doctor and Steven</b> more than an actual fault of the audio - When describing the dynamic from Steven's pov, we see how it is
sometimes not as equal or healthy as he (and I) would like - More than once Steven
feels like he has to tread carefully in order not to make the Doctor
grumpy, and when the danger is over, the Doctor decides when they're
going back to the TARDIS, with Steven reluctantly following because if
not he would have to put up with a '<i>barrage of petulance for being
late</i>', while thinking about how he would like to '<i>hang out with more
people doing non-threatening things'</i> for a while longer </span>😕. The series also explored the more fraught aspects of this dynamic at the end of 'The Massacre (of Saint Bartholomew's Eve)', with Steven being fed up at the Doctor's attitude after experimenting several rather traumatic adventures one after the other.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Formatted"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeCyAAFO0iY3GKnwT3V3c6HL8bOGL9a0exVo6xBa3Egoe1XDGSHDbMokkawlEPV9e0MHgqLYhUwMf643xJzsK6xR_3BAb3Y5RT4uovuF3d_-cS5N5hXHKGLRTziI2Vq_XBuEi-tucXS1rWHnykRrlQr7FJQZpeQGo6F5RiS4_E37r5w86SG0Bahqe6Gw/s245/BqE2.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="184" data-original-width="245" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeCyAAFO0iY3GKnwT3V3c6HL8bOGL9a0exVo6xBa3Egoe1XDGSHDbMokkawlEPV9e0MHgqLYhUwMf643xJzsK6xR_3BAb3Y5RT4uovuF3d_-cS5N5hXHKGLRTziI2Vq_XBuEi-tucXS1rWHnykRrlQr7FJQZpeQGo6F5RiS4_E37r5w86SG0Bahqe6Gw/w200-h150/BqE2.gif" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The First Doctor (alongside other incarnations) be often like that, sigh.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Formatted">And now for the things I didn't like as much from the story </span>😅<span class="Formatted">:</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Formatted">-1 There's
<b>only one female character in the story</b>, the young girl, and she doesn't
do much more than be frightened of the whole situation in general :S</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Formatted">+-1 Like I
said, Christmas-themed stories are not really my fave genre, as they're often full of highly <b>idealized and normartive issues regarding established societal
holidays+the family system</b>. It's nothing particularly overboard in this
case, and I actually enjoyed some of the Christmass-y moments (such as
the little girl mistaking One for Father Christmas or Steven saying the
famous ending line from 'The Feast of Steven' in 'The Daleks' Master Plan' serial - "Merry Christmas to all of you at home" - as a way to finish this
story). But yeah </span>😅<span class="Formatted"></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="Formatted"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq7bffh-tA1L05eacX_dQcLydmXFvUzlueJi8Gen4nGF0SOqhMPsh6ha-7iqHYPp-udqXqeV5GyZOJexWHageO2wMHYws2BcO28W4LOVTmi_C686wYPMYObo7pX_yr4MdPX4rOtirX-JTVunTMV4mAipNdyZIAsKXZL10jlT2nbmDH8GQvcDddS-0cLA/s500/tumblr_7d21b98c2ce8c23151d645139deb6a55_e910e69f_500.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="500" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq7bffh-tA1L05eacX_dQcLydmXFvUzlueJi8Gen4nGF0SOqhMPsh6ha-7iqHYPp-udqXqeV5GyZOJexWHageO2wMHYws2BcO28W4LOVTmi_C686wYPMYObo7pX_yr4MdPX4rOtirX-JTVunTMV4mAipNdyZIAsKXZL10jlT2nbmDH8GQvcDddS-0cLA/w200-h160/tumblr_7d21b98c2ce8c23151d645139deb6a55_e910e69f_500.gif" width="200" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Formatted">-1 The aspect I found the
cringiest in this tale is that t<b>he Doctor solves the violent situation
between the humans and the trees by invoking these holiday values in a
way that I found pretty problematic </b>- The trees got initially violent
because the little girl's father had felled one to be the Christmas tree
for their cottage, and the Doctor claims...that the trees should not be
feeling attacked basically because humans have always thought of
Yule/Christmas trees in terms of light, love and hospitality </span>🙃🤷♀️<span class="Formatted">. But <b>that
doesn't take away the fact that a sentient tree was <i>killed </i></b>all the same <i>(and personally, for a reason that's way more unnecessary and problematic than needing timber or fire wood, just saying)</i>, and as such, <b>the trees <i>had</i> a pretty valid reason to feel attacked</b>.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5cy6Y8OSJul2miXvlOPMdQnmOWjQ-leoYGUPpZQMj26xnWp_FUmItzrvrkVJ4aaI-nw9aQL_x6arNgcYm0al1AEDLWksEC_0_ngG4F0Elr_f3TVO8b-IdtBBg8vJO0tg-OYDmbmEy4x33mVwDkqytPYPkAPJS1Hu5v9SdhKLlLC0V8k0OqqQ6VTwxdA/s444/TanScientificGerenuk-size_restricted.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="444" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5cy6Y8OSJul2miXvlOPMdQnmOWjQ-leoYGUPpZQMj26xnWp_FUmItzrvrkVJ4aaI-nw9aQL_x6arNgcYm0al1AEDLWksEC_0_ngG4F0Elr_f3TVO8b-IdtBBg8vJO0tg-OYDmbmEy4x33mVwDkqytPYPkAPJS1Hu5v9SdhKLlLC0V8k0OqqQ6VTwxdA/s320/TanScientificGerenuk-size_restricted.gif" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>That's a bit like telling Treebeard and Co that in Maiar culture Saruman's destruction of trees comes from a place of love and hospitality, so they shouldn't be bothered </i>😅</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="Formatted"></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Formatted"><b>I approved of the Doctor's typically epic pacifist speech about how it's not always
right to answer violence with violence and how communication is key in
order to understand each other</b>, and so on, but in the context of this plot, it rang in a rather oddly fashion in the context of the final lesson of the story - which is<b> </b>that <b>the trees basically end up being all friendly because
the Doctor convinces them that sporadically killing them</b> <b>for
decoration/superstition/tradition reasons is done in a way that has 'nothing to
do with malice, cruelty or wanton destruction', so it's OK!</b><i> </i>Cringy af.<i> </i>I also personally beg to
differ in our real life context about this topic, because, even when they're not sentient, what is felling trees in order to decorate your house
for a month, tops, if not falling under the category of wanton destruction, a little bit </span>😅<span class="Formatted">?<i> </i> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Formatted">And <b>the fact that the trees are freaking sentient in this story complicates things even more</b>. I mean, that's a
bit like the Doctor concluding that if a person happened to be killed as part of a
holiday which was theoretically about "love and light" and all-round
"positive values"</span><span class="Formatted">, that would make it all good and no one should feel
attacked - which sounds pretty absurd and very un-Doctorly indeed, right? </span><i><span class="Formatted">(only, human sacrifices at festivities that are theoretically about light and prosperity have happened historically more than we'd like to think, in too many places </span></i>😬<i><span class="Formatted">).</span></i><span class="Formatted"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Formatted"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyK_aUqmgWAUEKksUfITc6obRuH167lMoDQO1giGkux-WzlwJyRQ28RsJL7NNh7Io0fS3k9LtB4QzLv9LfCDNsE2ewCYN10S8L8-RkUdKwkcEENYTTD7N2qJ8vMGkcp_y_CcFYKDc1i1aUVTPe2wXfkoTPSuqg6x0-TfYEWiO8xZTFrtd8hDDw1QjBVA/s526/treebeard-lotr.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="316" data-original-width="526" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyK_aUqmgWAUEKksUfITc6obRuH167lMoDQO1giGkux-WzlwJyRQ28RsJL7NNh7Io0fS3k9LtB4QzLv9LfCDNsE2ewCYN10S8L8-RkUdKwkcEENYTTD7N2qJ8vMGkcp_y_CcFYKDc1i1aUVTPe2wXfkoTPSuqg6x0-TfYEWiO8xZTFrtd8hDDw1QjBVA/s320/treebeard-lotr.gif" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Formatted">I would have preferred that the end result would have been that both parties would have simply
apologized for their respective misunderstadings and errors, come to terms with their respective violence, and reached an actual
truce <b>where trees are also <i>not </i>happy to provide some of their own for the humans' festivities, because the humans would have understood that..murdering sentient trees because of Christmas is unnecessary and a little bit wrong</b> </span>🙃<span class="Formatted">. They did reach a truce in this case, but I'm not that much
of a fan of a solution along the lines of 'because this religion/holiday
actually means well, you shouldn't feel attacked for their actual
violence' :S Christmas comes before anything else! Lol nope. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Formatted">-1 And finally, the Doctor includes <b>the infamous 'smacked
bottom' line</b> in his scolding speech against the trees' violence, and
I really hate that (sexist) Hartnell line, so I'm
definitely not a fan of that addition, and I don't like the idea that One would say that line often </span>😑<span class="Formatted"> (ew).</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Formatted"><br /></span></p><p>4. <b><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42088090-doctor-who" target="_blank">A Small Semblance of Home</a></i></b> (2018, short trip #8.09, featuring <b>One, Barbara, Ian and Susan</b>). Written by <b>Paul Phipps </b>and performed by <b>Carole Ann Ford</b> (who plays Susan Foreman in<i> Doctor Who</i>). </p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmPcRirOUgwo7xyJomtm2xM5m_Uic9prWQASUQ3reOFiXaSGzE33omOh2J7TOsjECmaQ9rMjazSa5cLGS2wZmuD_Yle1j2NU11kAGtyBnEN0v6fSqvTTzK7Z6CQLPk95pxNT3OSj0JliE5QUT7KDnnxC83FJSHNT8DC5-2WpNiwlOS6Go2e7qUDr_jng/s600/4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmPcRirOUgwo7xyJomtm2xM5m_Uic9prWQASUQ3reOFiXaSGzE33omOh2J7TOsjECmaQ9rMjazSa5cLGS2wZmuD_Yle1j2NU11kAGtyBnEN0v6fSqvTTzK7Z6CQLPk95pxNT3OSj0JliE5QUT7KDnnxC83FJSHNT8DC5-2WpNiwlOS6Go2e7qUDr_jng/w200-h200/4.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p></p><b>3/5. <b>Goodreads review</b> </b>also <b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2710824807" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a>. <br /></b><p style="text-align: justify;">+1 Engaging and enjoyable narration style by <b>Carole Ann Ford</b>, who played <b>Susan
Foreman</b>, the Doctor's granddaughter from Gallifrey, in the series. In this audio she also voices the First Doctor, Barbara and Ian.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhImYmK13EYAP0FFctmNF7OEwQPndPA21x4-fuVBN_CYBjCKbEvIObaeBels_SWJCK6C_w93zCSvqKDc6Vb_2iLV9mB_iHyv9oWOkYeXSfUchqBqnHsTYbx_ahRb0C7Rc1IU9bmBKc_vs9zSvonf8Yi6KrH5S0TbDcJQO57fL-sruHA8gICrIGFoSHUuw/s1280/Hartnell-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="979" data-original-width="1280" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhImYmK13EYAP0FFctmNF7OEwQPndPA21x4-fuVBN_CYBjCKbEvIObaeBels_SWJCK6C_w93zCSvqKDc6Vb_2iLV9mB_iHyv9oWOkYeXSfUchqBqnHsTYbx_ahRb0C7Rc1IU9bmBKc_vs9zSvonf8Yi6KrH5S0TbDcJQO57fL-sruHA8gICrIGFoSHUuw/w320-h245/Hartnell-2.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The first TARDIS Team!</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">+1
In this story, the First Doctor searches for tea leaves, planning to
include tea in the TARDIS food machine (apparently they didn't have it
before! 🤣), in order to make Barbara (and Ian) feel more at home, and it's
such a British trope thing to do xDD </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>“I
know things haven’t been easy, my dear, and that’s why I’ve been
looking for this plant, these tea leaves, because I knew it was the one
thing I could do to make this silly old ship a little more comforting
for you.” </i>(I think that Barbara and Ian would also appreciate it if you knew how to drive the TARDIS and didn't put them in danger every single time, though 😅).<br /><br />+1 It's also <b>a story that
mainly revolves around Barbara and her inner thoughts and feelings about
her adventures with the Doctor</b>. And it's always refreshing to encounter a story that focuses on how the female characters feel and think, so yay. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtjlmCmkCJ4PCjcHhlz0byKbaK7gGoaUCIcOXtJ_-TcnxTfPwt6MJM3VQJ0VOV7rm0AVAWcoTUid7IEa9Y7Esfa3elecZhfSB7XPNUZtLrJCETo-wS_IWIhGu9gkm3roPp23iEU6HJZer0SWmz4pQ5olIKSrcPLR_j3PE1H11BCO5owNlNac7N0O_1yA/s835/Barbara_Wright.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="835" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtjlmCmkCJ4PCjcHhlz0byKbaK7gGoaUCIcOXtJ_-TcnxTfPwt6MJM3VQJ0VOV7rm0AVAWcoTUid7IEa9Y7Esfa3elecZhfSB7XPNUZtLrJCETo-wS_IWIhGu9gkm3roPp23iEU6HJZer0SWmz4pQ5olIKSrcPLR_j3PE1H11BCO5owNlNac7N0O_1yA/s320/Barbara_Wright.jpg" width="245" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Yay for Barbara!</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>In
this tale, Barbara expresses her sense of wonder about her adventures,
but she also feels tired by the non-stop action and especially
disorientated for the relative way in which she's experiencing time (she
keeps a notebook in which she tries to keep track of time). She also
talks about being pretty tired (as is Ian) of the Doctor's bouts of
self-centered 'scientific projects' which have them dragged off from
planet to planet non-stop. I feel like it's very interesting and
necessary to not only portray and focus on the good, exciting things
about time-travelling in the TARDIS, but also <b>show the realism of the
companions feeling exhausted by the continuous adrenaline or fed up with
some of the Doctor's more inconsiderate traits</b>. <br /><br />+1 <b>Female
bonding</b>, with<b> Susan and Barbara talking about their feelings and experiences in
several scenes</b>. This story also includes some <b>backstory of Barbara's
life, especially the positive dynamic with her mother</b> (mother-daughter
female bonding ftw!), with whom she used to have lunch on Sundays and
talk about her week:<br /><br /><i>“One day, one day I’ll tell you all about
my travels, all my adventures through time and space. One day I’ll make
you tea and share all of the stories your daughter can tell.”</i><br /><br />+-1 <b>While the fact that the Doctor plans to get tea
for Barbara and Ian is cute, he also behaves in a problematic fashion
in this story</b>, following a trend that he can also see repeated in several of his TV serials, such as 'The Daleks'. In this case, he may have the ultimate
intention of making Barbara and Ian feel more comfortable around the
TARDIS and less homesick, but <b>the way he accomplishes this is not any
different from the way he drags his companions off at any moment's
notice to fulfil the rest of his personal scientific projects, without
taking into account what their companions might feel like doing, or how
tired they might be</b> 😬.<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT5fXZPWLK-XSBp9hyFC_GB_C7HbXCKXWMxVtvP26odijY_8asVHd0WJmtyQ8Gzi17I0deg_qaaZIPqIUJslFMPGYShhMTo-0y8ZwmanHA6w9gDv5NwdR9TYfA3hFcb0bT5ErzAPv2ly7bSP19HBVu8q79ieC7fSGlHXu3GMI3W1R2SsvPoIgpy_FMyQ/s245/d40d1c3188b389d177817d8b6e12a297a70aa5d6_hq.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="184" data-original-width="245" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT5fXZPWLK-XSBp9hyFC_GB_C7HbXCKXWMxVtvP26odijY_8asVHd0WJmtyQ8Gzi17I0deg_qaaZIPqIUJslFMPGYShhMTo-0y8ZwmanHA6w9gDv5NwdR9TYfA3hFcb0bT5ErzAPv2ly7bSP19HBVu8q79ieC7fSGlHXu3GMI3W1R2SsvPoIgpy_FMyQ/s1600/d40d1c3188b389d177817d8b6e12a297a70aa5d6_hq.gif" width="245" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Tell him, Barbara!</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">Ian and Barbara actually spend quite a
section of this story complaining exactly about that issue and <b>confront
the Doctor about his more self-centered and inconsiderate attitude when
it comes to his 'personal projects'.</b> And there's the problematic fact
that the Doctor seems to think that his companions will feel 100%
happy and satisfied with the surprise that he plans for them (and
especially for Barbara), without the need to change anything about the
rest of the situation that bothers them 😬. What's more, Susan also ends up resorting to having to justify her grandfather's behaviour on
his behalf, asking Ian and Barbara to basically put up with everything
because 'he must have a good reason for it' 🙃. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <i>“Doctor, wait! You’ve got to
stop this! Barbara’s exhausted, and so am I! Everywhere we land, no
matter how cold or how wet, you get us looking for this blasted plant!
(…) You’re obsessed! It’s like Skaro all over again”</i><br /><i>“I’ve apologized for that. You have no idea about the reasons behind my work. How dare you!”<br />This was a losing battle. It always was when the Doctor employed his ‘my ship, my rules’ argument.”</i> <br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Here, I also can't but think of the
analogy where this kind of strategy is favoured by many abusive men towards
their (most often) female partners, resorting to the easy tactic of offering
punctual gifts and surprises - which, being self-planned, can also be
more ego power trips than actual consideration towards their partner - to compensate for a
problematic behaviour they don't really plan on changing, or believe
that they have to change :S. I'm obviously not saying that this is a perfect analogy with One because it isn't by
any means - I wouldn't say the Doctor's <i>abusive</i>, but in both cases we can see similar traits based on (often male) entitlement, being inconsiderate and self-centered, and not wanting to be accountable for one's
actions. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Which can make for <b>dysfunctional dynamics, and more than one companion has confronted him (her/them) about it </b>when it gets too blatant or constant, starting with Barbara and Ian themselves (<b>Steven </b>also had several goes at it, as discussed above in '<i>O Tannenbaum</i>'). Seeing as <b>several (mostly male) incarnations of the Doctor do fall for this behaviour more often than we'd like, it's also nice to see Doctor Who content addressing the titular character's more problematic traits</b>, so Barbara and Ian confronting the Doctor about it was a very good addition, even though the 'I got tea leaves for you' happy ending of this short story did take the very needed accountability off the Doctor's shoulders a little too fast for my liking.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjChBKpmeooPETlCP2cBypuc6qg-KDmPoLZeDK9u8TXlVbixNZpVCGK6kbZ8D-KOzRVSpwUnJClm7hCEG-bEq3GUs0dBu5qQiDRNwRx-3v8oxLAmZUI0QCLrxccQGbsln9uqM4terPCbMQl9P2AJkoOiNyJyZVJFCe0woQvrhWn5lTOJz6dxiBLfWHBzQ/s240/9ecee54984e11f866487442ab5cd9bbee5864612_00.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="180" data-original-width="240" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjChBKpmeooPETlCP2cBypuc6qg-KDmPoLZeDK9u8TXlVbixNZpVCGK6kbZ8D-KOzRVSpwUnJClm7hCEG-bEq3GUs0dBu5qQiDRNwRx-3v8oxLAmZUI0QCLrxccQGbsln9uqM4terPCbMQl9P2AJkoOiNyJyZVJFCe0woQvrhWn5lTOJz6dxiBLfWHBzQ/s1600/9ecee54984e11f866487442ab5cd9bbee5864612_00.gif" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>And now have some caring Ian and Barbara as a palate cleanser after that discussion xD</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"> -1 The <b>adventure portion of the tale features pretty
traditional gender roles throughout</b> 😬 The women scream (Susan does, as typically required for her character in the TV series in every single occasion 🙃), and the women get captured, while the men climb trees,
defend themselves and try to rescue the women. The antagonists are a
group of cavepeople (of caveMEN, because they all seem to be male)
with apparently pretty regressive views on the matter as well (which I guess can be expected, but still, always grating). <b>While the TV serials of 60s Who (and later) has depended on traditional gender roles more often than we'd like, undersusing more than one awesome female character as a result, we also know that in spite of those imposed gender roles and behaviour Barbara succeeds in being badass af in more than one occasion</b>, so I found it more than a bit unnecessary to resort to a strictly traditional gender role viewpoint here, when the story is mainly focused on Barbara, too.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV8t6NpyxSAmciPNmz5Harg6PJ9YLGaAmgaiOGHQ6O_6L7EImLGfi5xr4TZyKRolqSmpPfnk6Nq5dMSyxjKUdgtD6xBmlQXkkaqox5jABj2nUY2NR_edDMN2QhAiophur9I0pbhUKtB125nxqL62Y0rzPfjkwtfghXx1qwWf1_PLM3MqQHNri82mmW_Q/s256/e5e.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="192" data-original-width="256" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV8t6NpyxSAmciPNmz5Harg6PJ9YLGaAmgaiOGHQ6O_6L7EImLGfi5xr4TZyKRolqSmpPfnk6Nq5dMSyxjKUdgtD6xBmlQXkkaqox5jABj2nUY2NR_edDMN2QhAiophur9I0pbhUKtB125nxqL62Y0rzPfjkwtfghXx1qwWf1_PLM3MqQHNri82mmW_Q/s1600/e5e.gif" width="256" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Barbara is badass, case in point</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"> +1
The Doctor starts by <b>trying to have a peaceful conversation</b> with the
antagonists and then manages their escape with a <b>non-violent ploy</b>, which
is a nice way of critisizing the more violent leanings of the human
antagonists of this tale, as per the <b>typical pacifist and anti-war stance in <i>Doctor Who</i></b>. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">+1
Other fun tidbits: Apparently, the Doctor gets in the habit of choosing
his companions' (Ian's, at least) clothes for them? xD Especially when
it comes to compensating for clothes that got destroyed in alien planet
shenanigans xDD<i> </i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>“Ah, good morning, Chesterton! I see you’ve found the new cardigan I left for you. Very fetching! Very fetching indeed!”</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHujOwvFhmWP5vi30368LOtCdT89pTart0NQ1v9lvC9BTL5sfTE-EMwVOofUjM9GzVUf3DWBOt2Ctz7l0rs8AkYjtkSWEUC44jXoHEDx6ArZ6fGC1195_qF4A8pHvX1zKCcDB5_KzDgLl_ed-Q6fS36YHMt5L1iuqUSh5TSpBJYON4qt0U7tnA8ZB-GA/s540/tumblr_b7078a46ef5d62158a12ac5661ac992f_8720123b_540.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="347" data-original-width="540" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHujOwvFhmWP5vi30368LOtCdT89pTart0NQ1v9lvC9BTL5sfTE-EMwVOofUjM9GzVUf3DWBOt2Ctz7l0rs8AkYjtkSWEUC44jXoHEDx6ArZ6fGC1195_qF4A8pHvX1zKCcDB5_KzDgLl_ed-Q6fS36YHMt5L1iuqUSh5TSpBJYON4qt0U7tnA8ZB-GA/w400-h258/tumblr_b7078a46ef5d62158a12ac5661ac992f_8720123b_540.gif" width="400" /></a></i></div><i><br /></i><p></p>Arwendë Luhtiénë / Marta Lúthienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01043611744907294700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255946979377638758.post-52038999274649553052022-11-24T08:41:00.035-08:002024-03-10T10:58:42.315-07:00Expanding my mineral collection II: Fuchsite, rhodonite, quartz and agate geodes, pyrite, and galena<div><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkFVzc_MGmYnp50rUWy5TPSMnx8v1bnz_KHuvogQFyPlz2Kkgt_qVdjUToN3KYdFe8Tvsl9dn3R_EZOoJJxXhdh9bQPHwF6aZYm_cAHBiksDFz98NRBdqI9EHT8Cu4ZsNThm3P7I61GXYDh6Dt5u5mDJVXzxJZVRdfAd3gdOxWZCl1TEEGqR91fIgCsQ/s1440/Collage%20Maker-22-Oct-2022-05.16-PM.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkFVzc_MGmYnp50rUWy5TPSMnx8v1bnz_KHuvogQFyPlz2Kkgt_qVdjUToN3KYdFe8Tvsl9dn3R_EZOoJJxXhdh9bQPHwF6aZYm_cAHBiksDFz98NRBdqI9EHT8Cu4ZsNThm3P7I61GXYDh6Dt5u5mDJVXzxJZVRdfAd3gdOxWZCl1TEEGqR91fIgCsQ/w400-h400/Collage%20Maker-22-Oct-2022-05.16-PM.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig.1: Agate and quartz geodes (top row); fuchsite, rhodonite and pyrite (bottom row).</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table> <p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> Here is the second post in my new <a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/search/label/Mineralogy" target="_blank"><b>mineralogy</b></a><a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/search/label/Mineralogy" target="_blank"> <b>series</b></a>, <b>talking about my mineral collection </b>✨💎. I
have been a great fan of collecting minerals and gemstones since I was little, and<b>
through the years I've collected quite a few</b>, both from various shops and from
field trips. What really gave me the final nudge to rediscover mineralogy as an active hobby was finding out that <b>the local kiosk was selling a mineral collection</b>, the <a href="https://tienda.rbacoleccionables.com/minerales-national-geographic-2022.html" target="_blank"><b>National Geographic RBA minerals collection</b></a> (in Spanish), and it included a lot of minerals and gems I didn't have. So <b>in April 2022 I started collecting most of the weekly numbers</b>, and here I am, <b>full on back to mineralogy as a hobby and expanding my existing collection</b> 😃.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"> In <a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2022/08/expanding-my-mineral-collection.html" target="_blank"><b>Post 1</b></a> of this series I talked about <u><b>various types of quartz</b> (<b>rose quartz, Tiger's Eye, amethyst </b>and <b>blue agate</b>), as well as <b>gold</b>, <b>fluorite</b>, and <b>celestine</b></u>. Also check out this same first post for a lengthy rant about what I think about the<b> pseudoscientific branches </b>having to do with rocks, minerals and gems, such as<b> 'crystal healing'</b> (spoiler alert, I'm not a fan).<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> In this second post we're gonna keep following the order of the RBA collection, and talk about <u><b>f<span>uchsite, rhodonite, quartz geodes, pyrite and galena</span></b></u>. As explained in the first post, in this series I will show the specimens from the RBA collection alongside the ones in my existing collection before collecting the kiosc numbers, and also any pieces from new hauls.</p><p>8) <u><b>Fuchsite</b></u>:</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGoMSffExCCOayIXz9_G-kq6lXfIgp6ccgGt_mP74d5acEJqQ7r-_AxE8Zlb0i8OUDQGeO_VLhjpD3OSM5jVyw3Bgx3cxAyL2-qgc9S0zTJpTxIPL7081vWa8ufoY6HOeSQjige84xmxJu0xSvRKmcELIFp492wU6QGG1r5JrcQHTLn5STBBXbU-AK7Q/s4947/Fuchsite1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2724" data-original-width="4947" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGoMSffExCCOayIXz9_G-kq6lXfIgp6ccgGt_mP74d5acEJqQ7r-_AxE8Zlb0i8OUDQGeO_VLhjpD3OSM5jVyw3Bgx3cxAyL2-qgc9S0zTJpTxIPL7081vWa8ufoY6HOeSQjige84xmxJu0xSvRKmcELIFp492wU6QGG1r5JrcQHTLn5STBBXbU-AK7Q/w640-h352/Fuchsite1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 2 - The fuchsite specimen from the RBA minerals collection. The flash showcases its pearly luster.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq5l6NoguRoxqcEc2Cv34jz6ecPXzpD3Lt_zwIcsxP9BwUUU98WVVjGVp8r0KuKF3UJ5Lh1zqzZyMdX-LPWkfH1HIUgsyUyJaMgaOMSCKuSy_FitX9ufTwQk0Z2i3b3judhH23uwq2NCJ_bcLY7v6pMpxEwwNZhtbBfZrm6YBtqFyAWQIHsdxgf4pJeQ/s3149/IMG_20220415_184130.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3149" data-original-width="2891" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq5l6NoguRoxqcEc2Cv34jz6ecPXzpD3Lt_zwIcsxP9BwUUU98WVVjGVp8r0KuKF3UJ5Lh1zqzZyMdX-LPWkfH1HIUgsyUyJaMgaOMSCKuSy_FitX9ufTwQk0Z2i3b3judhH23uwq2NCJ_bcLY7v6pMpxEwwNZhtbBfZrm6YBtqFyAWQIHsdxgf4pJeQ/w368-h400/IMG_20220415_184130.jpg" width="368" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 3 - The fuchsite specimen from the RBA minerals collection. In this picture we can clearly see the ochre patina formed by alteration minerals.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"> The first mineral I got from this collection, this fuchsite specimen originates from <b>Brazil</b>, and I think that it's quite beautiful, with a <b>pale apple </b><b>green hue</b> (it looks almost sea-green in some lightings), the characteristic <b>pearly sheen</b>, and an <b>ochre patina</b> that is formed by alteration minerals (as well as some silvery <b>muscovite mica</b>).<b> </b>With its <b>low hardness and easy exfoliation</b>, this fuchsite is among the more delicate specimens in this collection. <br /></p><p><b>💎</b><u><b>A bit about fuchsite</b></u>: <b><a href=" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuchsite " target="_blank">Source 1</a>, <a href="https://geology.com/minerals/fuchsite.shtml" target="_blank">Source 2</a>, </b><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45997268-rocas-y-minerales-guia-v-definit" target="_blank">Source 3</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44285727-rocas-y-minerales-gu-as-de-la-naturaleza-gu-as-del-naturalista-rocas?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=fnW43xFes1&rank=1" target="_blank">Source 4</a>, <a href="https://www.mindat.org/min-1617.html" target="_blank">Source 5</a></b></p><p><b></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijyX5sten_5GeUGNykZeu5SuJtqa4h41NL-MOb_18Yr8Zyp8e9vZuK0SE-qrH73DWshUew2FedLSrNlC1gEAJNVSN-BDzq5YL6ME8L_nyTV_FxamiA0SAEtMnfLf1jAj5NcYMSbPLFLPiKpjNG6u7Nh_MssIJkmqwgDWgfM5dhHK_TyOeB0BZ9Zphrkg/s767/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(3977).png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="767" data-original-width="513" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijyX5sten_5GeUGNykZeu5SuJtqa4h41NL-MOb_18Yr8Zyp8e9vZuK0SE-qrH73DWshUew2FedLSrNlC1gEAJNVSN-BDzq5YL6ME8L_nyTV_FxamiA0SAEtMnfLf1jAj5NcYMSbPLFLPiKpjNG6u7Nh_MssIJkmqwgDWgfM5dhHK_TyOeB0BZ9Zphrkg/w268-h400/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(3977).png" width="268" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig 4. </i><a href="https://geology.com/minerals/fuchsite.shtml" target="_blank">Source</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><b></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b> <u>Fuchsite</u></b>, also known as <b><u>chrome mica</u>*</b>, is a <b>variety of <u><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscovite" target="_blank">muscovite</a> mica</u></b><b> </b><b>rich in chromium (Cr)</b>. In comparison to other muscovites, a variable amount of Cr substitutes for aluminium (Al) in the mineral, and this gives fuchsite its characteristic green hue, ranging <b>from pale green to apple green and a rich emerald green</b>,<b> </b>depending on the amount of Cr substitution. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> Fuchsites are most often found as small <b>micaceous aggregates</b> in <b>metamorphic rocks</b>, although rocks composed near entirely of fuchsite can also be found occasionally. These <b>fuchsite-rich rocks</b> are called '<b>verdite</b>', in relation to their green colour.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"> *<u><b>Micas</b></u><b> </b>(of which <b><u>muscovite</u> </b>is the most common member)<b> </b>are a group of <b>silicate minerals common in igneous and metamorphic rocks</b>. Their main characteristic is their <b>perfect cleavage</b>, with individual mica crystals being very easily split into incredibly thin plates along their structural planes. The <b>wide use of micas</b> spreads from numerous uses in <b>electronics </b>to <b>paints</b>, and their common inclusion in <b>cosmetics </b>to create shimmer (the luster and sparkle of shimmery eyeshadows is mainly achieved with micas, for example).<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><p>✨<b><u>Some interesting STEM trivia about fuchsite</u></b>: <br /></p><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>Fuchsite is so named after the German chemist, geologist and mineralogist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Nepomuk_von_Fuchs" title="Johann Nepomuk von Fuchs">J<b>ohann Nepomuk von Fuchs</b></a> (1774-1856).<br /></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Under long-wave UV light, fuchsite <b>fluoresces </b>lime green.</li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><b>Uses</b></u>: Due to its <b>high fusion point</b>, melting at temperatures above 1300 <span>°C</span>, as well as the <b>dielectric nature</b> of the minerals in the mica group, fuchsite is utilized in the <b>industry area for thermal and electrical insulation purposes</b>. Mica powder - often including fuchsite and other muscovite micas - is often used to make heat-resistant glass (<b>isinglass</b>) for <b>stoves and ovens</b>. Fuchsite is an <b>excellent dielectric material</b>, maintaining a <b>low conductivity</b> in temperatures above 600 <span>°C</span>, and is thus also used in a great variety of <b>electrical appliances</b>. Although it is <b>not often used as a chromium ore</b> due to its relatively low quantity, fuchsite varieties which are especially rich in Cr can also play a part in reinforcing steel.<br /></div></li></ul><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixZDb-73CcYMye51TPUMhbhX5u7dARt-agvB026SdY2kIaxigqjFNJ9d5rQc1926qkNwx7Fm1nujG7O0jJe6iaYEgAjduJXd4DszaE0DrlxpZ4qsG9Q4kp-F3T8OEKs69PN2OkHogdMbhp8fulz3FyA0m5Rgnhk3F5WbQh-NxGcVrUWxJy1jSfpjwtFw/s3597/IMG_20220815_160659.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2508" data-original-width="3597" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixZDb-73CcYMye51TPUMhbhX5u7dARt-agvB026SdY2kIaxigqjFNJ9d5rQc1926qkNwx7Fm1nujG7O0jJe6iaYEgAjduJXd4DszaE0DrlxpZ4qsG9Q4kp-F3T8OEKs69PN2OkHogdMbhp8fulz3FyA0m5Rgnhk3F5WbQh-NxGcVrUWxJy1jSfpjwtFw/w400-h279/IMG_20220815_160659.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 5 - Fuchsite infographic from the RBA collection.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>9) <u><b>Rhodonite</b></u><b>:</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitReNV-3yVMcgGI7lVvqSp61AqdXBAJdRysxVvDzwKFDk7XYhfZchCreiDGw4jM9CQaFVGu9SvvIKzGqkXlKb-RssghTK8aHv961WIUX98Gws-tmGxGvn7IZ5mHmxINYa6IXDEPaAx-n0RXaiKE7uauGgblB3_biKjYWSNqyeeqJwtcSC7y9jfNHeqA5UY/s3486/Rodonitas.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2440" data-original-width="3486" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitReNV-3yVMcgGI7lVvqSp61AqdXBAJdRysxVvDzwKFDk7XYhfZchCreiDGw4jM9CQaFVGu9SvvIKzGqkXlKb-RssghTK8aHv961WIUX98Gws-tmGxGvn7IZ5mHmxINYa6IXDEPaAx-n0RXaiKE7uauGgblB3_biKjYWSNqyeeqJwtcSC7y9jfNHeqA5UY/w640-h448/Rodonitas.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 6.1 - The tumbled rhodonite specimen from the RBA collection (left), alongside a rough rhodonite (right)<b>.</b></i></td></tr></tbody></table><b><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSoWEv2tQMWkJlElw9Ft-504K-vFrJG59fgs_qhFygGyF0EJWr5QuB7Sokr5NqWAqtuhaSwh1qcb1Av86rLmQmsUiXEvGfK1HI6aocmwubTLcMddE91jmEFZ1Uh9Os0pzJONjC4P8ZDeeWPUhDUqM5rWUmv7dmT5CpFj8gIkSQU4HgxPD2L1_d1wISRoRJ/s4005/Rodonita%20cajita%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4005" data-original-width="3013" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSoWEv2tQMWkJlElw9Ft-504K-vFrJG59fgs_qhFygGyF0EJWr5QuB7Sokr5NqWAqtuhaSwh1qcb1Av86rLmQmsUiXEvGfK1HI6aocmwubTLcMddE91jmEFZ1Uh9Os0pzJONjC4P8ZDeeWPUhDUqM5rWUmv7dmT5CpFj8gIkSQU4HgxPD2L1_d1wISRoRJ/w301-h400/Rodonita%20cajita%201.jpg" width="301" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 6.2 - Tumbled (left) and rough (right) rhodonites. The tumbled one shows black and brown patches as a result of manganese oxides, while the raw specimen has a green patina that may be malachite or a copper-based mineral.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table></b><p></p><p><b></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjCkkaWJhEzAhYCeQghqN5vUbXZGXPyas6ZU6UTnEnLeSRM5045lYdlYGhCDf_9KZlTaquabzqgvfKazJpOb5eFac3IOBlu10xxCOrFeLsMTTV8qkn1DKx1-u8z4kKYOXIjU_1GudpXr6jvyGUwwNdhpcymSc-ki3ghwM8WGNaG3WgeH_xT5xjWOivyA/s5277/IMG_20220425_190943_2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2774" data-original-width="5277" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjCkkaWJhEzAhYCeQghqN5vUbXZGXPyas6ZU6UTnEnLeSRM5045lYdlYGhCDf_9KZlTaquabzqgvfKazJpOb5eFac3IOBlu10xxCOrFeLsMTTV8qkn1DKx1-u8z4kKYOXIjU_1GudpXr6jvyGUwwNdhpcymSc-ki3ghwM8WGNaG3WgeH_xT5xjWOivyA/w640-h336/IMG_20220425_190943_2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 7.1 - The tumbled rhodonite specimen from the RBA collection.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b></b></div><b><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglhbFjUdTsKtLEfsGchpJ3sQOpBQ454ofmnwukrsEQ_bWSuIrahukvKa_Tc5tar1In_IV9maYu-LSAEYMpw0pKEKc5DYnFErxRN8y7vOwDLKDQB0Dy9RZ_c9BucRyINiHaYxYKauLq-vqVWiIEJzGGYRfRszfv2Dp99S-nLRcDRNaDx6V5U_oiKN5qyg/s3072/IMG_20220425_191009.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="2956" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglhbFjUdTsKtLEfsGchpJ3sQOpBQ454ofmnwukrsEQ_bWSuIrahukvKa_Tc5tar1In_IV9maYu-LSAEYMpw0pKEKc5DYnFErxRN8y7vOwDLKDQB0Dy9RZ_c9BucRyINiHaYxYKauLq-vqVWiIEJzGGYRfRszfv2Dp99S-nLRcDRNaDx6V5U_oiKN5qyg/w385-h400/IMG_20220425_191009.jpg" width="385" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 7.2 - The rhodonite specimen from the RBA collection, with its characteristic pink hue against black and brown patches corresponding to manganese oxides. </i></td></tr></tbody></table></b> <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilQKWvlBwfzvnZfEmLw2uiX0yEMgZQSUuwGZQ_4cfcSWw3acS84AixVrB5m4SUMVzF_3plDl27fBpNmBk-CT9rH5c2FOBCrww3nQ2SwccCD3hJL52ejeVla6yS31IabWA9UxRVa9zViBm4sr3gXa7wA5zgqXPpMlrdIaBbUz_FEWlqagWMdyzH196qtMU1/s2437/Rodonita%20cajita.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2437" data-original-width="2327" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilQKWvlBwfzvnZfEmLw2uiX0yEMgZQSUuwGZQ_4cfcSWw3acS84AixVrB5m4SUMVzF_3plDl27fBpNmBk-CT9rH5c2FOBCrww3nQ2SwccCD3hJL52ejeVla6yS31IabWA9UxRVa9zViBm4sr3gXa7wA5zgqXPpMlrdIaBbUz_FEWlqagWMdyzH196qtMU1/w383-h400/Rodonita%20cajita.jpg" width="383" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 7.3 - A small rough rhodonite with its characteristic pink colour and a green patina on the top, possibly malachite or a copper-based mineral? </i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ9R7HVKwT8cIbYJjLbWyHOkxC2lnv3McrXJrHzdSvovNGPslBx0-BsQK2hytyoSCAesnVe6wmsPK6HnYgMRIvs3xygoNaWocwQOxBNvw7vNK1sl5VkwXrMrN5-xil0Q2xWvWJWF0bmcxKSPky_aHgxz-k5djtY_SS92jn1Tw5A3RuQ9vmOo4v9CQOC5XD/s3848/Rodonita%20cajita%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1719" data-original-width="3848" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ9R7HVKwT8cIbYJjLbWyHOkxC2lnv3McrXJrHzdSvovNGPslBx0-BsQK2hytyoSCAesnVe6wmsPK6HnYgMRIvs3xygoNaWocwQOxBNvw7vNK1sl5VkwXrMrN5-xil0Q2xWvWJWF0bmcxKSPky_aHgxz-k5djtY_SS92jn1Tw5A3RuQ9vmOo4v9CQOC5XD/w640-h286/Rodonita%20cajita%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 7.4 - Rough rhodonite showcasing an homogeneous pink colour and a green patina of possibly malachite. </i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgZBzeaUSYZxFNZNbdff1ui3togXZAu0bzDUNsTtVJzu81on_xm4YQKcY5zfYhTyMNS-Di_ngtUAn_eYUzNn5l_PkGgfgKQtT3ra1KuB1hQvzZlawNGcUy5O65QVNTUqNSPXfla7sarcMD3bFjpxoIY5kE1W_Z30efGocKI-W-INWBdVQHjMwxFVjDiWCP/s4116/Rodonita%20cajita%203.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1670" data-original-width="4116" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgZBzeaUSYZxFNZNbdff1ui3togXZAu0bzDUNsTtVJzu81on_xm4YQKcY5zfYhTyMNS-Di_ngtUAn_eYUzNn5l_PkGgfgKQtT3ra1KuB1hQvzZlawNGcUy5O65QVNTUqNSPXfla7sarcMD3bFjpxoIY5kE1W_Z30efGocKI-W-INWBdVQHjMwxFVjDiWCP/w640-h260/Rodonita%20cajita%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="center"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 7.5 - Rough rhodonite, side view.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn1FuvtbV_oTlH1k_QRIQV4EDjdsUO23sVcjp5uhNdpcctsaYMHSVaYPptg5JQJjql3TuqxZ7rCJ_gCU8T0g-5PCn74uVbxNSHBDPLJz4hzEfnARF0fS8K2iA_y-L9tuJt1EisS4FW5R8EQef86ymZPRYFfqBEZj-xnAEVH5MiHhI3M6uxZU1MMdYNRnmi/s4013/Rodonita%20cajita%204.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1645" data-original-width="4013" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn1FuvtbV_oTlH1k_QRIQV4EDjdsUO23sVcjp5uhNdpcctsaYMHSVaYPptg5JQJjql3TuqxZ7rCJ_gCU8T0g-5PCn74uVbxNSHBDPLJz4hzEfnARF0fS8K2iA_y-L9tuJt1EisS4FW5R8EQef86ymZPRYFfqBEZj-xnAEVH5MiHhI3M6uxZU1MMdYNRnmi/w640-h262/Rodonita%20cajita%204.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="center"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 7.6 - Rough rhodonite, view from the back. </i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> The specimen from the RBA, originating from <b>South Africa</b>, was the first rhodonite in my collection. It's a tumbled rhodonite (see <b>Figs. 6.1-2</b> and <b>7.1-2</b>), with its characteristic <b>vitreous luster</b>, and showcasing its typical <b>pink hues against the black and brownish tones </b>caused by the <b>surface oxidation of manganese</b>. In December 2023 I also got a small <b>rough rhodonite</b> (in <b>Figs. 6.1-2</b> and <b>7.3-6</b>), a piece displaying the characteristic <b>pink </b>colour that lacks the brown and black patches of the tumbled specimen, and instead includes a curious <b>green patina </b>at the top, which I tentatively guess as being a copper-based mineral, possibly <b>malachite </b>(a curious combination that I personally hadn't seen before. It doesn't look like <a href="https://www.mindat.org/photo-73945.html " target="_blank">epidote</a> or <a href=" https://www.mindat.org/min-3913.html">tephroite</a>, the only green minerals I had seen <a href="https://www.mindat.org/min-3407.html" target="_blank">associated with rhodonite</a> so far).</div><p><b>💎</b><u><b>A bit about rhodonite</b></u>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodonite" target="_blank">Source 1</a>, <a href="https://geology.com/minerals/rhodonite.shtml" target="_blank">Source 2</a>, </b><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45997268-rocas-y-minerales-guia-v-definit" target="_blank">Source 3</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44285727-rocas-y-minerales-gu-as-de-la-naturaleza-gu-as-del-naturalista-rocas?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=fnW43xFes1&rank=1" target="_blank">Source 4</a>, <a href="https://www.mindat.org/min-3407.html" target="_blank">Source 5</a></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuekDJi7-XHqOs7Z6HwF9atCeCSCO2bdURcROI4eLuxRqhwA9Iceay4DJOqibnapU8dV57HL-Kzw36DFbUOp2dV3i5GdLNFGmjGYUKLfrJcKGpTjX5HBnFlbLCe22Xh-5Qz5dgqHG74izScAuKmfgj-F7cXGTGONxtpEOyc52x85BnkaxOrkk9nVF-Cg/s629/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(4017).png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="629" data-original-width="515" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuekDJi7-XHqOs7Z6HwF9atCeCSCO2bdURcROI4eLuxRqhwA9Iceay4DJOqibnapU8dV57HL-Kzw36DFbUOp2dV3i5GdLNFGmjGYUKLfrJcKGpTjX5HBnFlbLCe22Xh-5Qz5dgqHG74izScAuKmfgj-F7cXGTGONxtpEOyc52x85BnkaxOrkk9nVF-Cg/s320/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(4017).png" width="262" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 8 -</i> <a href="https://geology.com/minerals/rhodonite.shtml" target="_blank">Source</a><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b> <u>Rhodonite</u> </b>(also known as <b><u>mangenese spar</u> </b>and <u><b>manganolite</b></u>) is a <b>manganese inosilicate</b> mineral and a <b>semiprecious gem</b> containing in its composition variable amounts of iron (Fe), magnesium (Mg) and calcium (Ca). The <b>characteristic pink and rose-red hues of rhodonite</b> are however <b>caused solely by manganese (Mn)</b>. This mineral is also often associated with <b>black and brown manganese oxides</b>. Rhodonite is an <b>uncommon </b>mineral which is generally to be found in <b>metamorphic rocks</b> associated with other manganese minerals such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodochrosite" target="_blank"><b>rhodochrosite</b></a>. Rhodonite is typically found in <b>massive and granular habit</b>, with thick <b>tabular crystals </b>being much rarer.<br /></p><p>✨<b><u>Some interesting STEM trivia about rhodonite</u></b>: <br /></p><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>The <b>etymology </b>of rhodonite originates from the Greek <b><i>ῥόδος</i> (<i>rhódos)</i>, "rosy"</b>.</li></ul><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>Rhodonite was used as <b>ore of manganese</b> in India, but its main <u><b>uses</b></u><b> </b>are generally limited to mineral specimens and <b>ornamental uses</b> (from beads and cabochons to sculptures and other lapidary uses). <br /></li></ul><div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD17HAcU2BYcU2AvtpMD6BLTqOYKOqAXpwyC6fFVrVOpCsohwQQD3M4OGB-2DGjUkpTZQ65uMakPB7L8idgVCXY056N9n9u7vTUad7nv9cZ3Fk2WkEtMR5CMd_hnWx9rncHzSTvi-JSav5adU-FHlrQjmktfABjmgPFLx0us91zYxQu7kg-sQVG8f7qQ/s3426/IMG_20220815_160711.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2188" data-original-width="3426" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD17HAcU2BYcU2AvtpMD6BLTqOYKOqAXpwyC6fFVrVOpCsohwQQD3M4OGB-2DGjUkpTZQ65uMakPB7L8idgVCXY056N9n9u7vTUad7nv9cZ3Fk2WkEtMR5CMd_hnWx9rncHzSTvi-JSav5adU-FHlrQjmktfABjmgPFLx0us91zYxQu7kg-sQVG8f7qQ/w400-h255/IMG_20220815_160711.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 9 -</i> <i>Rhodonite infographic from the RBA collection.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">Here's also a couple of short <b><u>videos</u></b> featuring both the RBA tumbled <b>rhodonite </b>(alongside the <b>fuchsite</b>, see above), and the rough rhodonite, in direct sunlight ✨: </p><p style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzIGVc4gMaz94uuUVirhDrOrE7H_8xS-wFPwYO1sGNxpsOWyCMxwoNZSr0s0UalMgwAfwy048KARPT6kcgPew' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzSh1JU4vnhFOLc9UBKwiTDKvarw30q-QweLBa66LjzbgblmFfh3BTHFl5mVINDo6_8w4-rgiHi8jUeGFy3Mg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><p> 10) <u><b>Quartz and agate geodes</b></u>:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFk7ySrux0tksVrSGj-7q1GzwRbdPIz-MATzpyLANt8hzHNwWz3l3_ELUTTK41aLv1p__7_lv3Pk8ZqM1W7kCGZi2xpzn5RyvWIRBsZ9IJUUj4kj9r05Qinc0Sq3FO0oJuutBlXh0X5JLucXkql-vLw-D4T9zeVLeOSrcSmcVMAtS0U403m5Jz2DlxyQ/s5370/IMG_20220504_190250_2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3008" data-original-width="5370" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFk7ySrux0tksVrSGj-7q1GzwRbdPIz-MATzpyLANt8hzHNwWz3l3_ELUTTK41aLv1p__7_lv3Pk8ZqM1W7kCGZi2xpzn5RyvWIRBsZ9IJUUj4kj9r05Qinc0Sq3FO0oJuutBlXh0X5JLucXkql-vLw-D4T9zeVLeOSrcSmcVMAtS0U403m5Jz2DlxyQ/w640-h358/IMG_20220504_190250_2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 10.1 -</i> <i>A Saharan quartz geode specimen from the RBA collection.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtWpq-6lkjSuSnzr4tvgB9tGU0bNvxqyk-Qge-s1FCH9Du2rGy-JyeDIcvH4F4A-Fsr7Be-JF1z9KFDaLEdHOkOQoJ08labMehjMcRpcnfmiuIXEfLFAAabLLURM-TFmUQM76JRFXDQ2RP_zaC6F51XsleS8Sblx2cPqmZdKTgt96td_q1rccfX6Mdia66/s2832/Quartz4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2505" data-original-width="2832" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtWpq-6lkjSuSnzr4tvgB9tGU0bNvxqyk-Qge-s1FCH9Du2rGy-JyeDIcvH4F4A-Fsr7Be-JF1z9KFDaLEdHOkOQoJ08labMehjMcRpcnfmiuIXEfLFAAabLLURM-TFmUQM76JRFXDQ2RP_zaC6F51XsleS8Sblx2cPqmZdKTgt96td_q1rccfX6Mdia66/w400-h354/Quartz4.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 10.2 -</i> <i>Quartz Saharan geode specimen with no agate banding, featuring some well-formed crystals inside.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguIesmEoqwQMPTrYHxiEDx6dKKk0jD9FRrpOGaWWT_tab_2CPSUpeImPsm865GrZQWiOWQdhiaE9mkPolH2HR_8nM9xjAP6fyH5My0Cs2Gp-Gs2EjdXEjkOEyi61Wf6r_b4t9bidAm1SPOWqZnWFtqHUbUoOF66uyAAzDmFMbxWA9kgl_P64FfofYceNF8/s3968/Quartz8.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3968" data-original-width="2976" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguIesmEoqwQMPTrYHxiEDx6dKKk0jD9FRrpOGaWWT_tab_2CPSUpeImPsm865GrZQWiOWQdhiaE9mkPolH2HR_8nM9xjAP6fyH5My0Cs2Gp-Gs2EjdXEjkOEyi61Wf6r_b4t9bidAm1SPOWqZnWFtqHUbUoOF66uyAAzDmFMbxWA9kgl_P64FfofYceNF8/w300-h400/Quartz8.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 10.3 -</i> <i>Quartz Saharan geode specimen, alongside other milky quartz pieces in my collection.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"> All of my geodes are <b>clear quartz (rock crystal), milky quartz </b>and/or<b> agate geodes</b>. Firstly, we have the specimen from the RBA collection, a <u><b>quartz geode from the Sahara</b></u>, this one specifically from<b> Morocco</b> (<b>Figs. 10.1-3 </b>and 11. , plus a couple of<b> videos </b>below). It's a geode composed mainly of what looks like <b>milky quartz crystals</b>, <b>without the presence of any agate banding</b> around it.<b> </b>The collection actually describes this specimen as being composed of clear quartz crystals, but personally I think this is a milky quartz geode because the crystals are milky-white rather than crystal-clear, and more transluscent than transparent. <b>Agate banding and the presence of agate in geodes is something very typical</b> in many geodes, as we'll be seeing below with the rest of the specimens in my collection (<b>Figs. 12-15</b>, and the two short <b>videos </b>below in this section).</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhntEpXJwhLny1DJFxgTtu99o2mBeVFD8g8NdEd2cvpd1leAe3DMxdJFIZLrWxmE5ohZfyNpuZ--4Laku4XSOTeON1BK0UgCukWbnCYOiWGYtRVgPqkiwF23ak5bAcqzmPhJvvVI-fvEeBO9J_8kKZk_tTlpJA6YbegCPzl5eNpADWHhpc3YIHeqlDmFg/s3496/IMG_20220906_205823.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2096" data-original-width="3496" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhntEpXJwhLny1DJFxgTtu99o2mBeVFD8g8NdEd2cvpd1leAe3DMxdJFIZLrWxmE5ohZfyNpuZ--4Laku4XSOTeON1BK0UgCukWbnCYOiWGYtRVgPqkiwF23ak5bAcqzmPhJvvVI-fvEeBO9J_8kKZk_tTlpJA6YbegCPzl5eNpADWHhpc3YIHeqlDmFg/w400-h240/IMG_20220906_205823.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 10.2 -</i> <i>Saharan geode infographic from the RBA collection.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"> <b>💎</b><u><b>A bit about milky quartz</b></u>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartz#Milky_quartz" target="_blank">Source 1</a>, <a href="https://www.mindat.org/min-27246.html" target="_blank">Source 2</a></b>. I already introduced <u><b>quartz </b></u>in <a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2022/08/expanding-my-mineral-collection.html" target="_blank">the <b>first post in this series</b></a>, but here I also wanted to share the rest of my milky quartz specimens, alongside this new quartz geode (see <b>Figs. 11.1</b> as well as<b> Figs. 11.2-9 </b>below). <b><u>Milky quartz</u></b> (also known as <b>milk quartz</b>) is <b>the most common variety of crystalline quartz</b>, with its characteristic white colour caused by <b>liquid and/or gas minuscule inclusions trapped during the crystal formation</b> process. It has considerably less value than clear quartz (rock crystal) and other quartz varieties when it comes to gemstone quality and optical applications, but I've always found it very beautiful all the same. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig2lY8ACWtcZaplSAHWRv1JyABtTGBaBH6HrcFobzhvrbLdLN2LbQbKBKLosbb3Sh6t1aivc2m-iXSclVm-JPh1CpnVar0VY59fgHhZhTJsHXGiOd-xF8ZTV7nW9ZjTDPVvdC5nB4VQUGVk6PX7LAbaoTKDugvIJB9KTq2zbrFUbQIpxQgScK0VUZi5szY/s3448/Quartz.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2472" data-original-width="3448" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig2lY8ACWtcZaplSAHWRv1JyABtTGBaBH6HrcFobzhvrbLdLN2LbQbKBKLosbb3Sh6t1aivc2m-iXSclVm-JPh1CpnVar0VY59fgHhZhTJsHXGiOd-xF8ZTV7nW9ZjTDPVvdC5nB4VQUGVk6PX7LAbaoTKDugvIJB9KTq2zbrFUbQIpxQgScK0VUZi5szY/w640-h458/Quartz.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 11.1 -</i> <i>All the milky quartz specimens in my collection so far, featuring the Saharan geode from the RBA collection and some massive pieces of differing sizes, hues and shapes, also including some ferruginous milky quartz, with orange-yellow and rust tones caused by iron oxide coatings.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"> I found all of these milky quartz specimens in <b>local parks and mountains regions</b> over the years, and they come in various forms, shapes and sizes, all of them in <b>massive habit</b>, from very small <b>naturally tumbled stones </b>to larger <b>rough </b>quartz pieces, from more <b>matte </b>specimens to more <b>translucent </b>ones, and featuring some really <b>glittery </b>ones, like the one in <b>Fig.</b> <b>11.2</b>, which I found quite recently (Autumn 2023) during a walk near home, and features tiny crystals that really sparkle when moving it from side to side (also see the videos below). In addition, some of these quartzs feature <b>yellow and rusty tones</b> that are a result of <b>iron oxide coatings</b> (like <b>hematite </b>and <b>limonite</b>) (see esp. <b>Figs. 11.8-10</b>). I quite like these ones! Ferruginous quartz due to inclusions (this would be<b> iron-stained milky quartz rather than actual ferruginous/hematoid quartz</b>, though) also features in <b>ametrine </b>specimens (as discussed in <b><a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2023/11/expanding-my-mineral-collection-mineral.html" target="_blank">this post</a></b>).</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpAzUc5mezbmsyxEul9SIaiz_K1aNFyQ8_9hCfsQ41Vfk40Y14qyiiiVwXBEUCByLr1OVxsm05UsKl4q8a4N_gqR4QzeBd0IoY0ldWmxagh1qC6Rev5at-ERRwk5UhyRgqIF5_CoBj5SPBiVqD0Yc_UuiFC9tPJKtAL87waXz-lUAmivPihDHwS57Y8mC7/s4160/Quartz7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1940" data-original-width="4160" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpAzUc5mezbmsyxEul9SIaiz_K1aNFyQ8_9hCfsQ41Vfk40Y14qyiiiVwXBEUCByLr1OVxsm05UsKl4q8a4N_gqR4QzeBd0IoY0ldWmxagh1qC6Rev5at-ERRwk5UhyRgqIF5_CoBj5SPBiVqD0Yc_UuiFC9tPJKtAL87waXz-lUAmivPihDHwS57Y8mC7/w640-h298/Quartz7.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 11.2 - A particularly glittery milky quartz which I found during a walk back in October 2023.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwcESEFKqVNjgkZiYvxcwD6gzCYQ8B1cQDtqTblX5VBdyiycKWteunBgClEfLDMnuFKW2G2wOMIIMuNAkEonHiOZPXJPJC-PBSAF-ZCkLxz19UhDb_z6YPjHkKSrSCH6qljKoK9kA9wOa1eUp_t-Drjgco4t8nJWIGLCWKL02vxKoLfhcz2redVVGGEs_P/s4804/Quartz3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2382" data-original-width="4804" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwcESEFKqVNjgkZiYvxcwD6gzCYQ8B1cQDtqTblX5VBdyiycKWteunBgClEfLDMnuFKW2G2wOMIIMuNAkEonHiOZPXJPJC-PBSAF-ZCkLxz19UhDb_z6YPjHkKSrSCH6qljKoK9kA9wOa1eUp_t-Drjgco4t8nJWIGLCWKL02vxKoLfhcz2redVVGGEs_P/w640-h318/Quartz3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="center"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 11.3 - Milky quartz pieces in my collection.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div></div><div></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNqkHrqfsk7J9S9yFt5T6ge9604eTQVhVVgGTmLBjXW0PzLaiXN85pMSazpdVM5Cd6Y1jKtD9pNMDOSjPkJGKrJEaiId309RfI3fHuB-7xAgyD6wxHTvXnQAJjvONXePBSA2rGaTk9lxDzOij5zdgQVT81SUrWhnE0a4tsOahPssNEfV-7L2Gc7x4K4wq6/s3968/Quartz5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2976" data-original-width="3968" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNqkHrqfsk7J9S9yFt5T6ge9604eTQVhVVgGTmLBjXW0PzLaiXN85pMSazpdVM5Cd6Y1jKtD9pNMDOSjPkJGKrJEaiId309RfI3fHuB-7xAgyD6wxHTvXnQAJjvONXePBSA2rGaTk9lxDzOij5zdgQVT81SUrWhnE0a4tsOahPssNEfV-7L2Gc7x4K4wq6/w400-h300/Quartz5.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 11.4 - Milky quartz pieces in my collection, found in local parks and mountainscapes over the years.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDx592I2IvJl-Inm2rXnWQx283_rCr52hutPeTTMIrPnAkEZ6mp-yqZ2oPHAMQuyAuJcH3rluZMWh1NeQSMHgsg1XRQR7xz5FDNaN7L9g1hutkTsqAnHNJi64_3IOmhH2AJ1SkH-zW3iQh5RlGskIp34yb6pfKB_Wr3dpGQ34mnn-Jdxk7Xn5SjZGt0FIE/s4927/Quartz6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2402" data-original-width="4927" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDx592I2IvJl-Inm2rXnWQx283_rCr52hutPeTTMIrPnAkEZ6mp-yqZ2oPHAMQuyAuJcH3rluZMWh1NeQSMHgsg1XRQR7xz5FDNaN7L9g1hutkTsqAnHNJi64_3IOmhH2AJ1SkH-zW3iQh5RlGskIp34yb6pfKB_Wr3dpGQ34mnn-Jdxk7Xn5SjZGt0FIE/w640-h312/Quartz6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 11.5 - Milky quartz pieces in my collection.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjusnjs8yDfbVrt5F7dOi6nD8XYNG3pWAk74r4JWdaq7fwQyJd_vV2lYV8yatlrLFLLHN2DPQnqsj3nNLsIU03jnA8sUX1ht3HDSrDYcm56eQ6eFSy1tRlDBGUF7c9_-9PE7o_sGeWJ3XdTTl4G8N9EeUykLBZ1cgbcYDBGS4CQocucKdqAb8kk_2ICJ8Wa/s3742/Quartz9.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2688" data-original-width="3742" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjusnjs8yDfbVrt5F7dOi6nD8XYNG3pWAk74r4JWdaq7fwQyJd_vV2lYV8yatlrLFLLHN2DPQnqsj3nNLsIU03jnA8sUX1ht3HDSrDYcm56eQ6eFSy1tRlDBGUF7c9_-9PE7o_sGeWJ3XdTTl4G8N9EeUykLBZ1cgbcYDBGS4CQocucKdqAb8kk_2ICJ8Wa/w640-h460/Quartz9.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 11.6 - Milky quartz pieces in my collection. Some of them is iron-stained milky quartz, showcasing orange-yellow and rust colours due to the presence of iron oxides.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOinNqb-Avz-7bG_tcln89zmv7AA8JQQT05kHBIJgFcckFhyQQaoCJ4FCibEqF3rIZaXrfEhKUswO6cCMbuRs3ZP2BhfzVC50z9-4q2S_-gR0ayBJdh4828GDa8hCHrceUCmgKG87aP652EkcJzVLVpxlWfBH9UuGEfxe7JegtW4kQbHCLrji42sc_iXoj/s5982/Quartz10.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3988" data-original-width="5982" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOinNqb-Avz-7bG_tcln89zmv7AA8JQQT05kHBIJgFcckFhyQQaoCJ4FCibEqF3rIZaXrfEhKUswO6cCMbuRs3ZP2BhfzVC50z9-4q2S_-gR0ayBJdh4828GDa8hCHrceUCmgKG87aP652EkcJzVLVpxlWfBH9UuGEfxe7JegtW4kQbHCLrji42sc_iXoj/w640-h426/Quartz10.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 11.7 - Milky quartz pieces in my collection.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1mVEvVjB9uGonTdBLB0dxPV2PZS6ezEi_3NE5QVzjFIk6HJ7oLm0szlHrZBGg_ZRC89IPLZYevipBdwffMQKtUS_7PuS1g11zQsH1k29jdgtKYkBISuGSMt7t2Cszhci1pnnevMhVQTNOmmUQ91NBHnyQXpd6GjyQSEJ7xSujB5vHThHifW1vkOgCNYdr/s4925/Quartz1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2336" data-original-width="4925" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1mVEvVjB9uGonTdBLB0dxPV2PZS6ezEi_3NE5QVzjFIk6HJ7oLm0szlHrZBGg_ZRC89IPLZYevipBdwffMQKtUS_7PuS1g11zQsH1k29jdgtKYkBISuGSMt7t2Cszhci1pnnevMhVQTNOmmUQ91NBHnyQXpd6GjyQSEJ7xSujB5vHThHifW1vkOgCNYdr/w640-h304/Quartz1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 11.8 - Iron-stained </i><i>milky quartz, with zones of deep orange-yellow due to the presence of iron oxides.</i></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP9Q4RAVEZoGmjKDwJm-EptyXIOSN6O5bdDv8jqoDTXJKuqZu1UDzp49q2qFs-MWOmtGQFOxK5G9D3X-MgrHSe6lzteGEn1AVensaasHcn_QOrGzPpVLHBIIH7S86wGPJU3mCssELFk1RSPyxkXsiuHgW1Ln2yWFhGplWH2-QbnYGT5JorbtQ85ZYFgt2P/s4291/Quartz2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2021" data-original-width="4291" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP9Q4RAVEZoGmjKDwJm-EptyXIOSN6O5bdDv8jqoDTXJKuqZu1UDzp49q2qFs-MWOmtGQFOxK5G9D3X-MgrHSe6lzteGEn1AVensaasHcn_QOrGzPpVLHBIIH7S86wGPJU3mCssELFk1RSPyxkXsiuHgW1Ln2yWFhGplWH2-QbnYGT5JorbtQ85ZYFgt2P/w640-h302/Quartz2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 11.9 - Iron-stained </i><i>milky quartz, with zones of deep orange-yellow due to the presence of iron oxides.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh2hCT6u2uuFcUA7sHokIwWifqeSjNo0N_-P7WqHNPhNsxkyz257hpwttRMfsdH4MZM8m_FvAMVCfC7zpASdrcUrArs_fb85guXC-XslJXKjaXWetVoYYL9GajV1gu9rYsrh1bQirMHYcAQjOW1K66FEMzvJrd7hvuW_jhmQ3_DMpGmGA_19kcXeMcBpAa/s3263/Sin%20t%C3%ADtulo.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1619" data-original-width="3263" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh2hCT6u2uuFcUA7sHokIwWifqeSjNo0N_-P7WqHNPhNsxkyz257hpwttRMfsdH4MZM8m_FvAMVCfC7zpASdrcUrArs_fb85guXC-XslJXKjaXWetVoYYL9GajV1gu9rYsrh1bQirMHYcAQjOW1K66FEMzvJrd7hvuW_jhmQ3_DMpGmGA_19kcXeMcBpAa/w640-h318/Sin%20t%C3%ADtulo.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 11.10 - Milky quartz pieces in my collection, also featuring some iron-staining<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Before delving into geodes (lol), here are some <b>videos </b>showcasing the shape and sparkle of the quartz crystals in the geode, as well as the hues, shine and sparkle of some of the other milky quartz specimens:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzz-0GSNKD48YaZ5P9Rht1RmTSfDF9E4-oeyzuYu5PdOmBveZBEuqUfWHpL1w-U_SNhl14t6wBCSgtuqeSEXQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><b> </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzD_qzCuXB2mslWbNXHH1cNSQnUJY445m2SebjJXfisxT0zMJkKV_7ZgXicxGC5Op7WBLb55IpFApcDJ8gijw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwX_ETQ6i64e-HX-7OoMsWujQeKZJR9ilCHznirF37YLNedGXZ4RNJcWli2eMUsCeivJfnIUopLy12-x9aPvA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyK4YRM2-2_iGkRzzuU5oVibm0peplcFwlWdCVNldf-MVzrh2QZQI6rfMDfyuL9JCUJ9v4V1UXqxon8Dya-AA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>💎</b><u><b>A bit about geodes</b></u>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geode" target="_blank">Source 1</a>, <a href=" https://geology.com/articles/geodes/" target="_blank">Source 2</a></b>, <b><a href="https://www.mindat.org/glossary/geode" target="_blank">Source 3</a></b>. I already introduced <u><b>quartz </b></u>and <u><b>agate</b></u> in <a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2022/08/expanding-my-mineral-collection.html" target="_blank">the <b>first post in this series</b></a>, and the <a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2023/08/expanding-my-mineral-collection.html" target="_blank"><b>third post</b></a> also talks about <u><b>chalcedony</b></u><b> </b>(of which agate is a variation). <br /></div><div><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAo3fWQQwvyhvLJ7Haj1Ght0q8kRtofVPcdGFRlsEm_iCbl5jAnJEVKUFQZPynMNlKq8BlNb49BJjGAwa1Tbk-guGu4A092YlML1s8836n68sc336izfqrBGv-XLqBOP2ZVyH2gDeT2RP-aHB0ZAayBMayRKVUPZAJs-rsm6yphr-28SxYLwHWydWwSQ/s3591/IMG_20220906_211738.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2905" data-original-width="3591" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAo3fWQQwvyhvLJ7Haj1Ght0q8kRtofVPcdGFRlsEm_iCbl5jAnJEVKUFQZPynMNlKq8BlNb49BJjGAwa1Tbk-guGu4A092YlML1s8836n68sc336izfqrBGv-XLqBOP2ZVyH2gDeT2RP-aHB0ZAayBMayRKVUPZAJs-rsm6yphr-28SxYLwHWydWwSQ/w640-h518/IMG_20220906_211738.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 12 - The rest of geodes in my collection, spanning several sizes from small geodes with clear quartz and agate banding (geodines), to large agate geodes which have been sawn and polished.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b> <u>Geodes</u> </b>are independent <b>spherical-to-subspherical hollow rock structures</b>, ranging in size from under 1 cm to several meters in length, <b>with an internal cavity lined with mineral matter</b>, which commonly include crystals. Geodes are created as secondary geological formations <b>within volcanic (igneous) and sedimentary rocks</b>. The crystals fill the cavity mainly through <b>concentric inner growth</b>, a growth that is caused either by the filling of gas bubbles in <b>igneous </b>rocks (such as vesicles in basaltic lava) by minerals which have been deposited from hydrothermal fluids; or in in <b>sedimentary </b>formations, created by the filling and slow growth of minerals precipitated from groundwater or hydrothermal solutions. The <b>durable outer wall</b> of geodes makes them more resistant to weathering than the surrounding bedrock, and allows for geodes to survive intact and be ultimately dug from the soil, or collected in stream beds or from the land surface. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> The most common geode type consists of a <b>druse of small crystals lining and filling the cavity</b>,<b> </b>often also including <b>multiple concentric bands of chalcedony (agate or jasper)</b> in different tones (typically brown, tan, grey, white or black). <b>Quartz crystals </b>(especially clear and milky quartz, and amethyst) <b>are dominant in geodes</b>, and <b>white calcite or dolomite </b>are also quite common, while other minerals such as <b>blue silica</b>, <b>pink rhodochrosite</b>, <b>pyrite</b> and <b>colourful opal</b> can be found in rarer specimens. Sometimes the geodes aren't filled with geometric crystals, as is the case with chalcedony-lined geodes (<b>chalcedony</b> being a microcrystalline variety of quartz). </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> The <b>banding and coloration in geodes is the result of variable impurities. </b>For example, <b>agate</b> banding in its natural form tends to create <b>white and grey tones </b>(as we can see in the geodines of<b> Fig. 13</b>),<b> </b>while <b>brownish and rusty hues</b> are caused by the presence of iron oxides (very present in the large agate geodes in <b>Figs. 14 and 15</b>). <br /></div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnDn5tqasrunyqdimHs78lkcNsvSh82atau_1N4um9cQ6ynZcuapY59yxTAUZPCpsBEeyYrHyheP6rmtd_rDjNUPcxJA-UeRYB0THfIgy_Epmywk-s0jtbapGoIwDO2bTlOtkpcaZrXvOY0TND8qXadz1O5PiPPvaLMdjQnSPW2Yj-NmfviAmM-RRJCA/s5589/IMG_20220906_211751_2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3494" data-original-width="5589" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnDn5tqasrunyqdimHs78lkcNsvSh82atau_1N4um9cQ6ynZcuapY59yxTAUZPCpsBEeyYrHyheP6rmtd_rDjNUPcxJA-UeRYB0THfIgy_Epmywk-s0jtbapGoIwDO2bTlOtkpcaZrXvOY0TND8qXadz1O5PiPPvaLMdjQnSPW2Yj-NmfviAmM-RRJCA/w640-h400/IMG_20220906_211751_2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 13 - Two small geodes with clear quartz and agate banding. These <b>small quartz+agate geodines hailing from Brazil are commonly called</b> <b><u>occo/ocho geodes</u></b>, displaying sparkly drusy quartz linings on tan, grey, brown or black agate shells. </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfGsJ2QTbX0o04MeGiRbSczQuKbAXiQqeZ71V4kO7Wz-Pfs-Uf6n6WdqkLkGhxvFJna4zGMw6sPgJ7dTpdQ4fs6E6I-gYI6tkIVUE7EFekhqIRDKZRogqawG5Pb0xZNCSGTvw97pb0hUSEp4OWo1iiZF3yaMWKRtCP9Coe1xhEHQ0oKMroflAHayYdrA/s2888/IMG_20220906_211923.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2888" data-original-width="2669" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfGsJ2QTbX0o04MeGiRbSczQuKbAXiQqeZ71V4kO7Wz-Pfs-Uf6n6WdqkLkGhxvFJna4zGMw6sPgJ7dTpdQ4fs6E6I-gYI6tkIVUE7EFekhqIRDKZRogqawG5Pb0xZNCSGTvw97pb0hUSEp4OWo1iiZF3yaMWKRtCP9Coe1xhEHQ0oKMroflAHayYdrA/w370-h400/IMG_20220906_211923.jpg" width="370" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 14 - A large agate geode, sawn and polished, lined with several layers of colourful agate banding, showing a crystal-filled cavity in the middle, and a central part featuring more agate layers of different hues. Each coloured agate band represents an episode of agate formation. </i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY0MSZeaKYwaB-20fQvWXKAuUtYTZvzZlAp3qxDA3cKDuOYCD3NGK21ZAl58-pNIB7cxAC-zKBqXkAQJRnTsFqpYaUynLP0_5dYaS4TODUn-tDvC6vDjYBN1CiudZ6Y8WjA4vJgWm0SoA3raltYGFltOkrhnyotUXOTevZ1ruva62VdBBhWoCb3F3L_Q/s5675/IMG_20220906_211931_2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3608" data-original-width="5675" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY0MSZeaKYwaB-20fQvWXKAuUtYTZvzZlAp3qxDA3cKDuOYCD3NGK21ZAl58-pNIB7cxAC-zKBqXkAQJRnTsFqpYaUynLP0_5dYaS4TODUn-tDvC6vDjYBN1CiudZ6Y8WjA4vJgWm0SoA3raltYGFltOkrhnyotUXOTevZ1ruva62VdBBhWoCb3F3L_Q/w640-h406/IMG_20220906_211931_2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 15 - Another large agate geode, sawn and polished, bigger than the former one but also thinner. It's also comprised of numerous layers of colourful agate, and we can also see some zones with crystals </i></td></tr></tbody></table><p><b>✨</b><u><b>Some interesting STEM trivia about geodes</b></u>: </p><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>The <b>etymology </b>of the name 'geode' comes from the Ancient Greek <b>γεώδης<i> <span lang="grc-Latn" title="Ancient Greek transliteration"><i>(geṓdēs)</i></span></i><span lang="grc-Latn" title="Ancient Greek transliteration">,</span> "earthlike"</b>. </li></ul><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>Geodes are given a variety of names. <b>The word "geode" may be preceded by the name of the mineral filling it</b> (such as "amethyst geode" or "agate geode"), or by a <b>geographic name referring to its place of origin</b> (such as "Sahara geode", in the case of the RBA collection).</li></ul><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li> Geodes are massively used as collectable mineral specimens, and for
<b>various ornamentation purposes</b>, from pendants to bookends, paperweights,
and various items of home and office decor. Seeing as agate in its natural form often has white and grey tones (or red and brown if affected by iron oxides), and many people find these hues less appealing for decorative purposes, geodes and geode slices are sometimes<b> dyed with artificial colours, creating vivid and unusual hues</b> of blue, green, purple, red and other bright shades that aren't generally to be found in their natural form (see for example a bright blue agate slice in <a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2022/08/expanding-my-mineral-collection.html" target="_blank"><b>Post 1</b></a> of this series). Personally, I prefer the more natural shades of agate xD.<br /></li></ul><p> Finally, here are a couple of short <b>videos </b>showcasing the sparkle and shape of the quartz crystals in one of my geodines (occo/ocho geode), and the textures of one of the large agate geodes: <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwbi-5os3jwMTkuMX1vxGafEH318djqBerrv_yA8dmowSuJOSKcJ7HPhFtdWHTJf2EuNjory86-nwCyevHtjQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwl7EhZTmjq5s2SWEDDhjD5CfwM8dZ-Z-tzP75RoQUFc0gmN68uxbsZ4GLSe52hVLC0KLZfPf2d0tcOrftnSA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><p></p><p>11) <u><b>Pyrite</b></u>:</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVqJq3YzVZPCjXP_sF_-2ygdVFghISqZ3CkxSYmx8FFNR8UGXFEzf_R7X9M1jbYriqEB1i2_YfzC3THJEUJwzgnA8_zDJ3e34iiRBTMFCLVgtDRYtKrvKlPlYgrdwd23xj0bo8aUuuVijWtnONiE4JQXCV9X0FsctZVb6dTjGQkj6G0Z-pUJOORZ6JZw/s3167/IMG_20220906_213528.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2723" data-original-width="3167" height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVqJq3YzVZPCjXP_sF_-2ygdVFghISqZ3CkxSYmx8FFNR8UGXFEzf_R7X9M1jbYriqEB1i2_YfzC3THJEUJwzgnA8_zDJ3e34iiRBTMFCLVgtDRYtKrvKlPlYgrdwd23xj0bo8aUuuVijWtnONiE4JQXCV9X0FsctZVb6dTjGQkj6G0Z-pUJOORZ6JZw/w640-h550/IMG_20220906_213528.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 16.1 - All my pyrite specimens, in various forms: Several cubic pyrite crystals in various sizes, a specimen with pyritohedron-shaped crystals (right, in box), and a disk-shaped pyrite sun.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiev3ipRzh5IPGznXeKisytmDMzkpLBZH-bFLN3tIU4MHcklYHcuzo2OfoioYZitN-EJ4A802z8e60s3IsmI-dDzaUPitiA4DurTmIvNSjMJAa-gcr3R_pYB1LbGt8viUhJsfxIZi1wVN4hzX_TSFS6MGR0CiSyxcZzotRsZlXAIjqjA0M586I9_Dn8A/s3968/IMG_20230411_014115.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2976" data-original-width="3968" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiev3ipRzh5IPGznXeKisytmDMzkpLBZH-bFLN3tIU4MHcklYHcuzo2OfoioYZitN-EJ4A802z8e60s3IsmI-dDzaUPitiA4DurTmIvNSjMJAa-gcr3R_pYB1LbGt8viUhJsfxIZi1wVN4hzX_TSFS6MGR0CiSyxcZzotRsZlXAIjqjA0M586I9_Dn8A/w640-h480/IMG_20230411_014115.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 16.2 - A cubic
pyrite crystal featuring some intergrowth with another smaller cubic crystal on one of its faces (above, left), and two specimen with pyritohedron-shaped
crystals - the larger one in the right is the specimen from the RBA collection.</i></td></tr></tbody></table> <p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> All of the pyrites in <b>Fig. 16.1</b> are from the rest of my former existing collection, while <b>Fig. 16.2</b> includes the new specimen from the RBA collection. Most of my pyrite specimens are <b><u>cuboid crystals</u></b> (the main crystal habit of pyrite), three small ones, and a very large one. At least two of them originate from <b>La Rioja</b>, one of the main mining sources of pyrite in <b>Spain </b>(mineralogists actually consider <b>La Rioja and Riotinto</b> - in Huelva, Spain - among the sites which provide the best pyrite specimens worldwide). There's also a couple of speciments of the <u><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodecahedron#Pyritohedron" target="_blank">pyritohedron</a>-shaped c</b></u><b><u>rystal variety</u> </b>(see below), and a large (and pretty stunning) <a href="https://isgs.illinois.edu/outreach/geology-resources/pyrite-suns" target="_blank"><b>pyrite sun</b></a>, a <b>disk-shaped concretion of pyrite arranged in an ortorhombic crystal configuration</b> (a rectangular/stretched cube shape). In pyrite suns, crystals grow radially (laterally) instead of vertically as a result of the weight of overlying sediments, causing <b>flat-shaped pyrites</b>.<br /></p><p><b>💎</b><u><b>A bit about pyrite</b></u>: <b><a href="https://geology.com/minerals/pyrite.shtml" target="_blank">Source 1</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrite " target="_blank">Source 2</a></b>, <a href="https://geologyscience.com/minerals/pyrite/" target="_blank"><u><b>Source 3</b></u></a>, <b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45997268-rocas-y-minerales-guia-v-definit" target="_blank">Source 4</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44285727-rocas-y-minerales-gu-as-de-la-naturaleza-gu-as-del-naturalista-rocas?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=fnW43xFes1&rank=1" target="_blank">Source 5</a>, <a href="https://www.mindat.org/min-3314.html" target="_blank">Source 6</a></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdb5QSVBXXT_cJe_URVwoiP110CHbAmWgYgPmpGBO2afZ558hZbipf7H4bPUEKSMrxJ3fPsWcyJJrewMsdA5tCgvxQ6Pum0QKgkNJdrR9SLyNI2R7cuw1ajQ76RapYuBSZKKBTmEBCXYxDTfBncRCUxZbXV5WNdFhXq0j_pr8ZFlG9oecSi_N71og9iw/s588/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(4024).png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="588" data-original-width="514" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdb5QSVBXXT_cJe_URVwoiP110CHbAmWgYgPmpGBO2afZ558hZbipf7H4bPUEKSMrxJ3fPsWcyJJrewMsdA5tCgvxQ6Pum0QKgkNJdrR9SLyNI2R7cuw1ajQ76RapYuBSZKKBTmEBCXYxDTfBncRCUxZbXV5WNdFhXq0j_pr8ZFlG9oecSi_N71og9iw/s320/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(4024).png" width="280" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 17.1 - <a href="https://geology.com/minerals/pyrite.shtml" target="_blank">Source</a>.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"> <u><b>Pyrite</b></u>, also known as<u> <b>iron pyrite</b></u> and <u><b>fool's gold</b></u>, is the most abundant sulfide mineral, an <b>iron sulfide </b>variety (chemical formula <b>FeS<sub>2</sub></b>). It is a very common mineral that is found <b>ubiquitously</b> around the world, associated with other sulfides or oxides in <b>igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks</b>, as well as in quartz veins, coal beds, and in fossils as a replacement mineral. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Pyrite has a <b>simple cubic structure</b>, usually forming cuboid crystals. Under certain circumstances, pyrite can also be found in a <b>pyritohedron shape, </b>forming <b>irregular dodecahedrons </b>known as<b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodecahedron#Pyritohedron" target="_blank">pyritohedra</a></b>, and also as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octahedron" target="_blank"><b>octahedrons</b></a>. Pyrite often occurs <b>intergrown</b>, and can also be found in <b>massive, granular, globular, radiated and stalactitic habits</b>.<br /></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> The name '<b>fool's gold</b>' originates from the fact that <b>the brass-yellow hue and metallic luster of this mineral give pyrite a superficial resemblance to gold</b>. In spite of this, both minerals can be differentiated relatively easily: Gold is
soft, malleable and dense, while pyrite is hard, brittle and considerably less dense,
and its characteristic cubic crystal structure is also a solid factor
that can distinguish it from the precious metal. Pyrite can however be used as a <b>gold ore</b>, as the two minerals often occur together in the same rocks and form under the same conditions. Even though gold often comprises a very small fraction of the ore, pyrite is still considered as a mining target for gold due to its high value. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS1J-ITaFl5NXp2iEypKm4_66bhVZg6xmKzYtaecYY_RdOCv0Dn_1f0jLLoHQ_j9dxmrRp2tXQJejyHoYTLgBt20OIAN0zd7Xw06RKMETkKz8UiWVgYz78cDeWgtrzimkDb_QXqHiDPyV2-__y1N_vfDM5iGAt_LGKoceh-wEbu6UT8Tpuwmhq0HNxeg/s3483/IMG_20230413_003407.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2172" data-original-width="3483" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS1J-ITaFl5NXp2iEypKm4_66bhVZg6xmKzYtaecYY_RdOCv0Dn_1f0jLLoHQ_j9dxmrRp2tXQJejyHoYTLgBt20OIAN0zd7Xw06RKMETkKz8UiWVgYz78cDeWgtrzimkDb_QXqHiDPyV2-__y1N_vfDM5iGAt_LGKoceh-wEbu6UT8Tpuwmhq0HNxeg/w400-h250/IMG_20230413_003407.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 17.2 - Pyrite infographic from the RBA collection (in Spanish)<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><b>✨</b><u><b>Some interesting STEM and history trivia about pyrite</b></u>: </p><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>The <b>etymology </b>of the name 'pyrite' is derived from the Ancient Greek <b><i><span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">πυρίτης λίθος</span></span></i> (<i>pyritēs lithos</i>), "stone or mineral which strikes fire"</b>, which is in turn derived from <i><span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">πῦρ</span></span></i> (<i>pyr</i>), "fire". <b>Ancient Romans</b> used this name to refer to several stones (one of them the mineral pyrite as we know it) which could be used to create sparks when struck against steel or another hard material. Pyrite has indeed been used with flintstone and tinder as a<b> traditional method of starting fires</b> in various parts of the world, and it was also used in the 16th and 17th centuries as an early source of ignition for firearms (sigh). <br /></li></ul>Pyrite has a wide variety of <u><b>uses</b></u>, among which we can cite the following: <ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><u><b>Ores</b></u>: As well as an <b>ore of gold</b>, its main use as an ore, pyrite has historically been used as an important <b>ore to produce sulfur</b>. Nowadays, howeve, pyrite is only a <b>minor ore for sulfur</b>, although it remains in commercial use to produce <b>sulfur dioxide</b>, and <b>sulfuric acid</b> is also produced as a by-product of gold production. Despite containing a sizeable amount of iron in its composition, pyrite is also only considered as a <b>minor ore of iron</b>.</li></ul><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li> <u><b>Electronics and technology</b></u>: In early 20th century, pyrite was used as a <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_detector" target="_blank">crystal detector</a> in radio receivers</b>.
Crystal detectors consisted of a piece of crystalline material with the
role of rectifying the alternating current radio signal. <b>Galena </b>(see next mineral below!) was the main mineral used in these dectectors. Pyrite is a <b>semiconductor </b>material, and one of its newer uses is as the <b>cathode </b>material in non-rechargeable <b>lithium batteries</b>. Pyrite being abundant, non-toxic and inexpensive, this mineral has also been proposed as a fitting material to manufacture <b>photovoltaic solar panels </b>with iron sulfide as a photovoltaic material, as well as<b> thin-film solar cells </b>constructed entirely out of pyrite.</li></ul><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><u><b>Ornamentation</b></u>: Pyrite has been used around the world for centuries with both <b>ornamental and ceremonial purposes</b>: From the Ancient Romans to several Native American peoples, it has been polished as mirrors, and worn in the form of amulets, pins, earrings, lockets and rings. Today it is still used widely as an <b>ornamental stone</b>, as well as a very popular stone among <b>mineralogist collectors</b>. Although it tarnishes easily and is quite brittle, pyrite can be used as a low-cost gemstone, faceted and polished to make jewelry. <b>Pyrite jewelry</b> was especially popular in the Victorian era. <br /></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><b>Hazards</b></u>: In spite of all its uses, pyrite also presents some <b>environmental and construction hazards</b>. The occurrence of sulfur from pyrite in coal beds, for one, can result in sulfur dioxide gas when the coal is burned, contributing to <b>air pollution and acid rain</b> unless removed (<i>coal itself and all fossil fuels are also pretty hazardous to the environment in and for themselves, as we well know</i>). Crushed stone used to make concrete and asphalt paving materials for roads and buildings must also be free of pyrite, as it oxidizes when exposed to air and moisture, resulting in potential <b>maintenance problems</b> as a result of the damage and weakening of these construction materials.<br /></div></li></ul><p>12) <u><b>Galena</b></u>:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwNONClL5Y7xQAQlBgVaShNxBNsKYmZqa3mHj7L27K7fcYzCuDikdYTj5J2TxA9qNBLJ7lxXDCwgbT1CRNLPmnA2j3WuWfWDhh6liydKdiphMSd0o0MSSdYMgFeU5CMs5ZOMigw-CM164W_-ZLzDuTQM_7jnK0x7L1XFZnd5AB_zvqAHI8asqCPPxUlw/s4402/IMG_20220525_003524_2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2193" data-original-width="4402" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwNONClL5Y7xQAQlBgVaShNxBNsKYmZqa3mHj7L27K7fcYzCuDikdYTj5J2TxA9qNBLJ7lxXDCwgbT1CRNLPmnA2j3WuWfWDhh6liydKdiphMSd0o0MSSdYMgFeU5CMs5ZOMigw-CM164W_-ZLzDuTQM_7jnK0x7L1XFZnd5AB_zvqAHI8asqCPPxUlw/w640-h318/IMG_20220525_003524_2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fig. 18 - <i>The galena specimen from the RBA collection, with its characteristic silver colour and metallic luster. It's noticeably quite heavy, due to its high lead content.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> This is my first galena in my collection. The specimen originates from <b>Spain</b>, where galena has been mined extensively since Roman times in Jaén (Andalucía) and Tarragona (Cataluña).<b> </b>The <b>perfect cleavage</b> of galena makes it easy to identify, exhibiting <b>clear planes of exfoliation</b> across which pieces of the mineral can break. Another distinct factor is its <b>weight </b>- This small specimen is easily one of the heaviest specimens in my collection, as a direct result of its high lead content.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A short <b><u>video</u></b> with this specimen in direct sunlight:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxoPRNQBcuYt6Ceosxh1WPcRufWDdl-D-mcNt1TfDd7YB6FP-99zzwcCata7CQPf6osqaUClNhkoynXUSSSsQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div><p><b>💎</b><u><b>A bit about galena</b></u>: <b><a href="https://geology.com/minerals/galena.shtml" target="_blank">Source 1</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galena " target="_blank">Source 2</a>, </b><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45997268-rocas-y-minerales-guia-v-definit" target="_blank">Source 3</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44285727-rocas-y-minerales-gu-as-de-la-naturaleza-gu-as-del-naturalista-rocas?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=fnW43xFes1&rank=1" target="_blank">Source 4</a>, <a href="https://www.mindat.org/min-1641.html" target="_blank">Source 5</a></b> </p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmCrL1wtP_haUuB57m06rRSlUSG_KQxkJrg-E3QBYjzs73P5WhCV0N7GmcxTXWbfNIug02T9ZTsxvXPll6baDkhMY_c3VjuI_NqugT4K9Dng8oynQkr8PWBUxTxQzK_4t3aNNBQevKPYu5STBerkXrl_ugwjQLqjW9plo38i0ctp0aUgBG69szc0sPAQ/s647/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(4025).png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="647" data-original-width="514" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmCrL1wtP_haUuB57m06rRSlUSG_KQxkJrg-E3QBYjzs73P5WhCV0N7GmcxTXWbfNIug02T9ZTsxvXPll6baDkhMY_c3VjuI_NqugT4K9Dng8oynQkr8PWBUxTxQzK_4t3aNNBQevKPYu5STBerkXrl_ugwjQLqjW9plo38i0ctp0aUgBG69szc0sPAQ/s320/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(4025).png" width="254" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 19 - <a href="https://geology.com/minerals/galena.shtml" target="_blank">Source</a></i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b> <u>Galena</u></b>, also known as <u><b>lead glance</b></u>, is the mineral form of <b>lead sulfide</b> (with a chemical composition of <b>PbS</b>), one of the most abundant and widespread sulfide minerals. This mineral can be found in <b>igneous and metamorphic rocks</b> in hydrothermal veins (in association with several other minerals such as quartz, calcite, dolomite, chalcopyrite and fluorite), and disseminated in<b> sedimentary rocks </b>in the form of veins and isolated grains, and as a replacement of limestone and dolomite. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> With its characteristic <b>silver colour</b>, <b>bright metallic luster</b> and <b>perfect cleavage</b> in three directions intersecting at 90 degrees, galena is an easy mineral to identify. It also has a distinct <b>high specific gravity due to its high lead content</b>, and this is immediately noticeable even with small specimens. This mineral crystallizes in the <b>cubic crystal system</b>, often showing <b>cubic and octahedral forms</b>. It can also appear as <b>blocky and tabular crystals</b>.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> Galena is the <b>primary ore of lead since Ancient times</b>, where lead was already being smelted from galena in ordinary wood fires. Lead was probably the first metal to be processed from an ore, with manufactured lead artifacts having been found as far in the past as 6500 BC in <b>Turkey</b>. Some galena deposits also contain a small amount of silver, either as a substitution of lead for silver in the atomic structure, or occurring in small grains as a by-product, and this "<b>argentiferous galena</b>" has also been an important <b>ore of silver </b>since Ancient times - Ancient <b>Greeks </b>and Romans already knew how to separate silver from lead 2000 years ago.<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgJ89iMTfMQ4JoleWSTKxqVfL_-BB96IneNZp4iAqH7U1SXuw17BT-HUAg5v3JR2e577yzagz8pSa8_V3cBX6yM4oME-g2n2fs122mS5UXbWiFXhXuHC7a1OVPujqvg9YeTYi4-fcn7wx1a2S2W9ohVvSM3KUA_KanN57UXMI_K4C73MiWf3nHGSWvkQ/s3587/IMG_20220906_210152.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2254" data-original-width="3587" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgJ89iMTfMQ4JoleWSTKxqVfL_-BB96IneNZp4iAqH7U1SXuw17BT-HUAg5v3JR2e577yzagz8pSa8_V3cBX6yM4oME-g2n2fs122mS5UXbWiFXhXuHC7a1OVPujqvg9YeTYi4-fcn7wx1a2S2W9ohVvSM3KUA_KanN57UXMI_K4C73MiWf3nHGSWvkQ/w400-h251/IMG_20220906_210152.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 20 - Galena infographic from the RBA collection</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"><span> </span><b>✨</b><u><b>Some interesting STEM and history trivia about galena</b></u>: <br /></p><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li> The etymology of the name 'galena' comes from the Latin <span class="ILfuVd" lang="en"><span class="hgKElc"><b>galēna</b>,<b> “dross from smelting lead”</b>.</span></span><span class="ILfuVd" lang="en"><span class="hgKElc"> This name was already being used as far back as 77 AD by the Roman naturalist <b>Plinius the Elder</b>.<br /></span></span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li> <span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">🌟🪐</span><u><b>Astrophysics fact!</b></u> The planet <b>Venus </b>has a highly inhospitable environment with volcanoes venting superheated gases - featuring <b>sulfur and lead</b> - into the atmosphere. High enough in the atmosphere, these gases condense, generating the so-called "<b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_snow" target="_blank">heavy metal snow</a></b>". This '<a href="http://planetaria.ca/2013/06/24/the-metallic-snows-of-venus/" target="_blank">snow</a>' seems to be a mineral deposition combining<b> galena (lead sulfide) </b>and <b>bismuth sulfide</b>, precipitated from the atmosphere on the higher elevations of the planet, at altitudes above 2600 m.</li></ul></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="ILfuVd" lang="en"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRQfYePE8R2NnyoOQKcXJ0ZzPrwcQhZrVkFHcDH0r-NzqMSUc3Wg_Rq5ZNt8HZdkyuEugTRiCDiGWCVi1vQlF2SJBPDJdJ_hpcwPKX-PnW8QBRzdutzMRfRMHgwdG7rMVvxo_sSplAsr1JUO_XtTe7qoMq58RG7PsY_Q3YzoUYxEw1PLqRaKVQVI73tQ/s628/5baeb70e1f00002501230487.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="314" data-original-width="628" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRQfYePE8R2NnyoOQKcXJ0ZzPrwcQhZrVkFHcDH0r-NzqMSUc3Wg_Rq5ZNt8HZdkyuEugTRiCDiGWCVi1vQlF2SJBPDJdJ_hpcwPKX-PnW8QBRzdutzMRfRMHgwdG7rMVvxo_sSplAsr1JUO_XtTe7qoMq58RG7PsY_Q3YzoUYxEw1PLqRaKVQVI73tQ/s320/5baeb70e1f00002501230487.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Maat Mons, on Venus, showcasing this 'metallic snow'. Image: <a>NASA</a></i></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="hgKElc"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="ILfuVd" lang="en"><span class="hgKElc">As well as an important ore of both lead and silver, these are some other uses of galena:</span></span><br /><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><span class="ILfuVd" lang="en"><span class="hgKElc"> <u><b>Cosmetics</b></u>: </span></span> As appalling as it sounds, galena with its high content of (toxic 😬) lead has been in widespread use as part of several types of <a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/ingredients-lipstick-makeup-cosmetics-science-history" target="_blank">cosmetics </a>since Ancient times, and, as we know today, prolongued exposure to lead can lead to various health problems. In <b>Ancient Egypt</b>, galena was used to make the eye cosmetic <b>kohl</b> (which was applied around the eyes to reduce the glare of the harsh desert Sun, as well as repel flies and ward off eye infections). In <b>pre-Columbian North America</b>, it was also used by First Nations peoples in cosmetics and decorative paints. Lead in make-up has been extensively used in face-whitening 'foundations' in <b>Western Europe</b> since at least <b>Roman </b>times, with a special emphasis during <b>Elizabethan</b> 16th century England.</li></ul><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq5q2j-efxFNCXAygvQVtJWVLXdTxUifNa8XjwTDmc7h4LniMRFSd9GJuQoLwC7c6bPz49He9jyqicINb02IF-jNsArm1Fx5fpOg5N0xnqaVoR02BFOZ1PCzo-OUrtMfYcGeu9pVGQtUXJDzpMYoCsp5zl7rWca5uagXgVZKnqGQDXEumaTddBb4knPw/s697/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(4026).png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="697" data-original-width="497" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq5q2j-efxFNCXAygvQVtJWVLXdTxUifNa8XjwTDmc7h4LniMRFSd9GJuQoLwC7c6bPz49He9jyqicINb02IF-jNsArm1Fx5fpOg5N0xnqaVoR02BFOZ1PCzo-OUrtMfYcGeu9pVGQtUXJDzpMYoCsp5zl7rWca5uagXgVZKnqGQDXEumaTddBb4knPw/s320/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(4026).png" width="228" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 21- A galena crystal radio. <a href="https://geology.com/minerals/galena.shtml" target="_blank">Source</a>.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><u><b>Electronics</b></u>: Galena is a <b>semiconductor </b>material, and as such, it was widely used during the late 19th century and early 20th century in <b>early wireless communication systems</b>. Galena was the main crystal being used as a <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_detector" target="_blank">crystal detector</a> in radio receivers </b> (cf. the similar use of <b>pyrite</b>, above). In these detectors, the alternating current flowed into a sharp wire, called a "cat's whisker", that was in contact with the galena crystal. This crystal served as a point-contact diode that could limit the flow of electricity
to one direction, thus converting the alternating current into a pulsing
direct current to detect radio signals. </li></ul><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><u><b>Hazards</b></u>: Lead, the primary constituent of galena, is a toxic element, and as such, nowadays many lead compounds have been significantly reduced in many areas due to health concerns, from cosmetics to pesticides, plumbing or motor vehicle fuels (among others). Lead is however still being routinely used in paints, electrical acumulators and cables, among some others.</li></ul><p style="text-align: justify;"><span> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span>-Finally, here are some <b>infographics</b> from the collection (in Spanish) about <b>fuchsite</b>, <b>rhodonite</b>, <b>geodes</b>, <b>pyrite </b>and <b>galena </b>(<i>click on the pics or open in new tab for larger pics!</i>):</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEEACayEZgzKpgbgLK1z3tn81U-KpeDEtYuiEFWqLQ0rMpiocfOhUHW6SHFvKiqWl2I_CodRn4YxPO8TB9GlHTRU8C3uXmc_-Enz0Vq3DnsRxBYthfMCkDT9VtR6Aq1JId2_3YRbhNd4xKz0Wq8VqtDMFrHJ9FOj8GHr0_L2c4mScL3R0ivDNNIAsj4A/s3391/IMG_20220918_211542.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3391" data-original-width="2430" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEEACayEZgzKpgbgLK1z3tn81U-KpeDEtYuiEFWqLQ0rMpiocfOhUHW6SHFvKiqWl2I_CodRn4YxPO8TB9GlHTRU8C3uXmc_-Enz0Vq3DnsRxBYthfMCkDT9VtR6Aq1JId2_3YRbhNd4xKz0Wq8VqtDMFrHJ9FOj8GHr0_L2c4mScL3R0ivDNNIAsj4A/w286-h400/IMG_20220918_211542.jpg" width="286" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo8vQKmRdUK2BSnlOfYGO2up01cGTOxY1E6qTlY7c9xut9NXTRDNIR8koeMVDOfQjWBcaeda6P-esWoi3iVahn3vTuwjMs9iPE70BIYWT0gazySAMNvOeGEVG8uiw5EC-dWdHLHV2nxpCrZOG4JH2yp2BnPw54o3mAEDeGDTvxaWnYajf19wfdz3rShQ/s3587/IMG_20221022_162032.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3587" data-original-width="2522" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo8vQKmRdUK2BSnlOfYGO2up01cGTOxY1E6qTlY7c9xut9NXTRDNIR8koeMVDOfQjWBcaeda6P-esWoi3iVahn3vTuwjMs9iPE70BIYWT0gazySAMNvOeGEVG8uiw5EC-dWdHLHV2nxpCrZOG4JH2yp2BnPw54o3mAEDeGDTvxaWnYajf19wfdz3rShQ/w281-h400/IMG_20221022_162032.jpg" width="281" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjejANncwrmthuJrmbaopVK7Gb9HyECl-ZlLmhwYltwmP1qwO___gj6oswnNWTLYVXjhEJmRloGGZUEoLSMnzaAHTETvIL24ErCmDJN_qKFzRaaSLBVEhV5aSqO5UIrVA4V1GyyHw6QARTrl3uLUnLxr9gos-fjdr18KKvXuWyhjDXxeL7sAl5jSK3gbw/s3491/IMG_20220918_211559.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3491" data-original-width="2438" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjejANncwrmthuJrmbaopVK7Gb9HyECl-ZlLmhwYltwmP1qwO___gj6oswnNWTLYVXjhEJmRloGGZUEoLSMnzaAHTETvIL24ErCmDJN_qKFzRaaSLBVEhV5aSqO5UIrVA4V1GyyHw6QARTrl3uLUnLxr9gos-fjdr18KKvXuWyhjDXxeL7sAl5jSK3gbw/w279-h400/IMG_20220918_211559.jpg" width="279" /></a></span><br /><span> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_ZzG7IPqLIN7xRHPqprXf5VtSL9QnwsbLo5gG65yqDVtxSj49RaM70Fkj4wJItjPd7HHdex0WUYnhZOn7Gu-GAaHf-HNhxJ8CDTOWtEhQ8zdZ5BwEMECm1V7Q-s_ADpmWLjCqFTDD0cmdm41aqMZbVGU3frtOM2Yw1b3WYDAYIuOh-646rPHiO8F7Pw/s3632/IMG_20221022_162054.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3632" data-original-width="2526" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_ZzG7IPqLIN7xRHPqprXf5VtSL9QnwsbLo5gG65yqDVtxSj49RaM70Fkj4wJItjPd7HHdex0WUYnhZOn7Gu-GAaHf-HNhxJ8CDTOWtEhQ8zdZ5BwEMECm1V7Q-s_ADpmWLjCqFTDD0cmdm41aqMZbVGU3frtOM2Yw1b3WYDAYIuOh-646rPHiO8F7Pw/w279-h400/IMG_20221022_162054.jpg" width="279" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP3wtUGIjvfCzvU5aEwp20z8mAZI5GHLGhic11IjI8VFSx_DIQgUYjbyTkziwJjKI_kJ9rn8-pGSU4f0f1fwN6iG4Dtdwh76P-BPGy0dLSPF1rv40zFHpN_VeE5j5W6i9wuXgalWqs165OpD1iiBOueHzi5gpLeA3xHldtF7e_39bVlUr23s6Ztsh_sw/s3555/IMG_20220918_211612.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3555" data-original-width="2488" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP3wtUGIjvfCzvU5aEwp20z8mAZI5GHLGhic11IjI8VFSx_DIQgUYjbyTkziwJjKI_kJ9rn8-pGSU4f0f1fwN6iG4Dtdwh76P-BPGy0dLSPF1rv40zFHpN_VeE5j5W6i9wuXgalWqs165OpD1iiBOueHzi5gpLeA3xHldtF7e_39bVlUr23s6Ztsh_sw/w280-h400/IMG_20220918_211612.jpg" width="280" /></a></div></div><div><br /><p></p></div><div><p><span>That's it for today! On the next minerals post: <b>Red jasper, Iceland spar, obsidian, azurite, and desert rose </b></span><span><b><b>😃💎</b></b></span></p><p></p></div></div>Arwendë Luhtiénë / Marta Lúthienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01043611744907294700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255946979377638758.post-90995426341724602622022-09-10T21:07:00.002-07:002023-03-19T19:17:30.692-07:00Astrophysics - PhD project, SEA 2022 and conference posters 📃🌟<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPjVZ8x_QL9bvxET6BHf79teWjkCGxdsaDGFe1IHtQOXRrXaMcafbMOP7GgozIWH_DAO4mSebqFvyOCDrj4bOEWONhUP156B6BA5WN3uMcLt0QDK8AhnlHoyL-ag0Nz8xNNDKtmo8_siMxtWHu7HCxNoO1BRCe879-dw_BCafxrWI2QjjxiBH1-jBGyA/s3071/SEA2022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3071" data-original-width="1986" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPjVZ8x_QL9bvxET6BHf79teWjkCGxdsaDGFe1IHtQOXRrXaMcafbMOP7GgozIWH_DAO4mSebqFvyOCDrj4bOEWONhUP156B6BA5WN3uMcLt0QDK8AhnlHoyL-ag0Nz8xNNDKtmo8_siMxtWHu7HCxNoO1BRCe879-dw_BCafxrWI2QjjxiBH1-jBGyA/w259-h400/SEA2022.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">After my post about my <a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2022/08/im-doctor-not-that-doctor-astrophysics.html" target="_blank"><b>thesis and PhD defense</b></a>, here's another post about my thesis project, now summarized in <b>poster </b>form for the <b>15th Scientific Reunion of the Spanish Astronomical Society</b> (<b><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">XV Reunión Científica de la </span>SEA</b>)<span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">, which took place this week </span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">🌟🪐🔭📚📐📊.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> Over the years, </span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">I have made several <b>posters and presentations for several conferences, meetings and seminars</b>, ever since I started my PhD project in 2015, some of which you can find <a href="https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0002-7569-3513" target="_blank"><b>on my ORCID here</b></a>. This is <b>the most updated version of the poster</b>, now the thesis is complete </span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">😃.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> I uploaded this <b>poster </b>for the SEA meeting, alongside a series of <b>slides summarizing the analysis and results from my thesis</b>, <a href="https://zenodo.org/record/7044661" target="_blank"><b>on Zenodo here</b></a> (and also posted about it <a href="https://twitter.com/ArwendeLuhtiene/status/1568703368536944642 " target="_blank"><b>on Twitter here</b></a>), and you can also <b>read both the poster and the slides below in this post </b></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"><b>😊</b></span>👇</p>The summary of the <b>poster</b> which was presented at the conference proper:<br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe height="700" src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1H0CLNsYnl34NZf9Wnf6wPYSGJcPSjgqe/preview" width="700"></iframe> <br /></p><p>
Here's the<b> full poster</b>, which was uploaded to <a href="https://zenodo.org/record/7044661" target="_blank"><b>Zenodo</b></a>:
</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe height="700" src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UQd6gikZPevphVADeGmtU25M1mmfY8vh/preview" width="700"></iframe> <br /></p><p>
And here are the <b>slides summarizing my PhD project</b>, which you can also find <a href="https://zenodo.org/record/7044661" target="_blank"><b>on Zenodo</b></a>:
</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe height="700" src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/10J5EFdZ0_d5t7-eWWiXlNGGq92zldBP_/preview" width="700"></iframe></p><h3> </h3><h3>✨Read the full post about my <b>thesis and PhD defense</b> <a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2022/08/im-doctor-not-that-doctor-astrophysics.html" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a>. </h3><h3>✨<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vP37b8sCTUvf7rixpnLLkfBSsIQEAG6m/view" target="_blank"><b>Read and download my PhD thesis here</b></a> as a Google Drive file, and also find it on <a href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022PhDT.........6G%2F/abstract" target="_blank">ADS</a> and on the <a href="https://eprints.ucm.es/id/eprint/75815/" target="_blank">UCM E-prints</a>.</h3><h3>✨ Also, my <a href="https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2020/11/aa37620-20/aa37620-20.html" target="_blank">first author scientific paper published in 2020</a></h3><h3>✨<b>You can also find my list of publications, including articles and conference proceedings, on <a href="https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0002-7569-3513" target="_blank">ORCID </a>and <a href="https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57218177514" target="_blank">Scopus</a>.</b></h3><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p></p><p></p><p></p>Arwendë Luhtiénë / Marta Lúthienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01043611744907294700noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255946979377638758.post-33301298139745062022-08-31T14:18:00.059-07:002022-09-02T09:07:12.171-07:00✨Rings of Powers is nearly here!✨ Some initial thoughts<p style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVRgF-6NcTultPp3PRBX_WyWrVIE0QkJNR3HyQArmdWRpj8J0YU7BzqgAOr_mCQ00j3_qmx6FdFa_ocpH4XsXgeSky38Xl5VecbLK0WIIS1yOXMLJMpiffE5imdGgxfxYCd6gI0drXPsJ9HSKamimCqsYtdKtV_sg8PNGBLcvHuKTNPsDOM7cVKWTajA/s6480/ALL.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5400" data-original-width="6480" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVRgF-6NcTultPp3PRBX_WyWrVIE0QkJNR3HyQArmdWRpj8J0YU7BzqgAOr_mCQ00j3_qmx6FdFa_ocpH4XsXgeSky38Xl5VecbLK0WIIS1yOXMLJMpiffE5imdGgxfxYCd6gI0drXPsJ9HSKamimCqsYtdKtV_sg8PNGBLcvHuKTNPsDOM7cVKWTajA/w640-h534/ALL.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The final 24 promotional posters for S1 of Rings of Power (<a href="http://www.beautifulballad.org/2022/07/23/new-character-posters-for-the-lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power-released/" target="_blank">Source</a>)</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><b><i>Rings of Powers</i> is very nearly here</b> </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">😃✨</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">⚔️</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">🙌, and I thought it would be interesting to blog about
<b>some initial thoughts</b>, mostly various sources of hype, and also a couple of slight (and subjective) aesthetic pet peeves, <b>regarding all the promotional material </b>we have so far. </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">I’ve
been a Tolkien fan for years, since the very first <i>LOTR </i>movie, so when I learned
about this adaptation, I was very excited, and I'm really looking forward to this series! Of course, seeing as the series hasn't aired yet, this lengthy post will only include my thoughts judging solely by the promotional material and my knowledge of Tolkien lore, and later on I'll be posting <b>a couple of follow-up posts </b>commenting on these thoughts, and <b>whether I still hold the same opinions or not</b>, because<b> you can never judge solely by the promotional material without actually seeing the series proper</b> (something that many people in the fandom should understand, I'm afraid</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> 😬). </span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">My <b>stance on book vs adaptations</b> in the form of movies and TV series is also relevant here. </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">On this matter I'm often directly opposed to the very strong opinions
of those <b>"purists of the canon", who believe that any adaptation that
deviates even so slightly from the lore is automatically a bad one, and instantly assume that the creators of said adaptation, as well as the fans who enjoy it, are total ignorants of the lore and the books</b>. Because as we know, one can't enjoy both the books and a movie/series adaptation at the same time, apparently </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">🙄 (<i>I keep having to tell the elitists that I've read and studied Tolkien's books for more than 20 years, having to show my proof that yeah, I know the lore, I just also like the movies lol</i>). I've been
disagreeing about this concept regarding Peter Jackson's movies for years, and,
unfortunately, I've continued to read the same discourse ever since the first promotional material for <i>Rings of Power</i> came out. <br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><b> </b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><b>My personal take on book vs adaptations?</b> </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><b>I don't need an adaptation to be 100% accurate to the original source material to consider it a good one</b>, and<b> I'm perfectly OK with changes that are still coherent with the universe</b> the adaptation is based on. I tend to see books (or any original source material) and adaptations (usually as movies or series, also as comics or other media) as <b>parallels </b>in a way, <b>two versions of the same story,</b> <b>to be enjoyed in a different way</b>. Sometimes an adaptation will have to make some changes that work better on screen than on the page, while a book can excel in other respects that would not work on the screen. And both can be good, in my book (lol).<br /></span></span></span></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"></span></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEile_RxxqYkkTMRmFnB3zordq1tKUhzXrLOZWL-_XMPav7uCw_9Ppiz2SoP__coWfALsjIsHlVIX7__-xkAHp5h7tbSRKI6d8P-jSRKzKoRVcWJWb55y_Idej8o7MYWLGE2f7a0wVXYHTgF6jA8-a9HeyEYgE3rR94jz1RJVQ6g43XEP9H4CseIaBVN7g/s640/both-is-good-both.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="402" data-original-width="640" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEile_RxxqYkkTMRmFnB3zordq1tKUhzXrLOZWL-_XMPav7uCw_9Ppiz2SoP__coWfALsjIsHlVIX7__-xkAHp5h7tbSRKI6d8P-jSRKzKoRVcWJWb55y_Idej8o7MYWLGE2f7a0wVXYHTgF6jA8-a9HeyEYgE3rR94jz1RJVQ6g43XEP9H4CseIaBVN7g/w200-h126/both-is-good-both.gif" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pretty much<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">So, like I said, in this post I'll be talking about some <b>general thoughts and impressions about the series. </b>Some of these impressions will also include opinions from a <b>feminist and activist </b>point of view, of course, and the pet peeves will for the moment refer to <b>aesthetic preferences</b> more than anything else, seeing as I prefer to reserve my actual fandom rants (if any) for when I have a more complete opinion on the material xD. </span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">I actually wrote a whole set of notes detailing my <b>impressions, hype and some hypotheses about each Middle-earth race and place </b>(starting
with the Elves of Lindon and Eregion, and then following with the
Dwarves of Khazad-dûm, Númenor and the Southlands, the Harfoots, and the
Dark side), <b>and also about several subplots which will appear in S1</b>, but seeing as I obviously won't be able to post all that before the air date, those notes will instead feature in the<b> follow-up posts about <i>Rings of Power</i> S1, where I'll be speaking in more detail about the main characters, the places and the plot arcs</b>, and whether or not I've formed new opinions, compared to these initial impressions, after watching the first season (as can very often happen). </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWBezVYNXKJFBI-YHAG9A3QkA66PXDXZGmiAoVUcejSuQj0IMI0Qtv-JSz0aLzeZenxiN8pS-1CrM2XRGEelrUTfCWvkbXe7Mo9rVEeiGHeoxu_iS0aZKTO4KneJHo1PzIFGud3l7i1rfhTrVJxnShf8W3dEbdHaVAMakNItH23D4vUBhv6E3iPJNN0A/s1280/FLPMwuiWQAkwk2f.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWBezVYNXKJFBI-YHAG9A3QkA66PXDXZGmiAoVUcejSuQj0IMI0Qtv-JSz0aLzeZenxiN8pS-1CrM2XRGEelrUTfCWvkbXe7Mo9rVEeiGHeoxu_iS0aZKTO4KneJHo1PzIFGud3l7i1rfhTrVJxnShf8W3dEbdHaVAMakNItH23D4vUBhv6E3iPJNN0A/w640-h426/FLPMwuiWQAkwk2f.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Galadriel in her (actually perfectly canonical) warrior aspect. And yep, you guessed it, I'll obviously keep talking a lot about her in the follow-up posts, even after already <a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2022/08/tolkien-essays-rompiendo-roles-de.html" target="_blank">blogging about her in this one</a> xD</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></span>General thoughts coming up, but before that, here below are the two main <b>trailers </b>for the first season of <i>Rings of Power</i>: The <a href="https://youtu.be/uYnQDsaxHZU?list=PLs37HL38jjjpK73XBSVgpwGFJzV12tGIZ" target="_blank">SDCC trailer</a>, and the <a href="https://youtu.be/x8UAUAuKNcU?list=PLs37HL38jjjpK73XBSVgpwGFJzV12tGIZ" target="_blank">final official trailer.</a> They also released three <b>teasers </b>(<a href="https://youtu.be/v7v1hIkYH24?list=PLs37HL38jjjpK73XBSVgpwGFJzV12tGIZ" target="_blank">1</a>, <a href="https://youtu.be/ewgCqJDI_Nk?list=PLs37HL38jjjpK73XBSVgpwGFJzV12tGIZ" target="_blank">2</a>, <a href="https://youtu.be/JwjoV_2JcZ0?list=PLs37HL38jjjpK73XBSVgpwGFJzV12tGIZ" target="_blank">3</a>), as well as the <a href="https://youtu.be/QhqGCPMfkNM?list=PLs37HL38jjjpK73XBSVgpwGFJzV12tGIZ" target="_blank">title announcement</a>, and various <b>promos on the official Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/lotronprime" target="_blank">@LOTRonPrime</a></b> (<a href="https://twitter.com/LOTRonPrime/status/1562544973114855424 " target="_blank">Lindon</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/PrimeVideo/status/1559656183585247237 " target="_blank">Galadriel</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/PrimeVideo/status/1560265513875279873 " target="_blank">Elrond</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/LOTRonPrime/status/1564281828617228288 " target="_blank">Khazad-dûm</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/PrimeVideo/status/1562862442148798466 " target="_blank">Durin and Disa</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/LOTRonPrime/status/1559224572687241217 " target="_blank">Númenor</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/PrimeVideo/status/1559940412114083841 " target="_blank">Southlands</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/LOTRonPrime/status/1563212687969898498 " target="_blank">Harfoots</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/LOTRonPrime/status/1564902468361887744" target="_blank">Arondir</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/PrimeVideo/status/1565127862054555649" target="_blank">Tar-Míriel</a>). Here's also the <a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/02/amazon-the-rings-of-power-series-first-look" target="_blank"><b>Variety first look</b></a>, as well as the <b><a href="https://ew.com/tv/lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power-character-guide/" target="_blank">Entertainment Weekly article</a></b> introducing 13 of the 23 characters in the main cast.</span></span></span><br /></div><div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uYnQDsaxHZU" width="320" youtube-src-id="uYnQDsaxHZU"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/x8UAUAuKNcU" width="320" youtube-src-id="x8UAUAuKNcU"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">✨1. <u>initial general thoughts about <i>Rings of Power</i></u></span></span></b></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">✨</span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEY6_TObsNWGYRgnhCRB_Rixh0i-FfdEW11zXKN0Aw4TC9ZLCSyaXJ3Z8cR8vUR6AuJf9XdSpWJZiu3bVePaVAZkJ0WXYjt6QVy0XykzFdINnUJpOKi8-yC-9OfeoeBIkVOLfRQJE7RNdZJ4rBpKUY96PrZ66ehWC2BTMp6C0U9HqLDqY2EUXGyx68_Q/s2697/%C3%ADndice.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2020" data-original-width="2697" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEY6_TObsNWGYRgnhCRB_Rixh0i-FfdEW11zXKN0Aw4TC9ZLCSyaXJ3Z8cR8vUR6AuJf9XdSpWJZiu3bVePaVAZkJ0WXYjt6QVy0XykzFdINnUJpOKi8-yC-9OfeoeBIkVOLfRQJE7RNdZJ4rBpKUY96PrZ66ehWC2BTMp6C0U9HqLDqY2EUXGyx68_Q/w640-h480/%C3%ADndice.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Sophia
Nomvete as Dwarven princess Disa and Ismael Cruz Córdova as Silvan Elf
Arondir are the first represented poc in main roles among the Elves and
Dwarves in an adaptation of Tolkien's universe.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">✨</span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></b><u><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Representation and diversity</span></b></u><span style="line-height: 115%;">:</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> I’m <b>very
happy about the addition of new female and poc ('people of colour', non-white) characters in this series</b> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">👍. </span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><b>Even though Tolkien's works do contain interesting and powerful <u>female characters</u>, such as Galadriel herself, most </b>(nearly all)<b> stories are still blatantly male-dominated</b>, and the adaptations so far have followed suit for the most part. Jackson's movies, to the chagrin of *that* faction of the fandom, tried to redress this at times with the inclusion of a more proactive <b>Arwen </b>in <i>Fellowship of the Ring</i> (even though in <i>LOTR </i>quite a lot of additional scenes featuring women were finally cut, such as the inclusion of warrior Arwen at Helm's Deep, an Éowyn action scene with added female bonding in the Glittering Caves, and Arwen and Galadriel interacting in Lórien). Achieving a slightly better gender balance was a more conscious decision in <i>The Hobbit</i> movies, </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">with the addition <b>of original female characters (OCs)</b></span></span>, namely Silvan Elf captain <b>Tauriel</b>, and Esgaroth women <b>Sigrid</b>, <b>Tilda </b>and <b>Hilda</b> (as well as the appearance of <b>Galadriel </b>in the Dol Guldur storyline). Even so, <b>the female interaction stayed to a minimum</b> (women don't interact beyond a couple of lines in the final cut of <i>LOTR</i>, and they only do so in some scenes in <i>The Hobbit</i> thanks to the original female characters created for the story). </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyny6w12VErknR2WLOVbC40L89dptk8tbp6eAcQAE0lx-GzZTJsCrFtduTHvekImnG8HakCDDdL2GjBHi8TMiXWpgbR_820gJ5KlC7GkxOF4Dgd4vVXVMJuNDAXYHe_kygNa_WBL0iBHIHvgiU14zaxsUpUXQru9lNDD5jiz_fiMnIasW-oUxr7hjBlA/s1920/299038379_3121164171530078_8360543039599382399_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyny6w12VErknR2WLOVbC40L89dptk8tbp6eAcQAE0lx-GzZTJsCrFtduTHvekImnG8HakCDDdL2GjBHi8TMiXWpgbR_820gJ5KlC7GkxOF4Dgd4vVXVMJuNDAXYHe_kygNa_WBL0iBHIHvgiU14zaxsUpUXQru9lNDD5jiz_fiMnIasW-oUxr7hjBlA/w400-h225/299038379_3121164171530078_8360543039599382399_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Galadriel and Tar-Míriel will meet in S1, a deviation from the lore that offers the possibility of women from the canon interacting more. </i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><i>Rings of Power</i>, for its part, will put <a href="https://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/lotr-the-rings-of-power-showrunner-explains-warrior-galadriel-in-amazon-series/" target="_blank"><b>Galadriel </b></a>at the forefront of the story as one of its main characters (see <b>my latest post on how amazing Galadriel is</b> <a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2022/08/tolkien-essays-rompiendo-roles-de.html" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a>), and will also introduce queen <b>Tar-Míriel</b> of Númenor in another main part, as well as <b>several OCs </b>which will also help balance out the oft male-dominated world of Tolkien adaptations.</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> We’re finally getting <b>female Dwarves</b> in speaking roles as part of the main cast (Princess<b> Disa</b> of Khazad-dûm), as well as introducing more <b>human women</b> (Southlands healer<b> Bronwyn </b>and Isildur's sister<b> Eärwen</b>) and <b>female Harfoots</b> (ancestors of the Third Age Hobbits) in the main cast as well (<b>Elanor 'Nori' Brandyfoot, Poppy Proudfellow, Marigold Brandyfoot</b>) (<i>and, brief note, I don't thnk that choosing the name 'Elanor' for a Harfoot was coherent, as it's a significant name that Sam Gamgee chooses for his daughter after visiting Lórien at the end of the Third Age, and the Harfoots wouldn't know about the flowers of Lórien, or use Elven names, in any case. But anyway xD</i>). </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><b>Female representation in the main cast of S1 is still less than 40%</b><span> (8 out of 23 characters in the main cast are female, corresponding to a percentage of <b>35%</b> - and yet there have been plenty of complaints already about the inclusion of OCs). But even so, this series will clearly help to redress the middling gender balance in Tolkien adaptations, and will also offer more visibility and participation of women as secondary and extra characters: Reportedly, we will see female <b>Orcs</b>, as well as female soldiers among the <b>Númenóreans </b>as an established norm (hoping to see more Elven women as well, as for now Galadriel is the sole female Elf in the main cast). And, while Jackson's <i>The Hobbit</i> already showed Dwarrowdams in flashback scenes, this series will help normalize the more routinely presence of <b>Dwarf women</b> as well. I'm also looking forward to the <b>greater female interaction</b> in this series, something that is very often much more difficult to see in the media. But its seems that this time we will have <b>Galadriel and Tar-Míriel</b> interacting (a deviation from the lore which I'm very much looking forward to seeing), as well as what looks like a friendship dynamic between Harfoots <b>Nori Brandyfoot and Poppy Proudfellow</b>, and hopefully we'll also see the rest of female characters interacting with more women in the series.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span> </span></span></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjdJ6dSvfZnKH_yFFdGw1MnzlAU8NXH7pPBT6U2JLyzAmmwlSI_hjzHzz6BKFcQ9FRPVasq5MtAMV5zjoaBAOKvvw-RzPCfuANtXAFGPOZo_blbP_DLKc8pvbJCbKcLblbTjnrPnhPzEupzZJPV-qLZExMnRQrQ2Gbp_iIfjALFR9fVBUZnKLt6gIMKQ/s3852/Women.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2443" data-original-width="3852" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjdJ6dSvfZnKH_yFFdGw1MnzlAU8NXH7pPBT6U2JLyzAmmwlSI_hjzHzz6BKFcQ9FRPVasq5MtAMV5zjoaBAOKvvw-RzPCfuANtXAFGPOZo_blbP_DLKc8pvbJCbKcLblbTjnrPnhPzEupzZJPV-qLZExMnRQrQ2Gbp_iIfjALFR9fVBUZnKLt6gIMKQ/w640-h406/Women.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Some of the women in </i>Rings of Power<i>,
including several new characters that bring more female representation
to the series. From left to right, top to bottom: Galadriel (Morfydd
Clark), Tar-Míriel (Cynthia Addai-Robinson), Disa (Sophia Nomvete),
Bronwyn (Nazanin Boniadi), Eärien (Ema Horvath), and Nori Brandyfoot
(Markella Kavenagh).</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span>Regarding <u><b>poc characters and racial diversity</b></u>, Tolkien adaptations have been even less inclusive so far, in part translating into the screen the already problematic views we can also find in Tolkien's original works - <b>It can be easily assumed that all Free Peoples in the fantasy Europe that a significant part of Middle-earth is inspired in are white, something which is often the main staple in the argumentation of racist 'fans' </b>(the same people who will insist that Ancient Times and Middle Ages Europe was all-white, when that wasn't the case either). Even though <b>some quotes in the books can dispute this assumption of an all-white group of Free Peoples</b> (for example, both the <b>Harfoot Hobbit people</b> in <i>LOTR </i>and the human <b>House of Bëor</b>, a sizeable part of the ancestors of the <b>Númenóreans and Gondorians</b>, are described as <b>including many individuals with darker skin tones</b>, and nothing is explicitly said of <b>Dwarves </b>and of more than one <b>Elven</b> people), these quotes are often to be found in more obscure material (such as the <i>History of Middle-earth</i> series), and most main characters when described can also be easily assumed to be white. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span><b> </b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span><b>This scenario is paired and very much aggravated with the regrettable fact that most of the time the people who are explicitly described as 'swarthy', 'dark' and non-white (Dunlendings, Easterlings, Haradrim)</b>, often coming from the far East and far South of Middle-earth (a parallel to real life Asia and Africa), <b>are outright described as the enemy, the human peoples who have associated with Sauron and the orcs</b>, and the ones who oppose the main Hobbit characters, the Elves, the Dwarves of Erebor, the Anglosaxon Rohirrim, and the supposed-to-be all-white (not really) Gondorian civilization.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8s4LKPhPv0XiidM8JsYiu9wOEWoBfDOS5uuRYCKko3iplAK-hDaoYvm-ZbvAiUob3Olj5HD_Usu_FLvI6dzTq1BlWH_oFhd1qazCt3GbczbSq9SKALfSqD0-21XRxKh0ATYnDcQOzi6PRQSv65uq5s14aqFZBjh_dMyojd1IMAIiU5y0ZSVh32KU2IQ/s2000/image17.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8s4LKPhPv0XiidM8JsYiu9wOEWoBfDOS5uuRYCKko3iplAK-hDaoYvm-ZbvAiUob3Olj5HD_Usu_FLvI6dzTq1BlWH_oFhd1qazCt3GbczbSq9SKALfSqD0-21XRxKh0ATYnDcQOzi6PRQSv65uq5s14aqFZBjh_dMyojd1IMAIiU5y0ZSVh32KU2IQ/w640-h426/image17.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>1) A sizeable part of the ancestors of the Númenóreans are canonically ethnically mixed; 2) Númenor's culture is directly based on Ancient Egypt and draws clear inspiration from a mix of cultures from Byzantium to Greece and Italy (and the fabled Atlantis), and pretty much all the Mediterranean region and the Middle East. *That* faction of Tolkien fans: "</i>Rings of Power<i> and its wokeness hasn't depicted all Númenóreans as white and blond, where was Gondor when the sanctity of the lore fell!!" </i>😅
😂</td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span> Jackson's <b><i>The Hobbit</i></b> movies started to somewhat redress this <b>very racially-loaded good-evil binary scenario</b> (completely upheld in <i>LOTR</i>) by introducing <b>a more diverse population in Esgaroth</b>, something which also made complete sense seeing as it's a trade crossroads between Rhovanion, the far East and the South, but even so this was received with backlash from *that* part of the fandom. And so, <b>it was little surprise </b>(but a lot of frustration)<b> to see this racist backlash mutiplied exponentially when <i>Rings of Power</i> revealed its intention to present a more homogeneously diverse Middle-earth</b> (how much so it remains to be seen in the final product), with <b>the first poc actors ever playing Elves and Dwarves </b>(featuring <b>Sophia</b> <b>Nomvete </b>as Dwarven Princess <b>Disa </b>and <b>Ismael Cruz Córdova</b> as Silvan Elf <b>Arondir</b>). The series is also<b> showcasing more diverse populations in the Southlands, in <a href="https://ew.com/tv/lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power-numenor-first-look/" target="_blank">Númenor </a>and among the Harfoots as well </b></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span>(something which also makes sense regarding the lore, by the way)</span></span></span>, with <b>Tar-Míriel </b>played by a black woman (Cynthia Addai-Robinson), and with the inclusion of several more <b>poc human and Harfoot characters</b> in the main cast. The appearance of the <b>Southlands diverse settlement </b>in the series will also help redress the racially-loaded binary scenario that features heavily, especially in <i>LOTR </i>material, regarding poc humans in Eastern and Southern populations, seeing as their plot will directly tackle <b>Elven prejudice against this Southern settlers whose ancestors allied with Morgoth during the First Age</b> (as told in the </span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://twitter.com/PrimeVideo/status/1559940412114083841 " target="_blank">Southlands</a> promo)</span></span></span>.<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcRWPxuFYvmMulN9JiKCKn5lh8LzKZm3xFmMpPK5qWe25lI5mvUcaaN2B6bTUgQNIsPZ9lIXnO9QDlffnBY-A_YfKJBjbcr3g3y4KBpP2AOkRXmZs063iKO8XYpxY6paStGHhVoYeHt-P_udEntE_E3gK2g1z6nZdVcRmlP-zGczkd5KP198djJ4hj6Q/s2000/image1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcRWPxuFYvmMulN9JiKCKn5lh8LzKZm3xFmMpPK5qWe25lI5mvUcaaN2B6bTUgQNIsPZ9lIXnO9QDlffnBY-A_YfKJBjbcr3g3y4KBpP2AOkRXmZs063iKO8XYpxY6paStGHhVoYeHt-P_udEntE_E3gK2g1z6nZdVcRmlP-zGczkd5KP198djJ4hj6Q/w640-h426/image1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span><i>Cynthia Addai-Robinson as queen Tar-Míriel of Númenor is *chef's kiss*</i><br /></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> I'm personally very excited for all this, and I hope that the diversity increases even more in future seasons - because, although it's undeniably an appreciable improvement amongst Tolkien adaptations regarding representation, similarly to the case of female characters, <b>poc characters still only constitute 30% (vs the 35% of female characters) of the main cast</b>, with only <b>7 out of 23 </b>main characters not being white, and the <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CgkxqgKJHm8/" target="_blank">lack of Asian representation in the main cast</a> has been noted as well (<i>although it isn't a complete lack in that respect, as <b>Tyroe Muhafidin</b>, who plays Theo, does have Indonesian roots. The issue remains a very legit concern when it comes to fantasy media casting, however</i>). But once again, <b>still *that* part of the fandom clamoured out and cried injustice, "wokeness" and oppression because less than 40% of the main cast are not white and/or male</b> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span>🙃, and that is why it's still a 'controversial take' to talk about the need for diverse casts to get more and more normalized in fantasy media.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span> </span></span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPOMVWRxCl83R-d6G-U4tYsEJv-saxeQ34UX_uRcENiMtVof_CemLSzWZ3ffKy8_7ShZHojBPp39NXqiHMPpQK6HByLAPm3cVY7PcnQLriPE5ARod_UcvEUA4OshvtVFyyDb3yAOVxTcA5jOQmjAGWENwO5fnH58zFpil1qAOGadu88u1qi0-FeA8y1g/s245/tumblr_nluybeCSTg1qzy1u6o2_r1_250.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="165" data-original-width="245" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPOMVWRxCl83R-d6G-U4tYsEJv-saxeQ34UX_uRcENiMtVof_CemLSzWZ3ffKy8_7ShZHojBPp39NXqiHMPpQK6HByLAPm3cVY7PcnQLriPE5ARod_UcvEUA4OshvtVFyyDb3yAOVxTcA5jOQmjAGWENwO5fnH58zFpil1qAOGadu88u1qi0-FeA8y1g/s1600/tumblr_nluybeCSTg1qzy1u6o2_r1_250.gif" width="245" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>"But Tolkien's universe is meant to be for us white Europeans to solely enjoy"</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"></span></span></span> <br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">I'll be devoting an entire<b> separate post </b>to talk in more detail about the<b> very problematic trend of sexist and racist responses to the casting choices and the characters of <i>Rings of Power</i>,
coming from *that* faction of the fandom who try to rationalize their sexism
and racism behind the also disagreeable mask of the supposed 'sanctity
of the lore', elitism and gatekeeping</b>, but I want to be very clear about this matter here as well: So, succintly, regarding casting, <b>the efforts to create diversity in the media are
necessary, and women and poc are allowed to be seen in fantasy media</b> (and every other media), period. <b>Even though many of the choices made here are actually either canon or perfectly
coherent with the universe, the canon and lore should <i>not </i>come first in these
cases</b>. </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; line-height: 115%;"><span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; line-height: 115%;"><span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; line-height: 115%;"><span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> <b><a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-08-29/if-youre-having-trouble-with-characters-of-color-in-house-of-the-dragon-and-rings-of-power-youre-missing-the-point" target="_blank">This article</a></b> also expresses and explains this issue in an excellent way: <b>New adaptations of fantasy and sci-fi franchises with important and positive messages that are also a product of their problematic times in some respects (such as a lack of diversity or the presence of sexism or racism) must also change with the times</b>, be it Star Trek or Tolkien. <b>Many Tolkien stories highlight the importance of several races and peoples working together against a common evil, after all, and what better way to display such messages in our modern times than to make an effort to represent more than white and male people</b> <b>in fantasy and science fiction stories which should be universal? </b>Fans who prefer to gatekeep these stories and have an issue with women and poc appearing in them are <b>rather missing the point as to what many of these stories are about</b>, indeed.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; line-height: 115%;"><span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span></span></span></span></div><div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span></span></span></span><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJc_YzWI0bbY3xqJFNDB2niOUHrAOUC_uI8xIQEHyrL62pOhRQ7Uyyx3PyKKaK4GDpl6m3rOw9uMw1WFF6As-97YOgq7TAYvlXx97EyESqNf8BXw79uiBYZv1cwYxkeEt-uFkKgKy-nRFChmPeGf0GGKWcaq3oohkfO2Np_q8vFi4N656VX1OqzKc0Yw/s1102/empire-july-2022-cover-3-trop.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="850" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJc_YzWI0bbY3xqJFNDB2niOUHrAOUC_uI8xIQEHyrL62pOhRQ7Uyyx3PyKKaK4GDpl6m3rOw9uMw1WFF6As-97YOgq7TAYvlXx97EyESqNf8BXw79uiBYZv1cwYxkeEt-uFkKgKy-nRFChmPeGf0GGKWcaq3oohkfO2Np_q8vFi4N656VX1OqzKc0Yw/w309-h400/empire-july-2022-cover-3-trop.jpg" width="309" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>The level of racism in some parts of the fandom (often more close to home than I would like) is literally seeing this cover and describing it as 'two Hobbits', and, when corrected, '*some* Hobbits', because the existence of a black Hobbit blows their minds </i>😬
🙄😤</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; line-height: 115%;"><span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; line-height: 115%;"><span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">✨</span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></b></span> <u><b>Soundtrack</b></u></span></span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;">: I’ve
listened to some of the tracks in the playlist by <b>Howard Sho</b>re (main theme) and
<b>Bear McCreary</b> (the rest of the sountrack), and so far I’m really liking it </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">😃</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">👌! The feel is very much a
Middle-earth universe Tolkien feel with the music, and there are <a href="https://twitter.com/amazonmusic/status/1560635766987825152" target="_blank">distinct vibes and tones depending on which race, location and character the music is talking about</a> – from the more ethereal Elven sounds, to the striking Dwarven choirs, the epicness and
Middle-eastern musical influences for Númenor, and the Celtic-inspired Harfoot
melodies.<span> </span>I’m particularly liking
Galadriel and Elrond’s themes as well. You can listen to the soundtrack of S1 by Howard Shore and Bear McCreary on <a href="https://music.amazon.es/albums/B0B9GB6CTQ" target="_blank"><b>this Amazon music playlist</b></a>!</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></b></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiPgXpvKeas2ocDogjOSt3gzZVxAFvViyf8w5-9Ldnk9jNLYP5R98GljwEVM5D6RoOUAg56WEnUNI8IMef_AwzISv_TQGUk9CO2H54oeNTg80B3M8YeJYK-36TIiblMlH_qz1u7VQciuvwOWu0QJ2M9Ldm1E4Am9pAgp1TKWRqvCrBW06hpwaVFbznzQ/s3464/Visuals.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3464" data-original-width="1598" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiPgXpvKeas2ocDogjOSt3gzZVxAFvViyf8w5-9Ldnk9jNLYP5R98GljwEVM5D6RoOUAg56WEnUNI8IMef_AwzISv_TQGUk9CO2H54oeNTg80B3M8YeJYK-36TIiblMlH_qz1u7VQciuvwOWu0QJ2M9Ldm1E4Am9pAgp1TKWRqvCrBW06hpwaVFbznzQ/w296-h640/Visuals.jpg" width="296" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Some of the visuals in promo shots of S1 of </i>Rings of Power<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span></b></span><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">✨</span></b><u><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Visuals</span></b></u><span style="line-height: 115%;">: I think they look amazing from the
promotional material we’ve been given so far: Lindon, Númenor, Khazad-Dûm,
Rhovanion, the Southlands, the Sundering Seas, it all looks stunning. Very high
hopes. The only shot I don't love is ironically the first one were ever shown, with <b>Valinor</b>, Eldamar and the Two Trees. I love the idea that we're going to see Valinor in a flashback, but the lighting effects aren't quite right, as others have already pointed out - It looks like the clouds are being illuminated from behind, instead of the light coming only from the Trees. But this is a very small detail in a whole sea of stunning visuals.</span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm9i8WMzjxPPeBrtD81lE6Ej9mQ2IhVY7M5T6MCVdfrpZb3ShjzZi4rjbPGOD0u4_6D2q09AmDEvRU6CTO9rZEfjuTRmYBUX2H-atuCjjP7ghdVN9yrStCLnz4HtgEtId1Ntm7yQGDtwzKs_PMx5AptbeAjlTXKOrd75Y-R5ggM_0F0hI7GCGcLFDlGw/s2000/image24.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="823" data-original-width="2000" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm9i8WMzjxPPeBrtD81lE6Ej9mQ2IhVY7M5T6MCVdfrpZb3ShjzZi4rjbPGOD0u4_6D2q09AmDEvRU6CTO9rZEfjuTRmYBUX2H-atuCjjP7ghdVN9yrStCLnz4HtgEtId1Ntm7yQGDtwzKs_PMx5AptbeAjlTXKOrd75Y-R5ggM_0F0hI7GCGcLFDlGw/w640-h264/image24.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">✨<u>Source material and deviations from the lore</u></span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">: <i>Rings of Power</i> is going to be <b>focused on the main events of the Second Age</b>, but <b>Amazon only got the rights to <i>LOTR</i>, <i>The Hobbit</i> and the <i>LOTR</i> appendixes, so key books like <i>The Silmarillion</i>, <i>Unfinished Tales</i> or <i>The History of Middle-earth</i> are unfortunately off bounds</b>. That doesn't mean that the creators haven't read them, though. And it doesn't mean that the series creators, the producers, the art team, the cast and so on, are completely ignorant of the lore, as so many people claim or assume, often not exactly in good faith (although I can understand those people who may have genuine initial trepidations about the limitations of source material). On the contrary, <b>various interviews to creators, producers and cast have demonstrated that many of the people involved in this series are well-invested in Tolkien's lore and know quite a lot about it</b>. Of course, the limitations on how much source material and which books they are allowed to use, mention and show onscreen will mean that <b>the plot arcs, while also including the main events from the Second Age as described in the canon they have access to, will have to deviate in some cases from the established lore</b>. But is this so wrong, and will it result in a completely incoherent take on Middle-earth? Because it is an adaptation, after all. Peter Jackson's movies also had changes and deviations from the lore with no limitations to source material, after all. And in my opinion, <b>to achieve a good adaptation that is coherent with the universe it's based on you don't really need to be completely canonical all the time </b>either.<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">But of course, much has been ranted (guess by whom) about the fact that <i>Rings of Power</i> will yes, deviate from the source material in some of their plot arcs (and will also include a compressed timeline, as we will see below). Like I mentioned before, <b>any adaptation is liable to make changes and deviate from the canon, if only because book and screen are different media</b> and stories will naturally get told differently as a result of that in more than one case. Adaptations also tend to be <b>a related but ultimately different version of the source material, often offering a take or an interpretation of it, and not a clone or an exact copy</b>. And, like I said at the beginning of this post, I like to think that <b>a good adaptation is not necessarily the one that follows the source material to the letter (although of course, that can happen too), but rather the one which immerses you in the universe and the story it's trying to tell, and even the one which reimagines the story to offer you a completely new twist on it</b>. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">People always like to say that the book is always better than the adaptation, in every case - In my case, that is true in some cases, but in others I like the adaptation better than the book, and in many cases I like both. And it's OK if someone else's idea of what a good adaptation is differs from mine, but I think that <b>we should all still bear in mind that this series is going to be an adaptation</b>, and as such, <b>there will be aesthetic choices we may like or not</b> (it's often a lottery in these cases),<b> and certain deviations from the source material that may work for us or not</b>. But <b>it's just disingenous to claim that an adaptation is objectively bad just because it doesn't fulfil all personal expectations and aesthetic preferences of each individual fan</b>.<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_0Qa8IbDUv6Md6mwFLT_nnzfeOH0oLFquXwc4urt6vQ2_n4ivN7HVHTWhbI19ESRG8FacqZijwDBt0Cc-7wjvxcXPb-oAVeQb2-hDMtta56JTNQ5xI-tr_0NQeMPhd_U9qPgFPhu7WSx0BQqyskb-QraGY_MKCqBlvqeEt038-3q2QkRy5e_mzkRQAw/s1072/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(3123)_2.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="907" data-original-width="1072" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_0Qa8IbDUv6Md6mwFLT_nnzfeOH0oLFquXwc4urt6vQ2_n4ivN7HVHTWhbI19ESRG8FacqZijwDBt0Cc-7wjvxcXPb-oAVeQb2-hDMtta56JTNQ5xI-tr_0NQeMPhd_U9qPgFPhu7WSx0BQqyskb-QraGY_MKCqBlvqeEt038-3q2QkRy5e_mzkRQAw/w320-h271/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(3123)_2.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>'Hey,
toxic people are going on about how Galadriel is not a warrior and
black Elves and Dwarves are taking away their rights to see their
all-white fantasy, when maybe their rants should be more harmlessly
directed at why you got all the hair and why I got so little' </i>😅
😂<i> (Absolutely no hate to Aramayo's Elrond, tho, he has really grown
on me, and I also understand that short-haired Elves are a completely
valid take, even if not my preference </i>😅 <i>But more on that later xD).</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Personally,
the promotional material and the information that we have on the series
so far has left me with the initial impression that the series will end up being
considerably more canonical than many people have assumed it will be,
and when it is not, <b>I think it's very probable that the added characters and plotlines will still be coherent with the universe created by Tolkien and
feel like Arda</b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">, even with the limitations they have regarding source materials. At least that's the vibe I'm getting. Also, <b>some aspects which have been criticized time and again by alleged (and offended) diehard tolkienites are actually canonical or very much coherent with the lore as well</b> (warrior Galadriel and her feud against Sauron appear in the lore, for example, and seeing poc in Númenor and among the Harfoots is perfectly coherent with the canon as well). </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">And in any case, beyond initial impressions and preferences regarding adaptations, none of us can say much more until we actually watch the series and decide if the adaptation is to our personal taste or not. Because, at the end of it all, it's also always going to be a matter of personal preference in many ways.<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">But yeah, it also irks me to no end that many supposed hardcore tolkienites have been claiming for freaking months that more than one actually canonical aspect is not so (very often because sexism and racism, heh </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">🙃), and without having watched the series already feel confident to say just how coherent with the universe of Arda it will be. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><b>It's fun to see supposed 'real fans' and 'experts' to be blatantly ignorant of the lore in the first place, and how often they try to shield their prejudice, toxicity, gatekeeping and problematic mindsets by
citing it anyway</b>. Ah well.<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjERkRIYngUPc5iCx8hBZ6SH-mdyG5W8hghk0iciu_mKwWsbXg9wgmiSgjO8RudrtCgW2wdW1TAjyCzCs9TPfGj7Gx_-RmpaC0fGQFPxbChSDmCk3ZohwA7XlRs7Pr9vP5Eu0x9nDXQjIMEj8mgKbbud8HxZoYxQeW2lHzEHjfcInw8N_4wCG5TfmEDAw/s540/tumblr_psiw01AMJw1r19xa8o3_540.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="230" data-original-width="540" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjERkRIYngUPc5iCx8hBZ6SH-mdyG5W8hghk0iciu_mKwWsbXg9wgmiSgjO8RudrtCgW2wdW1TAjyCzCs9TPfGj7Gx_-RmpaC0fGQFPxbChSDmCk3ZohwA7XlRs7Pr9vP5Eu0x9nDXQjIMEj8mgKbbud8HxZoYxQeW2lHzEHjfcInw8N_4wCG5TfmEDAw/s320/tumblr_psiw01AMJw1r19xa8o3_540.webp" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Me being excited for </i>Rings of Power <i>amid all the toxic haters xD</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLtPu9ok3h-YRaRVIN9abdsySaY2iGjTIwsH7ZZzZHM_W6HJN8teZdqwEgShe4OBpOy7TdadS887He4S0sUhkK6pYrSQi1p7OruVDynB0zwuWh8vriPF3Dj1eRZDoIiRc7rGQG0Fg3kQH63qj8yrK0UdiBAH6F-Lf07-isCozElcAkCd35gLfr14Ah3w/s2048/17196_XXL.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1495" data-original-width="2048" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLtPu9ok3h-YRaRVIN9abdsySaY2iGjTIwsH7ZZzZHM_W6HJN8teZdqwEgShe4OBpOy7TdadS887He4S0sUhkK6pYrSQi1p7OruVDynB0zwuWh8vriPF3Dj1eRZDoIiRc7rGQG0Fg3kQH63qj8yrK0UdiBAH6F-Lf07-isCozElcAkCd35gLfr14Ah3w/w640-h468/17196_XXL.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Map of Middle-earth in the Second Age. Also see <a href="http://arda-maps.org/ages/second/" target="_blank">this interactive map</a>.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><b>✨<u>Compressed Second Age timeline</u></b>: When the </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/02/amazon-the-rings-of-power-series-first-look" target="_blank"><b>Variety first look</b></a> announced that the plot of <i>Rings of Power</i> would <b>significantly compress the timeline of the Second Age so that the series could tell several stories at the same time</b>, I </span></span></span>was initially apprehensive that the result would be confusing and would
change the plot arcs too much. But since then I’ve come to understand and appreciate this
concept much more. <b>It does make sense for a series that aspires to tell the main events of the Second Age
to compress such a huge <a href="https://lotr.fandom.com/wiki/Second_Age" target="_blank">timeline</a> so that all main events the series wants to talk
about in their five seasons can flow more naturally</b>. If we left the timeline untouched, centuries would pass by for the immortal Elves with minimal changes while Númenor changed at a rapid rate with generation after generation of kings and queens and characters and events, for example, and time would pass even more swiftly for less long-lived races such as the Middle-earth human settlements or the Harfoot ancestors. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">To be able to tackle the ambitious list including events such as the <b>war of the Elves
against Sauron and the forging of the Ring of Power </b>(supposedly the main arc in the series), as well as the twilight and Fall of Númenor, the
full splendour of Khazad-dûm, the founding of Rivendell, the
rise of Sauron in Mordor, the Nazgûl, the One Ring, the creation of the Last
Alliance, and who knows what the scope of the five seasons will end up being...It’s just<b> a lot of material spanning millennia, and the only way to do even just a handful of these is to compress the timeline considerably</b>. So that is why Sauron hasn't yet made his appearance as Annatar and Celebrimbor hasn't forged any Ring of Power as yet, and the War of Wrath seems to be somewhat fresh on the Elves' memories, but at the same time Elendil and Isildur are already out and about. So yeah, I get it, and so far, judging from the promos and trailers,<b> it
seems like the timeline, even if compressed, will still be pretty coherent
with the main events from the lore</b>, or will at least make sense within the limits of this series. </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></b></span></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjKQ_KeCOr3A8dlZ-wSDv8RHLcbWj7VFvR1wywJNf1gJA316Nyf9NE9kUdByC44y3_mmmbmUnBNCcHDbu09mpUGhQG8WmTguzBJGLsd1VWsGhkw6nqpPlUdTgeOMaPvem2ys5WCEG9cskw5Bb7FTOPsmCOa35hO-NpB96u4x5o2np0dTe1uyWr0CngjQ/s1400/The-Lord-of-the-Rings-The-Rings-of-Power.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1400" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjKQ_KeCOr3A8dlZ-wSDv8RHLcbWj7VFvR1wywJNf1gJA316Nyf9NE9kUdByC44y3_mmmbmUnBNCcHDbu09mpUGhQG8WmTguzBJGLsd1VWsGhkw6nqpPlUdTgeOMaPvem2ys5WCEG9cskw5Bb7FTOPsmCOa35hO-NpB96u4x5o2np0dTe1uyWr0CngjQ/w400-h400/The-Lord-of-the-Rings-The-Rings-of-Power.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>The initial 23 promotional posters for </i>Rings of Power<i>, showcasing the details of the costumes, props, weapons and jewellery for the main cast.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;"></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;"> ✨<u>Costumes and historical inspirations</u></span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">: From the moment the detail
posters dropped (see above), I was mostly awed by the <b>level of detail in the
costumes shown for the main cast</b>, and after all the promotional images that came after that, I have high hopes. As with the soundtrack, <b>each Middle-earth people seems to have their own particular fashion style, and the colours, textures, jewellery and weaponry look pretty stunning so far</b>. I particularly love the <b>suits of armour they have given to Galadriel, which I think are both beautiful and thankfully functional </b>(female armour in the fantasy genre isn't so lucky as a rule), and <b>Tar-Míriel</b>, <b>Gil-galad</b>'s and <b>Disa</b>'s looks are close favourites as well. There will be probably
times when I may have wished for something different, or for something more, but for the
moment my impressions as a cosplayer and costumery fan are mainly very positive </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">😃</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">✨</span></b></span> (<i>although there have been some costume choices in the promos that I don't quite get from a more feminist point of view, like the decision to have an all-female Elven group of what looks to be personal attendants of king Gil-galad wearing semi-transparents veils covering their heads :S It rings an icky vibe to me for now, we'll see what's that about </i></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">😬). </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9L9OMImYrKxqSG3Tl99W3vE2sWf5axoNr3GD1sAPDvLcTTSX89J3PlqRYZZa2DWHFvfaNjonR-8JD3s0aV5DqTewqC1EzVBLWWgils3rTmvDHpayrONcsUqRlmpd7J0mmK4JsKgBTph_2lwivEJsZbuEVnEc8B9CaOdUhP9NvkDTfaRSk28ceimUqDQ/s1600/lord-of-the-rings-009.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1066" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9L9OMImYrKxqSG3Tl99W3vE2sWf5axoNr3GD1sAPDvLcTTSX89J3PlqRYZZa2DWHFvfaNjonR-8JD3s0aV5DqTewqC1EzVBLWWgils3rTmvDHpayrONcsUqRlmpd7J0mmK4JsKgBTph_2lwivEJsZbuEVnEc8B9CaOdUhP9NvkDTfaRSk28ceimUqDQ/w640-h426/lord-of-the-rings-009.webp" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The costumes and visuals are definitely some of the aspects I'm more excited about the series</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Another thing I thought about when looking at the different costumes is the <b>real life historical inspiration and influences</b>. <a href="https://www.lotrtoyarchive.com/weta" target="_blank">Jackson's movies</a> drew a lot of inspiration from different historical eras, from European Medieval fashion elements, Art Nouveau and traditional Asian fashion for his <u>Elves</u>, to 18th Century styles for the <u>Hobbits</u>, 16th Century Italian and German armour for the <u>Gondorians</u>, Italian Renaissance fashion for the <u>Dwarrowdams </u>in Dale and Erebor, or Anglosaxon culture for the <u>Rohirrim</u>. In <i>Rings of Power</i> I found it interesting that many historical influences for many styles seem to come more often from<b> Ancient cultures</b>, as well as the quintessential <b>high fantasy Medieval </b>vibes typical of this genre which are still to be found. I can kind of see <b>Roman </b>influences with <u>Gil-galad</u>'s golden leaf crown; a <b>Greek</b>-inspired Delphos dress/Fortuny pleated gown situation with <u>Disa</u>, and also a <b>classicist </b>inspiration with <u>Galadriel</u>'s simple white tunic in the shipwreck scene; <b>Celtic</b> and <b>Anglosaxon </b>vibes with the way that <u>Elrond </u>wears his mantles pinned at one shoulder with a pennanular brooch; and a range of <b>Ancient Greek, Byzantine, Persian and Egyptian </b>inspirations (among others) for the <u>Númenóreans</u>. </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">And although onscreen adaptations need not be interconnected and can include completely different visions, I liked to see an apparent progression in these historical influences in some cases by taking into account that <i>Rings of Power</i> takes places in the Second Age vs the Third Age, when <i>The Hobbit</i> and <i>LOTR </i>take place, and the costumes seem to have drawn quite a lot of inspirations from real life Ancient Times and early Medieval fashions for this series, while Jackson's Middle-earth also includes later Renaissance and 16th-18th Century influences more often in some cases. </span></span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIOSCkDF5iafdTRJms5FsozYnINOyk3HciDba-viIrivwU-vLrmXg_f3lrviN6ljhxs8s2umwOf76UZWtoAnVuvENUN9tV3Qja5nFA90qKf4h2UW-XJUqd3oHDKDkH9N7l_y5Vafk4xQ7DSJuDn243agm5ow8l0oujTIIBjHkR3T5OYw9r276Gi8Lb-Q/s1878/%C3%ADndice2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="782" data-original-width="1878" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIOSCkDF5iafdTRJms5FsozYnINOyk3HciDba-viIrivwU-vLrmXg_f3lrviN6ljhxs8s2umwOf76UZWtoAnVuvENUN9tV3Qja5nFA90qKf4h2UW-XJUqd3oHDKDkH9N7l_y5Vafk4xQ7DSJuDn243agm5ow8l0oujTIIBjHkR3T5OYw9r276Gi8Lb-Q/w640-h266/%C3%ADndice2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Some of the costumes in </i>Rings of Power <i>S1: Gil-galad (left), Tar-Míriel (middle), and Disa (right)</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><br /><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><b>✨</b><u><b>Pronunciation</b></u>: My most sincere and happy congratulations to dialect coach </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="ILfuVd" lang="en"><span class="hgKElc"> <b>Leith McPherson</b></span></span> because, oh my Valar, <b>you don’t know how refreshing and cathartic it is to see the
cast</b> (and special mention to Welsh Morfydd Clark </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">😄) <b>actually pronouncing the Elven names with those trilled 'r' sounds, and the correct enunciation</b>: <i>GalAdRiel</i>, <i>MORdoR</i>, <i>NÚmenoR</i>, MORgoth, SAuRon,...I love it so much </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">😍. As a Spanish speaker
who’s routinely frustrated with the apparent disinterest of many English-speaking people to
pronounce other languages correctly (sorry for generalizing, but in
general terms that's my experience </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">😅), I’m thrilled this is not happening here! Also, I read in an interview that they’re drawing inspiration from Tolkien's way of writing and associating the way of talking of each race with <b>different heroic meters</b>, and I’m so into that as
well!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><b>✨<u>Hairy pet peeves</u></b>: </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghbsKqVYwTZkJeXbu9ZFMlnUO6LYWQ-qOfOkGXkEyhsIGEWrIjcRp5M7uQq7s0Kw7je4oGMp3zbvc_Q_7Q5CAlFhHJFmQjLYIlOpvu_GFlWCGHP2jRThRJeXR9pMKzjgVrfOlKuNLTFfuC0DCheRXLHYVvDfoGYemvbC1ottZGv7XdRozKum0aFpckgg/s1440/Collage%20Maker-31-Aug-2022-01.32-AM.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghbsKqVYwTZkJeXbu9ZFMlnUO6LYWQ-qOfOkGXkEyhsIGEWrIjcRp5M7uQq7s0Kw7je4oGMp3zbvc_Q_7Q5CAlFhHJFmQjLYIlOpvu_GFlWCGHP2jRThRJeXR9pMKzjgVrfOlKuNLTFfuC0DCheRXLHYVvDfoGYemvbC1ottZGv7XdRozKum0aFpckgg/w400-h400/Collage%20Maker-31-Aug-2022-01.32-AM.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>From left to right, top to bottom: Hairstyles and facial hair (or lack thereof) as chosen for Celebrimbor, Arondir, Disa, Elrond, Finrod Felagund, and Ereinion Gil-galad.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">As my inner circle already full knows at this point, this has been <b>my main aesthetic pet peeve</b> since the first promotional material came out </span><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">😅. While Jackson's movies and many people in the fandom associate Elves, male and female alike, with long, beautiful hair, <i>Rings of Power </i>has made the undeniably bold choice of breaking this pattern outright and <b>deviating from the general aesthetic of long-haired Elves by</b> <b>choosing to show most male Elves in the series with shorter hairstyles, from Elrond and Celebrimbor's wavy, just below-the-ear locks, to Arondir's crew cut</b>, and we can see this aesthetic choice in many of the male Elven extras as well, both in Lindon, in Eregion and in the Southlands. Most male Elves we have seen so far in the promotional material have followed this short hair aesthetic, although <b>we also see </b></span><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><b>some variety of hair lengths among the male
Elven extras of Lindon and Eregion</b>, some of them sporting longer hair lengths from above the shoulder to nearly mid-back (seen for example at the start of the </span><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://twitter.com/PrimeVideo/status/1560265513875279873 " target="_blank">Elrond</a> promo)</span></span></span>. And <b>High King Gil-galad offered some respite and hope to us long hair lovers with the long, flowing hair that has been associated so often with Elves of Middle-earth </b></span><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><b>👌</b>. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvcYoIBeOrxgyRqRAsIMCfdwz_dDa3weJBzvNkmtiYlsZyQBUOjbQq5FvGxmrbJH4nvNSgmynnD0KW0PgLPu3fqK5HSnEHeKIPxH8TrosXfq_PCXXdnqfHc38Hm-3AcD13S60XCe8uAMkz453wBNbhaORe7fm-8ltlyPCP-q5K_guiS-vyZPhz8VMy5A/s1920/The-Lord-of-the-Rings-Rings-of-Power-Gil-galad-in-warrior-attire.jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1920" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvcYoIBeOrxgyRqRAsIMCfdwz_dDa3weJBzvNkmtiYlsZyQBUOjbQq5FvGxmrbJH4nvNSgmynnD0KW0PgLPu3fqK5HSnEHeKIPxH8TrosXfq_PCXXdnqfHc38Hm-3AcD13S60XCe8uAMkz453wBNbhaORe7fm-8ltlyPCP-q5K_guiS-vyZPhz8VMy5A/w640-h426/The-Lord-of-the-Rings-Rings-of-Power-Gil-galad-in-warrior-attire.jpg.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Gil-galad our Lord and Saviour xD 🙌</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"></span></span></span></span> <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> One thing that I found interesting regarding Elven hair in the series was the fact that<b> Gil-galad actor Benjamin Walker said that the High King wore his hair long as is the wont of Elven nobles</b></span><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">, and associated his long hair to the noble status of Gil-galad </span><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> (<i><a href="https://nerdist.com/article/lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power-who-is-gil-galad-benjamin-walker-interview-exclusive-images/" target="_blank">"</a></i></span><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><i><a href="https://nerdist.com/article/lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power-who-is-gil-galad-benjamin-walker-interview-exclusive-images/" target="_blank">Gil-galad’s hair is long, like we traditionally see with noble elves, but it’s shaved on the sides as though he were a fighter"</a></i>)</span>. Which is an interesting take, as pretty much all of the explicitly long-haired Elves described as such in
the lore are Elven princes, kings and nobles as well, and it <b>seems like a legit interpretation</b> (and also to be found in real life cultures and time
periods) to <b>only give long hair to the Elves holding the higher status</b>.
This could track with <b>Arondir </b>being a Silvan foot soldier and <b>Elrond</b>, albeit of noble birth,
starting his career holding a lower societal status as a budding politician before becoming the
Lord of Imladris (although we might argue that as Gil-galad's herald and later lieutenant, he is already of quite high status in the Lindon court). However, while this interpretation only seems to apply
to male Elves (I'll be talking about my thoughts on <b>short haired Elves and the gender binary</b> below), <b>Celebrimbor</b>, who is also an Elf Lord of high status, and <b>Finrod</b>, the eldest son of Prince Finarfin of Valinor, seem to be outliers to this hypothesis. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Still, I
can't but hold my ground with the<b> personal opinion that Elrond, Celebrimbor and Arondir
would have all looked better with longer hair </b>– and when the first images of Arondir came out, especifically (and Cruz Córdova looks amazing as an Elf, A+ casting!), I thought what a
failed chance it was not to give him an intricate braided hairstyle as a Silvan Elf (dreads would’ve looked so cool as well). </span><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I guess<b> I personally dislike this aesthetic and would prefer longer haired
Elves by a long shot</b>, so this counts as <b>one of the few pet peeves</b> <b>I currently have with the series </b></span><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">😅.</span><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> Of course, it's an aesthetic preference, and mayhaps I’ll get used to it eventually – I’m already
warming up quite a lot to Robert Aramayo’s Elrond, for example, and</span><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> so far his hairstyle looks like the most Elven and 'fantasy' look
of all the shorter hair looks for the Elves, with its wave, swept up bangs and slightly
longer length. <br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghf2_P9VEgvUq_N2W1_PJdpDHuNx1j1AIhwXXteKJvv3vhX4fOmX7NZlhGxeeptO13LoyDoh4KtLLw_kh9uGX7OiTVkSdHphCMSinMFnJn_eQWLCkInUrugBFqBTN87MD9pzcPAzfQQNo1O6fqYT3jtnIGVXHP6PE_-p0nzio8w-EzrVFiP2Bv7oOflA/s4096/FWVZdspWYAEqRau.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2730" data-original-width="4096" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghf2_P9VEgvUq_N2W1_PJdpDHuNx1j1AIhwXXteKJvv3vhX4fOmX7NZlhGxeeptO13LoyDoh4KtLLw_kh9uGX7OiTVkSdHphCMSinMFnJn_eQWLCkInUrugBFqBTN87MD9pzcPAzfQQNo1O6fqYT3jtnIGVXHP6PE_-p0nzio8w-EzrVFiP2Bv7oOflA/w640-h426/FWVZdspWYAEqRau.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Celebrimbor and Elrond sport below-the-ears wavy locks in </i>Rings of Power<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><b>My personal preference aside</b>, it is also important to </span>bear in mind that once again, <b>this is an adaptation, and depicting male Elves with short hair is after all an
aesthetic choice that the series is perfectly entitled to do</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And let’s be clear, before delving into some more stuff – <b>it’s a very different
thing to differ with an aesthetic choice such as hair length or
costumes, than to have an issue with the representation of characters with different skin tones and genders</b></span><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">.</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Having an issue with fantasy hair lengths and styles generally harms nobody and invalidates
nobody (unless the issue is racially-loaded). We all have preferences about purely aesthetic matters, and that's fine. <b>A fantasy adaptation in the 21st century</b>, like I said, <b>is more than
entitled to add some very necessary gender and racial diversity to a fantasy
universe that is made no more incoherent for it</b>, and to have an issue with the existence of genders and races is rather more problematic than to rant about the hair length of a fantasy species. Both issues are not comparable.</span></span><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> <b>One goes against human rights, and the other doesn't</b>.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> To delve a bit more about <b>just how canon long Elven hair should be considered to be</b>, I also think it fair to note that, <b>while Tolkien Elves are traditionally associated with long
hair</b>, and this is something which has been <b>reinforced both by the fantasy
genre during years </b>and, particularly, by the<b> great influence of the aesthetic choices of Peter Jackson’s
movies</b>, in the lore <b>it’s not explicitly said outright that all Eldar and Elves have long hair as a rule</b>. When speaking about the princes of the Noldor in Valinor, </span><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Tolkien does remark in <b><i>Peoples of Middle-earth</i></b>, that the Eldar appreciated hair that is particularly beautiful, but doesn't really explicitly specify that is must always be long, although 'length' is mentioned and easy assumptions can be made (</span><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><i>“<b>All the Eldar had beautiful hair (and were especially attracted by hair
of exceptional loveliness) </b>but the Noldor were not specially remarkable
in this respect, and there is no reference to Finwe as having had hair
of exceptional <b>length, abundance, or beauty beyond the measure of his
people</b>.”</i>). </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Tolkien
also describes <b>several important individual male Elves,</b> such as
<b>Fingon </b>or <b>Glorfindel </b>(among some others), as having <b>long hair</b>, and <b>many Elves in the house
of Finwë have names with the Quenya name for 'hair' in it, <i>fin(dë)(ssë)</i></b>,
as well (which does also seem to direct to the fact that at least the
Noldor seem to be quite a lot into hair, because if not that's too much of a
coincidence xD). And so, </span>because of this quote and the individual instances where male Elves are described as having long hair, <b>it’s generally concluded among many
tolkienites that Elves in general value and favour long hair, men and women
alike, but it's also something that <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/lotr/comments/spoitw/elves_can_have_short_hair/" target="_blank">can be more assumed rather than directly stated</a> </b>when it comes to generalizing this fact to all Tolkien Elves. </span><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">So just citing the lore may not do either. <br /></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">This is also <b>not the first time that Tolkien Elves have been portrayed with shorter hair</b>. Regarding former adaptations, <b>Ralph Bashki's <i>LOTR </i></b>already depicted <b><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Elrond78.jpg/1280px-Elrond78.jpg" target="_blank">Elrond </a>and <a href="https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/lotr/images/0/00/Celeborn_Galadriel_1978.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/250?cb=20101128133650" target="_blank">Celeborn </a>with short hairstyles not dissimilar to the ones we're seeing in <i>Rings of Power</i></b>, and <a href="https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ea/87/ce/ea87ceea95b6a0eb824359e0d116499a.jpg" target="_blank"><b>Legolas </b></a>sported a <b>shoulder-length shorter style</b>
as well. And if we must take serious offense with the aesthetic choices
that other Tolkien adaptations have made, let us also remember that the
<b>1977 <i>Hobbit</i></b><i> </i>animated film showed a wizard-like grey-haired <a href="https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/lotr/images/c/ce/Rankin-Bass%27s_Elrond_%28Hobbit%29.PNG/revision/latest?cb=20210727195915" target="_blank"><b>Elrond </b></a>with a goatee and <a href="https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/lotr/images/8/88/Thranduil.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/400?cb=20080324004623" target="_blank"><b>Thranduil </b></a>as
a wizened goblin (wtf xD), and illustrated Russian Tolkien books have the
penchant of showing Elves as winged fairies, so there are...choices out
there </span><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">🤣. Among the realm of Tolkien art, long-haired Elves certainly dominate, but we can also find famous artists such as <a href="https://goldseven.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><b>Jenny Dolfen</b></a> who like to depict Elves with both long and short hair (see example below). </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">And so,<b> (male) short-haired Elves is an aesthetic choice that we may love, like, be neutral to, or hate with a passion. But like it or not (and I don't much like it xD), it's also a prerrogative and a valid choice for any Tolkien adaptation</b>. But I must also mention that I find it strange that a fantasy production wouldn't be excited to explore different intricate hairstyles for its male Elves (and also for Dwarf women, as we'll see below), to be honest, especially taking into account the gorgeous costume design the series has already showcased.<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM-brRU5DQqc5G0dxpLuj4BiRJJ7RECn0AEJNeiH83L2YIonGOhtiRNmiIvc5tMbuxd7ESOGCexjVtfvQt9eIAzbBGx2S5loQJC_Cs6QJMxeCuw6Ch9Uw08KxKZsjUqbwglPzJKLt0uC_LHLs84d_vCGvlaCsY5tdKLcsDepYYlM6waYwryCrJTJqhwA/s700/tut_oath9b.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="484" data-original-width="700" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM-brRU5DQqc5G0dxpLuj4BiRJJ7RECn0AEJNeiH83L2YIonGOhtiRNmiIvc5tMbuxd7ESOGCexjVtfvQt9eIAzbBGx2S5loQJC_Cs6QJMxeCuw6Ch9Uw08KxKZsjUqbwglPzJKLt0uC_LHLs84d_vCGvlaCsY5tdKLcsDepYYlM6waYwryCrJTJqhwA/w400-h276/tut_oath9b.webp" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>In this painting depicting the Oath of Fëanor, Jenny Dolfen portrays Fëanor and his seven sons with varying hair lengths.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Similarly to long-haired Elves,
many people of the fandom tend to also feel very strongly about
<b>Dwarf women having beards</b>, and it's often quoted how <b>Tolkien described
both Dwarf men and women as being pretty much identical in appearance
and voice to human eyes, including the fact that Dwarf women have beards
as well</b> (<i>War of the Jewels</i>, for example, states that "</span></span><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<b>have beards</b> from the beginning of their lives, <b>male and female alike</b>; nor indeed can their <b>womenkind</b><b> be discerned by those of other race, be it
in feature or gait or in voice</b></span></i>"). I am generally <b>a strong supporter of Dwarrowdams having beards and facial hair</b>, and I was already frustrated with the fact that the brief appearances of <a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CAEWV7xWEAEOmxA.png" target="_blank">Dwarf women in <i><b>The Hobbit</b></i><b> movies</b></a> had rather less facial hair than many of their male counterparts - Many of them had sideburns, but also the smallest possible amounts of beards. In contrast to this, there are art concepts for the <i>Hobbit </i>movies of Dwarrowdams with luxurious beards and intricately braided hair (see below), and many Tolkien cosplayers also tend to showcase intricate hairstyles and beards with their Dwarf women designs.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgobnoDuPX4y1kI8sA0gIXA0K4lq8yuwSwuLN32tWdVIWyNQ7mZAr1guRxgltdaHLgdeC3jykebi1UaKZOqMSJozhNmgtCN6NPUbC7s4OqDtu-1_1cs_o6FDMNgAff8f519pSrIiVwU0Y7D_tAwg9EBlynQ6g9TPfChPSh0B_TB9uX06n1F4Yn2lOkCcQ/s1024/Erzk8x5XUAEvH2-.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="451" data-original-width="1024" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgobnoDuPX4y1kI8sA0gIXA0K4lq8yuwSwuLN32tWdVIWyNQ7mZAr1guRxgltdaHLgdeC3jykebi1UaKZOqMSJozhNmgtCN6NPUbC7s4OqDtu-1_1cs_o6FDMNgAff8f519pSrIiVwU0Y7D_tAwg9EBlynQ6g9TPfChPSh0B_TB9uX06n1F4Yn2lOkCcQ/w640-h282/Erzk8x5XUAEvH2-.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Art concepts for the hairstyles and facial hair of Dwarf women in </i>The Hobbit<i> (Weta Workshop), showing varying degrees of facial hair. The most abundant full beards among these designs didn't make the cut.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">So when the first picture of <b>Disa </b>came out (see above in the post), <b>I was both thrilled at the perspective of finally seeing more Dwarf women</b>, and in actual main parts and with speaking roles, and <b>similarly thrilled to see black Dwarf women</b>. But I was <b>also frustrated </b></span><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><b>at the fact that <i>Rings of Power</i> had also decided to follow the trend to not give full beards and facial hair to Dwarf
women</b>. <i>Rings of Power</i> actually seems to have decided to give their Dwarf women even <i>less </i>facial hair than Jackson's briefly seen Erebor Dwarrowdams, as <b>Disa does sport a little bit of a sideburn situation, but at a distance it's practically non-existent</b>, considerably less so than the sideburns and slight beards sported by the <a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CAEWV7xWEAEOmxA.png" target="_blank">Dwarf women selling their goods in Dale</a> in <i>Unexpected Journey</i>, and the <b>Dwarrowdams at Khazad-dûm</b> that we've seen so far in promotional material seem to have <b>practically no facial hair to speak of </b>either </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">(see below)</span></span>, and this is additionally put into <b>blatant evidence with the comparison of the</b> <b>incredibly long and abundant beards that all the male Dwarves seem to be sporting</b>. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGCOSKHm64HV8cY_RY7CQZE0oRjtyYLjhpeP52uilKjkIXOAj4O1PAQ-JudsocOP2tfG0enl_YPwtY5hAa1DmN4l6bFC0458QhK_d26uG3muxopaQmU-sDmMfdqvjs-039YiNdrK_GKP9YdxwsoKoo4BMGgesvWjqKljAu4cMVjv2A_2uBnLYzJSuOoQ/s1062/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(3169).png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="914" data-original-width="1062" height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGCOSKHm64HV8cY_RY7CQZE0oRjtyYLjhpeP52uilKjkIXOAj4O1PAQ-JudsocOP2tfG0enl_YPwtY5hAa1DmN4l6bFC0458QhK_d26uG3muxopaQmU-sDmMfdqvjs-039YiNdrK_GKP9YdxwsoKoo4BMGgesvWjqKljAu4cMVjv2A_2uBnLYzJSuOoQ/w640-h550/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(3169).png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Dwarf men and women in Khazad-dûm. All the Dwarrowdams we've seen so far have no significant facial hair to speak of, so I guess it's safe to conclude that </i>Rings of Power<i> has decided to clearly differentiate between the two regarding beards.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">However, <b>while this isn't my preferred aesthetic preference either, there may be a caveat in the lore to explain this facial hair dychotomy as well</b>. While Tolkien stated that Dwarf women do indeed have beards and facial hair in the material of <i>History of Middle-earth</i>, <b>he seemingly changed his
view on Dwarf women and facial hair later on, seeing as in <i>Nature of Middle-earth</i> he's quoted as saying that <i>only </i>Dwarf men have beards, and so Dwarf women might in fact <i>not </i>have beards</b> in his later revisions ("<i>All </i>male<i> Dwarves have beards</i>"). So in this light, portraying Dwarrowdams sans the beards might in fact be a canonical aesthetic choice as well. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I still prefer Dwarf women to have beards, though, but it's important to also bear that in mind. It's still curious that this series has decided on this choice, however, seeing as <b>the <i>LOTR</i> appendixes</b>, the main material they have used to create the series, <b>do state that Dwarf men and women are indistinguishable to human (and Elven) eyes, which must surely include the facial hair</b>: "</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>It was
said by Gimli that there are few dwarf-women, probably no more than a third of
the whole people. They seldom walk abroad except at great need. <b>They are in voice and
appearance, and in garb if they must go on a journey, so like to the dwarf-men
that the eyes and ears of other peoples cannot tell them apart</b>."</i></span></span>
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Dwarrowdams in light of the gender binary</u>:</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Apart from personal aesthetic preference, there's another reason why I was rather disappointed by the decision of the series to portray male Elves with short hair and female Dwarves without beards. <b>From a feminist perspective,</b> <b>bearded Dwarrowdams and androgynous Elves with long hair disregardless of gender can be powerful examples that defy gender norms and expectations</b>, and that<b> subvert the constructed gender binary that's prevalent in society</b>. </span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I’ve
always loved how both these aesthetics and description of physical appearances for Dwarves and Elves <b>challenge limited notions regarding the gender binary among humans</b>. </span></span></span></span>And while the artistic choices of <i>Rings of Power</i> regarding their Elves and Dwarves are still valid, as I commented above, I still feel like it's <b>a missed opportunity to defy societal expectations about traditional 'masculinity' and 'femininity' with the appearance of the Elves and Dwarves in Tolkien's universe</b>,</span> presenting more normalized societal notions where most male characters have shorter hair and all women are clean-shaved, instead. <br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Even though we know that <b>in real life there are also women, both cis and trans, who can grow facial hair for different reasons, this is of course both considered shameful and diametrically opposed to traditional femininity</b>. And thus, all Tolkien adaptations to date (that I know of), have edged away, whether conscious or subconsciously, from the opportunity to explore just how cool Dwarf women can look with intricately braided and decorated beards and facial hair. Similarly, <b>in Western society short hair for men has become the norm and long hair is traditionally associated with women</b> (note that <b>all Elven women in the promotional material continue to sport long hair</b> that's at least past shoulder length). Even though <b>men still wear their hair long in some modern cultures</b> (such as many Native American tribes), and <b>historically men have also worn their hair long in many places and time periods</b>, from Europe to Asia. <b>Long hair is so culturally associated with Native American and East Asian cultures</b>, actually, that I've always thought that <b>casting Tolkien Elves</b> <b>with those ethnicities</b> would be just so fitting (but still, it's a good thing that Tolkien Elves are already starting to get more diverse with this series). </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">And <b>the more androgynous quality that is often given to fantasy Elves</b> in direct association to Tolkien, with their long hair disregardless of gender, their beardlessness (<i>until they're really, really old like Círdan, or unless you're Mahtan, in Arda's case xD</i>), and their graceful features, can certainly serve as an example of <b>how the gender binary can be blurred beyond the established limitations constructed by society</b>, similarly to the <b>near identical physical appearance of Dwarves disregardless of gender</b>.<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">And
there's not much that's directly problematic about the choice to portray short-haired male Elves and beardless Dwarf women as to what the series
is trying to <i>directly express</i>, I don't think, but <b>I still think it's
such a missed opportunity </b>when seen from this perspective,<b> beyond purely
aesthetic preferences</b>. Because <b>whether consciously ot not, the media tends to reinforce normalized societal notions regarding both the beauty canon, the gender binary with its diametrically opposed notions of 'femininity' and 'masculinity', and gender roles and stereotypes </b>(all these are usually closely related). And while <b><i>Rings of Power</i> is quite clearly consciously involved in improving the gender balance in Tolkien adaptations and defying and subverting limited gender norms in more than one respect</b>, I just think <b>it would have been really cool if they had fully taken the plunge in this particular case as well</b>. But, like I said before, the series creators and the art department are still perfectly entitled to make different aesthetic choices regarding hair and beards, so while this issue will still remain a personal pet peeve (and feminist wish), it also won't stop me from enjoying the series! It's still kinda grating, though </span></span>😅.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitbHxMC1qJa57Zc4ba_Fqh13Wtv5Fdy2wOOm8x2LikRTe8zp5Kyj3a_LaMxmvhmyVLFGg3sHZ8JLXwBztN_f0BKYjGksFZAdLoYIUxnZfrEKHPXMKKdCGwTxqJYmsgXUNdZMuhfKQ_KvYdknbyWe81vqnzo6p55jPqdwSYnr61nnUTubAALC7BdoqkYw/s2000/image4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="995" data-original-width="2000" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitbHxMC1qJa57Zc4ba_Fqh13Wtv5Fdy2wOOm8x2LikRTe8zp5Kyj3a_LaMxmvhmyVLFGg3sHZ8JLXwBztN_f0BKYjGksFZAdLoYIUxnZfrEKHPXMKKdCGwTxqJYmsgXUNdZMuhfKQ_KvYdknbyWe81vqnzo6p55jPqdwSYnr61nnUTubAALC7BdoqkYw/w640-h318/image4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Celebrimbot and Elrond in </i>Rings of Power<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: center; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;">And finally, I wasn't planning on talking especifically about the individual characters per se in this post, but I wanted to write briefly about <b>Celebrimbor's casting</b> as well: </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Charles
Edwards’ Celebrimbor seems to have become one
of the more controversial casting choices in <i>Rings of Power</i>, alongside the sexist and racist ‘fans’ who have taken so much exception to every
single
non-white and female member of the main cast. Personally, I have to say that I was very confused when the first image of Edwards as Celebrimbor came out. </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I do like Charles Edwards as an actor, and I'm sure he'll do a good job, </span></span>but I can also freely admit that this is not how I imagine the Noldorin smith of Eregion and grandson of Fëanor to look like, by a long shot </b></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>😅</b>. However, at the same time, I've been growing more and more tired and directly opposed to the often offensive attitude of the dissenting voices among, well, *that* faction of fans. So much so, that, even if I'm still puzzled by this very conscious casting choice, I've become somewhat protective of Edwards' Celebrimbor, of whom we have yet to see any significant material apart from a couple of promotional images and seconds-long silent appearances in a couple of teasers and promos.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> An issue that I would still like to comment on regarding this casting choice, however, has to do with the fact that <b>they've consciously chosen a middle-aged actor to play an Elf who's in-universe considerably
younger than Galadriel as played by Morfydd Clark in her early 30s - and, ageless
appearance of Tolkien Elves aside, this does sound like a gendered double
standard which extends beyond Celebrimbor's case in the realm of Tolkien adaptations</b> (albeit perhaps not so blatantly), <b>and also well beyond Elven casting and the fantasy genre</b>. But for now, as regards Celebrimbor, I may still imagine him vastly different in my mind, but I'm also both fed up about the constant hate and honestly intrigued about this casting choice, and in any case, </span></span><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">it's a wait and see situation for me at the moment. </span></span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>I'm
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of Eregion onscreen</b>, a</span></span>nd who knows, maybe he will surprise us all. </span></span> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<![endif]--></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So that's it for the general impressions! Hope you've enjoyed reading my ramblings, and hope you'll enjoy the series! We'll see how season 1 plays out, and I'll be back in the near future with more Tolkienite material </span><span style="font-size: medium;">😃 Until then, I bid you all <i>namárië</i>!<br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglqmu9PxEU9YLAAWjbkU_CYQIH24g0LK-Euek9SSbkcqYP7ssFhA3ThPbffx0aIJHzeBeufDVc7Xh5K85SAb62Y4-E7FDAv910NTnraK4MRUQWoo2eZVy71oSPsL1tIW6_G9UDSMB37Ei1iBUnqGuYtpyKLRlmRZI4G4e1xgcIIQ2FCORBbVY5WeB5KQ/s1063/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(3171).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="879" data-original-width="1063" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglqmu9PxEU9YLAAWjbkU_CYQIH24g0LK-Euek9SSbkcqYP7ssFhA3ThPbffx0aIJHzeBeufDVc7Xh5K85SAb62Y4-E7FDAv910NTnraK4MRUQWoo2eZVy71oSPsL1tIW6_G9UDSMB37Ei1iBUnqGuYtpyKLRlmRZI4G4e1xgcIIQ2FCORBbVY5WeB5KQ/w400-h331/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(3171).png" width="400" /></a></span></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p></div></div></div></div></div></div>Arwendë Luhtiénë / Marta Lúthienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01043611744907294700noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255946979377638758.post-51667851651701160372022-08-25T18:07:00.004-07:002023-02-26T08:29:51.193-08:00Tolkien essays - Rompiendo roles de género: Galadriel <div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHO9vriL_mvbrfPKo8O-Tt84zxFwDEydvR_SyHbYIOlinZV-fyi9Hqu2MNtrSC8mJWqtnHdZTm3LwLUXg9AvCwi_xyZRt7Gm0ivcPkYjXG8i8I4o_T2T7J6QFkawjibOT7cmUbbJIdB1TjmqtS-ovkEvSDEKBZ5kLjRS9zhijHlweXuGR3WP51gsHOqQ/s1940/%C3%ADndice.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1306" data-original-width="1940" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHO9vriL_mvbrfPKo8O-Tt84zxFwDEydvR_SyHbYIOlinZV-fyi9Hqu2MNtrSC8mJWqtnHdZTm3LwLUXg9AvCwi_xyZRt7Gm0ivcPkYjXG8i8I4o_T2T7J6QFkawjibOT7cmUbbJIdB1TjmqtS-ovkEvSDEKBZ5kLjRS9zhijHlweXuGR3WP51gsHOqQ/w640-h430/%C3%ADndice.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Morfydd Clark (left) and Cate Blanchett (right) portray Galadriel in Amazon Prime's <i>The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power</i> series, and Peter Jackson's <i>LOTR </i>and <i>The Hobbit </i>movies, respectively.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><i>(English version, Spanish on the next paragraph) </i>In <a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2022/03/tolkien-talks-rompiendo-roles-de-genero.html " target="_blank">this</a><a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2022/03/tolkien-talks-rompiendo-roles-de-genero.html "> post</a> from March 2022, I talked about my participation in a Twitch live for 8M (International Women's Day), in which the </span><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><b><a href="https://www.sociedadtolkien.org/comisiones-de-trabajo/" target="_blank"><i>Onóressë </i>feminist group</a> of the Spanish Tolkien Society (STE)</b> to discuss women from Tolkien's life and works. I chose to delve into <b>gender roles in Elven society</b>, and especifically talk about <b>my favourite Tolkien woman, Galadriel, and all the gender roles she subverts both in her characterization
and plot</b></span></span></span></span><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll">✨📚💪</span></span><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll">♀ </span></span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="es_XX"><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu"><img alt="💜" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tef/1.5/16/1f49c.png" width="16" />. The post I published back in March includes the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqU5Sho4KUE&feature=emb_logo" target="_blank"><b>YouTube video</b></a> with the complete Twitch live, as well as the <b>PDF of my
talk</b> (which also appears on the video as I'm discussing it)</span></span><i>. </i>Note that both the video and the talk are in Spanish only! </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #800180;"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll">En <a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2022/03/tolkien-talks-rompiendo-roles-de-genero.html " target="_blank">este</a><a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2022/03/tolkien-talks-rompiendo-roles-de-genero.html "> post</a> de marzo de 2022, estuve hablando sobre mi participación en un directo de Twitch el pasado 8M (Día internacional de la mujer). En este directo organizado por el</span><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"> <b><a href="https://www.sociedadtolkien.org/comisiones-de-trabajo/" target="_blank"><i>grupo feminista On</i></a><a href="https://www.sociedadtolkien.org/comisiones-de-trabajo/" target="_blank"><i>óressë</i></a> de la Sociedad Tolkien Española (STE)</b> estuvimos dando breves charlas sobre varias mujeres de la vida y obra de Tolkien. Yo decidí hablar sobre <b>roles de género en la sociedad élfica</b>, y específicamente sobre <b>mi personaje femenino favorito de las obras de Tolkien, Galadriel, y todos los roles de género que subvierte en su caracterización y trama </b></span></span></span></span><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll">✨📚💪</span></span><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll">♀ </span></span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="es_XX"><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu"><img alt="💜" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tef/1.5/16/1f49c.png" width="16" />. En el post que publiqué en marzo incluí el <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqU5Sho4KUE&feature=emb_logo" target="_blank"><b>vídeo de YouTube</b></a> con el directo de Twitch completo, además de <b>mi charla en formato PDF</b> (esta presentación también aparece en el directo durante la charla)</span></span><i>. </i>Podéis también ver el directo aquí abajo (<b>mi charla empieza a partir de <a href="https://youtu.be/wqU5Sho4KUE?list=PLs37HL38jjjrOZVpAMgWBWq6UPgInRNG0&t=1309" target="_blank">21:50</a>, y estoy respondiendo preguntas a partir de <a href="https://youtu.be/wqU5Sho4KUE?list=PLs37HL38jjjrOZVpAMgWBWq6UPgInRNG0&t=1309" target="_blank">54:2</a>)</b>:</span> </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>You can also watch the YouTube video here below</b> (<b>My talk begins at <a href="https://youtu.be/wqU5Sho4KUE?list=PLs37HL38jjjrOZVpAMgWBWq6UPgInRNG0&t=1309" target="_blank">21:50</a>, and I'm answering some questions at <a href="https://youtu.be/wqU5Sho4KUE?list=PLs37HL38jjjrOZVpAMgWBWq6UPgInRNG0&t=1309" target="_blank">54:2</a>)</b>:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ9-uPu2DiolzQMtj1KqiOYs5o7lAjTGBXqSbQY_TFw9FaSMqGur2CyHomAYrDl0Rnjflrd5x8Tt3YmL4m-ZKH0qk9xBkv2Btx80Ou8yAc-e_3gdrctmUNnAUBLVmoIxukfGL3yrviuHhF35TQI9uoCJFAgNiVBLwZqwHwsb8Fk-Ffp7oIJd66qd_AvA/s1920/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(2194).png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ9-uPu2DiolzQMtj1KqiOYs5o7lAjTGBXqSbQY_TFw9FaSMqGur2CyHomAYrDl0Rnjflrd5x8Tt3YmL4m-ZKH0qk9xBkv2Btx80Ou8yAc-e_3gdrctmUNnAUBLVmoIxukfGL3yrviuHhF35TQI9uoCJFAgNiVBLwZqwHwsb8Fk-Ffp7oIJd66qd_AvA/s320/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(2194).png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Participating with Elanor and Silmariën during the Twitch live back in 8M 2022</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wqU5Sho4KUE" width="320" youtube-src-id="wqU5Sho4KUE"></iframe></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><i>(English version, Spanish below) </i></span>So, after working on the presentation for this live, I decided to use all this geeky feminist inertia to write an article based on my presentation and send it to be published in the Summer 2022 edition of the <b><a href="https://www.sociedadtolkien.org/blog/category/publicaciones/revista-estel/" target="_blank"><i>Estel</i></a><i> </i>(no. 97</b>), the biannual <b>magazine of the STE</b>. In this essay, I summarized the main aspects from my <a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2022/03/tolkien-talks-rompiendo-roles-de-genero.html" target="_blank">presentation</a>, starting with an <b>introduction about gender roles in Elven society</b>, and then <b>delving into all the ways Galadriel defies societally established gender norms</b>, from her <b>erudite aspect</b> to her <b>desire for adventure and exploration</b>, her <b>athletic feats and warrior aspect</b>, her role as a <b>stateswoman,</b> <b>leader and strategist</b>, and her <b>protective and offensive magical abilities</b> harnessing her ring of power <b>Nenya</b>. <i>This essay is, for the moment
being, in Spanish only, but I am planning on translating it into English
as well sometime in the future </i><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="es_XX"><i><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu"><img alt="🙂" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/ta5/1.5/16/1f642.png" width="16" />! <br /></span></i></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">My essay about Galadriel was also published near the upcoming start of <b><i>The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power</i></b>, <b>the new Amazon Prime series that will delve into many of the subversive traits described in Galadriel's character and plot in Tolkien's works</b>, and I'm personally looking forward to finally fully seeing aspects of Galadriel we haven't still seen in other Tolkien adaptations 😃<span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll">✨</span></span><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll">💪</span></span><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll">♀</span></span>. While <b>Cate Blanchett</b>'s amazing performance as Galadriel showcases her role as the <b>wise, ethereal and magical leader of Lothlórien </b>near the end of the Third Age, judging by the teasers, trailers and promotional material, <b>Morfydd Clark</b>'s also amazingly cast Galadriel will be exploring the Second Age and highlighting other traits more often seen in Tolkien's works in the <b>younger Galadriel of the First and Second Ages</b>: her <b>athletic, warlike and</b> <b>strategic aspects</b>, her <b>adventuring wanderlust</b>, and her competence as a <b>budding stateswoman</b>, most probably showcasing her evolution throughout the seasons towards becoming the leader of Lothlórien and the magical wielder of Nenya, one of the three Elven rings of power. <b>Stay tuned for more Rings of Power posts and discussions in this blog, coming soon!</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="es_XX"><span style="color: #800180;"><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu">Después de trabajar en la presentación para este directo, decidí usar toda esta inercia de feminismo tolkieniano para<b> escribir un artículo basado en mi charla</b> y enviarlo para que pudiera ser <b>publicado en el siguiente número de la <a href="https://www.sociedadtolkien.org/blog/category/publicaciones/revista-estel/" target="_blank">Estel</a> (número 97, edición de verano de 2022)</b>, la revista bianual de la STE. En el artículo resultante <b>resumí los aspectos principales de mi <a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2022/03/tolkien-talks-rompiendo-roles-de-genero.html" target="_blank">presentación</a></b>, comenzando con una <b>introducción sobre los roles de género en la sociedad élfica</b> descrita por Tolkien, y después profundizando en <b>todas las formas en que Galadriel desafía y subvierte las normas de género establecidas en dicha sociedad</b>, desde su <b>aspecto erudito</b> a su <b>deseo de aventura y exploración</b>, sus <b>proezas y aptitudes atléticas</b>, su <b>aspecto guerrero</b>, su rol como estadista, líder y estratega, y su <b>aspecto mágico</b>, tanto ofensivo como protector, mediante el uso de su anillo de poder Nenya. </span></span></span><b> </b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #800180;">Este artículo sobre Galadriel también <b>ha salido publicado en la revista a poco tiempo del estreno de la nueva serie de Amazon Prime, <i>El Señor de los Anillos: Los Anillos de Poder</i></b>. Esta serie <b>profundizará en varios de los muchos aspectos subversivos de la personalidad y trama de Galadriel tal y como se la describe en las obras de Tolkien</b>,
y tengo muchas ganas de poder ver al fin aspectos de Galadriel que otras adaptaciones de Tolkien no han mostrado aún 😃<span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll">✨</span></span><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll">💪</span></span><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll">♀</span></span>. <b>Cate Blanchett</b> ofrece una actuación maravillosa como Galadriel en su rol como la <b>líder sabia y etérea de Lothlórien </b>al final de la Tercera Edad, con <b>especial énfasis en su</b> <b>faceta de habilidades mágicas con Nenya</b>, de forma acorde con la Galadriel descrita en la época de <i>SdlA</i>. Por otro lado, juzgando por los avances, tráilers y todo el material promocional publicado hasta la fecha, con la <b>Galadriel de Morfydd Clark</b> - una elección de actriz que me parece también genial - se explorará la Segunda Edad y se pondrá más énfasis en <b>otros aspectos del personaje que Tolkien suele describir para la Galadriel más joven de la Primera y Segunda Edad</b>: sus<b> facetas atléticas, marciales y estratégicas</b>, sus <b>ansias de aventura</b>, y su<b> aptitud creciente de estadista y líder</b>, probablemente con el objetivo de también mostrar su <b>evolución </b>durante las temporadas hasta convertirse en la gobernante de los elfos de Lothlórien y en la portadora del anillo mágico de poder Nenya. <b>Si os interesa la serie de Los Anillos de Poder, ¡estad atentos a este blog, porque se vienen nuevos posts donde hablaré de temas relacionados con la nueva serie! </b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> But before that, and coming back to the essay, <b>Estel 97 came out in PDF online form </b>a while ago.<b> You can read the essay <u>on pages 2-9 here below </u></b><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="es_XX"><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu">⬇️</span></span>, and I would also like to give a shoutout to <b>Pilar Erika 'Tarmariel Luinilmë''s </b>great article about <b>alliterative verse in <i>The Lord of the Rings</i></b>, which you can read on <b>pages 32-37 </b>of this same magazine, and also<b> <a href="https://tarmaerika.blogspot.com/2022/08/el-verso-aliterativo-en-el-senor-de-los.html" target="_blank">on her blog here</a>. </b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #800180;">Pero antes de todo eso, y volviendo al artículo, <b>el número 97 de la revista Estel salió publicado en formato PDF hace un par de meses</b>. <b>Podeís leer el artículo en el PDF adjunto en las <u>páginas 2-9</u></b><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="es_XX"><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu">⬇️</span></span>, Y en esta revista también podéis encontrar el excelente artículo de <b>Pilar Erika 'Tarmariel Luinilmë'</b>'s sobre el <b>verso aliterativo en <i>El Señor de los Anillos</i></b>, artículo que podéis leer en las <b>páginas 32-37</b> de la revista, y también <b><a href="https://tarmaerika.blogspot.com/2022/08/el-verso-aliterativo-en-el-senor-de-los.html" target="_blank">en su blog</a></b>. </span><b> <br /></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Read both articles in the magazine here: <br /></b></p></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe height="700" src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/19LTy5Tvya5L3BYpH6_a7EK6NG-j2EU7B/preview" width="700"></iframe> <br /></p><p> </p><p>As well as reading it on the PDF, I'm always including <b>my essay here below in this post, in its entirey and with additional images</b>. Hope you enjoy it 😊! <b> </b></p><div><b> </b></div><div><span style="color: #800180;">Además de poder leer el artículo en el archivo PDF de la revista que acabo de adjuntar,<b> a continuación muestro también el artículo completo, con imágenes adicionales.</b> ¡Espero que lo disfrutéis 😊!</span><b></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6MdZwcIp_TSxkJ2t_OgNU3rjbw4oOpSH2Lb3kkAzXT5iioorfC6LSe9zOGB8UwGDOH7uM2778iRS7UUtnpmtgARrQwfghm4ahSzlm_dJRmaM13cvrGQ5eMNOp72WSp9dfVaWgP3bpKzmTX76Bo7OeGf_I7qQ24lEqsjo42_k98YvIrbU0NjjhQp2CEQ/s3723/IMG_20230225_044354.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2834" data-original-width="3723" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6MdZwcIp_TSxkJ2t_OgNU3rjbw4oOpSH2Lb3kkAzXT5iioorfC6LSe9zOGB8UwGDOH7uM2778iRS7UUtnpmtgARrQwfghm4ahSzlm_dJRmaM13cvrGQ5eMNOp72WSp9dfVaWgP3bpKzmTX76Bo7OeGf_I7qQ24lEqsjo42_k98YvIrbU0NjjhQp2CEQ/w400-h305/IMG_20230225_044354.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><b>This essay is for the moment in Spanish only</b>,
similarly to most of my essays and presentations for the magazine and
the events of the Spanish Tolkien Society, but ideally I'd like to
translate them all into English as well sometime, hopefully soonish. In
the meantime, <b>if you can't read Spanish and would like to know what
it's about and what I think about Galadriel and all the ways she defies
societal roles and expectations, I recommend that you use Google
translate to offer a hopefully adequate English version of it</b> </i>😅 <i>Thanks again for reading!</i><br /></div><div><div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><u><span class="7uhw9"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Rompiendo roles de género: Galadriel</span></b></span></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="7uhw9">El pasado 8 de
marzo, el grupo Onóressë organizó un directo de Twitch<sup>1</sup> con un de
par de charlas enfocadas en varias mujeres de la vida y obra de Tolkien. Junto
con Leonor ‘Elanor’ y Ángela ‘Silmarien’, tuve la oportunidad de hablar de <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Galadriel</span>, uno de mis personajes
femeninos favoritos de la obra de Tolkien, y también uno de los más
excepcionales dentro del universo de Arda. Basándome en esta charla<sup>2</sup>,
presento este artículo describiendo de forma general cómo Tolkien imaginó la
sociedad élfica respecto a roles de género, para pasar a centrarme en Galadriel
y <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">todos los roles que subvierte dentro
de su sociedad</span>, tanto en su caracterización como en su arco argumental. </span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span class="7uhw9"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b></span><span class="7uhw9"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Roles de género en la
sociedad élfica</b></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihPRtI5buRokNynylqBqCztlaMSfNt8ehj8vboms97TTovy1YUCDvObYLWQFVuq79s9nMTjws9Anj7VNIDO9UhVnJONE_wgcI-qHNqpoY4MU8D6UmxBur0OjlrY3Ri2trTvNV2redAhADHAwLWpjWD_uGWv3MO_AmRddextfVoYENFRYJX40FwtqFfCw/s656/7a1bf404578a6e41f94fb07e8d3e43fe.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="656" data-original-width="500" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihPRtI5buRokNynylqBqCztlaMSfNt8ehj8vboms97TTovy1YUCDvObYLWQFVuq79s9nMTjws9Anj7VNIDO9UhVnJONE_wgcI-qHNqpoY4MU8D6UmxBur0OjlrY3Ri2trTvNV2redAhADHAwLWpjWD_uGWv3MO_AmRddextfVoYENFRYJX40FwtqFfCw/w239-h313/7a1bf404578a6e41f94fb07e8d3e43fe.jpg" width="239" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Galadriel toca el arpa en Lórien (©Kikuno I. Craft)</i> <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">“<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">No hay temas entre los Eldar
que sólo un </span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">nér <i>pueda pensar o hacer, u otros que sólo conciernan a una </i>nís.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Sí <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">se encuentran una serie de diferencias entre las inclinaciones naturales
de los </span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">néri<i> y </i>nissi<i>, y otras que han sido
establecidas por la costumbre</i></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> (…).
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Pero a todas [las] cosas </span></span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">(…) </span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">se podían dedicar en
diferentes momentos cualquiera de entre los Noldor, ya fueran </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">neri<i> o </i>nissi<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">. </i></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">” </span></i><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(</span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">El Anillo de Morgoth, </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">“Leyes y costumbres de los Eldar”)</span></span><br /></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span>En la sociedad élfica descrita
por Tolkien imperan una serie de <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">roles
de género</span> <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">para los elfos (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">nér</i>, pl. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">neri</i>) y elfas (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">nís</i>, pl. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">nissi</i>). Estos roles de género están
establecidos por la tradición y reforzados por la costumbre, y en parte también
se justifican por medio de un ideario basado en el determinismo biológico,
donde son supuestas ‘inclinaciones naturales’ las que diferencian algunos de los
roles llevados a cabo por los <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">neri</i> y <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">nissi</i>. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Así, los elfos varones suelen dedicarse a la
lucha y la caza; la forja, orfebrería y artesanía; el estudio de lenguas y la
erudición; la composición musical y escrita; y también la cocina (excepto el
pan). En contrapartida, las elfas tienden a dedicarse a la curación y los
cuidados; la jardinería; la costura, tejido y bordado; el canto, baile y el
tocar instrumentos; la fabricación del pan y las <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">lembas</i> (una actividad ceremonial exclusivamente femenina); y en las
áreas del conocimiento suelen limitarse a estudiar y transmitir la historia de
los Eldar y sus genealogías<sup>3</sup>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tolkien también enfatiza que las <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">nissi</i> como norma general mostraban una ‘inclinación
natural’ a la maternidad, justificando así que tuvieran menos interés en
facetas asociadas con el saber o los trabajos manuales<sup>3,4</sup>, más
reservadas a los <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">neri</i>, descritos
además como ‘naturalmente’ más aventureros y fuertes de espíritu<sup>5</sup>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">A pesar de estos roles establecidos y de este ideario más basado en un
determinismo biológico (ideario que podemos también apreciar claramente en
algunas de sus cartas, especialmente en la número 43), Tolkien también comenta
cómo cualquier <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">nér</i> o <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">nís</i> tiene la capacidad tanto física como
mental para llevar a cabo cualquier actividad o rol</span>, alejándose de la
norma establecida<sup>3</sup>. Podemos así ver elfas que siguen caminos no
tradicionales, entre los que se pueden listar: atletas, guerreras y cazadoras;
aventureras y exploradoras; artesanas, herreras y pintoras; escritoras, poetas
y eruditas; líderes, gobernantes y estadistas; magas y hechiceras (con aspectos
tanto más tradicionales como menos normativos); y/o elfas que prefirieran
mantenerse solteras o no tener hijos. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizvUpQQzGggns8iFGb9ZpAhYoos9bG7uxOyskD6nmiq-2-lnxC_ns86pshc1Wc5VG2P2SV-JX7acaufQT4Zda8kinynSQEwYjJp4wYi8F2FM0EQexGJa5hiznkTer5vsG7ytGrBHyaiQdEijgbRto2Sxp0g84dGF0tNqwcLScQyWXquS4k_4-yJSGhIA/s1202/image12.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1033" data-original-width="1202" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizvUpQQzGggns8iFGb9ZpAhYoos9bG7uxOyskD6nmiq-2-lnxC_ns86pshc1Wc5VG2P2SV-JX7acaufQT4Zda8kinynSQEwYjJp4wYi8F2FM0EQexGJa5hiznkTer5vsG7ytGrBHyaiQdEijgbRto2Sxp0g84dGF0tNqwcLScQyWXquS4k_4-yJSGhIA/w298-h255/image12.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Galadriel subvirtiendo todos los roles (</i><i><i>©</i>Los Anillos de Poder) </i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Sin embargo, no podemos olvidar
el poder que tienen los roles de género en una sociedad de base patriarcal a la
hora de influir en las decisiones, inclinaciones y aspiraciones de cada
persona. Es por esto que, desafortunadamente, también vemos que <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">las elfas y elfos que eligen roles no
tradicionales dentro de su sociedad parecerían hacerlo de forma más excepcional.
Y dentro de esta minoría no hay ninguna elfa que destaque más que Galadriel.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><b></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span class="7uhw9"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"> </span></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span class="7uhw9"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b></span><span class="7uhw9"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Galadriel y sus roles</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="7uhw9">Galadriel es la
elfa más fuerte y empoderada de la Primera Edad, y la única elfa de nombre
conocido<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">e importancia notable en la trama que sigue
apareciendo en los relatos de la Segunda y Tercera Edad. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><b></b></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_uJNPEhKhAIl6lSTRLKY-FX-G5y5yDeUOaQ29uAqQdy6sykvc2jnGdjHG3iMFlq11IqAMhuwmIVbdJl6_L1Kj3Dqwy5h8LVIVcvtE7235NfghN3pPqk8z54OOUvgmpCtTyV3C3yYU8qXEFlU-uBcPBe_n3KXJFi1dyy_U1w4Rc6csLuWuhU0bbkqlmA/s500/Galadriel_Cate%20Blanchett.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_uJNPEhKhAIl6lSTRLKY-FX-G5y5yDeUOaQ29uAqQdy6sykvc2jnGdjHG3iMFlq11IqAMhuwmIVbdJl6_L1Kj3Dqwy5h8LVIVcvtE7235NfghN3pPqk8z54OOUvgmpCtTyV3C3yYU8qXEFlU-uBcPBe_n3KXJFi1dyy_U1w4Rc6csLuWuhU0bbkqlmA/w296-h296/Galadriel_Cate%20Blanchett.jpg" width="296" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Galadriel en ©El Hobbit</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="7uhw9"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Galadriel cumple un papel normativo de
esposa-madre, al estar casada con Celeborn (de esta relación hablaremos más
adelante), con el que tuvo a su hija Celebrían. Descrita como la más hermosa de
los Noldor, se resalta también su belleza, y especialmente sus cabellos
dorados. Galadriel realiza una serie de actividades vistas como
‘tradicionalmente femeninas’ en la sociedad élfica, mencionadas sobre todo en <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">El Señor de los Anillos</i>: Es ella, junto
con sus doncellas, la que teje las capas que regala a la Comunidad del Anillo
en Lothlórien, toca el arpa y canta, y también preserva la receta y la
tradición de la fabricación de las <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">lembas</i>
en Lórien<sup>6</sup>. Sus capacidades mágicas también presentan un importante aspecto
de protección y curación en <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">SdlA</i>.</span></span>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Pero Galadriel es también una elfa excepcional en su sociedad, descrita
continuadamente como sabia, fuerte y valiente además de hermosa, y presenta un
gran número de inclinaciones y habilidades que subvierten todos los roles de
género tradicionalmente impuestos entre los Eldar: Actividades atléticas,
lucha, ansias de aventura y liderazgo, dotes estadistas, erudición, interés por
la artesanía,…De todos estos roles pasaré a hablar a continuación. <br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Aunque antes de ello sí quiero remarcar que mi intención no es restar
validez o importancia a las actividades consideradas como ‘tradicionalmente
femeninas’ tanto en la sociedad élfica como en la vida real. El problema radica
más bien en que exista una obligación social de que una persona tenga que
dedicarse a una cosa u otra sólo por su género, y que sólo una minoría sea
capaz de llevar a cabo actividades vistas como no normativas, en lugar de poder
elegir libremente el poder dedicarse tanto al atletismo como al bordado, por
ejemplo.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>2.1 Erudita, maestra del saber
y artesana</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFuqf5ukj8QKP9ValhmofNCeqjI-U8_60bSn7vEXLnBnXmvX2U4U-YCVs5FvREpiJyOZ_jJBpFPj-LNS5iw272e2hw1S1kQYOHlWWdAC668cSZ4JVJdgc9U4fTRKP8dSTmjSoRYyJ1dcIlHjMP2GQgLsJi9OAazgo_5GALEyUwPJgby_LQKBpm5MJtDg/s601/FZux9jbVQAEo9En.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="601" data-original-width="524" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFuqf5ukj8QKP9ValhmofNCeqjI-U8_60bSn7vEXLnBnXmvX2U4U-YCVs5FvREpiJyOZ_jJBpFPj-LNS5iw272e2hw1S1kQYOHlWWdAC668cSZ4JVJdgc9U4fTRKP8dSTmjSoRYyJ1dcIlHjMP2GQgLsJi9OAazgo_5GALEyUwPJgby_LQKBpm5MJtDg/w264-h303/FZux9jbVQAEo9En.jpg" width="264" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i><i>©</i>Los Anillos de Poder, detalle)</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: medium;">“[Galadriel] <b>conocía bien la historia de su
lengua y todos los asuntos de los maestros del saber</b>” (Los Pueblos de la
Tierra Media) </span><br /></span></i></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Descrita como la más grande entre los Noldor, Galadriel se convirtió en
una gran erudita en lingüística y muchas ramas del saber durante su juventud en
Valinor, y también destaca su capacidad excepcional para percibir los pensamientos
y comprender las mentes de las personas. Sólo Fëanor la igualaba en poder,
aunque ella lo superaba en sabiduría, y llegó a ser la elfa más sabia y
poderosa en la Tierra Media a partir de la Segunda Edad<sup>7</sup>. Su feudo
con Fëanor fue constante, lo que la llevó desde a enfrentarse a él durante la
Rebelión de los Noldor, a negarle tres veces un mechón de su cabello (al que
Fëanor se creía con derecho), o a adoptar usos fonéticos en quenya que él
odiaba<sup>8</sup>. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Como Noldo, Galadriel también comparte con los enanos su interés por la
artesanía y los trabajos manuales. Dado que fue alumna de Aulë (y de Yavanna) en
Valinor<sup>7</sup>, es probable que tuviera experiencia en la forja, la
orfebrería u otro tipo de artesanía. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>2.2 Fortaleza física de
Galadriel. Atleta </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">“[Galadriel] llegó a ser <b>alta por encima
incluso de las mujeres de los Noldor</b>; era <b>fuerte de cuerpo, mente y
voluntad, a la altura tanto de los eruditos como de los atletas de los Eldar en
los días de su juventud</b>.”</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">(</span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Cuentos
inconclusos, “Historia de Galadriel y Celeborn”)</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><b></b></span></span></i></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidKuyWlV7_rgtgjcnKrOc5WF_81UKZB495-PDxg6AC6Gz33LSjtEkjxWXGTmwonB0ypG2ddy88eRCDJeyTLZFhrYNxGZm5iDcJpYvAdkoNZ0dg6rbtDxC7bldTN2Tm89pJ_sSpobMX9zfjENBXdIVfYsQc_SjvyY1pUR_InvF_c6aLFqQLAn3b9gv2gA/s812/4%20'Maiden%20Crowned%20with%20Light'_athletic%20Galadriel_Jenny%20Dolfen.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="812" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidKuyWlV7_rgtgjcnKrOc5WF_81UKZB495-PDxg6AC6Gz33LSjtEkjxWXGTmwonB0ypG2ddy88eRCDJeyTLZFhrYNxGZm5iDcJpYvAdkoNZ0dg6rbtDxC7bldTN2Tm89pJ_sSpobMX9zfjENBXdIVfYsQc_SjvyY1pUR_InvF_c6aLFqQLAn3b9gv2gA/s320/4%20'Maiden%20Crowned%20with%20Light'_athletic%20Galadriel_Jenny%20Dolfen.jpg" width="236" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>'Maiden Crowned with Light' </i>(<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i><i>©Jenny Dolfen)<br /></i></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span></i>Aunque las elfas son de media muy altas<sup>9</sup>, Galadriel tiene una
estatura excepcional de 1.95 metros<sup>7</sup>, y es descrita como fuerte y
vigorosa, con “disposición de amazona”<sup>10</sup>, y destacando durante su
juventud en Valinor en ejercicios y proezas atléticas. De nombre paterno
Artanis (“Mujer noble”), el nombre materno<sup>11</sup> de Galadriel es Nerwen
(“Mujer-hombre”), haciendo alusión a su altura, fortaleza física y valentía<sup>7,12</sup>.
Por otro lado, el nombre que adoptó en la Tierra Media, ‘Galadriel’ (“Mujer
coronada por una guirnalda resplandenciente”), le fue dado por Celeborn y
parece hacer referencia a la forma en que se recogía el cabello en forma de
corona cuando tomaba parte en competiciones atléticas<sup>10,12 </sup>. </span>
<p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Respecto al nombre de ‘Nerwen’, y en relación con los roles descritos
anteriormente, me resulta bastante problemático que se equipare la fuerza,
inteligencia o la valentía de una mujer a características ‘de naturaleza
varonil’, ya que la inteligencia y coraje no entienden de género, y existen
mujeres altas y fuertes sin que tengan que ser comparadas por ello con hombres.
Esto es algo que también podemos observar en otros nombres de mujeres atléticas,
eruditas, guerreras o artesanas, como ‘<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ner</i>danel’,
‘<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ne</i>ssa’ o ‘Emel<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">dir</i>’.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><b></b></span></i></span></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdXhzidPpSKHmqWI9zrE3Q8gBZkAw5KU00XRLOlGUjJ623X1Lp7YvZwYbReo8D7BjElZaWZZEpo-4L-xemPstzuwhUVvdetGRBpQZw5TiXyOnUWn_GMVSdOLaXxo6dH9NUfHCSrBUN5XjnfVuuKk-851Uot7ZgUocrNkZFfRYEFOCmq0k0hru_96T3-A/s1353/2%20Artanis%20Nerwen_(mi%20dibujo).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1353" data-original-width="1024" height="349" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdXhzidPpSKHmqWI9zrE3Q8gBZkAw5KU00XRLOlGUjJ623X1Lp7YvZwYbReo8D7BjElZaWZZEpo-4L-xemPstzuwhUVvdetGRBpQZw5TiXyOnUWn_GMVSdOLaXxo6dH9NUfHCSrBUN5XjnfVuuKk-851Uot7ZgUocrNkZFfRYEFOCmq0k0hru_96T3-A/w264-h349/2%20Artanis%20Nerwen_(mi%20dibujo).jpg" width="264" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Mi dibujo de una joven <a href="https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Qn6n3E" target="_blank">Artanis Nerwen</a> en Valinor</span></span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><b>2.3 Líder y aventurera</b>
<p></p><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">"<b>Galadriel, la única mujer de los
Noldor que se mantuvo erguida y valerosa </b>entre los príncipes contendientes,
estaba ansiosa por partir. (…) <b>anhelaba ver las amplias tierras sin custodia
y gobernar allí un reino a su propia voluntad</b>.” (El Silmarillion)</span></i></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Galadriel muestra un fuerte aspecto aventurero y ansias de liderazgo,
vagando lejos en Valinor<sup>12</sup> y soñando con explorar las tierras
lejanas de la Tierra Media y allí gobernar reinos de manera independiente. Mientras
que su padre Finarfin es de temperamento más calmo, Galadriel parece heredar sus
deseo por la aventura y la exploración más de su madre Telerin, Eärwen<sup>8</sup>.</span>
</p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Atraída más por la oportunidad de explorar la Tierra Media que por un
fuerte posicionamiento en el asunto de los Silmarils, Galadriel es descrita
como la única mujer en asistir al juramento de Fëanor (momentos como este
refuerzan su carácter excepcional dentro de los roles de género en su
sociedad), y se convierte en una de los principales líderes de la Rebelión de
los Noldor. Lidera junto a su hermano Finrod la casa de Finarfin, y pone a
prueba su fortaleza y valentía atravesando los hielos del Helcaraxë hasta
llegar a la Tierra Media. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></i></span></span></i></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDnmEeQ4i0DzxlMg62qOSul4geDoixAyp21cLN0TR3fymwptdjRzOzLQDH3739WJU0slQF9VzK2LHbJFh0B7fxpLpSZlCrLbbWNJQaF0GwMSgAVLoIeE6LsgBC4OIiEwh2ArHlvZ8boSkpkYHiSz9CgS0f-QdDbI6r3XMloT0-MTysoMfbs-BJOtHgsQ/s2000/image19.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="995" data-original-width="2000" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDnmEeQ4i0DzxlMg62qOSul4geDoixAyp21cLN0TR3fymwptdjRzOzLQDH3739WJU0slQF9VzK2LHbJFh0B7fxpLpSZlCrLbbWNJQaF0GwMSgAVLoIeE6LsgBC4OIiEwh2ArHlvZ8boSkpkYHiSz9CgS0f-QdDbI6r3XMloT0-MTysoMfbs-BJOtHgsQ/w379-h189/image19.jpg" width="379" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Galadriel lidera una misión en el Norte</i> (<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i><i>©</i>Los Anillos de Poder)</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><b>2.4 Estadista y gobernante</b>
<p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">“<b>[Sauron] percibió de inmediato que
Galadriel sería su principal adversaria y obstáculo</b>. (...) <b>En Lórinand
Galadriel tomó el liderazgo</b> y organizó la defensa contra Sauron.“</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Cuentos inconclusos, “Historia de Galadriel y
Celeborn”)</span></i></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Además de su espíritu aventurero, Galadriel muestra continuamente sus
habilidades de estadista y sus capacidades de liderazgo. Durante la Segunda
Edad, Galadriel y Celeborn establecen el reino de Eregion<sup>7</sup>, y, gracias
a su amistad y alianza con los enanos de Moria, Galadriel se establece en
Lothlórien<sup>7</sup> y se termina convirtiendo, junto con Celeborn, en la gobernante,
protectora y ‘reina’ de los elfos silvanos de Lórien<sup>7, 13, 14</sup>. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYKHOxTItUVNDRUqx9o0-l9qkSou8I5LMLsll9IHYQJy0JnCvegX0CUiYYrl4lnLuib50d0n2BUR1KATbafM7wQDrZ-ddJqJfI5aOd2ge5GvTa8TCGLgLfYn6xuAkIlNfJVLMYg5gn8wXxkuIW1WNA6L2ZFt0XO0Izg5t0Kb2h_sTulb77TnHSNlRvIg/s1248/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(3137).png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="784" data-original-width="1248" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYKHOxTItUVNDRUqx9o0-l9qkSou8I5LMLsll9IHYQJy0JnCvegX0CUiYYrl4lnLuib50d0n2BUR1KATbafM7wQDrZ-ddJqJfI5aOd2ge5GvTa8TCGLgLfYn6xuAkIlNfJVLMYg5gn8wXxkuIW1WNA6L2ZFt0XO0Izg5t0Kb2h_sTulb77TnHSNlRvIg/s320/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(3137).png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Galadriel mostrará sus aptitudes de liderazgo en <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">©</span></span></span></span></span></span>Los Anillos de Poder</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Galadriel se muestra como una líder y estadista brillante, pero, como pienso
que es importante dar un análisis matizado de cualquier persona, ficticia o
real, también pienso que se la puede criticar desde un matiz colonialista, ya
que se trata de una Alta Elfa de los Noldor con deseos de gobernar en la Tierra
Media a elfos Sindar y Silvanos, que no sólo son los pueblos indígenas de esas
tierras, sino que también se encuentran por debajo de los Eldar de Valinor en
el sistema de jerarquía élfica<sup>15</sup>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGzOOWQsSTNz2MIWk6PCXsTrtlD-fsYCQBdMgmQf0zVSt-QTeACSYMn3598kSUxIrrRLwRl8rnM77GmxOkkPpphpotVEBm0eC9qsYVGHwjsiKMKVsAWN4pdemi67IaKDv15i5-Ed2EuCvd3iUxAhtDREKmD8wp78MAFWJsyAxhz5IQKJxKzGNFuSz-Hg/s750/White%20Council_The%20Hobbit.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="542" data-original-width="750" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGzOOWQsSTNz2MIWk6PCXsTrtlD-fsYCQBdMgmQf0zVSt-QTeACSYMn3598kSUxIrrRLwRl8rnM77GmxOkkPpphpotVEBm0eC9qsYVGHwjsiKMKVsAWN4pdemi67IaKDv15i5-Ed2EuCvd3iUxAhtDREKmD8wp78MAFWJsyAxhz5IQKJxKzGNFuSz-Hg/s320/White%20Council_The%20Hobbit.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Galadriel y el Concilio Blanco (</i><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i><i>©El Hobbit)<br /></i></i></span></span></i></span></span></i></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Durante la Segunda Edad Sauron pasa a considerar a Galadriel como su
principal adversaria, la más poderosa de los elfos en la Tierra Media en ese
momento, y ella se dedica durante la Segunda y Tercera edad a enfrentarse a él
de todas las formas posibles<sup>7, 13</sup>. Es Galadriel la que inicia el
Concilio Blanco para oponerse a Sauron, y establece una relación estrecha de
amistad con Gandalf de los Istari<sup>13, 14</sup>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Y aunque una discusión de este tema daría para
un artículo entero, quiero destacar también la gran fuerza moral y sabiduría que
termina mostrando Galadriel, portadora de otro Anillo de Poder, al terminar rechazando
el poder corrupto del Anillo Único<sup>13</sup><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">.</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></span> </i></span></span><b>2.5 Galadriel guerrera</b></p></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">“Incluso tras el asalto inclemente contra los
Teleri y el robo de sus naves, aunque <b>luchó con fiereza contra Feänor en
defensa del pueblo de su madre</b>, no se echó atrás. </span></i><i><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">(...) ”</span></i><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(</i></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Cuentos
inconclusos, “Historia de Galadriel y Celeborn”)</span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></i></span><b></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIMD_Pn4VBoWop7_DnXmQXDLIMlaPuY80MifSrNQD07KPl4ANNfyVXHQKdFrdm0BWReUj4mTJoYgnHV0wPogjQpx1UXkecvYXADDCvfjIZOAS2aXuDmkGlL0RBm7PloO_Ne4sGU6fjmJyiqXnm8ARAsXQKFJdwcA5syV4WwwtejyqP7nD0nGS2OAMeiw/s1136/3%20Rings%20of%20Power_Warrior%20Galadriel_Morfydd%20Clark.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1136" data-original-width="1029" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIMD_Pn4VBoWop7_DnXmQXDLIMlaPuY80MifSrNQD07KPl4ANNfyVXHQKdFrdm0BWReUj4mTJoYgnHV0wPogjQpx1UXkecvYXADDCvfjIZOAS2aXuDmkGlL0RBm7PloO_Ne4sGU6fjmJyiqXnm8ARAsXQKFJdwcA5syV4WwwtejyqP7nD0nGS2OAMeiw/s320/3%20Rings%20of%20Power_Warrior%20Galadriel_Morfydd%20Clark.jpg" width="290" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Galadriel guerrera en <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">©</span>Los Anillos de Poder</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Según “Leyes y costumbres de los
Eldar”, hay muchas menos diferencias en fuerza y velocidad entre los <i>neri</i>
y <i>nissi</i> que entre los humanos, y las elfas luchan valientemente en “situaciones
graves o defensas desesperadas”, si bien hemos visto que por imposición social
estos roles son generalmente llevados a cabo por los <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">neri</i>.<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Además de sus proezas atléticas, Galadriel también parece haberse entrenado
en la lucha, ya que toma armas en más de una ocasión. Tolkien la describe como
“la más valiente de la casa de Finwë”<sup>16 </sup>y como “el prototipo de la
guerrera”<sup>17</sup> por su fuerza y estatura. Galadriel toma armas y lucha
heroicamente y con furia contra los fëanorianos para defender al pueblo Telerin
de su madre en Alqualondë<sup>7</sup>. Más tarde, como parte de su lucha contra
Sauron, es de esperar que participara en el asalto de Dol Guldur junto al resto
del Concilio Blanco, y también se une a los ejércitos de Lórien tras la Guerra
del Anillo para echar abajo Dol Guldur<sup>18</sup>.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje6CoRH6AofHp9QXq_PXaeKg82fqhOizx7AweZ9kU63SYXLhMQYQ8hGykn2-3HglotNjVZ8rZOaguYc0J9jE2wawRu_Ip2vAt7HA5sdR9t-dvfLqYLiMa4qpo5DV9yHq3zoV0qUToZpvbR73s3rGMsfCNWe_Q5uxYdEGa1_ihoChE4JDVWdqQc6WQYOA/s400/41e5606ba996a8e5166751aecda4cbe2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="385" data-original-width="400" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje6CoRH6AofHp9QXq_PXaeKg82fqhOizx7AweZ9kU63SYXLhMQYQ8hGykn2-3HglotNjVZ8rZOaguYc0J9jE2wawRu_Ip2vAt7HA5sdR9t-dvfLqYLiMa4qpo5DV9yHq3zoV0qUToZpvbR73s3rGMsfCNWe_Q5uxYdEGa1_ihoChE4JDVWdqQc6WQYOA/w259-h249/41e5606ba996a8e5166751aecda4cbe2.jpg" width="259" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Galadriel guerrera en Dol Guldur (<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">©</span>Angus McBride)</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">La nueva serie de <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Los Anillos de
Poder</i> ha mostrado en su adelanto a una Galadriel guerrera en la Segunda
Edad, la “comandante de los ejércitos del Norte” en su lucha contra Sauron<sup>19</sup>.
Y, aunque los derechos acotados con los que cuenta la serie y el hecho de que
se trata de una adaptación signifiquen que la trama se pueda alejar de los
escritos de este período,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>este aspecto
guerrero resulta ser completamente acorde con el <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">lore</i> de Tolkien, a pesar de las críticas que ha recibido ya el
personaje de Morfydd Clark de parte de algunos que ven su armadura como una
invención incoherente con el personaje<sup>20</sup> – Un juicio que a menudo
parecería ser casi más causa de un sexismo
interiorizado (o externalizado) que de la ignorancia del transfondo más
escondido de Galadriel y sus dotes atléticas y marciales.</span>
</p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.6<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><b>Galadriel y magia</b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">"Tomaron
Dol Guldur, <b>y Galadriel echó abajo sus muros y dejó sus fosos al </b>descubierto,
y todo el bosque fue limpiado.“</span></i><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> (<i>SdlA,
</i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">apéndice B<i>)</i></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Durante su estancia en Doriath en la Primera Edad, Galadriel estableció
una larga amistad con Melian, de la que aprendió muchos conocimientos<sup>14</sup>
y probablemente habilidades mágicas, dado que tanto Melian como su hija Lúthien
son las hechiceras más poderosas de Beleriand. Vemos también paralelismos
claros entre Melian y Galadriel y su protección mágica de los reinos de Doriath
y Lórien, respectivamente. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfGumAC-inysDN-jVzYBADADaJI37vhsZ-HmXYn5rqPQYBf8aCIOzjyKDK--pUgtQE1eXSQCpCDIXMtRbCiO_AtxivzEfV7B17uxwoN3H6wAAAXwWKwb0wqoK55x7vFLRdsMgRmYJHYXzlIwq08ydB24s-HI_xZx9P8yh3hC6dw2xRnSJJZqkzb3h3Kw/s1228/Nenya.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="799" data-original-width="1228" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfGumAC-inysDN-jVzYBADADaJI37vhsZ-HmXYn5rqPQYBf8aCIOzjyKDK--pUgtQE1eXSQCpCDIXMtRbCiO_AtxivzEfV7B17uxwoN3H6wAAAXwWKwb0wqoK55x7vFLRdsMgRmYJHYXzlIwq08ydB24s-HI_xZx9P8yh3hC6dw2xRnSJJZqkzb3h3Kw/w262-h170/Nenya.jpg" width="262" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Galadriel con Nenya </i>(<i><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">©El Hobbit)<br /></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Las habilidades mágicas de Galadriel parecen tomar protagonismo frente a
sus características atléticas y marciales cuando se convierte en la portadora
de Nenya, uno de los Anillos de Poder élficos, que usa constantemente con el
fin de preservar la tierra de Lórien a imagen de Valinor y para proteger el
reino contra Sauron. </span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Los humanos y otras razas suelen asociar a los elfos con la magia, calificando
de ‘magia’ no sólo al poder de artefactos innegablemente mágicos en este
universo, como los Anillos de Poder, sino también a una serie de habilidades y
objetos que los elfos consideran como sus capacidades inherentes, o algo más
cercano a la ciencia y la tecnología que a la magia<sup>13</sup>. Pero dentro
de esta percepción, podemos también listar las habilidades de Galadriel de
comunicarse telepáticamente<sup>13, 21 </sup>y su don de la premonición (usual
entre las elfas).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">En <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">SdlA</i>, uno de los roles
claves de Galadriel es el de proporcionar ayuda ‘mágica’ a los miembros de la
Comunidad del Anillo, desde sus regalos de las capas de Lórien y el Vial con la
luz de Eärendil a la ayuda prestada a Gandalf el Blanco o su consejo con ayuda
de las visiones de su Espejo. Así, en la Tercera Edad a Galadriel se la tiende
a asociar más a un rol de consejera y protectora, un papel más
‘tradicionalmente femenino’ según la sociedad élfica, pero también la postura
elegida por todos los señores elfos dentro de sus reinos en esta etapa<sup>22</sup>.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4xyJiiD24VZR6WEQVROAQMgI4GXF-HLXGW2leqcXXPSn_t1P8e7pvJvOSSGic0LZp7apxosaEbcIWF_kxs2fgYuV9gYOvMRM6Z8SsHKBtVel0JrG8c2hXAjKC9DEpe2qWw6eZNofrNE0iyAU67dVwlN-v_1wTfTy_GqQhwSSLesQo1TRojesb5MtUIw/s1361/1%20Galadriel%20en%20Dol%20Guldur_Rebekah%20Tischr_Weta%20concept%20art%20para%20El%20Hobbit.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1221" data-original-width="1361" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4xyJiiD24VZR6WEQVROAQMgI4GXF-HLXGW2leqcXXPSn_t1P8e7pvJvOSSGic0LZp7apxosaEbcIWF_kxs2fgYuV9gYOvMRM6Z8SsHKBtVel0JrG8c2hXAjKC9DEpe2qWw6eZNofrNE0iyAU67dVwlN-v_1wTfTy_GqQhwSSLesQo1TRojesb5MtUIw/w306-h274/1%20Galadriel%20en%20Dol%20Guldur_Rebekah%20Tischr_Weta%20concept%20art%20para%20El%20Hobbit.jpg" width="306" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Galadriel en Dol Guldur (<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">©</span>Rebekah Tischr, Weta Workshop)</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Por otro lado, Galadriel es descrita no sólo usando su magia de forma
protectiva y curativa, sino también de manera ofensiva cuando la ocasión lo
requiere. El poder de Nenya blandido por Galadriel es tan poderoso que hace
retroceder a las fuerzas de Sauron tres veces durante los ataques a Lórien de
la Guerra del Anillo<sup>21</sup>, y en las películas de <i>El Hobbit: La
Batalla de los Cinco Ejércitos</i>, durante el asalto a Dol Guldur Galadriel
usa el poder de Nenya y sus habilidades mágicas de forma ofensiva para rescatar
a Gandalf (donde también hace gala de su fuerza física llevándolo en brazos) y expulsar
a Sauron en un duelo mágico de voluntades<sup>23</sup>. Destruido el Anillo Único,
Galadriel parte a Dol Guldur con Celeborn y la hueste de Lórien, y con Nenya
purifica el lugar y echa abajo toda la fortaleza<sup>21</sup>, recordando a
cómo Lúthien tiró abajo la fortaleza de Sauron en <i>El Silmarillion</i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> con su canto mágico</span>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><b>Galadriel y Celeborn</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">La relación de Galadriel con su esposo Celeborn es quizá la más
igualitaria de la obra de Tolkien. Me resulta excepcional el hecho de que la
relación romántica de Galadriel nunca es el punto principal de su trama, y
sobre todo que no pierde ni un ápice de iniciativa ni sacrifica ninguna de sus aspiraciones
‘no tradicionales’ al casarse – Frente a esto, podemos observar a menudo un
patrón donde otros personajes femeninos de Arda con rasgos poderosos terminan
teniendo que adoptar un rol más ‘tradicionalmente femenino’ y más pasivo a la
hora de casarse.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtNP-IVj4ZDBaBUeDqGE3wuwmJTKe-zPXqE2CT_eL77yHPxxWZHCnal8sKG4gCn2CaklH6kV5gZ3Dp7qAp9RVcDQuYEQMzyda4ZU514sPm8vZSCg7EnYb-P_DOEhWKEUlJoyVyNgkiiyYyHkAxSxGb0P075R0C-3d03wuTQKFUyhPLpnI7UXF6H7jXqA/s546/Galadriel%20y%20Celeborn_evankart.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="546" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtNP-IVj4ZDBaBUeDqGE3wuwmJTKe-zPXqE2CT_eL77yHPxxWZHCnal8sKG4gCn2CaklH6kV5gZ3Dp7qAp9RVcDQuYEQMzyda4ZU514sPm8vZSCg7EnYb-P_DOEhWKEUlJoyVyNgkiiyYyHkAxSxGb0P075R0C-3d03wuTQKFUyhPLpnI7UXF6H7jXqA/s320/Galadriel%20y%20Celeborn_evankart.jpg" width="293" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Galadriel y Celeborn</i> (<i><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">©evankart)</span></span></span></span></span></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Galadriel y Celeborn fundan Eregion en conjunto y terminan gobernando en
Lórien lado a lado<sup>7</sup>, con Galadriel como la principal protectora como
portadora de Nenya. También los podemos ver batallando juntos, en Alqualondë
(en una versión más temprana del legendarium)<sup>7</sup>, y en Dol Guldur tras
la Guerra del Anillo.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Galadriel y Celeborn disfrutan de una de las dinámicas más sanas de Arda,
si no la que más. Además de no tener que renunciar a sus aspiraciones y de
gobernar lado a lado, no necesitan estar juntos todo el tiempo para ser una
pareja fuertemente estable, y mantienen su independencia pasando temporadas en
lugares diferentes sin necesidad de sacrificios innecesarios. <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Así, Galadriel pasa un tiempo estableciendo
lazos de amistad con los enanos de Moria sin Celeborn<sup>7</sup>, y Celeborn
decide demorarse una temporada en Lórien cuando Galadriel parte a Valinor<sup>24</sup>.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Celeborn claramente admira y respeta a Galadriel por sus muchas
habilidades y poder (como Galadriel merece), y siempre me ha gustado el detalle
de que le dedica un nombre que hace referencia de manera indirecta a sus
capacidades atléticas y su fortaleza física. Tengo que admitir que me resulta
increíblemente frustrante el que buena parte del <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">fandom </i>se dirija a Celeborn de forma despectiva como alguien
‘débil’, concluyendo que Galadriel ‘domina a su marido’ por el aparentemente audaz
hecho de tener poder e iniciativas propias. Lo veo como un claro reflejo de
cómo la sociedad sigue normalizado en demasiados casos las relaciones
desiguales con roles de género como el estándar que emular.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><b>¿Qué diferencia a Galadriel de otras
mujeres de Arda?</b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn2oGzsAnzVt-M3uwxS1vedSZPRi2I0MppmBuuGNlZVHnFRokS61oiDlv5k6l6mqa3YPdNKhedvGQHnfAv1E6C7mC1XmU4KUDyPjWcJLOTzYSw8-_ko91ATDRtRnYmrgXSOtJQm4B4JeSITqh2qaYkzR8BtkuKDMIrvwuZUC7BgNctvYgwf7in92ptBg/s1194/%C3%ADndice.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="887" data-original-width="1194" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn2oGzsAnzVt-M3uwxS1vedSZPRi2I0MppmBuuGNlZVHnFRokS61oiDlv5k6l6mqa3YPdNKhedvGQHnfAv1E6C7mC1XmU4KUDyPjWcJLOTzYSw8-_ko91ATDRtRnYmrgXSOtJQm4B4JeSITqh2qaYkzR8BtkuKDMIrvwuZUC7BgNctvYgwf7in92ptBg/w400-h297/%C3%ADndice.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Cate Blanchett (izqu.) y Morfydd Clark (der.) como Galadriel en las películas de </i>SdlA <i>de Peter Jackson, y en la serie de </i><i><i>Amazon Prime</i></i> El Señor de los Anillos: Los Anillos de Poder<i><i>, respectivamente</i>.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Para terminar, quisiera comentar que lo que en mi opinión hace a
Galadriel excepcional en su caracterización y arco argumental no es solamente
el gran número de roles de género que combina y subvierte sin importar su
género, haciendo de ella un gran modelo feminista a seguir, ni tampoco su
relación de pareja marcadamente igualitaria dentro de su sociedad. Es también el hecho de
que prácticamente no se encuentra ningún impedimento social o personal a la
hora de realizar y cumplir todas sus aspiraciones e inclinaciones no
normativas, que cuentan con un enfoque positivo y admirativo en todo momento.
Conseguir todo esto a la vez es algo muy refrescante que también podemos ver en
el caso de alguna otra mujer en Arda (Haleth, por ejemplo), pero
desafortunadamente también resulta bastante poco usual. </span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Porque si bien en la obra de Tolkien encontramos un número nada
despreciable de mujeres con iniciativa, poder, inteligencia y valentía, para un
número bastante grande de ellas (desde Lúthien a Aredhel, Erendis o Éowyn) sus inclinaciones
no normativas y carácter empoderado tienen que enfrentarse a muchos más
obstáculos – ya sea de su sociedad patriarcal en general, o de parte de sus
padres, maridos, o acosadores varios –, lo que puede resultar realista, pero es
también más descorazonador, y de ahí que el ejemplo de Galadriel me parezca tan
excepcional. También resiento fuertemente cómo varias de estas mujeres terminan
necesariamente claudicando a un rol más tradicional como parte de su arco y sus
tramas románticas. A veces incluso se las demoniza por su ideario más vocalmente
feminista (Erendis, Tar-Ancálime), o se las castiga en su trama por sus deseos
de independencia y aspiraciones no normativas (Aredhel). Y, aunque también
vemos a mujeres en relaciones relativamente sanas, como Morwen, Idril o
Emeldir, incluso llevando a cabos roles no normativos, sus aspiraciones y arco
propio siempre suelen estar supeditados en la historia a las tramas de sus
maridos, cosa que tampoco ocurre con Galadriel, que es siempre la protagonista
indudable de su historia. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Notas y referencias</span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">:</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="7uhw9"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1: Disponible
en diferido en Youtube: </span></span><a href="https://youtu.be/wqU5Sho4KUE"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">https://youtu.be/wqU5Sho4KUE</span></a><span class="7uhw9"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="7uhw9"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">2: La
charla original está publicada en mi blog junto a otros trabajos relacionados
con la STE: </span></span><a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/search/label/STE"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/search/label/STE</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="py34i1dx"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">3. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">El Anillo de Morgoth</i>: “Leyes y
costumbres de los Eldar”.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="py34i1dx"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">4. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">La Naturaleza de la Tierra Media</i>, parte
1, caps. V, XII y XVIII.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="py34i1dx"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">5. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">La Guerra de las Joyas</i>: “Los Quendi y
los Eldar” y <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">La Naturaleza de la Tierra
Media</i>, parte 1, capítulo VIII.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="py34i1dx"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">6: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Los Pueblos de la Tierra Media</i>, capítulo
XV: "De las <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">lembas</i>".</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="py34i1dx"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">7: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cuentos inconclusos</i>: "Historia de
Galadriel y Celeborn".</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="py34i1dx"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">8: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Los Pueblos de la Tierra Media</i>, capítulo
XI: "La marca de Fëanor".</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="py34i1dx"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">9: En <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">La Naturaleza de la Tierra Media</i> se dice
que las elfas raramente miden menos que 1.8 metros.</span></span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="py34i1dx"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">10: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Las Cartas de JRR Tolkien</i>, carta 348.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="py34i1dx"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">11: Dadas
las dotes de premonición de las elfas, los nombres maternos (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">amilessi</i>) suelen hacer referencia a las
aptitudes y/o temperamento de sus hijas e hijos, o a algún aspecto relevante de
su vida.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="py34i1dx"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">12: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">La Naturaleza de la Tierra Media</i>, parte
3, cap. XVI.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="py34i1dx"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">13: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">SdlA, La Comunidad del Anillo.</i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="py34i1dx"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">14: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">El Silmarillion</i>.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="py34i1dx"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">15: </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Obviamente,
esto es algo criticable para todos los Señores de los Eldar con un sistema
similar en Beleriand y la Tierra Media, la grandísima mayoría varones.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="py34i1dx"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">16: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">El Anillo de Morgoth</i>.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="py34i1dx"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">17: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">La Formación de la Tierra Media</i>,
descripción de Galadriel en relación a Idril.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="py34i1dx"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">18: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">SdlA</i>, Apéndice B.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="py34i1dx"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">19: Véase
por ejemplo: </span></span><a href="https://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/lotr-the-rings-of-power-showrunner-explains-warrior-galadriel-in-amazon-series/"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">https://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/lotr-the-rings-of-power-showrunner-explains-warrior-galadriel-in-amazon-series/</span></a><span class="py34i1dx"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">. En <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cuentos
inconclusos</i> también se describe a Galadriel como teniendo el “ojo de una
comandante”.</span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="py34i1dx"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">20</span></span><span class="py34i1dx"><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">: </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Y, aunque Galadriel guerrera
resulta ser canon dentro de la obra, en mi opinión tampoco es necesario que una
adaptación siga la obra original al pie de la letra, mientras mantenga el
espíritu del universo. Por ejemplo, considero muy positivo actualizar
potenciales sesgos de género, raza u orientación sexual en adaptaciones de la
obra de cualquier autor/a, y apoyo al completo la decisión de mostrar una mayor
diversidad de género y etnicidad entre elfos y enanos.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="py34i1dx"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">21: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">SdlA</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">El Retorno del Rey</i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="py34i1dx"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">22: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cuentos inconclusos</i>: "Los Istari".</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="py34i1dx"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">23: </span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">El
Hobbit: La Batalla de los Cinco Ejércitos. Crónicas V y VI</span></i><span class="py34i1dx"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="py34i1dx"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">24:<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Sauron Defeated</i>: Part 1, cap. XI: "The
Epilogue".</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Bibliografía</span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">:
<u></u></span></b></p>
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Christopher (editores). <a name="_Hlk97818593"><i>The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien</i>,
HarperCollinsPublishers, 1995.</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>–<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers</i>, </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">HarperCollinsPublishers</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">, 1991.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 23.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt 23pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">–<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Lord
of the Rings: The Return of the King</i>, </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">HarperCollinsPublishers</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">, 1991.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">TOLKIEN, J.R.R. & TOLKIEN, Christopher. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth</i>, </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">HarperCollinsPublishers</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">,
1998.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>–<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
Silmarillion</i>, </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">HarperCollinsPublishers</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">,
2000.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>–<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
History of Middle-earth: The Shaping of Middle-earth</i>, </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">HarperCollinsPublishers</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">,
2002.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>–<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
History of Middle-earth: Sauron Defeated</i>, </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">HarperCollinsPublishers</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">, 2002.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>–<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
History of Middle-earth: Morgoth’s Ring</i>, </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">HarperCollinsPublishers</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">, 2002.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>–<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
History of Middle-earth: War of the Jewels</i>, </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">HarperCollinsPublishers</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">, 2002.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 23.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt 23pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">–<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
History of Middle-earth: The People’s of Middle-earth</i>, </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">HarperCollinsPublishers</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">,
2002.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">TOLKIEN, J.R.R., HOSTETTER, Carl F., <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Nature of Middle-earth</i>, </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">HarperCollinsPublishers</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">, 2021.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">LOTR Wiki (</span><a href="https://lotr.fandom.com/wiki/Main_Page"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">https://lotr.fandom.com/wiki/Main_Page</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Tolkien Gateway (</span><a href="http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Main_Page"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Main_Page</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/02/amazon-the-rings-of-power-series-first-look"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/02/amazon-the-rings-of-power-series-first-look</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13;">-</span><b style="color: #274e13;"><u>On the use of my essays, studies and translations</u></b><span style="color: #274e13;">:
Please, <i>do not</i> use this work without my permission without any credit. If you're interested and
want to share it or expand on this idea, you're of course allowed to reference
it if you credit me and link to this post. It would also be
nice if you contacted me beforehand. DO NOT publish as if it were your
own work, always quote and link.</span></div></div></div>Arwendë Luhtiénë / Marta Lúthienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01043611744907294700noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255946979377638758.post-44251549865917005972022-08-22T08:49:00.331-07:002024-03-10T18:48:48.877-07:00Expanding my mineral collection I: Gold, rose quartz, Tiger's Eye, amethyst, blue agate, fluorite and celestine<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlfsgPr4UVzdOPSAqCv8Q_NgsE2eLx5nFqwmw0ny3lfIRHIWQMKfyJsUVcdNkMNjPuoAh10pzbqEkiFGmqQGvaUeH9qv--QXNyvwicSqT2ug6NwrzE-OPTbxZDFBdaQ425m8zAz-xMAe_X0kEG3nPw3QURkrhKRTPZSpMWFzPmsFFGCL8M1So7qXpjyg/s3968/IMG_20220504_191636.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2976" data-original-width="3968" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlfsgPr4UVzdOPSAqCv8Q_NgsE2eLx5nFqwmw0ny3lfIRHIWQMKfyJsUVcdNkMNjPuoAh10pzbqEkiFGmqQGvaUeH9qv--QXNyvwicSqT2ug6NwrzE-OPTbxZDFBdaQ425m8zAz-xMAe_X0kEG3nPw3QURkrhKRTPZSpMWFzPmsFFGCL8M1So7qXpjyg/w640-h480/IMG_20220504_191636.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig.1 - My mineral collection, as of 2022 </i>✨💎 <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy0CY536rkzvqInAdk7iC0QkK2BPbqAnQeusleFR1GQOotFvqw4kYn4kVU35cQKdeemi7OXCBwaRfB1XO84IY_HphxOBvnFjnNNolbcKEPiY_QTlMtd9j5xLrJK1p7UeU9sTVIHYyrtScU-5Dzk9qvq46L8Ct2o0qOxLGZmknkXEPHYcJce_dXMtEi_A/s3968/IMG_20220628_001710.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2976" data-original-width="3968" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy0CY536rkzvqInAdk7iC0QkK2BPbqAnQeusleFR1GQOotFvqw4kYn4kVU35cQKdeemi7OXCBwaRfB1XO84IY_HphxOBvnFjnNNolbcKEPiY_QTlMtd9j5xLrJK1p7UeU9sTVIHYyrtScU-5Dzk9qvq46L8Ct2o0qOxLGZmknkXEPHYcJce_dXMtEi_A/w400-h300/IMG_20220628_001710.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig.2 - The mineral specimens inside the wooden box on the left, in Fig. 1 above</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">In
my last post I wrote about wanting to blog about science more, so
here's the start of a new series about another science topic I like - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mineralogy " target="_blank"><b>Mineralogy</b></a>, <b>the subject of geology specializing in the study of the chemistry, crystal structure and physical properties of minerals </b>✨💎. I
have been a great fan of collecting minerals and gemstones since I was little, and<b>
through the years I've collected quite a few</b>, both from various shops and from
field trips, as you can see in the pictures above (<b>Figs. 1 and 2</b>) 😃 </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Back in Primary
School, I was so into mineralogy that at one time I was seriously
considering it as a career, alongside Astronomy and painting</b> - Yep, all
three at the same time, I even wrote a schedule about it 😅
😂, and the fact I've always been interested in so many things (often
with multitasking as a result 😬) has been both great (boredom? What is
that?) and a bit of the bane of my life (never enough time xD). But I
ended up choosing Astrophysics as the career, so for now mineralogy is
just a hobby.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"> A hobby that stayed a bit more on hiatus throughout the
2010s, until I wanted to get back into it more actively since 2021. But
what really gave me the final nudge was finding out that <b>the local kiosk was selling a mineral collection</b>, the <a href="https://tienda.rbacoleccionables.com/minerales-national-geographic-2022.html" target="_blank"><b>National Geographic RBA minerals collection</b></a> (in Spanish), and it included a lot of minerals and gems I didn't have. So <b>in April 2022 I started collecting most of the weekly numbers</b>, and here I am, <b>full on back to mineralogy as a hobby and expanding my existing collection</b> 😃:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijQFS5pq3oJb_EZWtu-Mr8VxmdGnKmll3lyPGk0JTitj_hoBPVDUsYUH0RVoFMEnOJVRjeBYTlSk-5ariU9QUgL8hKUkW9zH-7Rs0bPLPgOY5S-57z-Pw2Y-yczbSBsFlew3LVGxDRGm9NEQZZYis3IE-3yohoqchwbGZNChFUboeyhsEvEM3zr2-XpA/s3968/IMG_20220815_154737.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2976" data-original-width="3968" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijQFS5pq3oJb_EZWtu-Mr8VxmdGnKmll3lyPGk0JTitj_hoBPVDUsYUH0RVoFMEnOJVRjeBYTlSk-5ariU9QUgL8hKUkW9zH-7Rs0bPLPgOY5S-57z-Pw2Y-yczbSBsFlew3LVGxDRGm9NEQZZYis3IE-3yohoqchwbGZNChFUboeyhsEvEM3zr2-XpA/w640-h480/IMG_20220815_154737.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 3 - The new specimens from the ongoing National Geographic mineral collection that I got to date (as of mid-August 2022). Except for the amethyst, which I already had, and the sodalite, which is an specimen that I also already had, replacing the suppar one from the collection xD.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">So I thought it would be interesting to <b>blog about each of the minerals in this collection </b>in a new <b>series where I talk about a handful each at a time, following the order of the National Geographic/RBA collection</b>. And as well as including the <b>pieces from this collection </b>and expanding a bit about what mineralogy has to say about them, and some tidbits on the history and STEM applications of each one, in these posts I will also be including <b>the specimens from my existing collection before I started with this one</b>, and will also be <b>editing the posts in this series routinely to add new acquired pieces from separate hauls</b>. So this series can be seen as a 'mineral collection compendium' of sorts, and some will consequently become quite long 😅. But if minerals are your thing, read and look on!<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Also, because I started the collection when it had already been selling in kiosks for a while <b>(Number 8, fuchsite, was the first one I got</b> back in April), when I initially published this first post I didn't have all of the collection specimens for <b>numbers 1-7 of the collection</b>. In this first version, I followed the order anyway, omitting the ones that I didn't have as yet from the RBA collection, and showing the existing specimens from my collection for the ones that I already had ✨💎. But I ended up getting all these first numbers that I didn't have yet because perfectionism who xD, so this post has been updated to reflect that. As a result of adding new pictures afterwards, the figure numbering in this first post is not as coherent as I'd like as a result, though, but ah well, bear with me. Also, this one turned into a veritable masterpost in its length because I now talk about 7 minerals instead of the 4-5 of subsequent posts in this series, and this post also includes some of the most ubiquitous minerals in my collection, such as amethyst and fluorite, of which I keep adding new pieces xD.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">-<u><b>Brief (related) intermission: The bane of <a href="https://www.skepdic.com/crystals.html" target="_blank">'Crystal healing' and pseudoscience</a> </b></u><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">And before we delve into it, let me write a quick rant about <b>how difficult it is to search for infographics and charts of minerals that have to do solely about mineralogy, gemology and science</b> - When you ask a search engine to give you info about a mineral or a gemstone, most of the time<b> the first results of the search include info about the 'healing power of crystals'</b>, 'crystals and the horoscope', 'the best crystal for your mood', 'the benefits of crystals for your health', and so on and forth,<b> and yeah, I have so little patience for pseudoscience as a rule</b>, I just want a scientific infographic about the mineral or gemstone, not a list of how supposedly this 'crystal' is going to help me with my current mood or my health problems 🙄 (I mean, I wish that my collection would help alleviate my chronic gastritis, but unfortunately they don't work that way 😅 xD). </p><p style="text-align: justify;">I guess I would also have way more tolerance for all this 'metaphysical', 'mystical', 'esoteric' and 'spiritual' content if it really didn't do any harm, if it were just a pastime that wouldn't affect anyone negatively and didn't promote anything dangerous, same as I like to collect minerals and gems because I like mineralogy and that's perfectly harmless both to me and everyone else - unless I threw the largest specimens at someone, which a collector wouldn't do anyway 😅🤣 <i>(and well, there's also the issue of the environmental damage and labour exploitation which often occurs when mining for certain minerals and gems is in high demand, but that is another whole can of worms, and I highly suspect that the jewellery, construction, and yes, the increasingly 'trendy' <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/sep/17/healing-crystals-wellness-mining-madagascar" target="_blank">'spiritual-esoteric-New Age' industries are much more relevant to this matter</a> than the pieces aimed for mineralogy researchers and collectors. Although every bit does count, as the mining conditions are often basically the same disregardless of the use the minerals will be given, we mineral collectors probably end up buying many specimens from the 'New Age' industry anyway, and humans are regrettably very adept at destroying the planet in every way and exploiting other humans :S). </i></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The thing is, this trend of 'healing crystals' is hardly harmless. <b>It's just inherently dangerous to promote the idea that rocks and crystals can actually affect a person's health concerns or their mood</b> just by them touching their skin, wearing them, having them close in their home, or meditating on them :S.<b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_healing" target="_blank">'Crystal healing'</a>, same as any other pseudoscience, can actually convince many people not to seek actual medical treatments for their particular ailments </b>😤, and that is something that everyone should not take lightly. That is why <b>I am so against people promoting pseudoscientific spirituality or alternative medicine as if it was actually both effective and harmless, when it's really neither</b>, and <b>there's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_healing#Scientific_evaluation" target="_blank"><u>no scientific basis</u> that minerals and gems can affect a person's mood or health</a></b>. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Sure, some 'therapeutical' practices rooted in the spirituality world <b>can actually help to alleviate stress and anxiety, but more because of the often relaxing ASMR quality of them</b>, if you will, <b>rather than because the supposed 'energy transfer' of these 'crystals' directly affects someone's mood and health </b>(spoiler alert, it doesn't). Even though I don't view it as spiritual in any way, collecting minerals and feeling their weight and textures actually does help with my anxiety as well, but that's what it is, it's relaxing and grounding, same as drawing or playing music could be, and I find minerals and gems to be beautiful and visually pleasing, with their colours and shapes. And I'm interested in knowing how they were formed and what their properties are, and about the scientific explanation for these colours and shapes. Which is more than enough to help. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">But <b>to go from there to saying that 'crystals' can cure actual illnesses and affect your moods and that their 'energy' helps your anxiety<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/wellness/crystal-healing-covid-power-quartz/2021/03/30/6caee68a-8d9e-11eb-a6bd-0eb91c03305a_story.html" target="_blank"> is pure placebo at best and deadly at worst</a></b> 😬. Like, some people in 2020 when the current pandemic started actually believed that carrying crystals in their pockets would protect them better than wearing a mask 🤔🤪, as if they were regressing to the point during the 14th Century's Black Death pandemic where people also believed that walking the streets smelling flowers in bouquets (posies) and pomanders would actually protect them from catching the 'miasmas of the plague' ('<a href="https://deathscent.com/2020/01/28/the-sweet-smell-of-plague-preservatives/" target="_blank">Miasma theory</a>' had literal aromatherapy as both the prevention and cure for the bubonic plague xD). Once again, a mask would've worked much better 😅 (although at least they were trying to block their noses with something, it's maybe marginally better than carrying a stone in your pocket as an amulet xDD) <br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><p style="text-align: justify;">But more about my pet peeves with pseudoscience in probably another post xD, as today <u><b>we've got minerals and gems to talk about </b></u>xD 💎: </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Also note, as explained above, that <b>the posts in this mineralogy series will be updated with pictures of the new specimens that I get in separate hauls (which will also have their own post).</b><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxSR5hPhAhPQfO8Pdn7zPsXl1dG58_D0P6fLn_m-fWQz1icj1iGxq3RPAHE0NDd-wV8M5mI4qqMMXRi22RU2mhIUvWy4xuEJNNeftTm9bZX4bnIT0EI1rJdYIawGlUhQM6Av65fQbpJNez0kphvKunm9YG9uUvkwdvpiGiD0X9BNn-5tXjeuwKjbUp1g/s1769/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(3096).png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="591" data-original-width="1769" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxSR5hPhAhPQfO8Pdn7zPsXl1dG58_D0P6fLn_m-fWQz1icj1iGxq3RPAHE0NDd-wV8M5mI4qqMMXRi22RU2mhIUvWy4xuEJNNeftTm9bZX4bnIT0EI1rJdYIawGlUhQM6Av65fQbpJNez0kphvKunm9YG9uUvkwdvpiGiD0X9BNn-5tXjeuwKjbUp1g/w640-h214/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(3096).png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 4 - Numbers 1-3 in the National Geographic mineral collection</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8H53zH4HS2aY7zYqlpaZVxGq8rw9RYX5idLVgUNzfMv1NJENI_ryY_1iBuagftCPWxMDIkTk_m-wO-wBCp9dP5eFp8G4ukvOuv29JTWP20Z8aF087OK_EIlE3Of7L_vKJdLSQhLQorw_OXYKY-OhINM0qZXrsLghKGnZ9r8cZowE_stC7Gb2_x2Rj8g/s1113/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(3097).png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="606" data-original-width="1113" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8H53zH4HS2aY7zYqlpaZVxGq8rw9RYX5idLVgUNzfMv1NJENI_ryY_1iBuagftCPWxMDIkTk_m-wO-wBCp9dP5eFp8G4ukvOuv29JTWP20Z8aF087OK_EIlE3Of7L_vKJdLSQhLQorw_OXYKY-OhINM0qZXrsLghKGnZ9r8cZowE_stC7Gb2_x2Rj8g/w400-h217/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(3097).png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 5 - Numbers 4-5 in the National Geographic mineral collection</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><span>1) <u><b>Gold</b></u>: Apart from a couple of jewelry pieces (rings, basically, but not <i>that </i>One gold Ring xD), the RBA specimen of a <b>small bottle with gold flakes</b> <b>in an alcohol solution</b> (originating in <b>Spain</b>, one of the main gold mining places since Ancient Times), in <b>Figs. 5.51-2</b>, is the first addition of gold to my mineral collection:<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxqAirQ6DXdBSxm_91D9yqzfKeym65oxVYLoPDFbxfYwknDe7bZy4eQKVkJMrDzBvD8Em6IdMhEj11GVCoGRhV3TLxfhn9q_tizZLjOUb6687i9davuk0HL7Rs6djMLNI6KbuOZ7sqYXyrnuHlgr-FjoN6p18X9e9agNEqdnHhS8mh8cwv7OvxqO6hmw/s2399/IMG_20230209_225138.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2399" data-original-width="2172" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxqAirQ6DXdBSxm_91D9yqzfKeym65oxVYLoPDFbxfYwknDe7bZy4eQKVkJMrDzBvD8Em6IdMhEj11GVCoGRhV3TLxfhn9q_tizZLjOUb6687i9davuk0HL7Rs6djMLNI6KbuOZ7sqYXyrnuHlgr-FjoN6p18X9e9agNEqdnHhS8mh8cwv7OvxqO6hmw/w363-h400/IMG_20230209_225138.jpg" width="363" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 5.5.1 - Bottle of gold flakes from the RBA mineral collection</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTzVhWz-_ya2pMUR2DXzeOjjmMi11NSC2SCFCUgjac3_pbDZxCtdYE1URFxLKVDisE2xxOy01u11QAK9KlLa2vsw63JHEi8bc6RjSUF8ZgGAGP6_0YOXn6mkelQe2RXpq_4MWW6DDbYouavmk0PARdjw1uPsKyiWF1KRdnffVSjdvADQVJk6EhCOIKLw/s3602/%C3%ADndice.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2051" data-original-width="3602" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTzVhWz-_ya2pMUR2DXzeOjjmMi11NSC2SCFCUgjac3_pbDZxCtdYE1URFxLKVDisE2xxOy01u11QAK9KlLa2vsw63JHEi8bc6RjSUF8ZgGAGP6_0YOXn6mkelQe2RXpq_4MWW6DDbYouavmk0PARdjw1uPsKyiWF1KRdnffVSjdvADQVJk6EhCOIKLw/w640-h364/%C3%ADndice.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Fig. 5.5.2 - Bottle of gold flakes from the RBA mineral collection</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>💎</b><u><b>A bit about gold</b></u>: <b><a href="https://geology.com/minerals/gold.shtml" target="_blank">Source 1</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold" target="_blank">Source 2</a>, <a href="https://geology.com/minerals/gold/uses-of-gold.shtml" target="_blank">Source 3</a>, </b><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45997268-rocas-y-minerales-guia-v-definit" target="_blank">Source 4</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44285727-rocas-y-minerales-gu-as-de-la-naturaleza-gu-as-del-naturalista-rocas?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=fnW43xFes1&rank=1" target="_blank">Source 5</a></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJGJv2jTKswZrzQS4h-oxiClTgFFbQK8jXL4kjcHkF3qrboNSirLaKZDjHew4ceI-x3I9wEKhBu8LjDTD6RR2n0BeKK1NQoE-axByWFda_RwcpIWOOyeA9k8Fhd0bN4HPCVCb8-bhN-FgCEKHltw0UsQMrPfgrbGkhL_WbcXtIHGMsBMz5wE1jo4GNWQ/s736/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(4454).png" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="736" data-original-width="510" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJGJv2jTKswZrzQS4h-oxiClTgFFbQK8jXL4kjcHkF3qrboNSirLaKZDjHew4ceI-x3I9wEKhBu8LjDTD6RR2n0BeKK1NQoE-axByWFda_RwcpIWOOyeA9k8Fhd0bN4HPCVCb8-bhN-FgCEKHltw0UsQMrPfgrbGkhL_WbcXtIHGMsBMz5wE1jo4GNWQ/w278-h400/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(4454).png" width="278" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span><span><i>Fig. 5.5.3 - <a href="https://geology.com/minerals/gold.shtml" target="_blank"><b>Source</b></a> </i></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Gold </b>is a <b>chemical element, a mineral and a precious metal </b>(symbol <b>Au</b>, from Latin <i>aurum</i>). A <b>transition metal</b> in the group 11 of the Periodic Table, it is one of the higher atomic elements (<b>79</b>) to occur naturally. Native gold typically occurs as <b>denditric growths</b>, as <b>small to microscopic grains embedded in rocks and hydrothermal veins</b> (often alongside quartz and sulfide minerals such as <a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2022/11/expanding-my-mineral-collection.html" target="_blank">pyrite</a>, used as an ore of gold), as well as in the form of <b>grains, flakes and larger nuggets in alluvial deposits</b> (having been eroded from rocks, collected in rivers and often welded into nuggets by the water). Well-formed gold <b>crystals</b>,<b> </b>in either <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octahedron" target="_blank">octahedral</a> </b>or <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodecahedron" target="_blank">dodecahedral</a> form</b>, are <b>very rare</b>. While small amounts of gold can be found almost everywhere worldwide, large deposits are only to be found in limited locations. </div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Gold is <b>one the most highly prized metals in most societies</b> (and thus one of the most expensive), because of its bright and attractive <b>orange-yellow colour</b>, its <b>rarity</b>, and its <b>many properties and uses </b>(as we will see below in the trivia section). Gold in its pure form is <b>dense</b>,<b> soft </b>and <b>ductile</b>, the <b>most malleable of all metals</b>.
It can be hammered into sheets so thin gold becomes semi-transparent, and
drawn and stretched into incredibly thin wires. It is also <b>one of the least reactive chemical elements</b>, as it is very <b>resistant to</b> <b>tarnishing, corrosion, </b><b>surface </b><b>oxidation </b>and most chemical reactions, and easily alloys with many metals. It also proves to be a good <b>conductor of both heat and electricity</b>. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>✨</b><u><b>Interesting historical and STEM trivia of gold</b></u>: <b> </b></p><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><b><u>Etymology</u></b>: The work "<b>gold</b>" is cognate with similar words in several <b>Germanic languages</b>, originating in the <b>Proto-Germanic <a class="extiw" href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Proto-Germanic/gul%C3%BE%C4%85" title="wikt:Appendix:Proto-Germanic/gulþą">*<i>gulþą</i></a></b>, from Proto-Indo-European <a class="extiw" href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Proto-Indo-European/%C7%B5%CA%B0elh%E2%82%83-" title="wikt:Appendix:Proto-Indo-European/ǵʰelh₃-">*<i>ǵʰelh₃-</i></a> ("to shine, to gleam; yellow"). The symbol <b>Au </b>representing gold in the Periodic Table comes from the Latin word for gold, <b><i>aurum</i></b> (Proto-Indo-European <i>*h₂é-h₂us-o-, "glow"</i>).<br /></li></ul><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>Gold has been <b>used by humanity for coinage, jewelry and other arts</b> throughout recorded history, and it appears to have been <b>the earliest metal used in crafting</b> (for example, small amounts of natural gold have been found in Spanish caves used during the Paleolithic, c. <b>40,000 BC</b>, and the <b>earliest gold artifacts known </b>date from<b> 4600 BC to 4200 BC</b>). <b>Almost every culture has considered gold to be a prominent symbol of power, status, beauty and 'perfection'</b>. </li></ul><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">🌟🪐</span><u><b>Astrophysics fact</b></u>! Gold is thought to have been <b>originally produced in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernova_nucleosynthesis" target="_blank">supernova nucleosynthesis</a></b>,
and, more recently, it has also been suggested that gold and other
elements heavier than iron may also be produced as a result of the
<b>collision of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron_star_merger" target="_blank">neutron stars</a></b>. <br /></li></ul><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><b>Ancient and Medieval <u>alchemy</u></b><u> </u>has long sought to investigate the possibility of producing gold from a common element such as lead (<b>transmutation of the elements</b>), via the interaction of the mythical<b> 'Philosopher's Stone'</b>. Thanks to the study of <b>nuclear physics</b> in the 20th century, <b>gold can be now <u>synthesized</u></b> - This was achieved in 1924 by Japanese physicist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hantaro_Nagaoka" title="Hantaro Nagaoka">Hantaro Nagaoka</a>, and afterwards in 1941 by a USA team, <b>obtaining radioactive gold isotopes from mercury by neutron bombardment</b>. In 1980, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_T._Seaborg" title="Glenn T. Seaborg">Glenn Seaborg</a> also succeeded in <b>transmuting bismuth into gold</b>. However, the manufacture of gold via <b>nuclear transmutation</b> proves to be uneconomical, far exceeding the value of the gold created.</li></ul><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li> <b>Pure gold can be ingested due to it being non-toxic and non-irritating</b>, and it is sometimes used as <b>food decoration in the form of gold leaf, flakes or dust</b>, especially for desserts and drinks. Gold flakes in food were used by <b>Medieval nobility</b> to showcase their power and status, and nowadays it is similarly sometimes used to decorate expensive gourmet dishes. Gold has <b>no taste and provides no nutrition</b>, and so, barring curiosity to try such a dish, the <a href="https://financesonline.com/10-really-expensive-foods-infused-with-gold-luxurious-bacon-burgers-and-bagels/" target="_blank">exorbitant prices of dishes and drinks that include decorative gold</a> (even though gold flakes and gold leaf are not *that* expensive in the small quantities typically used, actually!) are aimed at the exact same demographic: <b>Rich, privileged people reinforcing their status and ego</b> by eating an incredibly expensive dish unnecessarily decorated with a rare precious metal that tastes of <i>nothing</i>...simply because they can 🙃 <br /></li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;">The current <b><u>uses of gold</u></b> are many and varied: From <b>jewelry and decoration</b>, to <b>coinage</b>, and various <b>industrial </b>and <b>medical </b>uses:</div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><b><u>Jewelry and decoration</u></b>: The manufacture of jewelry and ornamental objects has been the main use of gold throughout thousands of years. Its<b> yellow colour </b>and <b>high luster</b>, as well as its<b> resistance to tarnishing </b>and <b>great malleability and ductility </b>makes it an <b>ideal candidate for jewelry making</b>. However, the <b>softness of pure gold</b><b> </b>also poses challenges, which can be solved by <b>alloying</b> <b>gold with silver, copper or platinum to</b> <b>increase its hardness and durability</b>. The gold proportion of these alloys is measured in <b>karats</b> (k). Thus, <b>pure gold</b> corresponds to <b>24k</b>, and an alloy of 75% gold by weight is labelled as 18k, for example (as 18/24=75%). As well as jewelry, gold is also made into thread to be used in <b>decorative embroidery</b>, and gold hammered into thin sheets (known as <b>gold leaf</b>) can be used to <b>gild furniture, statues and buildings</b>.<br /></li></ul><p></p><div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><b><u>Coinage</u></b>: <b>Due to its high value and rarity, gold has been used for a long time to exchange money in the form of coins</b>, with the first known use of gold pieces as monetary transactions dating back to 600 BC in Asia Minor. Gold coins are no longer in use today as an official currency, being created just as commemorative or collectible items.</li></ul><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><b><u>Industry</u></b>: Approximately 10% of the yearly produced gold goes to industry, and the main industrial use of gold is in the manufacture of <b>electronics</b>, and most especially its ample use as <b>electrical connectors</b>, due to gold's conductivity and resistance to chemical reactions such as corrosion. Thus, many electronic devices include a small amount of gold, from <b>cell phones to computers, GPS units, television sets and calculators</b>. Gold is also vastly utilized in the <b>aerospace</b> industry: It plays an important part in <b>spacecraft circuitry as connectors</b>, and thin films of gold are also used as a<b> lubricant between mechanical parts</b>. In addition, <b>gold-coated polyester films are used to reflect infrared radiation</b> and stabilize the spacecraft temperature, and the <b>visors of astronaut helmets are often coated with a thin film of gold to help reflect solar radiation</b>, protecting the astronaut's eyes and skin.<br /></li></ul><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><b><u>Medical</u></b>: Historically, <b>gold has been used for a long time for medicinal and dentistry purposes</b>, since ancient and Medieval times - and not always in the most scientific way, as gold has been always associated with 'beauty', purity and perfection', and thus, it was concluded that consuming it had to be beneficial and healthy 😅. In the 19th Century, gold was used as therapy for various nervous disorders, as it was considered to be an anxiolytic. Even though historical medical knowledge was not always on point, gold has <b>various legitimate medical uses nowadays</b>: As well as playing a part in the manufacture of <b>medical instruments and electronic equipment</b>, gold is still used in <b>dentistry </b>for fillings, crowns and other orthodontic procedures; weak <b>solutions of gold salts</b> have proven to have anti-inflammatory properties, and are used to treat several medical conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis; and <b>radioisotopes of gold</b> are also being used for oncological diagnosis and treatment.<br /></li></ul><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><b><u>Hazards</u></b>: <b>Gold mining and production contributes to environmental pollution</b>, featuring cyanide spills from gold mines, and large amounts of ore waste dumps including several hazardous elements (lead, arsenic and mercury, for example). Gold extraction also requires nearly 25 kWh of electricity per gram of gold produced.</li></ul></div><div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBVWI16AWpz21eb6dBRHaYGIyw52zwy06ttCTH9txkjZn-YRX0x9vhuDQ3S-2k-tvNUUsEeJtOd01_rvqVuaqT1YFMTlcy-1yro6X57bznmBQIjNWP8KHn-05Cg7Xq43Sz3FzwCTeW5TKX_qN-7CDmHblK5REIGDRt8B79pqvfpDVLE9yoFA3E61VEMA/s3217/IMG_20230213_162323.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2060" data-original-width="3217" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBVWI16AWpz21eb6dBRHaYGIyw52zwy06ttCTH9txkjZn-YRX0x9vhuDQ3S-2k-tvNUUsEeJtOd01_rvqVuaqT1YFMTlcy-1yro6X57bznmBQIjNWP8KHn-05Cg7Xq43Sz3FzwCTeW5TKX_qN-7CDmHblK5REIGDRt8B79pqvfpDVLE9yoFA3E61VEMA/w400-h256/IMG_20230213_162323.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span><span><i>Fig. 5.5.4 - </i></span></span><i>Gold infographic from the RBA collection (in Spanish)</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p></p><p><b>2) <u>Rose Quartz</u></b>: <br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioRQ-TSUA2Dp5ECPpnXD6s7KvhuvH_6MKrTH15oVoxQld_MysbpzbsKoAOpXk791xghNfIkQDv77PokITxYYbev-ON8tUOnAmlRPHmsyMvhMZDDH0dLGyw3N8Ft_5TIQC34eIr5Q5lxzHfXHDP6TTzfJ7plU2qbNtsUqlkZgafkIsFfJUEfHFUsgkU2A/s3354/IMG_20220815_155917.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3354" data-original-width="2954" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioRQ-TSUA2Dp5ECPpnXD6s7KvhuvH_6MKrTH15oVoxQld_MysbpzbsKoAOpXk791xghNfIkQDv77PokITxYYbev-ON8tUOnAmlRPHmsyMvhMZDDH0dLGyw3N8Ft_5TIQC34eIr5Q5lxzHfXHDP6TTzfJ7plU2qbNtsUqlkZgafkIsFfJUEfHFUsgkU2A/w353-h400/IMG_20220815_155917.jpg" width="353" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 6.1 - 3 small specimens of rose quartz from my existing collection</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxli35-3iOjCt_YP66WaQyXvjywmJUUhTSRFwb6rDw7UXflLT7aqnkW2DXGmYkraKhCsLI-RPNGIYjfNpoIeHShs_T-PjIQSql_82mkdVWt72Huud7vIi-dEP4sL2dYw0CUsmc0j9tVMAUih6kKvYKpnk4ZlvQndLBa2yHRiQ2E3ZEUcUK3cjZvGqYDA/s1815/IMG_20221130_200353.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1815" data-original-width="1738" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxli35-3iOjCt_YP66WaQyXvjywmJUUhTSRFwb6rDw7UXflLT7aqnkW2DXGmYkraKhCsLI-RPNGIYjfNpoIeHShs_T-PjIQSql_82mkdVWt72Huud7vIi-dEP4sL2dYw0CUsmc0j9tVMAUih6kKvYKpnk4ZlvQndLBa2yHRiQ2E3ZEUcUK3cjZvGqYDA/w383-h400/IMG_20221130_200353.jpg" width="383" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 6.2 - A larger rose quartz in my collection<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsPj_svkYUq2-tfYbYdzBxbE5P-kmpVqhw0SpgYPng4W50eb6qCCyBpuH07oIn26wGe4m7KwDxVoWskLsAm5P1Wz3JUYYmDx1z93Wlf0WVdwBX2WkrfSCxPp0UQu55Xfd8bpG-NyNEg8a1xcpkFA3AV_q9pTIMRMnY5Y1QS2jeFdpQnV50DupuJAnnnQ/s1948/IMG_20221130_200509.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1610" data-original-width="1948" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsPj_svkYUq2-tfYbYdzBxbE5P-kmpVqhw0SpgYPng4W50eb6qCCyBpuH07oIn26wGe4m7KwDxVoWskLsAm5P1Wz3JUYYmDx1z93Wlf0WVdwBX2WkrfSCxPp0UQu55Xfd8bpG-NyNEg8a1xcpkFA3AV_q9pTIMRMnY5Y1QS2jeFdpQnV50DupuJAnnnQ/w400-h330/IMG_20221130_200509.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 6.3 - A larger rose quartz in my collection<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaRLNCJ0MDnVrAewvpig8qkbR5uzLwbnyjt9E57yplY9dGEwSfHaD7HHxj3vCyTm_zmquQO82znR40R8SjC7sgiI4Lxa1oq69gIvJHxPHNu40MCHON_rzRIzbriI84onsu7RVwD7x3z9ZAtjeGcGpnbNUXG063BAjGMizWYSub4g95Q6XkiUvHaw9BtQ/s2763/IMG_20230129_221014.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2492" data-original-width="2763" height="361" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaRLNCJ0MDnVrAewvpig8qkbR5uzLwbnyjt9E57yplY9dGEwSfHaD7HHxj3vCyTm_zmquQO82znR40R8SjC7sgiI4Lxa1oq69gIvJHxPHNu40MCHON_rzRIzbriI84onsu7RVwD7x3z9ZAtjeGcGpnbNUXG063BAjGMizWYSub4g95Q6XkiUvHaw9BtQ/w400-h361/IMG_20230129_221014.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 6.4 - The rose quartz specimen from the RBA collection<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkfVU0qHAfIaftXfamZ6AAv_jNDikkqKCyfQlOUJx_u3YUlMPTVi5REEKzt6OhE5cBRjD-Na21lfur0NgLr3nGDEWjXq4ZeJ4IHGOMiTJGZLQVpfM8Ewm8GHsn5sXNZfNun7B299vvjWZEvi7ObI5M3tiiVvVbJoFUHLBmMHAHGBTPy-TuRbFFfyV7uA/s2766/IMG_20230129_220927.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2175" data-original-width="2766" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkfVU0qHAfIaftXfamZ6AAv_jNDikkqKCyfQlOUJx_u3YUlMPTVi5REEKzt6OhE5cBRjD-Na21lfur0NgLr3nGDEWjXq4ZeJ4IHGOMiTJGZLQVpfM8Ewm8GHsn5sXNZfNun7B299vvjWZEvi7ObI5M3tiiVvVbJoFUHLBmMHAHGBTPy-TuRbFFfyV7uA/w400-h315/IMG_20230129_220927.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 6.5 - The rose quartz specimen from the RBA collection</i></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4vOfrbZeje51BR4zt4-yr6VOoGhxZ0EZXaV2yLFrmldGp0fE1Bf6gki2oE_5ZsxafK65O-bzwesyc1LFSQ9UPpP8mSRCzhbkRtRPXAD9gxnt86DVR1RmTmPHHEWS3yUXfV6A_FEsg4hJVgIbxbhDpuAYXEGs5S1hfeDwzMP0llRZubwe6G2zd5WPXGQ/s3060/IMG_20220815_155945.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="3060" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4vOfrbZeje51BR4zt4-yr6VOoGhxZ0EZXaV2yLFrmldGp0fE1Bf6gki2oE_5ZsxafK65O-bzwesyc1LFSQ9UPpP8mSRCzhbkRtRPXAD9gxnt86DVR1RmTmPHHEWS3yUXfV6A_FEsg4hJVgIbxbhDpuAYXEGs5S1hfeDwzMP0llRZubwe6G2zd5WPXGQ/w400-h294/IMG_20220815_155945.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 6.6 - Three specimens of rose quartz, minus the RBA one, alongside a Tiger's Eye and a dyed blue agate </i></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">In my existing collection, I had <b>four specimens of rose quartz </b>(<b>Figs. 6.1, 6.2-6.3</b>, and<b> 6.6</b>):<b> </b>The one in the box in <b>Fig. 6.1</b>, from <b>Brazil</b>, is part of an assorted gemology collection (which you can see in the left in <b>Fig. 1</b> above) that I got in the science shop of the former <a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/CosmoCaixa_Madrid" target="_blank">CosmoCaixa</a> museum. The other tumbled stone in the left I got from your typical 'New Age shop' (<i>although I've been to some actual mineral shops advertised as such, mineral specimens, tumbled stones, crystals and gems are usually found in 'New Age' shops, and in stalls that highlight the 'spiritual' nature of the stones </i>😅), and the one in the right, the only unpolished sample I have, was part of my very first mineral collection I had when I was little. This one and the larger rose quartz in <b>Figs. 6.2-6.3</b> are quite similar to the advertised rose quartz in the National Geographic collection (a specimen from <b>Brazil </b>which I recently got now the collection's getting started again at kiosks, see<b> Figs. 4 </b>and <b>6.4-6.5</b>), only larger. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">A video with some of these rose quartz in the Sun: <br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxQvoQ6xuZu__EBKfP3Xr1nMaozklkx0JZ6RgO91jwS_xDKWbK-yX4nKevGeBFPxv6YYJOyp_tZHMlax7LKog' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>💎</b><u><b>A bit about rose quartz</b></u>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartz#Rose_quartz " target="_blank">Source 1</a>, <a href="https://geology.com/gemstones/rose-quartz/ " target="_blank">Source 2</a>, <a href="https://geology.com/minerals/quartz.shtml" target="_blank">Source 3</a>, <a href="https://www.gia.edu/rose-quartz/gem-overview" target="_blank">Source 4</a>, <a href="https://www.minerals.net/gemstone/rose_quartz_gemstone.aspx" target="_blank">Source 5</a>, <a href="https://www.minerals.net/gemstone/quartz_gemstone.aspx" target="_blank">Source 6</a>, </b><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45997268-rocas-y-minerales-guia-v-definit" target="_blank">Source 7</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44285727-rocas-y-minerales-gu-as-de-la-naturaleza-gu-as-del-naturalista-rocas?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=fnW43xFes1&rank=1" target="_blank">Source 8</a>, <a href="https://www.mindat.org/min-3456.html" target="_blank">Source 9</a></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b> </b>Firstly, seeing as all the minerals that I'll be talking about on this post (<b>rose quartz, Tiger's Eye, amethyst and blue agate)</b> are <b>different varieties of quartz</b>, let's introduce <b>quartz </b>as a mineral first:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <b><u>Quartz</u> </b>is a hard, <b>crystalline mineral</b> composed of <b>silica </b>(also known as <b>silicon dioxide</b>, with a chemical formula of <b>SiO<sub>2</sub></b>). The <b>second most abundant mineral on Earth's crust</b> (behind feldspar), it can be found <b>ubiquitously </b>in all parts of the world, is abundant in <b>igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks</b>, and it's the primary constituent of <b>sand </b>in beaches, deserts and riversides. Quartz has two forms, <b>macrocrystalline </b>quartz (<b>visible crystals</b>, in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexagonal_crystal_family" target="_blank"><b>trigonal </b>or<b> hexagonal</b></a> system) and <b>cripto/microcrystalline </b>quartz (<b>microscopic crystals</b>). The ideal <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartz#Crystal_habit_and_structure" target="_blank">quartz crystal shape</a> is<b> dipyramidal prismatic</b> (a six-sided prism terminated with six-sided pyramids at each end), but many quartz crystals are <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_twinning" target="_blank">twinned</a></b> (sharing some of the crystal lattice points symmetrically), in <b>druzy aggregates</b> (<b>short-prismatic</b> crystals often lacking prism faces), <b>intergrown </b>to a degree that they only show part of their crystal structure, or <b>lacking apparent crystal faces</b> altogether (<b>massive habit</b>).</p><p style="text-align: justify;"> Many different varieties of quartz exist, several considered as <b>gemstones </b>and <b>semiprecious stones</b>, and they are classified both according to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartz#Varieties_(according_to_color)" target="_blank">colour</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartz#Varieties_(according_to_microstructure)" target="_blank">microstructure</a>. <b><u>Macrocrystalline</u> </b>quartz varieties include <b>rock crystal, milky quartz, rose quartz, amethyst, citrine, smoky quartz, prasiolite, blue/dumortierite quartz, aventurine</b>,<b> </b>and <b>rutilated quartz</b>; while <u><b>microcrystalline</b> </u>quartz, or <b><u>chalcedony</u></b>, include varieties such as <b>agate </b>and <b>jasper, carnelian, Tiger's Eye, chrysoprase, </b>and <b>heliotrope</b>.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b></b></p><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">See <a href="https://geology.com/minerals/quartz.shtml" target="_blank">this page</a>
for more info on the different <b>uses </b>of quartz, including their
widespread use in different <b>industries</b>, and particularly their <b>marked
utility in making time-keeping instruments, electronic products and
devices, and optical instrumentation</b>.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>✨</b><u><b>Some interesting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartz#History" target="_blank">trivia </a>about quartz</b></u>: </p><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li> The word "quartz" comes from the<b> German <i>Quarz</i></b>, of Slavic origin, and corresponds to the Czech term <b><i>tvrdý</i> ("hard")</b>. <br /></li></ul><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li> In Ancient Greece, quartz was referred to as <b><i>κρύσταλλος </i>(<i>krustallos</i>)</b>, derived from <i>κρύος</i> (<i>kruos</i>), which means <b>"ice, icy cold"</b>. This is because several philosophers and naturalists (including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theophrastus" title="Theophrastus">Theophrastus</a>, and later also Roman naturalist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pliny_the_Elder" target="_blank">Pliny the Elder</a>) <b>believed that quartz was a form of supercooled ice</b>, ice that had been permanently frozen after a great period of time 😱. The word "<b>crystal</b>" also comes from the Greek <b><i>κρύσταλλος</i></b>. This idea actually persisted for a long time, until at least the 17th Century! <br /></li></ul><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li> In the <b>Irish </b>language, the name for quartz is <b><i>grianchloch</i>, "sun-stone"</b>. This mineral was used notably used in <b>Prehistoric Ireland</b> (as well as other countries) to create stone tools, and it is also regularly found in <b>European burial sites</b> such as <b>Newgrange</b> in Ireland. </li></ul><div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>In <b>Europe and the Middle East</b>, the different varities of quartz have been <b>the semiprecious stones most commonly used for jewelry and carvings</b>, while <b>jade </b>holds this title in East Asia and the Pre-Columbian-colonization American civilizations.<br /></li></ul><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>In the <b>17th century,</b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Steno" title="Nicolas Steno">Nicolas Steno</a>'s study of quartz paved the way for modern <b><a title="Crystallography">crystallography</a></b>. The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piezoelectricity" title="Piezoelectricity">piezoelectric</a> properties</b> of quartz were discovered by <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Curie" title="Jacques Curie">Jacques</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Curie" title="Pierre Curie">Pierre Curie</a> in 1880, and the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_oscillator" title="Crystal oscillator">quartz oscillator</a> or resonator</b> was first developed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Guyton_Cady" title="Walter Guyton Cady">Walter Guyton Cady</a> in 1921. By the 1930s, <b>the electronics industry had become dependent on
quartz crystals</b>. </li></ul></div><div><p>
</p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJz9ktNHBuTGvRPjtsrjdJlyVCxHlfWUbeWoRljHJr0LzYRPN84j6mWXXSB6oiufNyExZHdEpcabbwjY_kamYk2ZAlB4dcdtzHL0Yx_VCQ0194RfFk_bEKSbXEiiZ3xVQAtKfyxnf86nD3YrkIXYPAgZdSDlOTi7zjndyjjxTF7oI78a1LC2NDrnceEw/s574/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(3103).png" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="557" data-original-width="574" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJz9ktNHBuTGvRPjtsrjdJlyVCxHlfWUbeWoRljHJr0LzYRPN84j6mWXXSB6oiufNyExZHdEpcabbwjY_kamYk2ZAlB4dcdtzHL0Yx_VCQ0194RfFk_bEKSbXEiiZ3xVQAtKfyxnf86nD3YrkIXYPAgZdSDlOTi7zjndyjjxTF7oI78a1LC2NDrnceEw/w320-h310/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(3103).png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig.7 - <a href="https://geology.com/gemstones/rose-quartz/" target="_blank">Source</a></i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"> <u><b>Rose quartz</b></u> and <b><u>pink quartz</u></b> (sometimes used to refer <a href="https://www.gia.edu/rose-quartz-description" target="_blank">solely</a> to the transparent types, also see below), is the first quartz variety which will appear in this post, referring to <b>pink-coloured quartz specimens with hues ranging from pale pink to a vivid medium-dark rose red </b>(especially in some larger specimens). Being hard and abundant, rose quartz has been commonly used in <b>jewelry</b>.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"> Rose quartz is <b>most commonly found as <u>massive aggregates</u></b>, with<b> prismatic crystals being considerably rarer</b>. In fact, some recent classifications <b>differentiate between <u>'rose quartz'</u> and <u>'pink quartz'</u></b>, with crystals having never been found for the former variety, and the latter occurring in <b>well-formed and transparent <u>prismatic crystals</u> in similar pink hues</b>. <br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Formerly, the pink colour of rose quartz was continuously attributed to <b>trace amounts of titanium (Ti), iron (Fe) or manganese (Mn)</b>. However, recent X-ray diffraction studies instead suggest that<b> the hues of rose quartz are rather attributed to microscopic fibrous inclusions of a pink variety of the mineral</b> <a href="https://geology.com/gemstones/rose-quartz/#color" target="_blank"><b>dumortierite</b></a>, and these inclusions are often abundant enough so as to make rose quartz appear <b>translucent more often than transparent</b>. On the other hand, the transparent <b><u>pink quartz</u></b> variety instead gets its pink hues as a result of <b>traces of aluminum (Al) and phosphorus (P) replacing silica (Si)</b> in the atom lattice.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Sometimes, rose quartz presents <b><a href="https://geology.com/gemstones/rose-quartz/#color" target="_blank">asterism</a></b> (<b>star rose quartz</b>), caused by microscopic <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutile" title="Rutile">rutile</a> fibrous inclusions which produce a six-rayed star in transmitted light if the gem is cut in cabochons or spheres. Rose quartz is also <b><u><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dichroism" target="_blank">dichroic</a></u></b>, changing its colour from paler to more intense pink depending on the direction of the transmitted light. <br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">causes <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visible_light" title="Visible light">visible light</a> to be split up into distinct beams of different <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavelength" title="Wavelength">wavelengths</a> (<a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colour" title="Colour">colours</a>) (not to be confused with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dispersion_(optics)" title="Dispersion (optics)">dispersion</a>), or one in which light rays having different <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polarization_(waves)" title="Polarization (waves)">polarizations</a> are absorbed by different amounts.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dichroism#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>✨</b><u><b>Some interesting history and mythology <a href="https://www.gia.edu/rose-quartz-history-lore" target="_blank">trivia </a>about rose quartz</b></u>: </p><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li> Rose quartz beads have been found in modern Iraq (ancient <b>Mesopotamia</b>) dating back to 7000 BC, and jewelry with rose quartz was also crafted by the <b>Assyrians </b>in 800-600 BC. <br /></li></ul><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>Several ancient civilizations such as the <b>Ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans</b> believed that rose quartz had <b>magical powers</b> and used this stone as talismans<i> (religious superstitions and mythological associations which should not be taken at face value today, *cough* 'healing crystals' current *cough* </i>🙃<i>)</i>. <b>Ancient Egyptians</b> believed that the stone had restorative qualities and could prevent aging, and associated it with the goddess <b>Isis</b>, deity of life, fertility and motherhood. <b>Ancient Greeks</b>, for their part, associated rose quartz with <b>Aphrodite </b>and his son <b>Eros</b>, deities of sexuality, desire and fertility, while <b>Romans </b>used this gem to signify ownership.<br /> </li></ul><p style="text-align: center;"><b></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr9nvOWSLZ01IJ375SFFlHfBxtMTFWNN6Ag9JKawHUqAe6hRyDqdtfR3KDPSlt90KfwugL5W0AuPzqCliayQw89T_iVQnmNh6jWt48qZTWL2FbgklLFN3JjoWUBHzP-VW405-aL8sxjQ_JpNnf5mdlfPAsx-vJm91H7hNM6UsUt3Q_19QPqNdxXlIZ7A/s3356/IMG_20230130_003209.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2210" data-original-width="3356" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr9nvOWSLZ01IJ375SFFlHfBxtMTFWNN6Ag9JKawHUqAe6hRyDqdtfR3KDPSlt90KfwugL5W0AuPzqCliayQw89T_iVQnmNh6jWt48qZTWL2FbgklLFN3JjoWUBHzP-VW405-aL8sxjQ_JpNnf5mdlfPAsx-vJm91H7hNM6UsUt3Q_19QPqNdxXlIZ7A/w400-h264/IMG_20230130_003209.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Rose quartz infographic from the RBA collection (in Spanish)</i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><b></b><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><u>Real or dyed rose quartz?</u> <br /></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3MGXkksuMCv4NGCszEcG7qo0xmrMzM9ciKNQ6hxjmMUXdl7KhB6H9uqrnmWH5o19RBcleD0vZGwtC9gRRJ4T6VPo6YDq125KRn3Q1M3HQs-9ESvpFAaVfHhI9lpLld7AixiUBKqbbjvgIhQSIfOnaiTraar1CmdQRLWYydDOuz8X2wVIUPA2-lUnsWgEd/s1564/IMG_20230912_043458.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1564" data-original-width="1564" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3MGXkksuMCv4NGCszEcG7qo0xmrMzM9ciKNQ6hxjmMUXdl7KhB6H9uqrnmWH5o19RBcleD0vZGwtC9gRRJ4T6VPo6YDq125KRn3Q1M3HQs-9ESvpFAaVfHhI9lpLld7AixiUBKqbbjvgIhQSIfOnaiTraar1CmdQRLWYydDOuz8X2wVIUPA2-lUnsWgEd/s320/IMG_20230912_043458.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 8.1 - A "rose quartz" pendant cut in a faceted ball shape, which is actually an agate and quartz geode that's been dyed
pink, not a true rose quartz specimen.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"><b> </b>Regarding pendants, I recently got two, firstly a <b>polished rose quartz pendant</b> (<b>Fig. 8.3</b>), featuring the characteristic uniform pale pink tone of many rose quartz specimens, as well as another <b>'rose quartz' pendant</b> (<b>Figs. 8.1-3</b>),
which is actually a dyed agate featuring a visually interesting small <b>geode </b>with some small rough quartz crystals inside, in contrast to the polished
exterior, cut into a <b>faceted ball shape</b>. The pink hue of this pendant
looks very vibrant and artificial in some places, and the piece shows the characteristic banded pattern of agate, so this one is definitely <a href="https://www.wikihow.com/Tell-if-Rose-Quartz-Is-Real" target="_blank"><b>a banded agate that has been dyed pink</b> <b>to </b>(poorly) <b>imitate
rose quartz</b></a>. Agates are also routinely dyed in various vibrant fantasy colours to make them 'more attractive' to the regular buyer. Rose quartz is quite abundant in its natural form,
with hardly any need to fake it with dyes, but, like we have seen in <b>Figs. 6.1-6.6 </b>and in<b> Figs. 8.2-3</b>, it usually showcases <b>light pink hues, sometimes almost white, rather than vibrant pinks</b> (darker and more intense rose hues - albeit not neon-level vibrant - can be found naturally, but are much rarer, and way more expensive). So some people might think that a more vivid colour, obtained affordably, would make for a more attractive and marketable gem, same as what does happen in other cases, especially when it comes to agates (as we will further see below in this post).</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXUphaa6mhUWVFQMrpxTdJRR3ennwKkbGApztzUgtWSBDK0yA77B3COL0rh019J-g2DmOL4gZzrsfZZ9-xYDiBMRKnLLmSdxASUSsO3fRJXYPM1BJ1PQovNG2uMu6ZwDRy5WmdVpTZkgp4fYFmIeRmeluSW16U16i4w468LIOSlF1aE4W04E2e_CmiXXqW/s3723/real%20vs%20dyed%20rose%20quartz.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3723" data-original-width="3243" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXUphaa6mhUWVFQMrpxTdJRR3ennwKkbGApztzUgtWSBDK0yA77B3COL0rh019J-g2DmOL4gZzrsfZZ9-xYDiBMRKnLLmSdxASUSsO3fRJXYPM1BJ1PQovNG2uMu6ZwDRy5WmdVpTZkgp4fYFmIeRmeluSW16U16i4w468LIOSlF1aE4W04E2e_CmiXXqW/w349-h400/real%20vs%20dyed%20rose%20quartz.jpg" width="349" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 8.2 - Real rose quartz, left (featuring a rough specimen and a tumbled stone), featuring uniform light pink hues in massive habit, vs the dyed agate pendant, right, showcasing a brighter pink hue that is uneven, with blatant zones of nearly neon vibrant pink.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6h9qxccRzlYZ_oh4GIc3-i6lXLQoqv6UWpEM-HaGaIkxjzAjIHuUAwDeMXo9rvJA4vEUpbmrMvKe-ecgzwtSYUdQyut_end98vIoiTxXJ7XL0ilyld4DpN-qsCuwJwhNXRb8TjH9XSvL0WY04Gn8lQMhyphenhyphenrn7zXhTQHQ-NpqOY05Ev9VsJlnC7oTK5KiIr/s3362/Rose%20quartz%20pendants.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1708" data-original-width="3362" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6h9qxccRzlYZ_oh4GIc3-i6lXLQoqv6UWpEM-HaGaIkxjzAjIHuUAwDeMXo9rvJA4vEUpbmrMvKe-ecgzwtSYUdQyut_end98vIoiTxXJ7XL0ilyld4DpN-qsCuwJwhNXRb8TjH9XSvL0WY04Gn8lQMhyphenhyphenrn7zXhTQHQ-NpqOY05Ev9VsJlnC7oTK5KiIr/w640-h326/Rose%20quartz%20pendants.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 8.3 - Real rose quartz polished pendant (above, and right), once again featuring uniform light pink hues in a massive habit, vs
the dyed agate pendant, (below, left). </i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Another thing that I believe factored in the decision to dye this specimen pink, maybe to imitate rose quartz (or maybe just to dye one more white/grey agate a more vibrant colour xD) is the fact that <b>the <a href="https://geology.com/minerals/crystal-habit/" target="_blank">crystal habit </a>of rose quartz is primarily massive</b> (crystal aggregrates with no characteristic external shape), as we've also seen above, and <b>individual crystals (including geode specimens) are thus much rarer</b> (and, if we assume the rose vs pink quartz classification explained above, then crystals have never been found for the rose quartz variety in the first place).
I assume that someone must have thought that a faceted 'rose quartz
geode' like this could look very marketable, more so than a standard agate+quartz geodine, so I guess that's why this piece was dyed (although not very expertly,
unless having some neon pink zones in some of the facets was what they
were intentionally going for 😅), using a much more affordable and easily found agate. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">And I'm typically fine with dyed specimens, it's all about personal taste (I personal don't prefer them - this one is pretty, but I would have preferred the natural-coloured geodine, to be honest xD). My only qualm is that the manufacturers and vendors are often hardly transparent about which specimens
are natural, which are dyed and which are colour-treated in other
artificial ways 😕 (as we'll see below in this very collection,
with the <b>allegedly 'natural'</b> <b>(it's not) bright blue agate</b> 😅). </p><p><b>3) <u>Tiger's Eye</u>: <br /></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ2Iu7zuBDdvhgNhJuBxDfedMCgUGAS0EtgVMqcCJpKdHjb6WasK2w3sQgp5ckmNjLO0BTpWPzMUjal5_SSdTOSV_PU_I5tNpAehAgC7HxUR5u9NhVsO0CM78HjrSVntUNRGnqsLw2MQ5BFvV94NbORNxcYEdUuX35aVuOznpLRFxuT-jE0jy-jbZdIA/s2910/Tiger1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2910" data-original-width="1947" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ2Iu7zuBDdvhgNhJuBxDfedMCgUGAS0EtgVMqcCJpKdHjb6WasK2w3sQgp5ckmNjLO0BTpWPzMUjal5_SSdTOSV_PU_I5tNpAehAgC7HxUR5u9NhVsO0CM78HjrSVntUNRGnqsLw2MQ5BFvV94NbORNxcYEdUuX35aVuOznpLRFxuT-jE0jy-jbZdIA/w268-h400/Tiger1.jpg" width="268" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 9.1 - My specimen of Tiger's Eye</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfgBTHD2yIxQG7-cR9CqS0z2DSMm8plfGALLnwrE2gL1CgSICrOmnx7QsH04MPONlyNllmyhx1lCKBh6eGj4IEJgMhalBz7e2E0GEW6ElzNefUX2r7xS8rPqmfoX6TNwOr7FW4VAa7Ntb5tvpEFz0sGBHVlNg2SgHkgiSqNFnT74kcCRT-6ptGX3Hdfw/s4290/%C3%ADndice.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2159" data-original-width="4290" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfgBTHD2yIxQG7-cR9CqS0z2DSMm8plfGALLnwrE2gL1CgSICrOmnx7QsH04MPONlyNllmyhx1lCKBh6eGj4IEJgMhalBz7e2E0GEW6ElzNefUX2r7xS8rPqmfoX6TNwOr7FW4VAa7Ntb5tvpEFz0sGBHVlNg2SgHkgiSqNFnT74kcCRT-6ptGX3Hdfw/w640-h322/%C3%ADndice.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 9.2 - My specimen of Tiger's Eye from the RBA collection</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilPg5jTMB1e1Fz_Tw2a-5kZxPNtFMOMJU3KStFX5VP6QSgAm2bcbxiDhI-1EfZNv1J60Zv-RLnZnZKfbGNDBVoqAWqRHwAJI8R0YggfTfJZ3E7eBE5nIBXr-hVehAQ7tehXiQeLlyio-bbdNji5uYztdIJEwrUJ_NhaF91plG6gdDajz_YC0W-DJTyhQ/s2939/IMG_20230127_215550.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2939" data-original-width="2734" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilPg5jTMB1e1Fz_Tw2a-5kZxPNtFMOMJU3KStFX5VP6QSgAm2bcbxiDhI-1EfZNv1J60Zv-RLnZnZKfbGNDBVoqAWqRHwAJI8R0YggfTfJZ3E7eBE5nIBXr-hVehAQ7tehXiQeLlyio-bbdNji5uYztdIJEwrUJ_NhaF91plG6gdDajz_YC0W-DJTyhQ/w373-h400/IMG_20230127_215550.jpg" width="373" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 9.3 - My specimen of Tiger's Eye from the RBA collection<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table> <p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwKgY3hEcZ2oAxPLkbCJ8Sqq5r0NzYzzPQitAYsbM3eeARTmsXHe-x8Y6Kcajm6wjhrkqTI50OrM2zUzB81bMnpeGxmsqPXl-e4Mh-tylDIzRhpRMPdlIkEz5cAhDMyIZBtG8TBspZWt2y6KUA9yFXFy5iSit3qMjTV18uSBEF2Xxpg7050LdQy3hH9A/s4877/Tiger2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3192" data-original-width="4877" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwKgY3hEcZ2oAxPLkbCJ8Sqq5r0NzYzzPQitAYsbM3eeARTmsXHe-x8Y6Kcajm6wjhrkqTI50OrM2zUzB81bMnpeGxmsqPXl-e4Mh-tylDIzRhpRMPdlIkEz5cAhDMyIZBtG8TBspZWt2y6KUA9yFXFy5iSit3qMjTV18uSBEF2Xxpg7050LdQy3hH9A/w400-h261/Tiger2.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 9.4 - Although quite small, I think this Tiger's Eye is one of the most beautiful specimens in my collection</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiITzCtr1JtrEeEEUnp7Na3cBLnfC3ZQ1CCbFO_HPsSsfNDZzmm0zXFqx9pfyiKkR4bPb0vAfHsMsltHAz3BfzlSNPDDxGzScs5DkLDQVh0nz_K0YdpjFHOi1CmbfvgshGsaQAHMJQ4t-zNp85YIMHinw3gX6Ozt78bjz9e8aAKzeebmlLBG6hqJ6KW9zA/s2505/IMG_20231120_162313.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2505" data-original-width="2454" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiITzCtr1JtrEeEEUnp7Na3cBLnfC3ZQ1CCbFO_HPsSsfNDZzmm0zXFqx9pfyiKkR4bPb0vAfHsMsltHAz3BfzlSNPDDxGzScs5DkLDQVh0nz_K0YdpjFHOi1CmbfvgshGsaQAHMJQ4t-zNp85YIMHinw3gX6Ozt78bjz9e8aAKzeebmlLBG6hqJ6KW9zA/w391-h400/IMG_20231120_162313.jpg" width="391" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 9.5 - Tiger's Eye (including the RBA specimen) and Ox's Eye in my collection<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-coUtDaP90SHy8YINOkk6UjedR8LGDgnxn0Y4yN6YX6hEywcCJptzgqyh9LvFEU0S-LyYlHPx7CKEfo0_xCJoTXbqZouzn5DjlvHTWhdKMQSoVvk7NC8TXRsTpnjkfvetfDmXPj2cQgjrozqt4kIlR-_Q18CSihxozZMo9pn_VfI9EPPfrNdtXMpLdvfB/s2647/IMG_20231120_162223.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2647" data-original-width="2599" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-coUtDaP90SHy8YINOkk6UjedR8LGDgnxn0Y4yN6YX6hEywcCJptzgqyh9LvFEU0S-LyYlHPx7CKEfo0_xCJoTXbqZouzn5DjlvHTWhdKMQSoVvk7NC8TXRsTpnjkfvetfDmXPj2cQgjrozqt4kIlR-_Q18CSihxozZMo9pn_VfI9EPPfrNdtXMpLdvfB/w393-h400/IMG_20231120_162223.jpg" width="393" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 9.6 - Tiger's Eye (including the RBA specimen) and Ox's Eye in my collection</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"> I really love Tiger's Eye (chatoyancy, see below, looks so pretty), and before I could get the corresponding number from the RBA collection (featuring a specimen from <b>Spain</b>, in<b> Figs. 9.2</b>-<b>3 </b>and<b> Figs. 9.5-6</b>), I already had another Tiger's Eye in my existing collection (<b>Figs. 9.1</b>,<b> </b><b>9.4 </b>and<b> Figs. 9.5-6</b>), and it was also part of my very first mineral collection I had when I was
little. I just love the silky look and the amber colours of this quartz variation! I also have an <b>Ox's Eye</b>, the variant of Tiger's Eye with red and reddish brown tones (see <b>Figs. 9.5-6 </b>above, as well as below, <b>Figs. 11.1-3</b>).<br /></p><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>💎</b><u><b>A bit about Tiger's Eye</b></u>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger%27s_eye" target="_blank">Source 1</a>, <a href="https://geology.com/gemstones/tiger-eye/" target="_blank">Source 2</a>, <a href="https://www.minerals.net/gemstone/tiger%27s_eye_gemstone.aspx" target="_blank">Source 3</a>, </b><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45997268-rocas-y-minerales-guia-v-definit" target="_blank">Source 4</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44285727-rocas-y-minerales-gu-as-de-la-naturaleza-gu-as-del-naturalista-rocas?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=fnW43xFes1&rank=1" target="_blank">Source 5</a>, <a href="https://www.mindat.org/min-3960.html" target="_blank">Source 6</a></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ4bRhH5BVgilHDWb6WyPtjmJAvfs7Pqpg--5qwRa6P7Xn3goGWlVAen_FQ3RGwsjafLadmuyd0vUXIhi1IRBTVGt2TbJKTX-MxN5K7ulnleVPfBj7cQ4wj4tib3eTGMj2LmjDisOQc9QtWBt3kOsnXrhTfMEiO14113VR-XayGVnRazxrS9TJ2qygaQ/s402/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(3104).png" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="304" data-original-width="402" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ4bRhH5BVgilHDWb6WyPtjmJAvfs7Pqpg--5qwRa6P7Xn3goGWlVAen_FQ3RGwsjafLadmuyd0vUXIhi1IRBTVGt2TbJKTX-MxN5K7ulnleVPfBj7cQ4wj4tib3eTGMj2LmjDisOQc9QtWBt3kOsnXrhTfMEiO14113VR-XayGVnRazxrS9TJ2qygaQ/w320-h242/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(3104).png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 10 - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger%27s_eye" target="_blank">Source</a></i></td></tr></tbody></table><b><u>Tiger's Eye</u></b>, also known as <b>"Tiger Eye"</b>, is a <b>semiprecious gemstone</b> in the <b>quartz group</b>, with a silky lustre and a range of hues going from <b>golden, amber and honey to red-brown</b>. When polished as a cabochon (rounded with a flat base), Tiger's Eye displays <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatoyancy" target="_blank">chatoyancy</a> ('cat's eye effect')</b>, an <b>optical reflectance effect</b> which shows a <b>single and sharply defined band of light moving across the stone when it is rotated and moved back and forth in incident light</b> (see the <b>videos </b>below for a demonstration of the chatoyancy effects of my specimen). <b>Chatoyancy arises </b>in this case<b> from </b>the structure of this gemstone's material, <b>an intergrowth of microcrystalline quartz crystals (chalcedony) and altered <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphibole" target="_blank">amphibole</a> fibres</b>, such as <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riebeckite" target="_blank">riebeckite</a></b>. Tiger's Eye forms when a variant of riebeckite, <b>crocidolite </b>(also known as <b>blue <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asbestos" target="_blank">asbestos</a></b>), is <b>replaced in a rock with the fibrous crystals of chalcedony</b>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPZK9EOpAa4k31Go2WGNZoGkiBjdW8iJVxQEXL7Flv0idj7eFOBwPBmCaxUP8ARvmM7KcdCZKiog9hwdmNiCuulmg6Bk5kewrL73No_TNMArrnxPQVjcib1knmzRd51GKhlsH77kwqa0LrZyM9ImUpY-vjak65IUWbq5JgWeU_ITBh1TtxqnlP6G5tuQ/s253/%C3%ADndice2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="199" data-original-width="253" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPZK9EOpAa4k31Go2WGNZoGkiBjdW8iJVxQEXL7Flv0idj7eFOBwPBmCaxUP8ARvmM7KcdCZKiog9hwdmNiCuulmg6Bk5kewrL73No_TNMArrnxPQVjcib1knmzRd51GKhlsH77kwqa0LrZyM9ImUpY-vjak65IUWbq5JgWeU_ITBh1TtxqnlP6G5tuQ/w200-h158/%C3%ADndice2.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>A 'Hawk's Eye' tumbled stone, with a mix of dark-blue and golden-coloured fibrous crystals</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieSroqOm8hgJcl-5IOJhIAymrk0jnFD5HaOBCnwXxFYa0qzKrpZ2BOAwA48wgaLGYm9hS3BZNpikCp1YPZcGKkERvP7gKMApx8eXKQjvCgCM7h4kcqpowYb2n5JHs-8LwnUS7oQggrikgN9X9k6r2Fv7OW98mx1UABK9u062NnIk9GgRtdLPd6Wj1hmw/s448/tiger-eye-polished-gemstones-red-blue-and-golden-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="336" data-original-width="448" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieSroqOm8hgJcl-5IOJhIAymrk0jnFD5HaOBCnwXxFYa0qzKrpZ2BOAwA48wgaLGYm9hS3BZNpikCp1YPZcGKkERvP7gKMApx8eXKQjvCgCM7h4kcqpowYb2n5JHs-8LwnUS7oQggrikgN9X9k6r2Fv7OW98mx1UABK9u062NnIk9GgRtdLPd6Wj1hmw/w200-h150/tiger-eye-polished-gemstones-red-blue-and-golden-1.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Tiger's Eye (below), Ox's Eye (red, left) and Hawk's Eye (dark blue, above) tumbled stones. <a href="https://threehundredandsixtysix.wordpress.com/2013/05/28/gemstone-tigers-eye-hawks-eye-and-oxs-eye/" target="_blank">Source</a>.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table> <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The <b>golden hue </b>of Tiger's Eye is caused by the <b>iron oxide content present in crocidolite</b>. This mineral actually forms <b>dark-blue fibrous crystals</b> in its natural form, present in a variant of Tiger's Eye named <b>'<u>Falcon's Eye' </u></b><u>or <b>'Hawk's Eye'</b></u>. Another variation of Tiger's Eye is <b>red </b>in colour, called <b>'<u>Ox's Eye</u>'</b>. This gem can occur naturally, but it is <b>typically created artificially by heating Tiger's Eye specimens</b>, as a result of which part of <b>its iron content is transfomed into hematite</b>, which has a naturally red streak (see my specimen in <b>Figs. 9.5-6 </b>and <b>Figs. 11.1-3</b>, and also see the <b>videos below</b>, to see its chatoyancy). Due to its lustre and its undulating bands of colour, Tiger's Eye and its variants are mainly used for jewellery and ornamentation. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjikSpT4jB1vCacc7bCrRQQ2LP5tE0DdKWsOSoLWqWDI9IztS1MtL_q4GT8Vk2YGLgaXAwCZEg34nva5CrfDNq2PNQjrkGNgAtSDo7U9wwrpgySXsBN9tOOVp5JMEv16JuPK3wATnZntMHYqY4_hR0li25ASgd3SO3RYgpq6j1WMkilggAN9nB_5XwTYQCY/s3100/IMG_20230908_161605.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2360" data-original-width="3100" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjikSpT4jB1vCacc7bCrRQQ2LP5tE0DdKWsOSoLWqWDI9IztS1MtL_q4GT8Vk2YGLgaXAwCZEg34nva5CrfDNq2PNQjrkGNgAtSDo7U9wwrpgySXsBN9tOOVp5JMEv16JuPK3wATnZntMHYqY4_hR0li25ASgd3SO3RYgpq6j1WMkilggAN9nB_5XwTYQCY/w400-h305/IMG_20230908_161605.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 11.1 - A tumbled Ox's Eye specimen, showing a lovely chatoyancy band pattern and rich reddish and bronze hues, from a September 2023 local fair. In the background we also have a vanadinite, labradorite, malachite and smoky quartz. <br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMlmRtzE1eKuUUZTUPX5B2ZlI84Jr2LBPe0idAx85cX5jBM8zs3w9rDXm1y8YjWzaDRP_BSgBHQODoD1SC3PZoVEAHfVP_zpny487dbbfLr4TDKHbsLWXzgwAdoWsnIbcJzwC44CcNkWKsZHILoZzXUKBg85h2Bj8L4sRs8I2X7DP2ijVQy-iSDFkLPXaT/s3329/IMG_20230908_161538.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2672" data-original-width="3329" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMlmRtzE1eKuUUZTUPX5B2ZlI84Jr2LBPe0idAx85cX5jBM8zs3w9rDXm1y8YjWzaDRP_BSgBHQODoD1SC3PZoVEAHfVP_zpny487dbbfLr4TDKHbsLWXzgwAdoWsnIbcJzwC44CcNkWKsZHILoZzXUKBg85h2Bj8L4sRs8I2X7DP2ijVQy-iSDFkLPXaT/w400-h321/IMG_20230908_161538.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 11.2 - A tumbled Ox's Eye specimen from a mineral stall at a September 2023 local fair.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8PIp7V4UJ2MweOSo738KrR-dP2yOCPE4fKpzPJWKem9D9rmVk_2iogO45Mph2rke-6J6tr_NqNOnu4D6g7gnpEc0DkHOIrNmC2Dz0AcMRL0YL-Xhb4UC37oxHdAXJXmUeRicI0RIZ-y5_R_wTi-Gn9giY3ySd7vjqL0vzG8OvCV-eLr7tD4ztDJcTSx5B/s4497/Ox's%20eye.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2566" data-original-width="4497" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8PIp7V4UJ2MweOSo738KrR-dP2yOCPE4fKpzPJWKem9D9rmVk_2iogO45Mph2rke-6J6tr_NqNOnu4D6g7gnpEc0DkHOIrNmC2Dz0AcMRL0YL-Xhb4UC37oxHdAXJXmUeRicI0RIZ-y5_R_wTi-Gn9giY3ySd7vjqL0vzG8OvCV-eLr7tD4ztDJcTSx5B/w640-h366/Ox's%20eye.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 11.3 - A tumbled Ox's Eye specimen from a mineral stall at a September 2023 local fair.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> Red Tiger's Eye (Ox's Eye) bead necklace (below, in <b>Figs. 11.4-5</b>), alongside my amethyst necklace in the same collection. Not all of the beads show chatoyancy and some look a bit matte and strange-patterned, not sure if it is because this Tiger's Eye is lower-grade, or because not all of the beads might be legit :S Still, it's very pretty! <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFUwKwvDVKaZqdcGjzMPL-X9dnJdsf6xXLlKTa7wEUJx_zdDTpcFKYowi4cReUhXiOqL4W5uaL4KKIjuvgXDV0NYV3fs3hjCvTsyYuGUuZ-g806-_YxY_flr30fIggWQXV06lHg2omGyobIFMz40etqUYc5Ofj7gnU633pElqDPXOrwziOsc0tV3E_0XGP/s6950/Colgantes%20amatista%20y%20ojo%20de%20buey.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2385" data-original-width="6950" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFUwKwvDVKaZqdcGjzMPL-X9dnJdsf6xXLlKTa7wEUJx_zdDTpcFKYowi4cReUhXiOqL4W5uaL4KKIjuvgXDV0NYV3fs3hjCvTsyYuGUuZ-g806-_YxY_flr30fIggWQXV06lHg2omGyobIFMz40etqUYc5Ofj7gnU633pElqDPXOrwziOsc0tV3E_0XGP/w640-h220/Colgantes%20amatista%20y%20ojo%20de%20buey.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 11.4 - Red Tiger's Eye (Ox' Eye) and amethyst bead necklace. </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXMZp-3DyLr32hNrd73vAcy5pXCTts6r3kYbgEHyytvZ0sdqKnGSRXF6XMW4KhxEfnS8pFV8dUJtzLSW0Ajcz4eFa7_9OjCQc3kbVdWNgWtOSLWfVChdGw_29QEPoFXJgPcOvvuTff-rAlAoAngo7DkfUk1MLYFOF5jB7qU5a6xGIzTGfQkztaBg7s-73n/s3219/IMG_20240206_215300.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2234" data-original-width="3219" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXMZp-3DyLr32hNrd73vAcy5pXCTts6r3kYbgEHyytvZ0sdqKnGSRXF6XMW4KhxEfnS8pFV8dUJtzLSW0Ajcz4eFa7_9OjCQc3kbVdWNgWtOSLWfVChdGw_29QEPoFXJgPcOvvuTff-rAlAoAngo7DkfUk1MLYFOF5jB7qU5a6xGIzTGfQkztaBg7s-73n/w400-h278/IMG_20240206_215300.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 11.5 - Red Tiger's Eye (Ox' Eye) bead necklace.</i></td></tr></tbody></table> <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> Finally, here are a couple of <b>videos </b>showcasing the silky lustre and chatoyancy of these specimens:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwoulEP99HOIKO8oqooCqjrCaLypOxRB_OeUfAu-vL7QV1rR4sq1S4zkmqKzGBMAUoRh99zJX85Ye45JkXfLA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><b> </b></b></div> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzD8xTX5A2wiu533EclD_kCaliXhi8WQ8NrAcIrwADUaverDiyRhTDOz4P_jof8yH4vqz5mrL0kAtXgXEIMUw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzfOFhxduf83v9XD_MTlVQHjyMqYvPgP1awSBKdSiLLME7xEIhDWNa697ftjDoHxdySxAa-VreLXX_uxyPzAA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe> <br /></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>✨</b><u><b>Some interesting history and mythology <a href="https://ntrocks.com/blog/golden-tigers-eye-stone-of-power" target="_blank">trivia </a>about Tiger's Eye</b></u>: </p><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li> Due to its colours and its chatoyance effect, this <b>gem ressembling a feline's eye</b> has historically been associated with <b>tigers, lions and cats</b> in several cultures, from <b>Ancient Egypt to China</b>. In the mythologies and religions of these cultures, felines are often associated with strength and protection, and so they believed that this gem would channel <b>strength</b>, ward off 'evil eye' and curses,<b> </b>and grant <b>protection</b>, <b>abundance </b>and <b>good luck</b> <i> </i></li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>(once again, modern 'crystal healers', a word, if I may - this is not actually what gems do scientifically </i>🙃. <i>Being spiritual and wanting to express that through mythological and religious connections to gems is obviously fine, to each their own, *but* stating that gems can actually affect someone's health, luck and so on is, I repeat, factually wrong, it's pseudoscience and it's mumbo-jumbo. It was factually wrong when the Ancient Egyptians believed it and it is factually wrong now, and <b>conflating spirituality, superstition, religion and myth with medicine or science is where a very dangerous problem has always lied</b>)</i>. <br /></div></div><div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>Due to its golden hues, <b>Ancient Egyptians</b> also associated this
stone with Sun God <b>Ra</b>, a deity of fertility, life-force, foresight and power.
Pharaohs and aristocrats would wear Tiger's Eye jewelry believing, once
again, that the gem would grant them vitality and strength. Other solar feline goddesses associated with Tiger's Eye were, of course, <b>Sekhmet </b>and <b>Bastet</b>.<br /></li></ul></div><div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>This belief can also be found in <b>Ancient Rome</b>, where Roman soldiers would carry an engraved object made with Tiger's Eye with the belief that it would protect them in battle and grant them strength. </li></ul></div><div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw-zZnYkTM3ZFlE0UxKdAu4ZvfuM2-YpGaoPxXDNW2GTSWihSTQaIVAgvYoABd7RvFo6sYMOd29qC2lmt7bzHInP05N0vX5R2od3fI4D7NRl2AZlU16xf1Zw10zaLQ4xG0vRzK6wo6c5xjay11OgMNQi3zAlV76vFWtijlsWRxnUxj2olaKi9qV55sdQ/s3113/IMG_20230127_215327.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2110" data-original-width="3113" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw-zZnYkTM3ZFlE0UxKdAu4ZvfuM2-YpGaoPxXDNW2GTSWihSTQaIVAgvYoABd7RvFo6sYMOd29qC2lmt7bzHInP05N0vX5R2od3fI4D7NRl2AZlU16xf1Zw10zaLQ4xG0vRzK6wo6c5xjay11OgMNQi3zAlV76vFWtijlsWRxnUxj2olaKi9qV55sdQ/w400-h271/IMG_20230127_215327.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Tiger's Eye infographic from the RBA collection (in Spanish)</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><b>4) <u>Amethyst<br /></u></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvJuSOPGZFLoHf8dxohcy0wSKBM0dBZNJZ_8tKt_SI8_u-g3sCk1mrlOuO_L11Ejq0_ieFTMmiD8-PMmfHTTDn1NxyOty_xBuh73BOEkIo7eGMyjYkT8gjbpKpk2ow84-HE2rxjf-lTThuePccHgW2VHCGRHsjHBuQTUQ97riMnqCc4d3UFuc22dRIgw/s3442/IMG_20220815_153953.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2672" data-original-width="3442" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvJuSOPGZFLoHf8dxohcy0wSKBM0dBZNJZ_8tKt_SI8_u-g3sCk1mrlOuO_L11Ejq0_ieFTMmiD8-PMmfHTTDn1NxyOty_xBuh73BOEkIo7eGMyjYkT8gjbpKpk2ow84-HE2rxjf-lTThuePccHgW2VHCGRHsjHBuQTUQ97riMnqCc4d3UFuc22dRIgw/w640-h496/IMG_20220815_153953.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 12.1 - Nearly all the amethyst in my possession</i>, <i>prior to the RBA collection</i> 😅🤣💜 <i>4 amethyst druses of different sizes, a tumbled stone specimen, and a bead necklace I use for my late 14th Century reenactment.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_QjIg-F4NbC8eT75cvevmIITFp6mxTRQnCK-d1BSCS4Qsq9o8nsqaOVNlEjvQk-ucfHCYZzn9QZEmAH661wkfumUyW75QPOzT_5lotSWDYM9PhHcL9WA2Ci9tLMxoEaUQE3cbjIOIrm_ZyLmYC7rdDNOYpai80sXbqgppYssot_tuVW5VXv70dvbNgQ/s2457/IMG_20230209_225535.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2457" data-original-width="2352" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_QjIg-F4NbC8eT75cvevmIITFp6mxTRQnCK-d1BSCS4Qsq9o8nsqaOVNlEjvQk-ucfHCYZzn9QZEmAH661wkfumUyW75QPOzT_5lotSWDYM9PhHcL9WA2Ci9tLMxoEaUQE3cbjIOIrm_ZyLmYC7rdDNOYpai80sXbqgppYssot_tuVW5VXv70dvbNgQ/w383-h400/IMG_20230209_225535.jpg" width="383" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 12.2 - </i><i>My specimen of amethyst from the RBA collection. <br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9fk0Kn_UxuNdEuzt9s3WgSbixYrAud0xq06wnKHPo0nCmHlP0jVcrel9Ixa4B9NTPKgvhVuXlxwlRoLFxkLCnhrlZWttbLGRJSLaTSRUt8Wa2U0hS0bxeO39_UUaGBKeo3dEUH-JgDRv3BqFDCPTJc5xld0pFqEvYt0O_I87Sbe2SC8538j3p-c3iGw/s4444/Amethyst_2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2339" data-original-width="4444" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9fk0Kn_UxuNdEuzt9s3WgSbixYrAud0xq06wnKHPo0nCmHlP0jVcrel9Ixa4B9NTPKgvhVuXlxwlRoLFxkLCnhrlZWttbLGRJSLaTSRUt8Wa2U0hS0bxeO39_UUaGBKeo3dEUH-JgDRv3BqFDCPTJc5xld0pFqEvYt0O_I87Sbe2SC8538j3p-c3iGw/w640-h336/Amethyst_2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 12.3 - My specimen of amethyst from the RBA collection. </i><i>This piece features small black goethite inclusions.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"><b></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3xM-X_RnetK62iTcqBf4rKnGg15AlW2yPJzwUE5GoDZTfEYQYKlR6YCD44nodHLf0DUxffShiJzwfyPfI2QjKAKiuJ_hpfc5BUuspsHmp_6KKJ44zPDUzfnksM8L_6Nts05rblx0iG9AyHNU4WduDQwhfPQWLEx2i8CtGW_1UypTIcbxIFaSgL4xA9Q/s3937/Amethyst_1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3937" data-original-width="2511" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3xM-X_RnetK62iTcqBf4rKnGg15AlW2yPJzwUE5GoDZTfEYQYKlR6YCD44nodHLf0DUxffShiJzwfyPfI2QjKAKiuJ_hpfc5BUuspsHmp_6KKJ44zPDUzfnksM8L_6Nts05rblx0iG9AyHNU4WduDQwhfPQWLEx2i8CtGW_1UypTIcbxIFaSgL4xA9Q/w255-h400/Amethyst_1.jpg" width="255" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 12.4 - My specimen of amethyst from the RBA collection</i><i>, with small black goethite inclusions.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Amethyst is in one of my favourite minerals and gemstones</b> 💜, both because purple is among my favourite colours and also because I really, really like the sparkly crystals in <b>quartz clusters</b> (<i>a dense agglomeration of crystals</i>) and <b>druses </b>(<i>a rock cavity lined with a crust of projecting crystals</i>). So yeah, I already had a lot of amethyst in my collection (<b>Fig. 12.1, and Figs. 13-16 below</b>), including two large amethyst druses and two smaller clusters (one of them a boxed specimen from <b>Uruguay</b>), as well as a tumbled stone specimen (from <b>Brazil</b>) that was part of my assorted gemology collection from the former <a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/CosmoCaixa_Madrid" target="_blank">CosmoCaixa</a>
museum; a <b>hairpin</b>; two <b>pendants </b>(one polished, one rough), in <b>Figs. 16.1-2 </b>below; and
a <b>bead necklace</b> (see <b>Fig. 12.1</b>) that I use for my late 14th Century reenactment (bead necklaces made out of semiprecious gems such as carnelian and amethyst, as well as other materials like coral, pearls and amber, were in fashion). Then there's the specimen from the RBA collection (<b>Figs. 12.2-12.4 </b>above), also from <b>Brazil</b>.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Among these <b>amethyst druses</b>, my favourite is the larger one on the left in <b>Fig. 12 </b>(and <b>Figs. 13-15</b>), with a more intense violet colour. This darker violet is also present in the small specimen in the bottom right in <b>Fig. 12</b>, part of the small boxed specimens which I keep in the wooden box on the left in <b>Fig. 2</b>. The largest druse on the right is a lighter violet in colour (also in <b>Fig. 16</b>), similarly to the smaller druse on the bottom left. This smaller druse is actually quite similar in both colour and size to the specimen from the RBA collection (<b>Figs. 5, 12.2-12.4</b>), and, prior to getting the amethyst from the new collection, I actually added this one to the first box of the expanded collection, as seen in <b>Fig. 3</b> (even though I already had it from before, but it looks nice in that box xD). </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYRgMGzXt2RfxRx-tUpOhRHqwiBGTpV7kKH1TWr0UojJEQ9EVM5_LgCKG5YHGl3tKGr-50EeckENsy_7x6HfqIwA_Pnw9RZNwpNzr3C_qbGTmWAPdmptNNQxda7QpaMmjty4iCjx_vnWI0rBN5ZG06sNQqvG4rBhuX1Zvn5sWdhv_dsn3HxTUXNdjg7A/s2332/IMG_20220815_153226.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2197" data-original-width="2332" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYRgMGzXt2RfxRx-tUpOhRHqwiBGTpV7kKH1TWr0UojJEQ9EVM5_LgCKG5YHGl3tKGr-50EeckENsy_7x6HfqIwA_Pnw9RZNwpNzr3C_qbGTmWAPdmptNNQxda7QpaMmjty4iCjx_vnWI0rBN5ZG06sNQqvG4rBhuX1Zvn5sWdhv_dsn3HxTUXNdjg7A/w400-h376/IMG_20220815_153226.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 13 - Amethyst cluster displaying crystals in darker and more intense violet hues</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmg2-WcG7bdG4HYv_4WIp9IxOTBpfpG0QDLYAvCIKyc_dznjIRmE93o-QDsGNRtAeEJYU8JZjNexFcWzE7y4EQZLtvZmaa0QE5gQfpF9jFHHd1PHOwHsfpU3996W6u-1Z5zQ_PRZIPEvIFBKgTZgsUsygxU0EapY7hOX-Zge6U6EBYHbP6V6Rp6PJFhA/s5942/Amethyst2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2980" data-original-width="5942" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmg2-WcG7bdG4HYv_4WIp9IxOTBpfpG0QDLYAvCIKyc_dznjIRmE93o-QDsGNRtAeEJYU8JZjNexFcWzE7y4EQZLtvZmaa0QE5gQfpF9jFHHd1PHOwHsfpU3996W6u-1Z5zQ_PRZIPEvIFBKgTZgsUsygxU0EapY7hOX-Zge6U6EBYHbP6V6Rp6PJFhA/w640-h320/Amethyst2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 14</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1r4b3KNe5Mw7IQf1IFADblPMtz2tfQ-q4OUR-smuj7C10eaK5pbDPnjez3pJpPkO80vd2Oe6_ujCE036bwcvq-uCHsYQHIf_cWXk5SgLR-7V5XHOFc515-JEdcdsXBhjcjc_5Yi1PLf68MMWl7p1S_ffYwS1XjqJC_5A3ExoHBVX-lfHp7g_ZPMCdCw/s4904/Amethyst1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2593" data-original-width="4904" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1r4b3KNe5Mw7IQf1IFADblPMtz2tfQ-q4OUR-smuj7C10eaK5pbDPnjez3pJpPkO80vd2Oe6_ujCE036bwcvq-uCHsYQHIf_cWXk5SgLR-7V5XHOFc515-JEdcdsXBhjcjc_5Yi1PLf68MMWl7p1S_ffYwS1XjqJC_5A3ExoHBVX-lfHp7g_ZPMCdCw/w640-h338/Amethyst1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 15 (in cooler lighting) </i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_C2ol9IRha4PIo2GIX47um7xe61Bkj_QZuXS4C4fHDEGq6MC6vn5a5f6v52EpmwbqfLj-IIKSUT923csTRHm6osMa7Bpam3v4f5DgDw8llkLkdfLpUZqdM--HlXk4yIzJ7jO75dQy29_UrPr-FTapy7KD6twzs8PgBDiD-XMoW63iz6hneQTHnyQ5Xg/s5160/Amethyst3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2680" data-original-width="5160" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_C2ol9IRha4PIo2GIX47um7xe61Bkj_QZuXS4C4fHDEGq6MC6vn5a5f6v52EpmwbqfLj-IIKSUT923csTRHm6osMa7Bpam3v4f5DgDw8llkLkdfLpUZqdM--HlXk4yIzJ7jO75dQy29_UrPr-FTapy7KD6twzs8PgBDiD-XMoW63iz6hneQTHnyQ5Xg/w640-h332/Amethyst3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 16 - A bigger amethyst cluster with paler hues of violet </i></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlWGHT_7xDWAWzsKt9picF5ABR1cXrNvYLDnsR2KSwcRxTm9qayGKxQGwR28kXeSMcSAAS6Fkkgud5o_LyMRUmaVzhO_nmc0IkR9rSWkRYKCZXEvjZd011spOaoV1quAlS_aP5S3t01n8dNf6MBxWzWee-i2Y0aVye2Oui4m7TffOSRrTdlb3G_MB47zrJ/s1564/IMG_20230912_043533.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1564" data-original-width="1564" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlWGHT_7xDWAWzsKt9picF5ABR1cXrNvYLDnsR2KSwcRxTm9qayGKxQGwR28kXeSMcSAAS6Fkkgud5o_LyMRUmaVzhO_nmc0IkR9rSWkRYKCZXEvjZd011spOaoV1quAlS_aP5S3t01n8dNf6MBxWzWee-i2Y0aVye2Oui4m7TffOSRrTdlb3G_MB47zrJ/s320/IMG_20230912_043533.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 16.1 (lol) - A rough amethyst pendant </i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC1c6fKXFwjyByLWiSpdxEX-ab7AsOCN-3clEzK8DKxhxqhDsYybt7fbKRcmNHaTITILcVJYT56MOuIhblJE_Zxq3hNaiAZqfexB6YQNxYE65TGBZUNEQoWOTU2K_e-vzibUJQv-mKard4jdEY4-44S99gJeva5riH5rODvJtmOmf_cURXKOC8dwWm-7tk/s2009/IMG_20240310_173054.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1795" data-original-width="2009" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC1c6fKXFwjyByLWiSpdxEX-ab7AsOCN-3clEzK8DKxhxqhDsYybt7fbKRcmNHaTITILcVJYT56MOuIhblJE_Zxq3hNaiAZqfexB6YQNxYE65TGBZUNEQoWOTU2K_e-vzibUJQv-mKard4jdEY4-44S99gJeva5riH5rODvJtmOmf_cURXKOC8dwWm-7tk/s320/IMG_20240310_173054.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 16.2 - My two amethyst pendants, polished (top) and rough (bottom)</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>💎</b><u><b>A bit about amethyst</b></u>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amethyst " target="_blank">Source 1</a>, <a href="https://geology.com/gemstones/amethyst/" target="_blank">Source 2</a>, <a href="https://www.minerals.net/gemstone/amethyst_gemstone.aspx" target="_blank">Source 3</a>, </b><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45997268-rocas-y-minerales-guia-v-definit" target="_blank">Source 4</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44285727-rocas-y-minerales-gu-as-de-la-naturaleza-gu-as-del-naturalista-rocas?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=fnW43xFes1&rank=1" target="_blank">Source 5</a>, <a href="https://www.mindat.org/min-198.html" target="_blank">Source 6</a></b></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><b>Amethyst</b></u><b> </b>is a semiprecious stone and <b>the purple variety of macrocrystalline quartz</b>, typically found in masses of <b>pyramidal short-prismatic crystals</b> (very often in <b>druses</b>), with hues ranging <b>from a very pale lavender and light purple to a rich vivid violet</b>. This gemstone has been used in jewellery and personal adornment for more than 2000 years. Amethyst is most commonly found in the <b>cavities and fractures of igneous rocks</b>, especially basalt flows. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM16v3j04250AK6SFkDoGZiv6-wUIPnNIlLaEPQE7oM57_NvY-jWQ2ckPyp_2SPhooY8ImT-y3oPW704tvXGw2dmL2c71ENQqPw3aTkZYa3WVnZiD48O1uB6XC61VYHGksb4-JhjgOKZZvkfDvqHceeQ26HptoyaIt9BeDtaSl5JmAq-Xr1l9muBGxrQ/s738/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(3106).png" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="738" data-original-width="568" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM16v3j04250AK6SFkDoGZiv6-wUIPnNIlLaEPQE7oM57_NvY-jWQ2ckPyp_2SPhooY8ImT-y3oPW704tvXGw2dmL2c71ENQqPw3aTkZYa3WVnZiD48O1uB6XC61VYHGksb4-JhjgOKZZvkfDvqHceeQ26HptoyaIt9BeDtaSl5JmAq-Xr1l9muBGxrQ/s320/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(3106).png" width="246" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 17 - <a href="https://geology.com/gemstones/amethyst/" target="_blank">Source</a></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The <b>violet hues of amethyst are a result of irradiation </b>and of the<b> presence of impurities of iron </b>(and, in some cases, <b>other traces of transition metals</b>), which result in complex crystal lattice substitutions: In this process, trace amounts of iron are first incorporated into a growing quartz crystal. After crystallization, <b>silicon is typically substituted by trivalent iron (Fe<sup>3+</sup>) through irradiation </b>caused by gamma rays <b>emitted by radioactive materials within the host rock,</b> <b>thus producing the purple hues of amethyst</b>. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">The intensity of this colour can vary from one part of the crystal to another, and so amethyst often shows the phenomenon of <b><u>colour zoning</u></b>, with the most intense hues generally found at the <b>crystal terminations</b>. These colour variations are caused by the <b>incorporation of varying amounts of iron</b> during different stages of the crystal growth process, with the <b>darkest purple shades corresponding to the largest amounts of iron</b> incorporated into the growing crystal. Amethyst also shows <b>low <u><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleochroism" target="_blank">pleochroism</a></u></b>,
changing colours when observed at different angles (typically within
the purple chromatic range, for example, from blue-purple to violet). </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNiq2DSO20xd-zEN7wX6MdOC1WQt6nNJYeYMjJBSAKX_T9ogsnw6tdNPjKCj3noadZkQSvudRxvYo33K7cH8su9UHE_KhiyK112bgLhUPhYEgeW-G1kj-dT2_Jadt2fT20XnyZpupEEx-2Zxd7PF2nZBgEGIdg4i0szLbSpiYelz4LwmZ6zqtfwODLtw/s3105/IMG_20230213_164227.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2029" data-original-width="3105" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNiq2DSO20xd-zEN7wX6MdOC1WQt6nNJYeYMjJBSAKX_T9ogsnw6tdNPjKCj3noadZkQSvudRxvYo33K7cH8su9UHE_KhiyK112bgLhUPhYEgeW-G1kj-dT2_Jadt2fT20XnyZpupEEx-2Zxd7PF2nZBgEGIdg4i0szLbSpiYelz4LwmZ6zqtfwODLtw/w400-h261/IMG_20230213_164227.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Amethyst infographic from the RBA collection (in Spanish)</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgevidYn3uNLjQ1fdNOAYnHjhiag3fhqL2tPkncq6M71vrQx24_hjwXO-2BaIlIPB97WAqhXpKklRVMdcBt59swaLOIgh5zJZ-MZilyihz6PL674IcuBolj7VPZWlKm4Lap3Ag52zHUBklEk2xw94xKZv3ijtqBE9bIruN8-ml5fKGcwRESnv07zxJf7HPs/s800/06939470014946249596113.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="517" data-original-width="800" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgevidYn3uNLjQ1fdNOAYnHjhiag3fhqL2tPkncq6M71vrQx24_hjwXO-2BaIlIPB97WAqhXpKklRVMdcBt59swaLOIgh5zJZ-MZilyihz6PL674IcuBolj7VPZWlKm4Lap3Ag52zHUBklEk2xw94xKZv3ijtqBE9bIruN8-ml5fKGcwRESnv07zxJf7HPs/s320/06939470014946249596113.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 17.1 - <b>Changes in color of amethyst by heat treatment and UV radiation</b>. Note how the deep purple turns to intense yellow and orange-yellow tones, while the lighter purples turn practically white when heated. <a href="https://www.mindat.org/min-198.html" target="_blank">Source</a>.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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a temperature of more than 300-400 degrees celsius, <b>the violet hues of
amethyst change into yellow, orange and brown</b>, ressembling the naturally rare <b><u><a href="https://www.mindat.org/min-1054.html" target="_blank">citrine quartz</a></u> variety</b>. It is to be noted that <b>most of the 'citrine' that is commonly sold in shops and stalls that offer minerals is <a href="https://learningjewelry.com/gemstones/heat-treated-amethyst-vs-citrine/" target="_blank">treated amethyst</a>, rather than actual natural citrine</b> (see <b>Fig. 17.2</b>). I personally love citrine </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">🧡</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;"> (it will appear in a future post of this series),
both the (usually) lighter tones of natural citrine and the deep orange-yellow of
'heated citrine'. There seems to be a distinct distaste for the latter
in some parts of the mineralogy community, as I've found. Personally, what mainly irks me is <b>the lack of</b> <b>transparency and the unethical behaviour of pretty much all </b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;"><b>mineral and 'crystal shops'
repeteadly and consistently </b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;"><b> selling heated amethyst as natural citrine </b>(which is much rarer than both amethyst and smoky quartz, and </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;">heat-treated amethyst is of
course way more affordable, even if it often doesn't ressemble
natural citrine very much</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;">). But in and for itself, I quite enjoy the intense orange-yellow of heated amethyst 'citrine'.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZe8bWO0DKzv2SU9A-Cw1XZ43TiNm7eASvL7l0fRU-JvsQAQOonOh7IxbhppY19hG65DYPBWO6681mafn6lvIDvWlTaqESfWWrRvJRXWhDiXalKFuDSH2YjWIYu8A7Zct9ZcL9W6gTI9AhsruNOgenIYt1Qvq5dJ6gzVX2qkfcBHc-MUfEdtK-FfjugcgE/s800/207009723_4263844730320524_2276227532445977664_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZe8bWO0DKzv2SU9A-Cw1XZ43TiNm7eASvL7l0fRU-JvsQAQOonOh7IxbhppY19hG65DYPBWO6681mafn6lvIDvWlTaqESfWWrRvJRXWhDiXalKFuDSH2YjWIYu8A7Zct9ZcL9W6gTI9AhsruNOgenIYt1Qvq5dJ6gzVX2qkfcBHc-MUfEdtK-FfjugcgE/w200-h200/207009723_4263844730320524_2276227532445977664_n.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 17.2 - <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;">Natural citrine quartz has a more
homogeneous
lighter yellow hue (or deeper honey, depending in the variety), while heated 'citrine' will feature
zones of intense yellow and orange-yellow alongside opaque white bases. </span></i></td></tr></tbody></table></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ES;"> </span> Lastly, quite rarely found in nature, sometimes amethyst and citrine (or not? see below) are found together in the same crystal, and the resulting bicolour quartz is called <b><u>ametrine</u> </b>(a combination of 'amethyst' and 'citrine'). However, some studies have shown that amethyst and citrine cannot form in the same environments, and thus <b>'ametrine' specimens are rather composed of</b> <b>just amethyst with <a href="https://www.mindat.org/min-1054.html" target="_blank">inclusions of iron oxides which create the yellow and orange 'citrine' hues</a></b>. 'Ametrine' remains its trade name, in any case, so it is typically correct to refer to such specimens as 'ametrine'.<br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfwsmnrlhiSzBCV2hLgK25iXwkLC-nmUc7_fw5fBQAFlVT11zMcQNNHYnHToR_uE0IWWA2gXupUh0t63XUqxx5SfY6ULkkYmNQWZ8GKa1uwvJaSJwaNQwJKREcKbwgsReZCKWK-zqto1kQTizsTF1y2rbj85R4TVKV8aZfUYk-4W6gPGIdnBXFj03nRQ/s815/Ametrine-Meanings-Properties-and-Uses.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="757" data-original-width="815" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfwsmnrlhiSzBCV2hLgK25iXwkLC-nmUc7_fw5fBQAFlVT11zMcQNNHYnHToR_uE0IWWA2gXupUh0t63XUqxx5SfY6ULkkYmNQWZ8GKa1uwvJaSJwaNQwJKREcKbwgsReZCKWK-zqto1kQTizsTF1y2rbj85R4TVKV8aZfUYk-4W6gPGIdnBXFj03nRQ/w200-h186/Ametrine-Meanings-Properties-and-Uses.png" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 17.3 - Ametrine tumbled stones</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYqV3fTdnhmFRII_YmEcGvjQeGvqncTMnKLYlYk_o0XSENpt8GU-ztIPfIqLGf0mmF3H3g2vgq8891nqsX0QfSFGaWwasNhA-j3vZUeu3XBrANMf3dIr8inNR6uiolM7VZY9E84Dxqs5MBKWj6yXJVEOn-0BI8O1grlf5dt8ltSNe4ls9EnHxIiZuIsmbn/s5606/Sin%20t%C3%ADtulo2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2783" data-original-width="5606" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYqV3fTdnhmFRII_YmEcGvjQeGvqncTMnKLYlYk_o0XSENpt8GU-ztIPfIqLGf0mmF3H3g2vgq8891nqsX0QfSFGaWwasNhA-j3vZUeu3XBrANMf3dIr8inNR6uiolM7VZY9E84Dxqs5MBKWj6yXJVEOn-0BI8O1grlf5dt8ltSNe4ls9EnHxIiZuIsmbn/w640-h318/Sin%20t%C3%ADtulo2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 17.4 - A beautiful specimen of the rare <a href="https://www.uky.edu/KGS/rocksmineral/specimen-month-05-2017.php" target="_blank">cactus amethyst</a> variation which I got at a local fair back in May 2023. This specimen include central zones of orange-yellow caused by iron residues being reflected in the crystal sides.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzAo56-9tN0SHahQ5iy7Vd1o8s-QCrX7NQXW1vtyL91r-VS4xx9I6AT3Y3BVs_smztttL38WOLfbGty61DJtwysPdZIH9FeaUCVcKyDKjqf2KMe__iBlztUAx0PmUvTzkWAiIV3glV0gpV-1JTYphwdUSGsOowKPau85HYEvaVhAFdJLoti05_ip1qTT_b/s4114/Ametrino1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2147" data-original-width="4114" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzAo56-9tN0SHahQ5iy7Vd1o8s-QCrX7NQXW1vtyL91r-VS4xx9I6AT3Y3BVs_smztttL38WOLfbGty61DJtwysPdZIH9FeaUCVcKyDKjqf2KMe__iBlztUAx0PmUvTzkWAiIV3glV0gpV-1JTYphwdUSGsOowKPau85HYEvaVhAFdJLoti05_ip1qTT_b/w640-h334/Ametrino1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="center"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 17.5 - Cactus amethyst/ametrine with yellow iron oxide inclusions in the middle. </i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div><b>✨</b><u><b>Some interesting history and mythology <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amethyst#Cultural_history" target="_blank">trivia </a>about amethyst</b></u>: </div><div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li> The <b>etymology </b>of the name has its origin in Koine Greek <i>αμέθυστος (amethystos)</i> from <i>α-</i> <i>(a-)</i>, "not" and <i>μεθύσκω </i>(<span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language romanization"><i lang="grc-Latn">methysko</i></span>), "intoxicate". This refers to the <b>belief in Ancient Greece that this stone protected its owner from drunkenness</b>, due to its purple, wine-like colour. Because it was believed that amethyst was an antidote against drunkenness, wine goblets and drinking vessels were often carved from this stone (<i>sorry, but the solution for that is simply not to drink in excess, I'm afraid </i>😅). <br /></li></ul></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li>In <b>Ancient Egypt</b>, amethyst was used as a gemstone. Favoured by pharaohs, this stone was carved in the shapes of gods and animals as an amulet to ward against evil. In <b>Medieval Europe</b>, people also believed that amethyst amulets would offer protection in battle. <b>Tibetans </b>also consider this stone to be sacred to the Buddha. </li></ul><ul><li>Because purple has often been a symbol of <b>royalty </b>in many cultures, amethyst was coveted by royalty in the <b>Middle Ages</b> to decorate regalia. Amethyst was considered as one of the <b>Cardinal gems</b>, the five gemstones considered the most precious (diamond, sapphire, emerald, ruby, amethyst). When large deposits of amethyst were discovered in Brazil since the 18th Century, the more readily available amethyst was then considered a semiprecious stone instead (<i>such is the way of life under capitalism, when it comes to the value attributed to anything </i>🙃).</li></ul><ul><li>Finally, I also found out that in modern 'crystal healing' (meh xD), amethysts are said to help with insomnia (<i>how tho </i>🤔<i> Do they produce melatonin and I've just found out? xD</i>) and that you should put an amethyst stone "underneath your pillow or matress" so that it may help with sleep. And I had this hilarious image of me trying to sleep with one of my large, heavy and pointy amethyst clusters underneath my pillow. That sounds like the antithesis of sleeping better, lol 😅
😂
🤣. Anyway xD<br /></li></ul></div><div><p><b>5) <u>Blue agate</u></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh24G5_UkB_xoWvtnMF6qPGdYnZ68GPTKJgSNxApeyoRZlGHz5BNiaw1w9dCqbEwLJfFYabwftefXagwEtRXN_6z0K97dI0HSu-9hp252ZLFad3h-2BDPdhE1O81BOJD5XPyUmrtdCk7_7JbrmNxzq2p_Gb6T2s5gVXIHRHUIvnAJx1RFwvzDtVpenPUw/s2910/IMG_20230304_173056.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2910" data-original-width="2498" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh24G5_UkB_xoWvtnMF6qPGdYnZ68GPTKJgSNxApeyoRZlGHz5BNiaw1w9dCqbEwLJfFYabwftefXagwEtRXN_6z0K97dI0HSu-9hp252ZLFad3h-2BDPdhE1O81BOJD5XPyUmrtdCk7_7JbrmNxzq2p_Gb6T2s5gVXIHRHUIvnAJx1RFwvzDtVpenPUw/w344-h400/IMG_20230304_173056.jpg" width="344" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 18.1 - Blue agates in my collection: A naturally coloured blue chalcedony/lace blue agate (below, right), alongside an artificially dyed dark blue agate slab, and the specimen from the RBA collection - which is advertised as being a 'naturally coloured blue agate', but I'm pretty sure it's dyed as well, showcasing a very homogeneous dark blue colour that's near identical to the way the agate slab has been synthetically dyed :S<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFnuKIXedcPLq4UjKG91MeP2mrImWIVW0_wRhpWHTTQo7HjJaj2bnemQLPS6uQiEdl-hMDe0CXPKCrYWk5bTblhl14Gj-phioshyNFfHbi_3h1zOjhZfO1uSSvyCfBxVLcDH8lAStzLz7R4ETOUTSBFqeIRRhE5llKcUn7FLBcbxK2fK04IPokKEfmXw/s2811/IMG_20220815_155528.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2811" data-original-width="1846" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFnuKIXedcPLq4UjKG91MeP2mrImWIVW0_wRhpWHTTQo7HjJaj2bnemQLPS6uQiEdl-hMDe0CXPKCrYWk5bTblhl14Gj-phioshyNFfHbi_3h1zOjhZfO1uSSvyCfBxVLcDH8lAStzLz7R4ETOUTSBFqeIRRhE5llKcUn7FLBcbxK2fK04IPokKEfmXw/w263-h400/IMG_20220815_155528.jpg" width="263" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 18.2 - Blue agate slab from my former existing collection, artificially dyed in a bright cobalt blue.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvh-a8hJ0wLtYDzCHPAB4KAs1QjjOK4Lf4w71lEtE-ObSBE-VpLPzwm-1_pnFCYK9NagdpPY9521sFbZID1fiVadoG8nJuWtIcRmeZTNJdROnv3Kj7sct_sJvhrc6z9ulMX2F0rWghePq3KDrV6H0cjudm2oL-g8WhdgbRts2J78GD5rZlx_dLNOr1nw/s2568/IMG_20230228_220528.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2568" data-original-width="2532" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvh-a8hJ0wLtYDzCHPAB4KAs1QjjOK4Lf4w71lEtE-ObSBE-VpLPzwm-1_pnFCYK9NagdpPY9521sFbZID1fiVadoG8nJuWtIcRmeZTNJdROnv3Kj7sct_sJvhrc6z9ulMX2F0rWghePq3KDrV6H0cjudm2oL-g8WhdgbRts2J78GD5rZlx_dLNOr1nw/w395-h400/IMG_20230228_220528.jpg" width="395" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 18.3 - Blue agate tumbled stone specimen from the RBA collection.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO6-s8ZIXUCzO9AFvu39SqgIlDQZ2IEYrHqzOdFs7K1WFWYRAXpU70uTIhtMP-QVKf1CFn3FWl-uk62PdoPx17C_TKr3sVndWkjiENV51KY7cQD_OJylvJ-4aXykX1JzHD1v8k8a_EXsVy32-RJfkt3Xg3lhED9Z7NGYCwLQVjnjJ2K4wmb4HfD6_KZQ/s5311/%C3%ADndice.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2410" data-original-width="5311" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO6-s8ZIXUCzO9AFvu39SqgIlDQZ2IEYrHqzOdFs7K1WFWYRAXpU70uTIhtMP-QVKf1CFn3FWl-uk62PdoPx17C_TKr3sVndWkjiENV51KY7cQD_OJylvJ-4aXykX1JzHD1v8k8a_EXsVy32-RJfkt3Xg3lhED9Z7NGYCwLQVjnjJ2K4wmb4HfD6_KZQ/w640-h290/%C3%ADndice.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="center"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 18.4 - Blue agate tumbled stone specimen from the RBA collection. Which also very much looks as if it's a synthetically dyed blue agate, even if it's advertised differently :S.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The<b> blue agate slab </b>in <b>Fig. 18.2 </b>was one of the first ones I got in my first mineral collection when I was
little<b>. </b>It's <b>a very bright blue, in a cobalt or peacock blue depending on the light, and is clearly artificially dyed</b> (see below). The tumbled specimen from the RBA collection (<b>Figs. 18.3 </b>and <b>19.1</b>) has a <b>very similar homogeneous deep cobalt-to-navy blue hue but is described as a "naturally" blue agate </b>from <b>Brazil</b>, "distinguishable from the artifically dyed ones because of the white (and sometimes brown) bands and grooves in it". However, I have to say that I'm
pretty sure that this tumbled agate has been artificially dyed as well (see below for a mini rant 😅). I also had a <b>naturally-coloured blue lace agate (blue chalcedony)</b> in my existing collection (see <b>Figs. 18.1 </b>and<b> 18.6-9 </b>below), a polished specimen showing its characteristic banding with various hues of white and grey-blue.<br /></p><p><b>💎</b><u><b>A bit about (blue) agate</b></u>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agate" target="_blank">Source 1</a>, <a href="https://geology.com/gemstones/agate/" target="_blank">Source 2</a>, <a href="https://www.minerals.net/gemstone/agate_gemstone.aspx" target="_blank">Source 3</a>, </b><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45997268-rocas-y-minerales-guia-v-definit" target="_blank">Source 4</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44285727-rocas-y-minerales-gu-as-de-la-naturaleza-gu-as-del-naturalista-rocas?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=fnW43xFes1&rank=1" target="_blank">Source 5</a>, <a href="https://www.mindat.org/min-51.html" target="_blank">Source 6</a>, <a href="https://www.mindat.org/min-699.html" target="_blank">Source 7</a></b> </p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRPryNc1SSPV5iFHyM3AusxG3lAQ6SvQ_poGRnL4JIYeEXl_yrWEXbkTgqIomqrDkhkJTkWQLbTVzQhCuuea4Vvqw9E4expp7ibq1PTKTuKGbE0Ag1WG4zFRdG1NYFEYpexFQ1D_RPMV9def1Z24QKRdNgll2mhwsCI81huOQtRkMztuaP2_3NcXHdIQ/s662/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(3105).png" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="662" data-original-width="399" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRPryNc1SSPV5iFHyM3AusxG3lAQ6SvQ_poGRnL4JIYeEXl_yrWEXbkTgqIomqrDkhkJTkWQLbTVzQhCuuea4Vvqw9E4expp7ibq1PTKTuKGbE0Ag1WG4zFRdG1NYFEYpexFQ1D_RPMV9def1Z24QKRdNgll2mhwsCI81huOQtRkMztuaP2_3NcXHdIQ/s320/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(3105).png" width="193" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 18.5 - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agate" target="_blank">Source</a></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"> <u><b>Agate</b></u><b> </b>is a <b>translucent fibrous variety of microcrystalline quartz</b>, a<b> banded semiprecious variety of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalcedony" title="Chalcedony">chalcedony</a></b> (<i>which is also discussed in the jasper section of the third post of this mineralogy series</i>), mainly formed as <b>deposits of hot silica (SiO<span style="font-size: xx-small;">2</span>) within volcanic and metamorphic rocks</b>. Agate stones can have <b>a wide variety of colours</b> caused by <b>impurities </b>(including brown, white, grey, red, pink, black, yellow and <b>blue</b>), and display <b>characteristic <u>concentric banded patterns</u></b> which usually include various colours as alternating bands in the pattern (the patterns can also occur as filaments suggestive of moss, resulting in the <b><u>moss agate</u></b> varieties). These patterns depend on the impurities present and the conditions under which the mineral solution of silica+impurities is deposited in the rocks. In addition, if the solution <b>cool slowly</b>, <b>quartz macrocrystals</b> can be formed in the <b>central part</b> of the agate stones, while only the <b>concentric microcystalline formations</b> (with no visible crystals) will be be found if the <b>cooling process is faster</b>. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Agate is used as a <b>semiprecious stone</b> depending on its colour(s), interesting patterns, and quality, and has historically been used for <b>jewellery, carvings and decoration</b> for thousands of years. </div><p></p></div><span></span><div><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>✨</b><u><b>Some interesting history and STEM trivia about agate</b></u>: </p><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><span> The etymology of the name agate comes from the <b>Ancient Greek </b></span><b><i><span lang="grc">Ἀχάτης</span></i></b><span lang="grc">, the name of the <b>Achates river </b>in present Sicily. It was there that Greek philosopher and naturalist <b>Theophrastus</b> discovered the stone along the riverside, between 400 and 300 BC. </span><br /></li></ul></div><div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><span lang="grc">Agate beads in necklaces were worn by the <b>Indus civilization </b>in the 3rd millenium BC, <b>Bronze Age Minoan culture </b>had agate carvings as well, and the <b>Ancient Greeks </b>used it in jewellery and seal stones.</span></li></ul><span lang="grc"></span><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><span lang="grc"> Agate, especially in it blue variety, is held in high esteem in <b>China </b>and <b>India </b>due to its associations with Buddhism, and blue agate was also very popular in the Western <b>Renaissance</b>, being often used to make cameo brooches.</span><span lang="grc"> </span><br /></li></ul></div><div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><span lang="grc">Agate has also quite a lot of <b>industrial and technological uses</b>, due to its hardness and its resistance to chemical attacks. It has been used to create <b>mortars and pestles </b>to mix chemicals, and <b>precision</b> <b>pendulums </b>for laboratory use, for example.</span> </li></ul><p style="text-align: justify;"><u><b>Blue agate</b></u>
is one of the many agate subvarieties according to colour, mainly
composed of blue and white tones in their banding. Because many agates
in their natural form actually don't often present striking colours,
<b><u>most of the brightly coloured agate gemstones sold in the market have
actually been dyed</u></b>.<b> The colour in many blue agates is thus most often achieved through dyeing</b>, as is the case of the bright cobalt blue slab in <b>Fig. 18</b>.<b>1</b>, which<b> has been dyed with</b> <b>iron pigments to achieve that bright blue</b> shade (which is also the case of the <b>similarly bright cobalt blue specimen from the RBA collection</b>, as I'll comment on below 😬). <b> </b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Naturally ocurring blue agates</b> do exist, such as the <b>"Holley blue agate"</b> and the <u><b>blue lace agate</b></u> (also referred to as <b><u>blue chalcedony</u></b>, see<b> Fig. 18.1 </b>and <b>Figs. 18.6-9</b>). In blue lace agates, <b>layers of blue chalcedony are interlayered with colourless or white chalcedony and quartz</b>. In contrast to the brighter and darker hues of the artifically dyed agates (<b>most brightly coloured agates are dyed</b>, as stated above), the blue tones of the holley and blue lace agates tend to be much
<b>lighter</b>, combining <b>various hues of greyish-blue with white</b> in their characteristic <b>"lacy" banding </b>patterns:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmPR8NyfS8mx1lACP7oQs4N8wBZM_WkrsgHdqw_V6QTh4vrWgpWzdvB5_x0yGLqYiiB1tGSj4TIo4Wvb7z70yab4AJZRNN9Gm4LUTTdA91kaYRcRsCKApXrCv4Shwk3HDVcMar3WTPCoogRDiFkBywsA6O3fbZMgTG1vy-ofrMueLsnmQajQlmAiC-kg/s3533/IMG_20230415_002819.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2172" data-original-width="3533" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmPR8NyfS8mx1lACP7oQs4N8wBZM_WkrsgHdqw_V6QTh4vrWgpWzdvB5_x0yGLqYiiB1tGSj4TIo4Wvb7z70yab4AJZRNN9Gm4LUTTdA91kaYRcRsCKApXrCv4Shwk3HDVcMar3WTPCoogRDiFkBywsA6O3fbZMgTG1vy-ofrMueLsnmQajQlmAiC-kg/w640-h394/IMG_20230415_002819.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 18.6 - Lace blue agates (blue chalcedony) in my former existing collection.</i></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsOg_sioMO8uf-dzwHgkjz9IaD96w636Az7TwDqxT6HWbfPfrn1rpbyNfR4kB9LtUce5BsIfnex12q3rlGr4j-n5Ecka0AF8L1iNgCOSfEWUymg2bTBe2PhVl3bLu3-kXWwNr3Aqo_znbSguZ4AO_ktFlEsExOMeXJrNjnLGIv1_KGJDZ0WvCkofRroQ/s1564/IMG_20230304_205603.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1564" data-original-width="1564" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsOg_sioMO8uf-dzwHgkjz9IaD96w636Az7TwDqxT6HWbfPfrn1rpbyNfR4kB9LtUce5BsIfnex12q3rlGr4j-n5Ecka0AF8L1iNgCOSfEWUymg2bTBe2PhVl3bLu3-kXWwNr3Aqo_znbSguZ4AO_ktFlEsExOMeXJrNjnLGIv1_KGJDZ0WvCkofRroQ/w400-h400/IMG_20230304_205603.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 18.7 - A lace blue agate (blue chalcedony) in my former existing collection.</i></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgil_dvCKvN8iJXm9fO625_vUwNKaz2igfUhlJMnOZEEIxemUzkZSleaFQWvwvh-doLTBf3acQnl9A4A1QUmgE-mVn31opn4Xk6fzedXHXEfPBy0hA9Qk-yODzwdp7ixwPV0ODaafMhi-JsZkOHWVCXd7ZNUw1mGnaHn2cANpkC6mMYV9MzVpRQkSn_yg/s1564/IMG_20230304_205525.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1564" data-original-width="1564" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgil_dvCKvN8iJXm9fO625_vUwNKaz2igfUhlJMnOZEEIxemUzkZSleaFQWvwvh-doLTBf3acQnl9A4A1QUmgE-mVn31opn4Xk6fzedXHXEfPBy0hA9Qk-yODzwdp7ixwPV0ODaafMhi-JsZkOHWVCXd7ZNUw1mGnaHn2cANpkC6mMYV9MzVpRQkSn_yg/w400-h400/IMG_20230304_205525.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 18.8 - A lace blue agate (blue chalcedony) in my former existing collection.</i></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div></div><div><br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7a8SU6hRTRab6xJGRhCPQAbgwgdgeMWQIaRbLg1wvmOrigSenRhZ-p5Tis46WpNi5MI6aGcruxd6m4dnUOck9gW3gQ476ZJr9F-zQcsyh8fJQmagyc9ZpQujI4-AqhagLsBHonxkJ56MUVBr8bS2rpLBsz-edOqNfASgdP0FC_Lm_ammq6gLiCSfsFA/s4156/8.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2168" data-original-width="4156" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7a8SU6hRTRab6xJGRhCPQAbgwgdgeMWQIaRbLg1wvmOrigSenRhZ-p5Tis46WpNi5MI6aGcruxd6m4dnUOck9gW3gQ476ZJr9F-zQcsyh8fJQmagyc9ZpQujI4-AqhagLsBHonxkJ56MUVBr8bS2rpLBsz-edOqNfASgdP0FC_Lm_ammq6gLiCSfsFA/w640-h334/8.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 18.9 - A lace blue agate (blue chalcedony) in my former existing collection.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">So, is the specimen from the RBA collection artificially dyed in spite of it being advertised as a naturally-colour blue agate? <b>Yes, the blue agate from the collection is also artificially dyed</b>. And well, this reflects poorly on the ethical transparency of National Geographic and the RBA collection, I have to say 😕, as it's clearly advertised as being a 'naturally coloured blue agate', even going as far as citing in the descriptive text how many of these agates are dyed and how difficult it can sometimes be to distinguish between them 🙃 (see <b>Fig. 19.2</b> below). Later collections such as <b>'Minerales de la Tierra' ('Minerals of the Earth') </b><a href="https://youtu.be/WQpmsAxjmEs" target="_blank">have also done this</a>. I would typically have zero problems about a mineral collection including an artificially dyed specimen (even though I personally much prefer the naturally coloured agates and the inclusion of a blue lace agate in the collection, instead of a brightly dyed agate, would have perhaps made more sense. Later int he collection we do get a 'blue chalcedony', an actual lace blue agate, phew xD). But <b>what is problematic is advertising a mineral as 'naturally coloured' when it's blatant that it has been most definitely dyed</b> :S.<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwhoMr8Igr8NsAykebli1rjJ73Q7LMvnJs9JOjnTajbYfXLaNh3aIitTnB0zu7OtmU-4Hz5Bp0wthI6wUqEx-nojah9AYRE85FY1H-XW_akVnaE_7Tm4PCka6e7piGAjGZPPNLIMoOqpaKdxNaf2fyy344zPJG1cxaaCC6kifsNZ3hK5phaebctP2Bew/s4794/%C3%ADndice2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2791" data-original-width="4794" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwhoMr8Igr8NsAykebli1rjJ73Q7LMvnJs9JOjnTajbYfXLaNh3aIitTnB0zu7OtmU-4Hz5Bp0wthI6wUqEx-nojah9AYRE85FY1H-XW_akVnaE_7Tm4PCka6e7piGAjGZPPNLIMoOqpaKdxNaf2fyy344zPJG1cxaaCC6kifsNZ3hK5phaebctP2Bew/w400-h233/%C3%ADndice2.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig
19.1 - Blue agate tumbled stone from the RBA collection against the
light. The blue colour looks too homogeneous and artificial (and dark)
to be natural. <br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">As we can see in <b>Figs. 18.4-5</b>, <b>this blue agate showcases a very
homogeneous dark blue colour that's near identical to the way the agate
slab</b> in <b>Fig. 18.2</b> <b>has been dyed</b>, and when looking at it against the light (<b>Fig. 19.1</b>) you can
clearly see that, instead of having white and brown banding as
advertised, everything has a blue hue that looks very artificial :S <a href="https://youtu.be/32ilrMljhf4" target="_blank">This video</a>
also shows how these 'blue' agates are dyed by rubbing the specimen
with alcohol and seeing how the paint comes off immediately. <b>This specimen also doesn't show any white or brown banding similar to the promotional pictures</b>, which, according to the infographic in <b>Fig. 19.2</b>, is 'what helps identify a naturally coloured blue agate from a synthetically dyed one' (banding patterns which we see in the blue lace agate above and not in this one). The specimen that I got may even be a <b>clear quartz that has been dyed, not even an agate</b>, as the lack of any kind of banding is suspicious (but I'm not 100% sure on this, it might be a regular agate (chalcedony) that's been dyed). And
even though it does show some small brown patches against the light, <b>this tumbled stone still looks
near identical to synthetically dyed blue agates such as these below, down to the blue hue and the white scratches/grooves on the surface</b>. So yeah, it's 100% dyed.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivXzxgzToQnKJGOzKPRzXrCgt8wbFGNnl1sQISJ3GaZQQURXCKQKeD5DzhFb2CHwJc_QjJfosMrHtr9EPSXlZX_xYU6m80EM3gf84Ca4fi1_m5gXJ-h1O7ScIub722L8hnVavK-TQ5f5evlxnz3O7puhSgLz5VcuRwWjJXrI1k0yB_cJcRtv905JRVkQ/s540/3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="258" data-original-width="540" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivXzxgzToQnKJGOzKPRzXrCgt8wbFGNnl1sQISJ3GaZQQURXCKQKeD5DzhFb2CHwJc_QjJfosMrHtr9EPSXlZX_xYU6m80EM3gf84Ca4fi1_m5gXJ-h1O7ScIub722L8hnVavK-TQ5f5evlxnz3O7puhSgLz5VcuRwWjJXrI1k0yB_cJcRtv905JRVkQ/s320/3.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><a href="https://thecrystalgarden.com/product/agate-blue-dyed/" target="_blank">Source </a><i>(crystal healing topics which I don't condone, though, but at least these are described as 'synthetically dyed blue agates'!</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Ygh9AKilVtvOVRNWxnQVW5vntQqVCyiQFlaiMhXYLyXzM02U7-qZtn44aK86JJywk7UHR9gq-ziQlyjS7V64fmvS5ndmy4QDh8mE9Th_sHEFftI0GL2t_uC_M5Xjo2-vjJ31MEs8ZdJk_s08LQrxQPltOFZbTqAuHFspWK4r1TF2O-vrDcOCUHQVhA/s3483/IMG_20230228_221225.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2064" data-original-width="3483" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Ygh9AKilVtvOVRNWxnQVW5vntQqVCyiQFlaiMhXYLyXzM02U7-qZtn44aK86JJywk7UHR9gq-ziQlyjS7V64fmvS5ndmy4QDh8mE9Th_sHEFftI0GL2t_uC_M5Xjo2-vjJ31MEs8ZdJk_s08LQrxQPltOFZbTqAuHFspWK4r1TF2O-vrDcOCUHQVhA/w400-h238/IMG_20230228_221225.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig.
19.2 - Infographic on the 'naturally-coloured' blue agate in the RBA
collection (in Spanish) - including some jarring info about the 'crystal healing'
'uses' of blue agate at complete face value </i>😬🙃<i>.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table> </div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">And following my rant on <b>'crystal healing'</b> above in
this post, <b>this is the first infographic that I've read that also
includes content about this pseudotherapy, in a way that seems to be
worded at complete face value - which I find both jarring and again,
kinda unethical </b>😬. <b>No, a blue agate, artificially dyed or no, will not
cure your fever or your sore throat, lol</b> 😅. If this is a mineralogy and
gemology collection, how about keeping the infographics and the divulgative
content of each installment strictly scientific? This is not to
say that mythology, religion, history or superstition related to a
mineral or gem might not come into play in the text (as these topics sometimes
do in my trivia here), but preferably <b>worded in a way that does not
legitimize something that has literally zero scientific evidence as fact</b>
🙃. My experience with scientific material from National Geographic is also touch and go in regards to Astrophysics (especially when it comes to cosmology and the Big Bang 😅), but so far the errors that I have been able to encounter in this collection have been reasonably minimal (and often also associated to cosmology or nucleosynthesis, Astrophysics topics, for some reason 😅), and I'd still say that the overall balance of this collection is pretty good. But yeah, this installment included more than one problematic thing :S.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div></div><div><p><b>6)</b> <u><b>Fluorite</b></u>: </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi94jHQa7n2ibIfwo1vuHyNxm8pDKjaPZFv6LUz9iFSvk9J7dLJ6_77nY36_bsxVlZC-95qtqXON4cMaMkyhdWrglW4uqETf9Q5d5HmlIlpQCE_WR37-G7l6U5wsSyQe0R3bAt5ODVlS7_vXY56AWe4lzoT6oSoZhI56pQY_OZWFkoShZM2vu7mjLYcDxDZ/s3318/IMG_20231220_150623.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1986" data-original-width="3318" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi94jHQa7n2ibIfwo1vuHyNxm8pDKjaPZFv6LUz9iFSvk9J7dLJ6_77nY36_bsxVlZC-95qtqXON4cMaMkyhdWrglW4uqETf9Q5d5HmlIlpQCE_WR37-G7l6U5wsSyQe0R3bAt5ODVlS7_vXY56AWe4lzoT6oSoZhI56pQY_OZWFkoShZM2vu7mjLYcDxDZ/w640-h384/IMG_20231220_150623.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 20.1 - My fluorite specimens as of January 2024, including 4 rough specimens and two tumbled fluorites. <br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaVZTB8bPr0UROF4siII9NzEMf2MZ3PY4EO0p7GeG_fA-BGV5Z-3bxbtTmqH-3umwko4TDCyVYAmlrLVQuxkO5mKfAWxPHMt23Rqv2ZtRAy3Or7enHGVJAynEt9Q6_IwwwrZfbsYqp-YyBGe1K3VbMARDN1QweUgYod7GH18xgybqkU1o85zJ6f0TpNQ/s3874/IMG_20230319_215135.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2286" data-original-width="3874" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaVZTB8bPr0UROF4siII9NzEMf2MZ3PY4EO0p7GeG_fA-BGV5Z-3bxbtTmqH-3umwko4TDCyVYAmlrLVQuxkO5mKfAWxPHMt23Rqv2ZtRAy3Or7enHGVJAynEt9Q6_IwwwrZfbsYqp-YyBGe1K3VbMARDN1QweUgYod7GH18xgybqkU1o85zJ6f0TpNQ/w640-h378/IMG_20230319_215135.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig.
20.2 - Fluorite specimen from the RBA collection (left) alongside the
first fluorite in my collection (right). Both are green as their main
colour, the left one showing banding and colour zoning in purple and
blue, and the right one showing some zoning in light pink.</i></td><td class="tr-caption"><i> </i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"></p></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit36df4orTRO9P-x1v8u2lr8aB04nYNXsA2IXBI2XoYQENLi9Ry32tjlPo9ngg16iHGOf3a2Folqp7QsHISiIzI0BqNURlqtoE3CfJCsiIkyzhFL9p9d2v6Fn6ha2clvQwo5MA43JwmfT-TWitLReQQwpnWTHREb_TWVbAGrMNQ3lNRj5-XL5IGrPqtfVF/s3935/Fluorita%20cajita.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1666" data-original-width="3935" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit36df4orTRO9P-x1v8u2lr8aB04nYNXsA2IXBI2XoYQENLi9Ry32tjlPo9ngg16iHGOf3a2Folqp7QsHISiIzI0BqNURlqtoE3CfJCsiIkyzhFL9p9d2v6Fn6ha2clvQwo5MA43JwmfT-TWitLReQQwpnWTHREb_TWVbAGrMNQ3lNRj5-XL5IGrPqtfVF/w640-h270/Fluorita%20cajita.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 20.3 - Pale green fluorite with pink zoning (artificial light), the first fluorite in my collection.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbiZXLq637ZHUiF36JbTHX3aN7HcvjJrMNM25wuwXWTGarX8dWy0rAzwn42HEPU10TXBT6nTqW98KTe93Uk31Co1rNKnHptjwIntflgJH-QabDIo4eTVjvNX3DBJJogTUImowbHgVNZKdzUoaXuoQp0WXLRRTIQNr2mPYaTHMMcz_w1l3ef3AFfp4-gWxO/s4461/Fluorita%20cajita2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1698" data-original-width="4461" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbiZXLq637ZHUiF36JbTHX3aN7HcvjJrMNM25wuwXWTGarX8dWy0rAzwn42HEPU10TXBT6nTqW98KTe93Uk31Co1rNKnHptjwIntflgJH-QabDIo4eTVjvNX3DBJJogTUImowbHgVNZKdzUoaXuoQp0WXLRRTIQNr2mPYaTHMMcz_w1l3ef3AFfp4-gWxO/w640-h244/Fluorita%20cajita2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 20.4 - Pale green fluorite with pink zonin (direct sunlight). </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHSPeAfexLdEfePL48jD9DD-QNCHAJUbKRRcN7nyd0-1-MoK0UxFyxebi42jnPC4qLlarjLXJpTI0QHN6oegDcINNfj4z17o75tqd6i5fwIjuTHDnuBf2KqGzH90aJqGDzuX5eHazG6wvhBpDZPAk1yMTnp_mBerkVPYIse12bnpqj8EO_XYMKJigteLpT/s3868/Fluorite%20pendant%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2041" data-original-width="3868" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHSPeAfexLdEfePL48jD9DD-QNCHAJUbKRRcN7nyd0-1-MoK0UxFyxebi42jnPC4qLlarjLXJpTI0QHN6oegDcINNfj4z17o75tqd6i5fwIjuTHDnuBf2KqGzH90aJqGDzuX5eHazG6wvhBpDZPAk1yMTnp_mBerkVPYIse12bnpqj8EO_XYMKJigteLpT/w640-h338/Fluorite%20pendant%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="center"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 20.5 - A rough green fluorite pendant. </i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvYpuT_b_yCnP-OQ-IipctEGRq6vAHfs3iKRW71uyYdbEI-pn7si7_XUAvA1Of_M4pyCVv0tx08dY7wZwNJUFASaECGav1tXBLqKn4uhyphenhyphenR9eo3hFY35DkjkEUNo26eUimRVANdA1ca_f6odXi6u7spBozMKLfCRiwU_PIFuYrtE9ZYR2mBqM-a4bPSVHMe/s5150/Fluorite%20pendant%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="5150" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvYpuT_b_yCnP-OQ-IipctEGRq6vAHfs3iKRW71uyYdbEI-pn7si7_XUAvA1Of_M4pyCVv0tx08dY7wZwNJUFASaECGav1tXBLqKn4uhyphenhyphenR9eo3hFY35DkjkEUNo26eUimRVANdA1ca_f6odXi6u7spBozMKLfCRiwU_PIFuYrtE9ZYR2mBqM-a4bPSVHMe/w640-h248/Fluorite%20pendant%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig.
20.6 - A rough green fluorite pendant, similar to the specimen in
Figs. 20.3-4. This one is mostly all green , however, with only the
slightest tinge of pink against the light. </i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Uk4NrHvh2oC8DdODNKe-woiCiwm4oxnE0IFK6dMvBNyiyTXFAg2fsMSOrcjDw_yX09yvRu4eQ_ZlxTmaasBU0fzr-CDC2pHZE6HCpT9WXQAqlP5S5nM2q1gmGv5lu5_ls2ONIIL6P2DhEUpIIMdZmFqgQmOxfc5kJvLiULbhKyPGXLGtffzeXKTymg/s2644/2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2644" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Uk4NrHvh2oC8DdODNKe-woiCiwm4oxnE0IFK6dMvBNyiyTXFAg2fsMSOrcjDw_yX09yvRu4eQ_ZlxTmaasBU0fzr-CDC2pHZE6HCpT9WXQAqlP5S5nM2q1gmGv5lu5_ls2ONIIL6P2DhEUpIIMdZmFqgQmOxfc5kJvLiULbhKyPGXLGtffzeXKTymg/w640-h372/2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig.
20.7 - Green fluorite from the RBA collection. The depth and shade of
the greens, blues and purples change rather drastically with the
lighting and depending on whether photos use flash or not.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm-UmfLyhIZ8IGXXBXkwc3Dp6hJkHhJsR5Hh242JWQZUlBLc2ZDtbF_EYtwKOR6Au-Nq_Tgr0rUrMOmZC1CjIiQGYMdcEEm2sjc2jV6KgOMvUTa3Tx7e6gsB92dwsGx4sxO4qSfcjFw1l-lVS4tWhEboZknQcVzDES2BeOc_LiNkV5-o0Qj1PCGyFv0Q/s3242/4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1557" data-original-width="3242" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm-UmfLyhIZ8IGXXBXkwc3Dp6hJkHhJsR5Hh242JWQZUlBLc2ZDtbF_EYtwKOR6Au-Nq_Tgr0rUrMOmZC1CjIiQGYMdcEEm2sjc2jV6KgOMvUTa3Tx7e6gsB92dwsGx4sxO4qSfcjFw1l-lVS4tWhEboZknQcVzDES2BeOc_LiNkV5-o0Qj1PCGyFv0Q/w640-h308/4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 20.8 - Green fluorite from the RBA collection (artificial light), a light green against the light with more prominent zoning in purples, blues and yellows.</i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrK1PP1SJMwFyn5JxQYXD8eXF3AJ0rE9sPa6-skWS-koXBh6Ag3b4PBk9S8vRR7bkkpuy_EyPaO5Okj3mq_dz0NCA31FrR3K0EKrU-pBjCwwb6WmDnT6f-eu4MX0kB94EkUK3wpEDIk_c64T3WTt__xk07RGM49VrhBM-WRQwdbqrkWR1q6A6bNwzvX2Hf/s3710/Fluorita%20RBA_1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1779" data-original-width="3710" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrK1PP1SJMwFyn5JxQYXD8eXF3AJ0rE9sPa6-skWS-koXBh6Ag3b4PBk9S8vRR7bkkpuy_EyPaO5Okj3mq_dz0NCA31FrR3K0EKrU-pBjCwwb6WmDnT6f-eu4MX0kB94EkUK3wpEDIk_c64T3WTt__xk07RGM49VrhBM-WRQwdbqrkWR1q6A6bNwzvX2Hf/w640-h306/Fluorita%20RBA_1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 20.9 - Fluorite from the RBA collection, in direct sunlight, showcasing a lovely array of colour zoning.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD3Q5BWcALCG0vPcEi8ptyz-ZL_36yEh0kJjSyrQkyIzkqtH-wdS1NVmUYmEv4hZ-EWLpYGqXZC7mMXAX9BCablD8zLokEp9TWDrJZyQt0-zSQiVoAmHyLUpBQiQek15jbqWUal5s9W7_uIPujWmBeqs4wLk4w5C7K_Eh64a9IuwGdk90KRepFfx1B0VJS/s4141/Fluorita%20RBA_3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2104" data-original-width="4141" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD3Q5BWcALCG0vPcEi8ptyz-ZL_36yEh0kJjSyrQkyIzkqtH-wdS1NVmUYmEv4hZ-EWLpYGqXZC7mMXAX9BCablD8zLokEp9TWDrJZyQt0-zSQiVoAmHyLUpBQiQek15jbqWUal5s9W7_uIPujWmBeqs4wLk4w5C7K_Eh64a9IuwGdk90KRepFfx1B0VJS/w640-h326/Fluorita%20RBA_3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 20.10 - Fluorite from the RBA collection, in direct sunlight.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvfv0FVCMufY8zMSDlOGjzL0nD02P_nNbHVlpFIWaZlEn-LFgjRwmtpQGLpAa0Z9KlzzKfj6nEyM8-VcHvp2sUk36HJmnTthgDdd1AjLlUWFZZY43HWj4G3XelB-IJ8cRDww_qJ5L1Fp5bPPZFc88iVyp7RsOlvBruQp0hxjyQTnvoZdXyDhCOOvc61fWK/s3038/fluorite2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3038" data-original-width="2123" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvfv0FVCMufY8zMSDlOGjzL0nD02P_nNbHVlpFIWaZlEn-LFgjRwmtpQGLpAa0Z9KlzzKfj6nEyM8-VcHvp2sUk36HJmnTthgDdd1AjLlUWFZZY43HWj4G3XelB-IJ8cRDww_qJ5L1Fp5bPPZFc88iVyp7RsOlvBruQp0hxjyQTnvoZdXyDhCOOvc61fWK/w280-h400/fluorite2.jpg" width="280" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 20.11 - Green and purple fluorites: A small tumbled stone from a local fair (left), and the specimen from the RBA collection (right). The left one features colour banding in greens and purples, while the specimen on the right displays less defined zoning in blue, deep purple and yellow.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj01HSZwN-An08Zs5Lv3eSPgVWmIagTERt5h2PuszXOnCWkyQG5m-dU9y_SwQyFLPX1_Qd4C8mdj0zZB_5Hhvs3aGPFQMtUE2wVdZDLdl001zr_mQfh1oYNJJHRRl2kncbLdq_aLu-mA8dhlSpH5bCuQxgDflP7NRFYccVj0Xn7UJjkW9tI-4ero4thyL6L/s2166/Fluorite3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1938" data-original-width="2166" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj01HSZwN-An08Zs5Lv3eSPgVWmIagTERt5h2PuszXOnCWkyQG5m-dU9y_SwQyFLPX1_Qd4C8mdj0zZB_5Hhvs3aGPFQMtUE2wVdZDLdl001zr_mQfh1oYNJJHRRl2kncbLdq_aLu-mA8dhlSpH5bCuQxgDflP7NRFYccVj0Xn7UJjkW9tI-4ero4thyL6L/w400-h358/Fluorite3.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 20.12 - A small tumbled stone from a
local fair (below), and the specimen from the RBA collection (above). </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghL82DAU0MoIe4qBPT3Rc3M0IUL-l10ZUTaCLTI8kRGvN7_qBqedE1Y7E-MNKdlvna-QJIecOmfUJHZUDOK-opVTkiVFVNWusGEUSfFUaf3YDzJewL2ixuZjd8P_AdD0r5GE_-QGFt7aRsnK_TfcKUB64kyzSMnQJRYPy5X8DVeoQ0WBvY1ijk3I549fpM/s5989/Sin%20t%C3%ADtulo3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1851" data-original-width="5989" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghL82DAU0MoIe4qBPT3Rc3M0IUL-l10ZUTaCLTI8kRGvN7_qBqedE1Y7E-MNKdlvna-QJIecOmfUJHZUDOK-opVTkiVFVNWusGEUSfFUaf3YDzJewL2ixuZjd8P_AdD0r5GE_-QGFt7aRsnK_TfcKUB64kyzSMnQJRYPy5X8DVeoQ0WBvY1ijk3I549fpM/w640-h198/Sin%20t%C3%ADtulo3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 20.13 - A small tumbled fluorite from a
local fair, displaying a very defined banding pattern with various shades of green and purple. </i></td><td class="tr-caption"><i> </i></td><td class="tr-caption"><i> </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Zs5ZIAFdBAzzJxmY5Ml2KW2nKKItQfGIfc3Opz0G4vmRnLCCP2o0LhNL-mECBBr53gUdYczuE2E3GBQlmfEHErgN_so9pWeIAIPYXx2RGkuqXZtG8DvejYBiqFm0TGgp4b_WKolp3LO6nhcdh2m2kC2K63x0nxe-jiFWb_SzvOsyj2izwFyCwKTEWdPD/s3291/Fluorita%20colgante_1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1904" data-original-width="3291" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Zs5ZIAFdBAzzJxmY5Ml2KW2nKKItQfGIfc3Opz0G4vmRnLCCP2o0LhNL-mECBBr53gUdYczuE2E3GBQlmfEHErgN_so9pWeIAIPYXx2RGkuqXZtG8DvejYBiqFm0TGgp4b_WKolp3LO6nhcdh2m2kC2K63x0nxe-jiFWb_SzvOsyj2izwFyCwKTEWdPD/w640-h370/Fluorita%20colgante_1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 20.14 - A fluorite pendant from a local fair which shows an striking array of green, purple and clue colour banding against the light.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI-DP_8h-PVyK77mWOj-fMlkP3J4M3D7jMogO4WKvV3sThfsk7u-BJmoVRrDNWuL2KD7bNxYHcTnUF4qrbbK2mp9d_4Lvkaw3V-lgjgU2PVgLIzZG1i5gMZBLLu9B-r5jnzWuA6N1H-qP_hWPA2LkymNsRtSS0g-EUKRfV_YGhhyYrUljK8nhuOelT8IwW/s3021/Fluorita%20colgante_2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1864" data-original-width="3021" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI-DP_8h-PVyK77mWOj-fMlkP3J4M3D7jMogO4WKvV3sThfsk7u-BJmoVRrDNWuL2KD7bNxYHcTnUF4qrbbK2mp9d_4Lvkaw3V-lgjgU2PVgLIzZG1i5gMZBLLu9B-r5jnzWuA6N1H-qP_hWPA2LkymNsRtSS0g-EUKRfV_YGhhyYrUljK8nhuOelT8IwW/w640-h394/Fluorita%20colgante_2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 20.15 - A fluorite pendant from a local fair which shows an
striking array of green, purple and clue colour banding against the
light.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Before 2023, in my existing collection I only had<b> one specimen of fluorite</b> from <b>Mexico</b>, a small pale green one with some<b> </b>subtle pink zoning (in <b>Figs. 20.2-4</b>). This specimen is quite similar to a <b>rough green fluorite pendant</b> that I got in October 2023 (<b>Figs. </b><b>20.5-6</b>), although it's mostly all pale green with the slightest tinge of pink in one side when seen against the light. The <b><u>specimen from the RBA collection</u></b> (<b>Figs. 20.2, </b><b>20.7-10</b>, and<b> 20.11-12</b>) is from <b>China</b>, and it is a quite beautiful one, with colour hues that change depending on the angle and the lighting, featuring an <b>intense emerald green as its main colour</b> (it looks a similar light green to the others against the light, and a deeper vivid green in most lightings), and a <b>deep purple section</b>. This piece also includes some <b>sky blue zoning</b>, and a bit of <b>yellow </b>as well. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> This lovely variety of hues is also predominant in the <b>fluorite pendant</b> that I got in a September 2023 local fair (<b>Figs. </b><b>20.11-13</b>), which looks <b>medium-to-dark green with a dark purple zone</b> but also shows an striking <b>banded array of greens, purples and light blue</b> against the light. I also got a small tumbled fluorite as a gift <a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2023/11/expanding-my-mineral-collection-mineral.html" target="_blank">at another local fair back in May 2023</a> (<b>Figs. </b><b>20.14-15</b>), displaying the <b>most defined banding pattern out of all the fluorite specimens in my collection</b>, in several hues of green and purple. <br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> In December 2023, I got another <b>fluorite in massive habit</b> (<b>Figs. </b><b>20.17-21</b>), with a<b> translucent light green</b> as its main colour, plus a couple of <b>purple zones</b> (especially a larger zone at one tip of the piece), and some <b>cyan blue zoning</b>
appearing when looking at it against the light. The banding is not
so prominent in this piece in contrast to the tumbled fluorites, but you
can also see some <b>purple and cyan banding patterns</b> against the light. The characteristic <b>vitreous luster</b> of fluorite also creates a subtle <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iridescence" target="_blank">iridescent</a> effect</b> on the surface for this particular piece (a result of light refracting through layers of crystallization, as seen, for ex., in <b>Fig. 20.18</b> and the videos below), and it's very pretty to look at! </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6kft51ZpqtXB0kp75DXr8Q1SOdNQMBFj4m7GVVpPw5XJJBVUQlqsGfcVFuNmk5pUFEIIMf1gV33lgfQJryemC_3kpKJZN3WyhAuWUwQFvRGAc99f85VuSUtWzNKEULwb28qMR3nONxWZm0jRPd5nOlcqw7pBj5_nWsA62hFbhiLhGvburESyH0s3WsT62/s5155/Fluorita_Dec%202023_1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2773" data-original-width="5155" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6kft51ZpqtXB0kp75DXr8Q1SOdNQMBFj4m7GVVpPw5XJJBVUQlqsGfcVFuNmk5pUFEIIMf1gV33lgfQJryemC_3kpKJZN3WyhAuWUwQFvRGAc99f85VuSUtWzNKEULwb28qMR3nONxWZm0jRPd5nOlcqw7pBj5_nWsA62hFbhiLhGvburESyH0s3WsT62/w640-h344/Fluorita_Dec%202023_1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 20.17 - The largest fluorite in my collection so far, mostly green with a distinct purple zone.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCf-VkSgfXwbdMhnbHtl8ZZc633zpcHaBomMiPcL_ZvQY8Vxipl6j2ss9dRHCrW4xq0xfCNqqPaYMyy2KqV9aPZM6cKIqANvB093Wrb9sfQjeP3aFVF_XGTjmiwl8w4n4VR3v2wuA6Hcq5w3rP587082KCAQx-aiqxbVCcM6pTO4xTMBtQwmeEH2nTOy8I/s4380/Fluorita_Dec%202023_5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2797" data-original-width="4380" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCf-VkSgfXwbdMhnbHtl8ZZc633zpcHaBomMiPcL_ZvQY8Vxipl6j2ss9dRHCrW4xq0xfCNqqPaYMyy2KqV9aPZM6cKIqANvB093Wrb9sfQjeP3aFVF_XGTjmiwl8w4n4VR3v2wuA6Hcq5w3rP587082KCAQx-aiqxbVCcM6pTO4xTMBtQwmeEH2nTOy8I/w640-h408/Fluorita_Dec%202023_5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 20.18 - </i><i>This specimen of fluorite showcases a lovely vitreous
luster, and also shows some iridescence on the surface at some angles, as a result
of the scattering of the incident light by the translucent crystal
layers.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAWKCilqnjRag5i0d6sYnDChz9bdbIw-9yXa2lkf0-86HrGJ7kHgoBNHgso3nGV1Awz_aRh-0erSJfxx1uuuW4p1I_jV02fE-q_sE64yQWAFlnE4N1ZrIVOzQSB-bw7vFeKCExsHn9po2D54V-AAK51Dg31hhHFmNnOKysV921Dm7RHRYMHO32H54hzqcN/s4851/Fluorita_Dec%202023%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2596" data-original-width="4851" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAWKCilqnjRag5i0d6sYnDChz9bdbIw-9yXa2lkf0-86HrGJ7kHgoBNHgso3nGV1Awz_aRh-0erSJfxx1uuuW4p1I_jV02fE-q_sE64yQWAFlnE4N1ZrIVOzQSB-bw7vFeKCExsHn9po2D54V-AAK51Dg31hhHFmNnOKysV921Dm7RHRYMHO32H54hzqcN/w640-h342/Fluorita_Dec%202023%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 20.19 - Green and purple fluorite against direct evening sunlight (featuring a rainbow lens flare on the right).<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiePuYwdxW65I2DDXqAFsGBpJ2CIYLWvDv71WksIJG5OuFfDRm-TWHK9yukxi5Xq27fkyZKXabehfhjO7lxxKkmgEp8IXE4nrX3I7bR6ksQ3vvjsNvug30iLnE1W_6hxK4jQqK2orZVqjgkucG6LTqhyphenhyphenoa5MhGVWS6bSLGvWJbwe2VDTP0lkLPwTlGlzays/s6497/Fluorita_Dec%202023_3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3443" data-original-width="6497" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiePuYwdxW65I2DDXqAFsGBpJ2CIYLWvDv71WksIJG5OuFfDRm-TWHK9yukxi5Xq27fkyZKXabehfhjO7lxxKkmgEp8IXE4nrX3I7bR6ksQ3vvjsNvug30iLnE1W_6hxK4jQqK2orZVqjgkucG6LTqhyphenhyphenoa5MhGVWS6bSLGvWJbwe2VDTP0lkLPwTlGlzays/w640-h340/Fluorita_Dec%202023_3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 20.20 - Green and purple fluorite against direct evening sunlight. The subtle cyan zoning in this piece is more noticeable here, close to the purple banding and zoning at the top.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBBKgc9RlgCZsHde3PIetaht0Cp4CR35Z43o7E6Ifbhts6QkfaHYo5tRVG-LdqzpOnQ_LjnALeQKk4-KWNLlsUr6_ezE1xhUnC2sj4mtRU3cAg96Zfn_8inAjcWIx11S8KL2qCJLhyaspzKpxb-7TSyIvdQpRfpYDrIQbGE6E9Ixg1XkxTYb11tVrP4ONL/s4338/Fluorita_Dec%202023_7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2622" data-original-width="4338" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBBKgc9RlgCZsHde3PIetaht0Cp4CR35Z43o7E6Ifbhts6QkfaHYo5tRVG-LdqzpOnQ_LjnALeQKk4-KWNLlsUr6_ezE1xhUnC2sj4mtRU3cAg96Zfn_8inAjcWIx11S8KL2qCJLhyaspzKpxb-7TSyIvdQpRfpYDrIQbGE6E9Ixg1XkxTYb11tVrP4ONL/w640-h386/Fluorita_Dec%202023_7.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 20.21 - Green and purple fluorite against direct evening sunlight. </i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1zKjnIalIYEkw8qFMXgUeBOSMTJeFjBendoiIWLljoKT0iJ24azr_VTBw4Ld-DgWzS1pjDJ5fmh6RHXrvcL-KdUvMmWCgE6h0-gzq-s0oH8uL7DmoqgyMW3gj3ETsCXOLD-PPxkXDDBElW_1g1S5v2y1ZxeIO3gRc7yPF_5H5766L1XnQYOXvQ1jKUg/s745/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(3436).png" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="745" data-original-width="516" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1zKjnIalIYEkw8qFMXgUeBOSMTJeFjBendoiIWLljoKT0iJ24azr_VTBw4Ld-DgWzS1pjDJ5fmh6RHXrvcL-KdUvMmWCgE6h0-gzq-s0oH8uL7DmoqgyMW3gj3ETsCXOLD-PPxkXDDBElW_1g1S5v2y1ZxeIO3gRc7yPF_5H5766L1XnQYOXvQ1jKUg/w278-h400/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(3436).png" width="278" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 21. <a href="https://geology.com/minerals/fluorite.shtml" target="_blank">Source</a>.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><b>💎</b><u><b>A bit about fluorite</b></u>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorite" target="_blank">Source 1</a>, <a href="https://geology.com/minerals/fluorite.shtml" target="_blank">Source 2</a>, <a href="https://www.minerals.net/mineral/fluorite.aspx" target="_blank">Source 3</a>, </b><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45997268-rocas-y-minerales-guia-v-definit" target="_blank">Source 4</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44285727-rocas-y-minerales-gu-as-de-la-naturaleza-gu-as-del-naturalista-rocas?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=fnW43xFes1&rank=1" target="_blank">Source 5</a>, <a href="https://www.mindat.org/min-1576.html" target="_blank">Source 6</a></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b> </b><u><b>Fluorite </b></u>(also known as <b><u>Fluorspar</u></b>) is the mineral form of <b>calcium fluoride (CaF<sub>2</sub>)</b>. Part of the <b>halide minerals</b>, fluorite is very common in many parts of the world, often occurring in rocks as <b>vein fillings</b> as a result of <b>hydrothermal processes</b>, and also found in <b>fractures and cavities </b>of <b>dolomites and limestones</b>. Fluorite presents well-formed crystals, usually <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubic_crystal_system" target="_blank">cubic</a></b>, and it can also occur in several other habits, such as <b>massive, nodular, granular or boytroidal</b>.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Although <b>pure fluorite is transparent and colourless</b> (both in visible and ultraviolet light), fluorite is also <b>allochromatic</b>, as<b> impurities and exposure to radiation </b>can tint it and make it <b>a very colourful mineral</b>. Thus, fluorite can come in a <b>wide variety of colours</b> with a <b>transparent-to-traslucent </b>appearance, from <b>purple</b>, <b>blue</b>, <b>green </b>and <b>yellow </b>(the most common), to pink, red, brown, white and black. <b>Colour banding and zoning</b> can also appear. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Fluorite has <b>multiple uses in the chemical, ceramic and metallurgical areas</b>, and particularly beautiful specimens regarding their colour and diaphaneity can also be cut into <b>gems </b>(although their relatively low hardness of 4 in the Mohs scale makes this more difficult than in the case of other gemstones) and used for <b>ornamental </b>purposes.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8W8DfFsiC0psy3cDGJRDveuspXqMoRPHzx9yh_mjEFcmWpATmY-3d2N2VKetQfH2NQi0xyCxsf2raaCTdrqZIK9Jugkst6MObkkDjO9okYZyBdUJOTuRHAB_KNQcuW5cuR-AuwtSBgiXpyZoXBJ8XLYT-_pt0cR_62GNj9G3GrRnlODkceyH1y6UimQ/s3919/IMG_20230319_214630.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2480" data-original-width="3919" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8W8DfFsiC0psy3cDGJRDveuspXqMoRPHzx9yh_mjEFcmWpATmY-3d2N2VKetQfH2NQi0xyCxsf2raaCTdrqZIK9Jugkst6MObkkDjO9okYZyBdUJOTuRHAB_KNQcuW5cuR-AuwtSBgiXpyZoXBJ8XLYT-_pt0cR_62GNj9G3GrRnlODkceyH1y6UimQ/w400-h254/IMG_20230319_214630.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 22.</i> <i>Fluorite </i><span><i>infographic from the RBA collection (in Spanish).</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p> </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>✨</b><u><b>Some interesting history and STEM trivia about fluorite</b></u>: </p><span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><span> </span>The <b>etymology </b>of the word is derived from the <b>Latin <i>fluere</i> ("to flow")</b>, and this is related to the low melting point of the mineral.<b> Fluorite has been historically often used as a flux </b>(chemical cleaning or flowing agent) <b>in iron smelting </b>(applying heat to ore) in order to decrease the viscosity of slag (by-product of smelting ores and metals). </li></ul><ul><li>Fluorite is also called <u><b>fluorospar</b></u>, a name coined in <b>1530</b> by <b>Georgius Agricola</b>, a German scientist specialized in metallurgy and mining. This name is a neo-Latinization of German <i>Flussspat</i>, derived from <i>Fluss</i> ("stream, river") and <i>Spat</i> (a non-metallic mineral). </li></ul><ul><li>Fluorite also gave its name to its constitutive element, <b><u>fluorine</u> (F)</b>, and also to the phenomenon of <u><b>fluorescence</b></u>, discovered in fluorites by <b>George Gabriel Stokes </b>in <b>1852</b>. Many samples of fluorite exhibit fluorescence, glowing a a blue-violet or yellow colour under short-wave and long-wave <b>ultraviolet light</b>. This phenomenon is due to certain
<b>impurities in the crystal</b>, trace amounts of <b>yttrium </b>(causing the yellow glow), <b>europium </b>(causing the violet glow), samarium, or other elements substitute for calcium in
the fluorite mineral structure.</li></ul><ul><li>Fluorite has multiple uses industrially: It is used as a <b>flux for smelting</b>, as mentioned above, as well as being a source of <b>fluorine</b> and<b> hydrofluoric acid</b>. This mineral is used in the production of some types of <b>glass and enamel</b>, and <b>transparent fluorite lenses</b>, which exhibit low dispersion and thus less chromatic aberrations, are extensively used in optical instrumentation, especially in <b>telescopes </b>and <b>microscopes</b>. Fluorite optics are
also used in the <b>far-ultraviolet and mid-infrared ranges</b>, where
conventional lenses are too opaque for use. <b> </b></li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;">And to finish, a couple of <b>videos </b>of my fluorites: </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyEbre20hLYYv78qE9ibt0YWJWOjSQeDhLKczVg-Eyz06CwvWhiHYd6AqgMU9ouqWJJVa97tq7UaZBwk_7tsg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><b><br /></b></div> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><p style="text-align: justify;">7) <u><b>Celestine</b></u>: </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn7EU1bKbw08bz-tRM5C2cMpE7V574OpjdNWlOrHKtROL5XX0JbcM-ZTyq6UR75CLvqUIBtkwA2LXmmYx44VlapdSoJd1zjpqRwCKD5PEP8sakhPHYz32UKTY-0u43FdfNaJWBJXbUmrOQPWL3JAbxe09OAMUKhUyBzNcL0mIEA6sbc4LHvDCcbR6Xkg/s3942/IMG_20230319_220135.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2138" data-original-width="3942" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn7EU1bKbw08bz-tRM5C2cMpE7V574OpjdNWlOrHKtROL5XX0JbcM-ZTyq6UR75CLvqUIBtkwA2LXmmYx44VlapdSoJd1zjpqRwCKD5PEP8sakhPHYz32UKTY-0u43FdfNaJWBJXbUmrOQPWL3JAbxe09OAMUKhUyBzNcL0mIEA6sbc4LHvDCcbR6Xkg/w640-h348/IMG_20230319_220135.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 23 - The large celestine cluster from the ren faire (left), and the medium-sized cluster from the RBA collection. Both feature beautiful crystals and the typical grey-blue tones.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8vohwZPKonCKD-r0LcYAgLfqPE5mFFeWtaFnIVSFi5w-uLPD4iX6_haKxxDCqgesWo0kJUv6xwwropJHICcIVyIWmg63BIgLxKc6_rtxN4WgcEVqryZaQQ64nOjfyhOVuvQPQQeM3YoZsj97au763zDPNYGoDM6angwMH9vWIRxnVtJ930Xt-155tsA/s3537/IMG_20230319_220219.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3537" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8vohwZPKonCKD-r0LcYAgLfqPE5mFFeWtaFnIVSFi5w-uLPD4iX6_haKxxDCqgesWo0kJUv6xwwropJHICcIVyIWmg63BIgLxKc6_rtxN4WgcEVqryZaQQ64nOjfyhOVuvQPQQeM3YoZsj97au763zDPNYGoDM6angwMH9vWIRxnVtJ930Xt-155tsA/w640-h420/IMG_20230319_220219.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig. 24 - The large celestine cluster from the ren faire (left), and the
medium-sized cluster from the RBA collection. </i></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"><span>Before getting the RBA collection specimen at long last (a medium-size cluster from <b>Madagascar</b>, <b>Figs. 23, 24 </b>and <b>26</b>), I was lucky to get a gorgeous celestine specimen at a local ren faire a few months ago </span>😃<b>✨</b><b>💎</b>
(<b>Figs. 23, 24 </b>and <b>25.1-4</b>). To the surprise of no one, the stall was full of pseudoscientific
'crystal healing' mumbo-jumbo, including the baffling case of a certain
tumbled gemstone (I don't recall which) which supposedly had the
property of 'resetting the ADN'. LOL 🤨🤣 But if that's the price I
have to pay to get this gorgeous celestine cluster with its beautiful
clear greyish-blue hue 💙, I guess I'll take it xD:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgq1e9jelwupQJh8nvrEyeXl9s4i7i4d01V146qkmUpApoaYUehj20giFssuSBj6pH5POtx_FM2gbqBYHSVWPfNfNT7dmm8zxpmnoyE8VrY18djLZO0-zBf-Bl8iVduSL_zGocarkVJ4wZ3WCAwYt__ALjf8lI1H32BEglZsBDopb-nSvoryMSLqPJTg/s2976/IMG_20221002_155630.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2667" data-original-width="2976" height="359" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgq1e9jelwupQJh8nvrEyeXl9s4i7i4d01V146qkmUpApoaYUehj20giFssuSBj6pH5POtx_FM2gbqBYHSVWPfNfNT7dmm8zxpmnoyE8VrY18djLZO0-zBf-Bl8iVduSL_zGocarkVJ4wZ3WCAwYt__ALjf8lI1H32BEglZsBDopb-nSvoryMSLqPJTg/w400-h359/IMG_20221002_155630.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig 25.1 - The large celestine cluster from the ren faire</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtj8XPAH1lq3YEp3tyIlgXk8bzSrIeGtfMPuFSlO_acXS9Yiye2t8due5hbeJtGp_-JZCV5tcaPbSQH_XyB2A8wSIAbYn8DQyqzZjQoDXNy7sM1XVECprA_QHzUNMO57Evepn0ebv_AdzoKiOzEOsaKYgN3VzYTh3oGrTNRgkV7fHRXlZAMdVmZvb7pw/s3198/IMG_20221002_160804.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3198" data-original-width="2864" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtj8XPAH1lq3YEp3tyIlgXk8bzSrIeGtfMPuFSlO_acXS9Yiye2t8due5hbeJtGp_-JZCV5tcaPbSQH_XyB2A8wSIAbYn8DQyqzZjQoDXNy7sM1XVECprA_QHzUNMO57Evepn0ebv_AdzoKiOzEOsaKYgN3VzYTh3oGrTNRgkV7fHRXlZAMdVmZvb7pw/w359-h400/IMG_20221002_160804.jpg" width="359" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig 25.2 - The large celestine cluster from the ren faire</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC1xptILsoWXiztKW36suHKsBsNwciYt8295aqKNXWJmuFfGSLk92Q3ANbL20TvndeEH0mhvmtm6NL7KdC5dzXb1MuHprn70xhbdi6JCkDwWkN-Gjd4naNR9qZwJdv4ZimmKlG03pawusQMy70JYEP-cGHa47ZaHIj4PIDkwHWSyvHq2fdYHt_Rlhnwg/s5358/Celestina_1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2541" data-original-width="5358" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC1xptILsoWXiztKW36suHKsBsNwciYt8295aqKNXWJmuFfGSLk92Q3ANbL20TvndeEH0mhvmtm6NL7KdC5dzXb1MuHprn70xhbdi6JCkDwWkN-Gjd4naNR9qZwJdv4ZimmKlG03pawusQMy70JYEP-cGHa47ZaHIj4PIDkwHWSyvHq2fdYHt_Rlhnwg/w640-h304/Celestina_1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig 25.3 - The large celestine cluster from the ren faire</i></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i> </i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmfvGXBPbvx0xQFiHwJ0pD1Rx75TuAs0WE-zqVt39KJQcnca9KxG7qG9Dys27Pc1ZH2yguDinMKxfT8IGF4gaI1zAoLXEU3BTE4L52s05CECl2XrHslCsdKvzniFh1JSihdkpKxMib3jQFZzUULGnHH734Fbmn78yYM0TpZDSN_hJFin03oKHPQp1DGA/s2952/IMG_20221002_160430.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2898" data-original-width="2952" height="393" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmfvGXBPbvx0xQFiHwJ0pD1Rx75TuAs0WE-zqVt39KJQcnca9KxG7qG9Dys27Pc1ZH2yguDinMKxfT8IGF4gaI1zAoLXEU3BTE4L52s05CECl2XrHslCsdKvzniFh1JSihdkpKxMib3jQFZzUULGnHH734Fbmn78yYM0TpZDSN_hJFin03oKHPQp1DGA/w400-h393/IMG_20221002_160430.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig 25.4 - The large celestine cluster from the ren faire</i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibIoSwrM0j3esLvO0sUo99ahpIuU6Ef49-UC5HFIklC0IPlY0eEVuf4RaLayP44m0d68k816qXnRNGP7rLoH-RNDRP3aKvEQg8BxPXwa8xFdmuS4mhPGJxY9j50PvZPGSUC1Fz1_jOJmWx97GrxKG3opGRltxGpkk5d5URaQWkxQZlAFhDvrVYQPEyrA/s7133/1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2500" data-original-width="7133" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibIoSwrM0j3esLvO0sUo99ahpIuU6Ef49-UC5HFIklC0IPlY0eEVuf4RaLayP44m0d68k816qXnRNGP7rLoH-RNDRP3aKvEQg8BxPXwa8xFdmuS4mhPGJxY9j50PvZPGSUC1Fz1_jOJmWx97GrxKG3opGRltxGpkk5d5URaQWkxQZlAFhDvrVYQPEyrA/w640-h224/1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig 26 - The smaller celestine cluster from the RBA collection<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8vohwZPKonCKD-r0LcYAgLfqPE5mFFeWtaFnIVSFi5w-uLPD4iX6_haKxxDCqgesWo0kJUv6xwwropJHICcIVyIWmg63BIgLxKc6_rtxN4WgcEVqryZaQQ64nOjfyhOVuvQPQQeM3YoZsj97au763zDPNYGoDM6angwMH9vWIRxnVtJ930Xt-155tsA/s3537/IMG_20230319_220219.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>Also, a couple of videos:<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxKmounruCh1f_IZlmBpSRM418INGgqfNLRC7sryTWMeIubyU8kKtUcHV9WPXm97gs7U1a7DV0iiqwTr-YttA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p style="text-align: center;"><span></span><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwu_a0RoFWwEQOZ2aWw6getCpmBrXKn6_gZWkMwaOk3SP0keYxJJSu6x7822LbYRYCDkk2sztJobrH3UPDHzw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></b></div><b><br /></b><p></p><p><b>💎</b><u><b>A bit about celestine</b></u>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestine_(mineral)" target="_blank">Source 1</a>, <a href="https://www.minerals.net/mineral/celestine.aspx" target="_blank">Source 2</a>, <a href="http://webmineral.com/data/Celestine.shtml#.Y1MiKeRBw2x" target="_blank">Source 3</a>, </b><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45997268-rocas-y-minerales-guia-v-definit" target="_blank">Source 4</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44285727-rocas-y-minerales-gu-as-de-la-naturaleza-gu-as-del-naturalista-rocas?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=fnW43xFes1&rank=1" target="_blank">Source 5</a>, <a href="https://www.mindat.org/min-927.html" target="_blank">Source 6</a></b></p><p><b></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQXkBHxjiUUi46gY4u2EwkTisRvFn9eQ4I7b3sskaKBH3urfqDRP8aAvLZFDsRRyFUQseHeIxjUYoELXo-cQGHg9D_tTYpjJHPhnRbmgALk-a3rN-PTTt6JLtiWQYJCn4Oer6b09m1UOYzJjKfpZtnhol5qpk7X9735hnRaj2Ea8scShKdiVljBBj2cA/s817/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(3522).png" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="817" data-original-width="327" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQXkBHxjiUUi46gY4u2EwkTisRvFn9eQ4I7b3sskaKBH3urfqDRP8aAvLZFDsRRyFUQseHeIxjUYoELXo-cQGHg9D_tTYpjJHPhnRbmgALk-a3rN-PTTt6JLtiWQYJCn4Oer6b09m1UOYzJjKfpZtnhol5qpk7X9735hnRaj2Ea8scShKdiVljBBj2cA/w160-h400/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(3522).png" width="160" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 26. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestine_%28mineral%29" target="_blank">Source</a>.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><u>Celestine</u> </b>(also known as <b>Celestite</b>) is a mineral that consists of <b>strontium sulfate (SrSO<span style="font-size: x-small;">4</span>)</b>. Celestine is so named for its most famous hue, a<b> celestial clear pale grey-blue </b>(other colours for celestine - all of them created by impurities, as <b>pure celestine is colourless</b> - include rarer shades of red, orange, yellow and green). This mineral is fragile and hard to cut, and so it is very seldom used in jewellery, being found mostly in its rough geode or cluster form. Celestine is instead esteemed among collectors for its <b>beautiful and well-formed (di)pyramidal crystals</b> with their distinctive blue colour. <br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p></p></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><p><b>✨</b><u><b>Some interesting trivia about celestine</b></u>: </p><ul><li><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">The <b>etymology </b>of the word is derived from the Latin </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i>caelestis</i> "celestial"</b>, from </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>caelum</i> "sky, heaven", and refers to its grey-blue sky-blue colour</span><span style="font-size: medium;">. The mineral started to be called "Celestite" in 1798.</span><br /></li></ul><ul><li>Celestine is the primary source of <b>strontium</b>, which mixed into a metal salt is used to created red-coloured fireworks (<i>not a fan, but cool chemistry fact, I guess</i> 😅).</li></ul><ul><li>Celestine is a <b>luminescent </b>mineral, glowing bluish-white when exposed both to heat (<b>thermoluminescence</b>) and ultraviolet light (<b>fluorescence</b>).<br /></li></ul><ul><li><span>The New Age, 'metaphysical' and 'crystal healing' <b>pseudoscientific</b> world claims that Celestine can be used as a focus for meditation and mindfulness, and its "high vibrations" help with spiritual development, aura cleansing, flushing out "toxins", astral dreaming, and angelic communication (<i>well, maybe Aziraphale fashioned a vintage telephone out of it in Good Omens</i></span> 😅
😂<span>). You supposedly "charge" it in moonlight. All of this </span><span>is of course scientifically unfounded.</span><span> </span></li></ul></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHlOBAYB8hwzmhq-RmNPqy1JILByCDNH6Y2LRwpglHgFndyfb3kyRyP68HME0yVAYkwbOnbBgxlUTna-0HweOLBZP2N9vsaVBkCWdUmfFnyABcq-ozHDojNcWqZpbHKSRUtPFRoCT6qfUeV-l8ddruhMbFpMpDlkHGRE16RKuBN60B4x9VzLlnyF3rWZcL/s268/tumblr_pg6qmuuvQR1ty9akao1_400.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="170" data-original-width="268" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHlOBAYB8hwzmhq-RmNPqy1JILByCDNH6Y2LRwpglHgFndyfb3kyRyP68HME0yVAYkwbOnbBgxlUTna-0HweOLBZP2N9vsaVBkCWdUmfFnyABcq-ozHDojNcWqZpbHKSRUtPFRoCT6qfUeV-l8ddruhMbFpMpDlkHGRE16RKuBN60B4x9VzLlnyF3rWZcL/s1600/tumblr_pg6qmuuvQR1ty9akao1_400.gif" width="268" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Even actual angels (and demons) seem to prefer to use an actual phone as a first option </i>😅
😂</td></tr></tbody></table><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfISlNTacDtUHw7NcXsCLLtwNGRi3ZXPvwJNDp61SOh99Pv-7yppzggMCbic0jmj80SEgvy3qJxAj-L6YcYFT9VzJZeG-EMqrWJxu76SG55b5r9mUqhAoEBP4zFQRijdUt3T5bOthBxatE9kFeW98Pw5fUBPrQHc2IAUHtkVXNFfWWC0OA1qTOgaE0FQ/s3471/IMG_20230319_214613.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2095" data-original-width="3471" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfISlNTacDtUHw7NcXsCLLtwNGRi3ZXPvwJNDp61SOh99Pv-7yppzggMCbic0jmj80SEgvy3qJxAj-L6YcYFT9VzJZeG-EMqrWJxu76SG55b5r9mUqhAoEBP4zFQRijdUt3T5bOthBxatE9kFeW98Pw5fUBPrQHc2IAUHtkVXNFfWWC0OA1qTOgaE0FQ/w400-h241/IMG_20230319_214613.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Fig 28. Celestine </i><span><i>infographic from the RBA collection (in Spanish). Curiously, the advertised celestine in this number from the collection lacks the typical grey-blue colour of these crystals, instead showcasing the colourless/white variety. <br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span><br /></span><p></p><p><span>-Finally, here are some <b>infographics</b> from the collection (in Spanish) about all the minerals in this post: <b>gold, quartz</b>, <b>rose quartz</b>, <b>Tiger's eye</b>, <b>amethyst</b>, <b>blue agate</b>, <b>fluorite</b> and <b>celestine </b>(<i>click on the pics or open in new tab for larger pics!</i>):</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM63IlwVQRDaqnvtDPiLTkEpBRfPF8EtgpZL0e651SDRJtzbVpHEbB8x7Vp0ZVCPG1IwgLR21SNk9JnnBBQkRvPf9ZVDMfuSKBUq3p_QV9AIdivT4AP8M_UY9Ong3HZA6FdsARH1hMbTlWhy2H0OYFy1tGTXuGyqyh5IWpkjVxlrml-FPzfdQNniGYXQ/s3968/IMG_20230130_003404.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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On the next minerals post: <b>Fuchsite, rhodonite, quartz geodes, pyrite and galena </b></span><span><b><b>😃💎</b></b></span></p></div></div>Arwendë Luhtiénë / Marta Lúthienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01043611744907294700noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255946979377638758.post-17046836043777134652022-08-14T08:44:00.004-07:002022-12-26T14:17:25.666-08:00I'm a Doctor (not *that* Doctor)! Astrophysics PhD defense 📃🌟🪐<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJQDa7TrqqXEi_iVHnP3bMRDy7m6WV4GqdnTH2P1saydeD6bidayTTo79wcWBort4nFH1cKC30qyNqJnsEV4mw71nSOI24oUNdOjr4Jyx1Um2C-R9iS7_5Uty5tBXH4NDXBDOSyHcyyA6WCtQecanU1k-_VOdpxfc85SzXzffClrhFOMBRc1i2O2GHsg/s1564/IMG_20220515_153959.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1564" data-original-width="1564" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJQDa7TrqqXEi_iVHnP3bMRDy7m6WV4GqdnTH2P1saydeD6bidayTTo79wcWBort4nFH1cKC30qyNqJnsEV4mw71nSOI24oUNdOjr4Jyx1Um2C-R9iS7_5Uty5tBXH4NDXBDOSyHcyyA6WCtQecanU1k-_VOdpxfc85SzXzffClrhFOMBRc1i2O2GHsg/w400-h400/IMG_20220515_153959.jpg" width="400" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: justify;">I would like to begin to redress the fact that I don't often blog about science here with a post about my thesis defense 😃🌟🪐🔭📚📐📃📊. <b>A thesis on Stellar Astrophysics that I finally defended the last 10th of May after years of working on my PhD project, so I can now call myself a Doctor in Astrophysics </b>😄 (as a Whovian, this translates to 🎵Doo-wee-ooo!🎵 xDD). </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH0ZpuZbfPjTz60JnfUkAkf5P16pq-deFY7da1FXmXVZou9kW0RzzkyQLj3FdZ3ExZ2-niJCHWM9Ul2BjCtmudXZ88eoWNqMirHVbPEfFi-vzaMRdl2765dzjHOz94qe5mRKNeFbzu_80tbUm4R3pDbx2SMUPZh8X06sdPs1ClkL1AX24qh-etthYu7g/s245/tumblr_pigdvaFiUt1qkg1fro8_250.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="245" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH0ZpuZbfPjTz60JnfUkAkf5P16pq-deFY7da1FXmXVZou9kW0RzzkyQLj3FdZ3ExZ2-niJCHWM9Ul2BjCtmudXZ88eoWNqMirHVbPEfFi-vzaMRdl2765dzjHOz94qe5mRKNeFbzu_80tbUm4R3pDbx2SMUPZh8X06sdPs1ClkL1AX24qh-etthYu7g/w320-h196/tumblr_pigdvaFiUt1qkg1fro8_250.gif" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Result!</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioZ6YEfJ37dzBTJRFLPgyd03J4DyHOxFZNoLxCFBKytOgmNl-wm5dU3nRZrP5JP2W8DBJfJtPxZQdn9AaNM9CyAG2YZlpFM1aXjqIieXYLns7lepTRamGC6lsAkyw7urXplYqvBbcPY0dhqQZtsc5hf5ghbspQ6sARxv_64Pz3NLgYJZDvvbXCAwRdEA/s498/galactic-republic-doctor-who.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="281" data-original-width="498" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioZ6YEfJ37dzBTJRFLPgyd03J4DyHOxFZNoLxCFBKytOgmNl-wm5dU3nRZrP5JP2W8DBJfJtPxZQdn9AaNM9CyAG2YZlpFM1aXjqIieXYLns7lepTRamGC6lsAkyw7urXplYqvBbcPY0dhqQZtsc5hf5ghbspQ6sARxv_64Pz3NLgYJZDvvbXCAwRdEA/w320-h181/galactic-republic-doctor-who.gif" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Come on, you knew I had to make that pun xD</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"> These years of being a PhD student have featured a lot of data analysis and graphs, a <a href="https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2020/11/aa37620-20/aa37620-20.html" target="_blank">first author scientific paper published in 2020</a>, a series of <a href="https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0002-7569-3513" target="_blank">posters and presentations</a> for various meetings and conferences, (a pandemic in progress 😬), an intense last half a year of analysis, then 3 intensive months of non-stop writing the whole thesis 😅<span class="_aacl _aaco _aacu _aacx _aad7 _aade">📝💻</span>, a few months of revisions, and various steps of logistics and printing shenanigans. Phew!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><b><span class="_aacl _aaco _aacu _aacx _aad7 _aade">🌟</span></b></b><u><b>Download links</b></u>: </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDfxU6F41UJGpZtZLJHdT7Y3wzbUxZ2iZWjCsH28KbIRy11GQNGq6skc_ttjEEAWoJFeH3zOEMf61Y4P7tYzJQowEFeQeD-9EPCxU1vwKac9QrOl-D5BkpVOZV-7QxEX5hRn3ti0yMTyK4LUxYk6qvUykCCxeB1Ue3u877DTWcEU8TIxW-eHy8OyyQdQ/s1701/PORTADA_LOMO_CONTRAPORTADA_final_A4_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1122" data-original-width="1701" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDfxU6F41UJGpZtZLJHdT7Y3wzbUxZ2iZWjCsH28KbIRy11GQNGq6skc_ttjEEAWoJFeH3zOEMf61Y4P7tYzJQowEFeQeD-9EPCxU1vwKac9QrOl-D5BkpVOZV-7QxEX5hRn3ti0yMTyK4LUxYk6qvUykCCxeB1Ue3u877DTWcEU8TIxW-eHy8OyyQdQ/w640-h422/PORTADA_LOMO_CONTRAPORTADA_final_A4_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>The cover and backcover of my PhD thesis. The cover includes an image of a stellar spectrum measured by GES, and the graph in the backcover depict the Li envelopes that I obtained as the main final results of this project.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">As you can see in the image above, the title of my thesis is <b><i>The lithium-age relation: Calibration with open clusters and associations</i></b>. In this large scale work we have <b>calibrated </b>a series of <b>42 stellar open clusters and associations observed by </b>the last data release of the <b><i>Gaia</i>-ESO (GES) Survey</b>, <b>GES iDR6</b>, covering an <b>age range from 1 Myr to 5 Gyr</b>. We have <b>studied lithium as an age indicator for pre- and main-sequence FGKM late-type stars</b>, with the ultimate aim of <b>calibrating an empirical Li-age relation </b>that would help to <b>estimate age ranges for both field stars and other open clusters</b>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> You can read and download the thesis here:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><h3>✨<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vP37b8sCTUvf7rixpnLLkfBSsIQEAG6m/view " target="_blank"><b>Read and download my PhD thesis here</b></a> as a Google Drive file, on <a href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022PhDT.........6G%2F/abstract" target="_blank">ADS</a>, and on the <a href="https://eprints.ucm.es/id/eprint/75815/" target="_blank">UCM E-prints</a>.</h3><h3><br /></h3><h3>✨<a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1abgQjkENdapOFf5BvsJ0-OdfSbv6h-s7 " target="_blank"><b>Browse and d</b></a><a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1abgQjkENdapOFf5BvsJ0-OdfSbv6h-s7 " target="_blank"><b>ownload all the data tables here</b></a> as Google Drive files, in .FITS and Excel .xlsx formats.</h3><h3> </h3></div><div style="text-align: justify;">✨Also, my thesis as part of the <a href="https://webs.ucm.es/info/Astrof/invest/actividad/tesis/tesis_mlgutierrez.html" target="_blank"><b>list of Stellar Astrophysics PhD projects supervised by David Montes</b></a>. You can also download the thesis there, as well as look at the <a href="https://webs.ucm.es/info/Astrof/invest/actividad/tesis/tesis_mlgutierrez.html#tesis_pub" target="_blank"><b>list of publications</b></a>.<br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZr7xZtScPF2xXQ3yb95tH31bjWd4acx1vUTbpjox1GyE9AIVOoDvjjDp78DjlxyEkm2ksLifJaHW4isRBHo8c3wy1K_MIhcfyrx3dC2mwkfu6sbgPIA7wD3szFxop7ni9wScIhotq3dMLc1GZPWLkoCzn0y0ERoGH58q73_6dCAhsgiuZEEXNEZ2mJQ/s1080/287273156_3233104420282960_5148114821330133325_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZr7xZtScPF2xXQ3yb95tH31bjWd4acx1vUTbpjox1GyE9AIVOoDvjjDp78DjlxyEkm2ksLifJaHW4isRBHo8c3wy1K_MIhcfyrx3dC2mwkfu6sbgPIA7wD3szFxop7ni9wScIhotq3dMLc1GZPWLkoCzn0y0ERoGH58q73_6dCAhsgiuZEEXNEZ2mJQ/w320-h320/287273156_3233104420282960_5148114821330133325_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="_aacl _aaco _aacu _aacx _aad7 _aade">This
meme seems fitting, considering my childhood self kept drawing huge
stars, vaguely spherical planets and especially purple Saturn's
</span></i><span class="_aacl _aaco _aacu _aacx _aad7 _aade">😁🤣👌🌟🪐📝</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="_aacl _aaco _aacu _aacx _aad7 _aade"> </span></b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIGHP-D_ZeAkBEwKVpKjwZLJbCIzGs2c2MMtZkUqGVByqDQIWC1iy5vaJWPE87gbJFHgiVZuM7jNRb9FS6GM-RdsIwFyLpt3vxdQO8fMcyFArqEqj8vDQ1ty9aZtdqrbaqgR0agNqsErb2K62d2vm8iAWU7MeibztPAhBxgaALSWtwHxh3bSc9DqFaXg/s500/13_excited_3.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="281" data-original-width="500" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIGHP-D_ZeAkBEwKVpKjwZLJbCIzGs2c2MMtZkUqGVByqDQIWC1iy5vaJWPE87gbJFHgiVZuM7jNRb9FS6GM-RdsIwFyLpt3vxdQO8fMcyFArqEqj8vDQ1ty9aZtdqrbaqgR0agNqsErb2K62d2vm8iAWU7MeibztPAhBxgaALSWtwHxh3bSc9DqFaXg/s320/13_excited_3.gif" width="320" /></a></i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="_aacl _aaco _aacu _aacx _aad7 _aade">🌟</span></b><u><b>Format and abstract</b></u>:</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I organized my thesis as follows: After the <b>initial quotes</b> (including Doctor Who and Tolkien, of course xD) and the <b>acknowledgments</b>, this book begins with an <b>abstract </b>in both Spanish and English <b>summarizing the context, aims, methods and results of my PhD project</b>. The thesis has <b>5 chapters, 6 appendixes</b>, and finally, a <b>bibliography </b>with all the references that I used in this work. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">As well as briefly describing the content of the chapters and appendixes, I'm also adding a slightly more <b>summarized version of the first paragraphs from the abstract</b>, so as to better contextualize and explain a bit of what my thesis is about in this post:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS64lm0D2cgi8ueBUEpQ1tfVct0nFc-TCwAuxd7KM3nUpUrUkwH1PwS3QCekqXQDlMBc2pnDrfbwYdvfHlSpmmM_gxNF8GxT4L9J3TXkKQi-bOllchmpG8lA_AqQhEaK9CEZW1zBn_dMJPJultUVh4-NXihWaBwPBfque3VcNk_Mx5z0M30vBzNUEtHQ/s543/Espectro%20portada3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="543" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS64lm0D2cgi8ueBUEpQ1tfVct0nFc-TCwAuxd7KM3nUpUrUkwH1PwS3QCekqXQDlMBc2pnDrfbwYdvfHlSpmmM_gxNF8GxT4L9J3TXkKQi-bOllchmpG8lA_AqQhEaK9CEZW1zBn_dMJPJultUVh4-NXihWaBwPBfque3VcNk_Mx5z0M30vBzNUEtHQ/w320-h198/Espectro%20portada3.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>A stellar spectrum measured by GES, indicating a significant Li I line at 6707.76 Å, as well as the adjacent Fe I line at 6707.43 Å.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i><b>Lithium</b> is a very fragile element that is easily destroyed in stellar interiors. In <b>solar-type and lower mass stars</b>, lithium is slowly being depleted and its surface abundance decreases over time. For this reason, lithium is <b>a very sensitive tracer of stellar evolution</b>, and is especially relevant in the <b>determination of the age of stellar clusters</b>. </i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>The <b>lithium abundance</b> observed in pre- and main-sequence late-type stars is <b>strongly age-dependent, but also shows a complex pattern depending on several parameters</b>, such as rotation, chromospheric activity, metallicity, mixing mechanisms, and convection structure. The <b>best way to calibrate these effects is to analyse coeval groups of stars, such as open clusters and associations</b>.</i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>For all the analysis in this thesis we have used the latest data release provided by the </i><b>Gaia</b><i><b>-ESO Survey (GES)</b>, <b>GES iDR6</b>, as well as the data provided by<b> </b></i><b>Gaia </b><i><b>EDR3</b>. <b>GES</b> is a large, public spectroscopic survey that provides an homogeneous overview of the distribution of kinematics, dynamical structure and chemical compositions in the Galaxy, and has measured data for a great number of stars, as well as near 100 open clusters, from 2011 until 2018. This survey uses the multi-object spectrograph <b>FLAMES </b>on the Very Large Telescope (ESO, Chile) to obtain both high resolution spectra with <b>UVES </b>(Ultraviolet and Visual Echelle Spectrograph) and medium resolution spectra with <b>GIRAFFE</b>. </i></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsxbqsgM2nSo0ddLLSJiBKnAa1KD5wQOMG5Ves-pJy4fY6txMltJQvm7TwigE80FNyi6fK9jvjo6_GfHO2djshd1Ml4pAW8dF5-tjlM46GV5eek5IE8yLpQQBpLEGjYUToXA3Rlwd-zbEueDRqZ2GLRd4dz2LQEEHyqxudosGAL3BrdUePCkC1_6oj4g/s1280/Gaia1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="849" data-original-width="1280" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsxbqsgM2nSo0ddLLSJiBKnAa1KD5wQOMG5Ves-pJy4fY6txMltJQvm7TwigE80FNyi6fK9jvjo6_GfHO2djshd1Ml4pAW8dF5-tjlM46GV5eek5IE8yLpQQBpLEGjYUToXA3Rlwd-zbEueDRqZ2GLRd4dz2LQEEHyqxudosGAL3BrdUePCkC1_6oj4g/s320/Gaia1.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>An artist’s concept of the Gaia spacecraft. Credit: ESA</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"><i></i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u><b>Chapter 1</b></u> introduces an overview of all the topics and <b>scientific background</b> that a reader could need to better understand and contextualize this work: From stellar nucleosynthesis to <b>lithium depletion</b>, the <b>Li-age relation</b>, the <b>dependence of Li on </b>parameters such as <b>rotation, activity and metallicity</b>, and an overview of <b>GES, <i>Gaia </i>and other missions and surveys </b>from which we used data in our analysis.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u><b>Chapter 2</b></u> begins by describing the <b>star cluster sample</b> that we used throughout the whole
project and then details the throrough <b>membership analysis</b> that we
conducted to obtain <b>lists of robust candidate</b> <b>members for each cluster</b>. To obtain these lists of clusters members, we made use of all available parameters derived from the GES spectroscopic observations, and we explored numerous <b>criteria</b>: <b>Kinematics, analysis of the astrometry and photometry provided by Gaia, gravity indicators, metallicity, and Li content.</b> All these membership analyses were complemented with detailed bibliographical searches and contrasted with existing membership studies using data from <i>Gaia</i>. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">In <u><b>Chapter 3</b></u> we then conducted a <b>comparative study</b> that allowed us to q<b>uantify the observable lithium dispersion in each cluster</b>, and analyse in detail its <b>dependence with several other stellar parameters </b>derived from GES: <b>rotation, accretion indicators, chromospheric activity (Hα), and metallicity</b>. We were in this way able to confirm the correlations and findings of earlier publications regarding the dependence of Li with rotation and activity, and we additionally observed the effects of metallicity in the Li depletion of coeval clusters. In this chapter we also included a general <b>overview of the evolution of rotation (gyrochronology) and activity across age</b> and their dependence with colour and stellar mass, making use of rotation-colour and activity-colour diagrams. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrSJAmAccQ28335p7qClSBcWqWGlfyW-3yytw8gZxejG2Roe_NgKNlbA-qWHMkBZjQzJgvp2a29aDtQYETVb_dVl2iwnqCZamAO7J9q574Hv1r4D6rITVVaGM_5uMiAbBoO2OgPOjtcS_wgCFyYQBNu_R9hISeOoycvGHTURctX9B8eQahwZEdZn-aeA/s1280/Fig3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1237" data-original-width="1280" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrSJAmAccQ28335p7qClSBcWqWGlfyW-3yytw8gZxejG2Roe_NgKNlbA-qWHMkBZjQzJgvp2a29aDtQYETVb_dVl2iwnqCZamAO7J9q574Hv1r4D6rITVVaGM_5uMiAbBoO2OgPOjtcS_wgCFyYQBNu_R9hISeOoycvGHTURctX9B8eQahwZEdZn-aeA/s320/Fig3.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The empirical Li envelopes obtained in this project, plotted in a </i>EW<i>(Li) vs </i>T<i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">eff</span> diagram</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"> The identification of likely candidate members of all clusters and the characterizations of the properties of these candidates finally allowed us to <b>calibrate a Li-age relation </b>in <u><b>Chapter 4</b></u>. We did this by obtaining a series of <b>empirical lithium envelopes for key ages</b> in our cluster sample. We also constrained the<b> lithium depletion boundary (LDB) </b>for those clusters in the 15-500 Myr age range with the aid of several models. One of the applications of these lithium envelopes when it comes to using lithium as an effective age indicator is to <b>plot field stars whose age is yet unknown in <i>EW</i>(Li) vs <i>T</i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">eff</span> diagrams, and use the Li envelopes as a guide to estimate their ages</b>.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">In the last chapter, <u><b>Chapter 5</b></u>, we <b>summarized our results and described our future work</b>. Our main objective regarding future work is to use this Li-age relation and the empirical envelopes we have obtained to<b> infer age ranges for GES field stars whose ages are still unknown, as well as identify their potential membership to stellar kinematic groups of different ages</b>. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">As for the <u><b>appendixes</b></u>, <u><b>Appendix A</b></u> includes the <b>list of publications</b> (which I'll also add below), <u><b>Appendix B</b></u> contains <b>individual notes for each sample cluster,</b> detailing the membership analysis, relevant particular cases, a thorough comparison with other membership studies from the literature, and also individual cases regarding the study of rotation and activity. Then we have <u><b>Appendixes C and E</b></u>, with all the <b>individual graphs and diagrams</b> pertaining to the <b>membership analysis</b> for each cluster (<u><b>Appendix C</b></u>), as well as the <b>dependence of the Li content on rotation and activity</b> (<u><b>Appendix E</b></u>). <u><b>Appendix D</b></u>, for its part, describes the<b> format and content of all the long data tables</b> (<a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1abgQjkENdapOFf5BvsJ0-OdfSbv6h-s7 " target="_blank"><b>available online</b></a>, link also above in this post)<b> </b>including all GES and <i>Gaia </i>parameters used in this work, as well as detailed information on membership analysis, the lists of final candidate members, and particular cases of interest (Li-rich giant contaminants, strong accretors and binaries). Finally, <u><b>Appendix F</b></u> lists in table format the <b>obtained empirical envelopes</b> from Chapter 4.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid8iwhUKtOsZyGaDX2ZLgJF31LTVYdhIpaoS09RpiKQ4Ad6QoGN0ztwG1WDTwGChSVelI-SHDsdlbpiXDngz1GMY9tayJezOjeTM_vmEE_KdVjKkgsaIwCsPlwOEmaHsROeTAjBVpTHxumL57mhgzZNyZn3MEHS291DgXRPA5FAQ6wVb5J-p7ldSXmHA/s5502/%C3%ADndice.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3348" data-original-width="5502" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid8iwhUKtOsZyGaDX2ZLgJF31LTVYdhIpaoS09RpiKQ4Ad6QoGN0ztwG1WDTwGChSVelI-SHDsdlbpiXDngz1GMY9tayJezOjeTM_vmEE_KdVjKkgsaIwCsPlwOEmaHsROeTAjBVpTHxumL57mhgzZNyZn3MEHS291DgXRPA5FAQ6wVb5J-p7ldSXmHA/w640-h390/%C3%ADndice.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><b><span class="_aacl _aaco _aacu _aacx _aad7 _aade">🌟</span></b></b><u><b>List of publications</b></u>: <br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The PDF below shows the <b>list of publications during my PhD years</b>. The most important one is a <a href="https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2020/11/aa37620-20/aa37620-20.html" target="_blank">first author scientific paper</a>, published in 2020 in the refereed journal<b> Astronomy&Astrophysics (A&A)</b>. This paper describes the <b>membership analysis of 20 out of the 42 open clusters in my thesis, using the data from the fourth data release from GES, iDR4</b><span> </span> - This cluster calibration work was later updated and expanded 22 more clusters, and using the data from GES iDR6 and Gaia EDR3, as described above.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As part of the <b>GES consortium</b>, I also became a <b>coauthor of five more articles</b> published in refereed journals (four in A&A and one in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society). The PDF also lists and links to a series of <b>posters and abstracts published as conference proceedings and/or presented at several conferences</b> from 2015 to 2021.<br /></p><h3>✨<b>You can also find my list of publications on <a href="https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0002-7569-3513" target="_blank">ORCID </a>and <a href="https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57218177514" target="_blank">Scopus</a>.</b></h3><h3><b><br /></b></h3><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">
</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe height="700" src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DM2XVuNyb3w9QLrehS6pE3NuyaSVTpVr/preview" width="700"></iframe> <br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="_aacl _aaco _aacu _aacx _aad7 _aade">🌟My thesis project is also summarized in my <u><b>PhD defense presentation</b></u>, which you can also see here below: </span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="_aacl _aaco _aacu _aacx _aad7 _aade"><iframe height="700" src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/12QYHfILXlQ-w3XPG2F96E59xHmzj2hxL/preview" width="700"></iframe> <br /></span></p><p></p><b><b><span class="_aacl _aaco _aacu _aacx _aad7 _aade"></span></b></b><p></p><p>And finally, here are some <b>pics from the thesis defense</b>, taken by <a href="https://darksapiens.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Dark Sapiens</a>, <a href="https://tarmaerika.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Pilar Erika</a>, and my supervisor <a href="https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMUZPGMZsSxJEgfzO92k5ax9WWAuo6mx3jtuLBEO6gyzeXvh23woSMal5Xc1VvGVQ?key=TXpfdzlHMmp6ZHBybTZtVngtVTBUUWU3TTdoN05n" target="_blank">David Montes</a>:<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0nSZ_JsNVs_l1_eP6SvvqQOKMxhlf_2BfiCUOqh4p8X9p6Dlai4uiSRSifKqS9FIwS-UlKfLjV26o3_hUVM_-psG1gq28bLsV7Ix_4yxrv45yHguOwhXpJO4o6pDoHjY7TSq2Yv95cRPrv8p6Hp8MYHWy1LuiEineiZBmk6ADvzDfUaxotdFrXl6wmA/s3879/IMG_4817_r_ps.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3256" data-original-width="4912" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNdP35rCjB3LnFjUiIE6TL5OlZhmsWjmgsM9ph3CihP14wwZRrAbwV8BoiUJEPfELSCCiwMiAMoctdqvuUg2ZRQP5PbvcZLxCiK7J_UfggOca-6t6OklQS2xAJit7mDAkcC_P3quZ1Uf2qAeH9Lur9TAWFzRKux337VKNgT2d3ZmrB1R9A9GQa5VILww/w400-h265/DSC_0608_r.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p style="text-align: justify;">So that's it for today's science post 😀<span class="_aacl _aaco _aacu _aacx _aad7 _aade">🌟</span> <span class="_aacl _aaco _aacu _aacx _aad7 _aade">🌌🔭! I'd like to post a bit more often about Astrophysics and science on here, and I was thinking about maybe starting by doing another post about the article that I got published in A&A back in 2020. This article is the first part of the one that I'm writing right now, including all the final analysis and results of my PhD project, so we'll see when they appear on here! </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="_aacl _aaco _aacu _aacx _aad7 _aade">In the meantime</span> - </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigsmswg0NGhX5S9E5NokHOBP3l5Ap7NJsM8riJFjMOc9xF1bZ47Qy9LyCj5rVx0eCgZLxhuZeGt5QzLBTieDi4oBTlG8h853m6C2ju5ZrYxZukDlOsubF271sMuZq6TeCMi2ZYwAUkgE1FBRZnkndCqo-O8nbdBr3sa4h_1tEl5JWekb2JFqcwdEd4uw/s5152/Thirteen2021_11.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigsmswg0NGhX5S9E5NokHOBP3l5Ap7NJsM8riJFjMOc9xF1bZ47Qy9LyCj5rVx0eCgZLxhuZeGt5QzLBTieDi4oBTlG8h853m6C2ju5ZrYxZukDlOsubF271sMuZq6TeCMi2ZYwAUkgE1FBRZnkndCqo-O8nbdBr3sa4h_1tEl5JWekb2JFqcwdEd4uw/w400-h300/Thirteen2021_11.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p><i>Doctor out </i><span class="_aacl _aaco _aacu _aacx _aad7 _aade"><span class="_aacl _aaco _aacu _aacx _aad7 _aade">😁</span>✨💙🌈</span><i><span class="_aacl _aaco _aacu _aacx _aad7 _aade">!</span></i></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p>Arwendë Luhtiénë / Marta Lúthienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01043611744907294700noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255946979377638758.post-62804336200482625552022-08-08T07:26:00.005-07:002023-09-12T19:32:31.838-07:00Goodreads feminist reviews - Tolkien illustrated books: Fall of Gondolin and Unfinished Tales<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfDWySx6Ug2-tl-itMmE8EXYz6XuWafc7_W3Lj97EF1AfJUq-mA1drELwxHkFc1Hpgyu8Y2koc6-H50V6tnsEC5w6X9tKneaNjOANBpvXYFqVPpoCbBr4a9eaKsGehbJiJahcqYO6srhpdd2NMqkRJ5OfP8qcQhk1fIAO_0VE1_bIV_uN4FVoMnzTLDA/s2879/53267166bcf4d0f68d54c55e3d2a4124.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2879" data-original-width="1920" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfDWySx6Ug2-tl-itMmE8EXYz6XuWafc7_W3Lj97EF1AfJUq-mA1drELwxHkFc1Hpgyu8Y2koc6-H50V6tnsEC5w6X9tKneaNjOANBpvXYFqVPpoCbBr4a9eaKsGehbJiJahcqYO6srhpdd2NMqkRJ5OfP8qcQhk1fIAO_0VE1_bIV_uN4FVoMnzTLDA/w266-h400/53267166bcf4d0f68d54c55e3d2a4124.jpg" width="266" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 1 - Tuor arrives at Gondolin, by Alan Lee (illustration for </i>The Fall of Gondolin<i>)</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"> Another Tolkien post, more illustrated book reviews ✨! These were originally separate reviews
on Goodreads, but I decided to make a couple of individual longer posts to talk
about some of the <b>illustrated Tolkien books published in the last few years</b>: In the <a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2022/07/goodreads-feminist-reviews-tolkien.html" target="_blank">latest post</a> I talked lengthily about <b><i>Beren and Lúthien</i></b> (which should be frankly rather titled <i>Lúthien and Beren</i>, but ah well, see the post for a lengthy rant about all that xD), and in this post I'll be now commenting on <b><i>The Fall of Gondolin</i></b> from the <b>'Tales of Middle-earth' series</b>, and the newly <b>illustrated edition of <i>Unfinished Tales</i> from 2020</b>, which I got as a gift after finally defending my Astrophysics PhD thesis 😃. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">As a Tolkien collector, I wanted to have all three of these books mainly because of the <b>new illustrations by Alan Lee (alongside John Howe and Ted Nasmith for the latest edition of <i>Unfinished Tales</i>)</b>, but in these reviews I'm also going to talk about the <b>pros and cons of these books regarding their material, organization, format and commentary</b>,
and how worth it they are, in my opinion, either as reading material
for a Tolkienite in general, as source material for a Tolkienite
scholar, or as an additional book for a Tolkien book collector. Random
feminist ramblings will also feature, as per the norm of this blog xD, and there will be an <b>specific focus on these reviews regarding the representation and portrayal of female characters</b>, as usual.</p><div style="text-align: center;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>2) <i><b>The Fall of Gondolin</b></i></li></ul><p style="text-align: justify;"><b> </b><b>Book</b>: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39798828-the-fall-of-gondolin" target="_blank"><i><b>The Fall of Gondolin</b></i></a> <b>(2018)</b>, by <b><b>J.R.R. Tolkien, </b></b><b><b>edited by Christopher Tolkien </b></b>and<b><b> illustrated by Alan Lee</b>. </b> The second of the <b>'Tales of Middle-earth' series </b>edited by Christopher Tolkien (I-III) and Brian Sibley (IV), and illustrated by Alan Lee.<b><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgko-Pw6GEtFXa5QnjjTfhMdyUfrNfpKgGtnKAo_6umBW19uRZw141cqy3PgGZXsobMi7hc_wD6dIvIaagLRrMPbQYxsib-YkSH4TPns_hGpoCpf87sQzKUXQEavcSZ0Pvs3nuOj_3c15JljbLHGT9a4tfbXFy2k-UizuTtZHQ4kMo7jh-6QbZ57cRTZA/s500/51qkgXjiGbL.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="325" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgko-Pw6GEtFXa5QnjjTfhMdyUfrNfpKgGtnKAo_6umBW19uRZw141cqy3PgGZXsobMi7hc_wD6dIvIaagLRrMPbQYxsib-YkSH4TPns_hGpoCpf87sQzKUXQEavcSZ0Pvs3nuOj_3c15JljbLHGT9a4tfbXFy2k-UizuTtZHQ4kMo7jh-6QbZ57cRTZA/s320/51qkgXjiGbL.jpg" width="208" /></a></b> <br /></p><p><b>4/5. <b>Goodreads review</b> </b>also <b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2888459851?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a>. </b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><b>- </b><u><b>Is buying this book worth it? My opinion on content and forma</b><b>t</b></u>: </b><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">As with <a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2022/07/goodreads-feminist-reviews-tolkien.html" target="_blank"><i>Beren and Lúthien</i></a>, this is a <b>compilation of Tolkien works already published in books such as <i>The Book of Lost
Tales II</i> or <i>Unfinished Tales</i>, with some added commentary</b>, this time
revolving around the <b>story of Tuor, Idril and the Fall of Gondolin</b>, and
accompanied by a series of <b>new drawings and watercolour plates by Alan Lee</b>. <br />
<br />
<b>I liked this one better than <i>Beren and Lúthien</i>, both regarding
format, organization and the content material</b> (<i>I love my namesake Lúthien to bits,
but find some problematic issues from a feminist pov regarding the romantic
plot, see <a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2022/07/goodreads-feminist-reviews-tolkien.html" target="_blank">my other review</a> for more</i>). Format-wise, <i>Beren and Lúthien</i> personally disappointed me quite a lot, as I explained at length in my other <a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2022/07/goodreads-feminist-reviews-tolkien.html" target="_blank">review</a> - Instead of an organized compendium of all the versions of the tale of Lúthien and Beren in chronological order, alongside some notes and commentary talking about the evolution of the tale and its different versions, the book basically consisted of a hazaphardly organized selection of excerpts of different versions, already published in former books, with minimal commentary and a lack of organization overall, at least compared to what I was expecting from the book. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i>The Fall of Gondolin</i> also didn't include any new material except for some new commentary and notes, and I suspect that many Tolkienites - with me as an example of this 😅 - would have chosen to pay the <b>arguably hefty sum </b>of some 20 pounds (hardcover edition) mainly because of the <b>new illustrations by Alan Lee.</b> If you are a Tolkien book collector and/or like Alan Lee, I would say this book is definitely worth it, and I personally actually liked the graphite drawings and watercolour plates that Lee made for this book better than most of the ones in <i>Beren and Lúthien</i>, overall, although both sets were quite beautiful. <br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Some may consider this book to be a bit of a rip-off of reorganized existing material so that the Tolkien Estate could keep riding the wave of Tolkien book sells 🙃 (especially in light of the success garnered by <i>The Children of Húrin</i>, the first book in this 'Tales of Middle-earth' series), and frankly, they would have a point. However, I personally consider the <i>Fall of Gondolin</i> to be a book that's way more worth it than <i>Beren and Lúthien</i>, and that's because <b>this is more in the line of what I wished <i>Beren and Lúthien</i> to be, regarding content and general organization: It's a compendium of pretty much all the material published in former books recounting the tale of the fall of Gondolin </b>(minus the <i>Silmarillion </i>version), <b>and including all unabridged versions of it</b>,<b> in chronological order</b>. The <b>commentary </b>was, in my opinion, not
particularly adding much to the notes and commentary already published in former books, but even so, I greatly appreciated the fact that <b>this book did contain complete and unabridged versions of the tale of Gondolin, and followed a coherent order throughout</b>, thus serving a compendium purpose as a separate book.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipp7haGyPrv7RDkrCuYYw90y8ifIJnAXQUI2q2bNy88JQmEesDsgdbOd0qpomKNant1s_hzfu0QsSUUEHhWYR40dGHmMugHSzPhkvajfTNoBowZGhnw1oU318wKiNCdPGfoHXb5AyuY7G6QxhzkEcxk8Qt5khkQKIl2Ii0_6XoLJIfw-OzGJboyul5jg/s448/clapping-clap.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="448" height="143" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipp7haGyPrv7RDkrCuYYw90y8ifIJnAXQUI2q2bNy88JQmEesDsgdbOd0qpomKNant1s_hzfu0QsSUUEHhWYR40dGHmMugHSzPhkvajfTNoBowZGhnw1oU318wKiNCdPGfoHXb5AyuY7G6QxhzkEcxk8Qt5khkQKIl2Ii0_6XoLJIfw-OzGJboyul5jg/s320/clapping-clap.gif" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Yay for a book that's actually a reasonably well-organized actual compendium of existing material!</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">So, while there's no new material, I would say that <b>this book makes way more sense on its own than <i>Beren and Lúthien</i> because of the way it's organized and the material it offers</b>. Not only would the book interest <b>Tolkien collectors and Alan Lee fans</b>, but having a book that's a <b>compendium of just Gondolin content, organized and unabridged, can also be markedly useful for Tolkien scholars and fans alike</b>, be it because you just want to read a book focused on Gondolin tales, or because you're researching on this topic of the Tolkien universe and it's handy to have most Gondolin material all in one volume, instead of having to leaf through <i>Book of Lost Tales</i>, <i>Unfinished Tales,</i> and so on. So I was personally quite happy with it, especially in comparison to the former one. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">But still, <b>lately most new Tolkien books (<i>Nature of Middle-earth</i> excepted) tend to be compilations or new editions containing already
existing-material with some new illustrations, and they are not exactly cheap</b>. A new edition with new format and/or illustrations is also the only reason Tolkienite collectors do need sometimes and that's perfectly fine (a good faction of my Tolkien books are in my possession solely because of my penchant for collecting xD), but there's that to consider as well.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>- </b><b>✨</b><u><b>The illustrations. How are women portrayed in them?</b></u>: </p><p style="text-align: justify;">In this book we have a series of <a href="https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Category:Images_from_The_Fall_of_Gondolin" target="_blank">graphite drawings and colour plates </a>that I found quite beautiful, showing different scenes from the tale, from '<b>Gondolin</b>' (<b>Fig. 1</b> at the top of this post, also shown as the book cover), to '<b>Swanhaven</b>' (<b>Fig. 2</b>), '<b>Tuor Strikes a Note on His Harp</b>' (<b>Fig. 3</b>), '<b>Ulmo Appears before Tuor</b>' (<b>Fig. 4</b>), and '<b>Glorfindel and the Balrog</b>' (<b>Fig. 5</b>):</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtw6NbZb9-iOqrsDXMdQaXyos0WNfeVUeBoDgUYbU6MGrhfiae7WkLrR6fPQJZUFbZeYs0pi4gJcviTkRLdvT6cs7d0RxrCoFWconPGMTKNRk8vNwuD0cwb-SPj7EF7rmfXD2meArtIvl8F4j6tjOdalu-qtEDQ98F_gy5HJVvyAC9KEeEhxrnWMkg1g/s893/Alan_Lee_-_Swanhaven.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="781" data-original-width="474" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh99lhpEZugsOLhoQx8dsIuk14m6FbgnITh9wahy3kGul-g03Qdxu3LWk4OLIlWwoEyfoU5hjwBHo51vQlOhnilNVwOEsFIgK7cg8yYiyhDHYpRTLkUs3Ahxd7zWGqK50pkH9Rr4iFSfadlk0ej0hCSkTu4eGuaIlWEFUp0M7eBhiZ59NSYAPc_aexXKQ/w387-h640/tumblr_b497d856dae46fbb8c6b4ac44f00c736_41d33feb_540.jpg" width="387" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 5 - 'Glorfindel and the Balrog'</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"> But what about the <b>female depictions in these illustrations</b>, the
main focus of this blog being feminism and the depiction of female
characters in history and fandoms? In the former post about Lúthien and
Beren I analysed Lee's illustrations regarding <a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2022/07/goodreads-feminist-reviews-tolkien.html" target="_blank">how <b>Lúthien </b>was portrayed</a> (and then followed with a lengthy analysis and rant about how Lúthien is described in the material per se xD), so what about <b>Idril, and the other women mentioned in the tales of Gondolin</b>? </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> Well - Out of a total of <b>24 </b>watercolours and graphite drawings, there's <b>2 watercolour plates and 3 graphite drawings depicting women in this book</b>, a rather low number of female depictions 😕: The main one depicts <b><u>Idril </u>during the siege of Gondolin</b> ('<b>The King's Tower Falls</b>', <b>Fig. 6</b>), and we also have another watercolour plate (<b>'Turgon Strengthens the Watch', Fig. 7</b>) where a <b>golden-haired Elven woman with a child in her arms (potentially also <u>Idril</u>, with Eärendil) </b>appears as a small figure dressed in green with her back to us, standing on the walls of Gondolin.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCnfkUdoiBHJfK2qmDtMyxyS-QfzDXQbttqVBeDg14tFLqsX9Hndf-Eo2mVBCGdVPozTfDYXGs-hPTy-7gqq0TdRiZpzPA_MjHGPLBtMuBqYPSZJM19bLHbIGRy03GrjAEAk0XHkimOTRRim2Wh9f0e2gBFJwj9lDlLu2pjSrndEmU6xu_o7W0onVIXQ/s960/tumblr_f010c8fb637f725e1c4b0e973713fda9_276392c9_640.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="574" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCnfkUdoiBHJfK2qmDtMyxyS-QfzDXQbttqVBeDg14tFLqsX9Hndf-Eo2mVBCGdVPozTfDYXGs-hPTy-7gqq0TdRiZpzPA_MjHGPLBtMuBqYPSZJM19bLHbIGRy03GrjAEAk0XHkimOTRRim2Wh9f0e2gBFJwj9lDlLu2pjSrndEmU6xu_o7W0onVIXQ/w382-h640/tumblr_f010c8fb637f725e1c4b0e973713fda9_276392c9_640.jpg" width="382" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Fig. 6 - 'The King's Tower Falls'.</b> Idril is depicted dressed in mail and girt with a sword belt, but also in the more traditional setting of the scene where she is entreating her husband Tuor not to put himself in danger to try to rescue her father Turgon.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjpNgTlt1QDu-APil-hapQmYdD2IL_kQ9eJIw8K-XfDvPJtxidISg4ZivDmqZsNksyYlkhOY9cwceCyjT1A7tsRBe3c66sPPkjJ2U1DFW9tlvz8Zeue_3lDQaGOfInJnrXryEeNtHfBL3GlAK14DqrZgXOE7WD7vLK7zF6xBYJ3uylbn6n_7w_kKxL2A/s1381/ElcJb6oXUAMTbJ0.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1381" data-original-width="804" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjpNgTlt1QDu-APil-hapQmYdD2IL_kQ9eJIw8K-XfDvPJtxidISg4ZivDmqZsNksyYlkhOY9cwceCyjT1A7tsRBe3c66sPPkjJ2U1DFW9tlvz8Zeue_3lDQaGOfInJnrXryEeNtHfBL3GlAK14DqrZgXOE7WD7vLK7zF6xBYJ3uylbn6n_7w_kKxL2A/w372-h640/ElcJb6oXUAMTbJ0.jpg" width="372" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Fig. 7 - 'Turgon Strengthens the Watch'. </b>A golden-haired female Elf dressed in green, holding a small child in her arms, is standing as a small figure on the battlements. She is quite possibly <b>Idril </b>with Eärendil, discussing with Tuor her forebodings about an attack on Gondolin, and her plans to create a secret escape passageway.</i><b><br /></b></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> The graphite drawings depict other women mentioned briefly in these tales -<b> <u>Aredhel </u></b>(the mother of Maeglin, and formerly named <b>Isfin</b>) stands in the foreground looking over her shoulder while being stalked (ew) by rapey Eöl 😒 in <b>Fig. 8 </b>(<b>'Isfin and Eöl'</b>). Then we have a heavily veiled <u><b>Rían</b> </u>(the mother of Tuor) in <b>Fig. 9 </b>('<b>Rían Searches the Hill of the Slain</b>'). Her face completely obscured,<b> </b>she is shown in a traditional female role found in many mythologies, mourning the death of her husband after the Nirnaeth Arnoediad and preparing for her own suicide out of grief-stricken love 😬. And finally, there's <u><b>Elwing</b></u>, Eärendil's wife, welcoming a group of survivors from Gondolin in <b>Fig. 10 </b>('<b>Elwing Receives the Survivors of Gondolin</b>').</p><b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQuvEgB2M0uY6vw8-0oTpEfmxbKqsiTRXT7wySTMApsT-0XPvLqdXWlOTLn4F0PKr5qORqdgn3L1tIU2GUtvi1HR85lPC56YluhjzYc7-XR0QbMw-FKSHhZNXWlFFTlaJNE16ZDxfqt9j-qE58rMJYgD0kRj-nr4xpRaWS3jDuUlZ08FgVwPnkkUhCWw/s641/Alan_Lee_-_Isfin_and_E%C3%B6l.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="641" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQuvEgB2M0uY6vw8-0oTpEfmxbKqsiTRXT7wySTMApsT-0XPvLqdXWlOTLn4F0PKr5qORqdgn3L1tIU2GUtvi1HR85lPC56YluhjzYc7-XR0QbMw-FKSHhZNXWlFFTlaJNE16ZDxfqt9j-qE58rMJYgD0kRj-nr4xpRaWS3jDuUlZ08FgVwPnkkUhCWw/w400-h333/Alan_Lee_-_Isfin_and_E%C3%B6l.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Fig. 8 - 'Isfin and Eöl'.</b> Aredhel (Isfin) is looking (probably warily) over her shoulder as she commits the audacity of walking alone in a forest while being a woman, thus provoking Dark Elf Eöl into forcibly imprisoning and marrying her.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCHKUpel4pjEhkdOeWVAZhlVttrj7h9olvywye2fnCcag-je4HvJ-CDTPRYvVgTyPiJcZvMl3DoECqQ0mvqoEg-4vJNdNSjKpci8C5qJg1ZmwhIJ73k9XVqjrnfpXN1KXLz5psMxX4-8CjRb_CzmaSxeOF9aYlNnvhvxo07bzEMatIVkLNQjlD2Ff3Mg/s800/800px-Alan_Lee_-_R%C3%ADan_searches_the_Hill_of_Slain.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="421" data-original-width="800" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCHKUpel4pjEhkdOeWVAZhlVttrj7h9olvywye2fnCcag-je4HvJ-CDTPRYvVgTyPiJcZvMl3DoECqQ0mvqoEg-4vJNdNSjKpci8C5qJg1ZmwhIJ73k9XVqjrnfpXN1KXLz5psMxX4-8CjRb_CzmaSxeOF9aYlNnvhvxo07bzEMatIVkLNQjlD2Ff3Mg/w400-h210/800px-Alan_Lee_-_R%C3%ADan_searches_the_Hill_of_Slain.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Fig. 9 </b>- '<b>Rían Searches the Hill of the Slain</b>'. Rían, wrapped in a mantle with her face completely obscured by hood and shawl, follows the oft found trope of the grief-stricken model wife whose reason for existing (and plot) ends the moment her husband dies in battle. In many tales, even her traditional role as a mother won't overrule the romantic ideal of a woman dying for love.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLdRdn5gIPp14eopn-2ki4kA-dM-Ro6zurUgIdRFRqc4KiyTEWQDzUgS4HyPs0M0csBi8RJvhIdaNXC6gjCqqdHqpCuiLTmCWhrQuKTZEcOXr-c0dO32OMceXOhCNq9dbabxpMzK64s5dD_0zJU6n7RqHMpF_NQxrB7IU8CuEpOY9KBHVrYOCqjLH-PQ/s800/800px-Alan_Lee_-_Elwing_receives_the_survivors_of_Gondolin.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="521" data-original-width="800" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLdRdn5gIPp14eopn-2ki4kA-dM-Ro6zurUgIdRFRqc4KiyTEWQDzUgS4HyPs0M0csBi8RJvhIdaNXC6gjCqqdHqpCuiLTmCWhrQuKTZEcOXr-c0dO32OMceXOhCNq9dbabxpMzK64s5dD_0zJU6n7RqHMpF_NQxrB7IU8CuEpOY9KBHVrYOCqjLH-PQ/w400-h260/800px-Alan_Lee_-_Elwing_receives_the_survivors_of_Gondolin.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Fig. 10 </b>- '<b>Elwing Receives the Survivors of Gondolin</b>'. Elwing, the granddaughter of Lúthien, meets a group of survivors from Gondolin at the Havens of Sirion. </i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b> </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><u>✨A bit more about the depiction of Idril as a warrior</u>: </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b> </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA9YLiUW9lb4Wm-5rdMq9HE4uTYlFyZ4lPgCEx7vq66fLDVD1kqaeDpUXjYpyDR-kIHJ0aY6Etm078IOXKmZhaqRX5zSTQ61PFLZM80_l2LItrNl0ktxj_QJ45wI_zVcNO7S1OgLZCdw_JxPww753Pit-9ncBxpnmGPmyoMxBCUZBNGUgjz31EnNsTCw/s922/%C3%ADndice.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="620" data-original-width="922" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA9YLiUW9lb4Wm-5rdMq9HE4uTYlFyZ4lPgCEx7vq66fLDVD1kqaeDpUXjYpyDR-kIHJ0aY6Etm078IOXKmZhaqRX5zSTQ61PFLZM80_l2LItrNl0ktxj_QJ45wI_zVcNO7S1OgLZCdw_JxPww753Pit-9ncBxpnmGPmyoMxBCUZBNGUgjz31EnNsTCw/w640-h430/%C3%ADndice.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Fig. 11</b> - Idril as described during the siege of Gondolin,
clad in mail and wielding a sword, by <b>WollemiSiss </b>(left, account deactivated
on DeviantArt) and <b><a href="https://nazgulinthedogpark.tumblr.com/post/61394292499/markedasinfernal-idril-and-e%C3%A4rendil-the-fall" target="_blank">Kamehame</a></b></i> <i>(right)<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b> <i><b> </b><span>"</span></i></b><b><i><span></span></i></b><b><i><span></span></i></b><b><i><span></span></i></b><b><i><span><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<![endif]--></span></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And
there in his house upon the walls <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Idril
arrays herself in mail</b>, and seeks Eärendel.(...)<b> </b></span></i><b><i><span>and then she fared about gathering womenfolk and wanderers
and speeding them down the tunnel, and smiting marauders with her small
band; nor might they dissuade her from bearing a sword</span></i><span><i>."</i> </span></b><span></span>(Book of Lost Tales II, HoME II)</div><p style="text-align: justify;">I personally <b>really liked that Lee depicted Idril clad in mail in the scene of Fig. 6</b> (above) 👌⚔️, as that's how she's described in more than one version of <i>The Fall of Gondolin</i>: <b>During the siege, Idril decides to dress herself in mail and bear a sword instead of staying out of the fray or escaping straightaway through the tunnel she herself devised</b> to ensure the survival of as many Gondolindrim as possible. Being <b>highly intelligent and perceptive, and possessing an enhanced gift of premonition</b>, it was <b>Idril who predicted the attack on Gondolin and then devised the strategy to construct an escape tunnel</b>, advising her husband Tuor to oversee the construction secretly. <b>During the battle, she defended herself and her son Eärendil against the attack of rapey stalker Maeglin</b> (like father, like son 🙃), and after that, <b>Idril chose to stay behind for as long as possible to gather up civilians and guide them under protection of her and her armed band into the escape tunnel - smiting enemies with force if necessary</b>. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZe8uopNOHm7mBwZY7go32SOV1AlEIy-RWBgNcK1AdM0LxeQhm4V1yLnvn9Y0fGolMuFtVKk0lyPa3dUbG0RvCJ5r-Im9ZsUKxwzo8O3l3ZMc8pA8of5Ac2_PASyOntHfT9ia126wbxCwr9gabK0lY_srbYbTYboh1Vj35rfitdDrFeN29iALe6YW8yg/s540/tumblr_pgls3qavQZ1t4wjzko2_540.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="266" data-original-width="540" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZe8uopNOHm7mBwZY7go32SOV1AlEIy-RWBgNcK1AdM0LxeQhm4V1yLnvn9Y0fGolMuFtVKk0lyPa3dUbG0RvCJ5r-Im9ZsUKxwzo8O3l3ZMc8pA8of5Ac2_PASyOntHfT9ia126wbxCwr9gabK0lY_srbYbTYboh1Vj35rfitdDrFeN29iALe6YW8yg/s320/tumblr_pgls3qavQZ1t4wjzko2_540.gif" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"> What's even better is that Idril is not just the example of a woman who takes up a sword to defend herself in a battle situation without having any prior experience of physical prowess. Apart from being an <b>expert dancer</b>, Idril is described as being <b>brave and</b> <b>very tall, 'nigh of warrior stature', and she is also compared to Galadriel's impressive amazon disposition and stature of near 2 meters (1.95 m)</b>, so her inclination to dress herself in armour, bear arms and use them during the siege seems to refer to at least some prior sword(wo)manship experience and training, similarly to Galadriel's athletic feats and physical prowess:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>“Wise-hearted even beyond the measure of the daughters of [Elvenessë]
was the daughter of the king (...) Very fair and<b> tall was she, well
nigh of warrior's stature</b>, and her hair was a fountain of gold. Idril
was she named, and called Celebrindal, Silver-foot, for the whiteness of
her foot; and she walked and danced ever unshod in the white ways and
green lawns of Gondolin.” </i>(The Shaping of Middle-earth, HoME IV) </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivOajvsZ6Fh4hJuz3UE3YqxbR7pT6V_znH9jicR-hIaa6kaUJ1HRyiBYfPXEuPm4HLGhdiIax9g0_vzBbENnTA4ks2YnI-hCRXGFPwzB_KerSq5WCuO0uiO47BliIap0SHCjxE9ONrAgNXmPrdN-OLRZwf6KEelv25U3Q5fT0O18LwUSr387HitQ-UVg/s665/tumblr_562ccf619659c70a6aee8e0606e16acc_c0f6212f_500.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="665" data-original-width="500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivOajvsZ6Fh4hJuz3UE3YqxbR7pT6V_znH9jicR-hIaa6kaUJ1HRyiBYfPXEuPm4HLGhdiIax9g0_vzBbENnTA4ks2YnI-hCRXGFPwzB_KerSq5WCuO0uiO47BliIap0SHCjxE9ONrAgNXmPrdN-OLRZwf6KEelv25U3Q5fT0O18LwUSr387HitQ-UVg/w301-h400/tumblr_562ccf619659c70a6aee8e0606e16acc_c0f6212f_500.png" width="301" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Fig. 12</b> - Idril as a warrior by <a href="http://egalmoth.lofter.com/" target="_blank">Egalmoth</a></i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx5btLXGa01oPoPHgesQMeh3QmuUjoB3iRCbZogj8Ed6Kdlp87vbAaWR6BM17NsK04W-NN801KVjxBe5FI4hhol7zlvJsO3vSdOYyDLB2Hl8I8Rse2A754X-hxODVlXb_NO4xcXTb2STPquzno3XMzdHtmYk5VGCdpJfCsfCiLlFIngBQDJft9C0CUIw/s245/doctor-who-deep-breath-jenny.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="145" data-original-width="245" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx5btLXGa01oPoPHgesQMeh3QmuUjoB3iRCbZogj8Ed6Kdlp87vbAaWR6BM17NsK04W-NN801KVjxBe5FI4hhol7zlvJsO3vSdOYyDLB2Hl8I8Rse2A754X-hxODVlXb_NO4xcXTb2STPquzno3XMzdHtmYk5VGCdpJfCsfCiLlFIngBQDJft9C0CUIw/s1600/doctor-who-deep-breath-jenny.gif" width="245" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>In conclusion, Idril rocks</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> However, I also feel that it's interesting to comment on the fact that in Lee's watercolour plate <b>Idril is also portrayed in one of the more traditionally-aligned scenes of the siege where she makes an appearance</b>
- Turgon's palace going up in flames, Idril is distraught, upon which
Tuor, also distraught at the sight of Idril's pain, says he will try to save her father (something that is clearly impossible, judging by the level of destruction), and Idril, still weeping, holds
on to him begging him not to go. <b>Even though this scene doesn't ring any significant red flags in the relationship dynamic if we look at it without taking into account any societally established</b> <b>role in regards to gender</b> - it's actually also touching and a good sign that Tuor feels empathy towards her wife's grief and tries to do something about it straight away - <b>it's also a scene that can keep normalizing traditional gender roles and attitudes, in contrast to other more subversive scenes where Idril takes part</b>, and that thought also came to mind when looking at the choice of painting for Idril. Here, both Idril and
Tuor have been taking active part in the battle (Tuor more so than Idril before this point, granted) and both are dressed for it, but in this scene all this can become anecdotic if the main focus turns mainly to the<b> </b>vulnerability of the female character in contrast to the
sudden chivalrous impulse of the male character to go into the frey recklessly to try to alleviate her emotionally distraught state. This painting is still among my favourites of the Gondolin set, and maybe I'm reading too much into a sole painting and a sole scene, but that is more or less the train of thought that came to mind xD<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">In this particular scene, Idril additionally refers to Tuor as 'My Lord! My Lord!' when begging him not to go into danger - a feudal and more patriarchal take on <b>a dynamic that is
usually shown as one of the healthiest and more egalitarian ones in
Tolkien's universe, in spite of the given heteronormative marriage
system and the societal gender roles it's established in</b>. This is a
bit of a low bar for what a healthy dynamic between a man and a woman
should be, but throughout the story, Tuor seems to admire her wife's
intelligence and listen to her advice, and Idril is later shown in an
active role getting many civilians to safety without Tuor actively
dissuading her of being an active participant.</div><p style="text-align: justify;"> Like I similarly noted while discussing Lúthien's usual depictions in Tolkien artwork, as well as her portrayal in Tolkien's works, in my <a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2022/07/goodreads-feminist-reviews-tolkien.html" target="_blank">former post</a>,<b> there's nothing inherently wrong with a female character that shows fear, grief or vulnerability</b>, like Idril does in this specific scene,<b> or with a woman who enjoys activities which have been traditionally considered as 'feminine'</b>, such as dancing, as both Lúthien and Idril enjoy. And if a woman actively finds happiness in a relationship with a man and/or having children, all the better for her. <b>It's not individual instances that are often a problem as much as the patterns and trends that we do find in the media</b> <b>all too often</b>. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> And thus, I feel like <b>it's hardly coincidental that most Tolkien artists</b>, be they official artists or fanartists,<b> choose (consciously or not) to portray women such as Lúthien, Galadriel and Idril in roles and scenes that tend to align with more traditional gender roles and views, rather than go fully and more often for their more subversive inclinations, personality and actions as regards to society's expectations</b>: Thus, <u><b>Lúthien </b></u>is most of the time depicted as the beautiful woman who dances alluringly and as the love interest of Beren, rather than as the <b>demigoddess who wields magic so powerful she can topple down fortresses of Dark Lords just by singing</b>; and <a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2022/03/tolkien-talks-rompiehttp://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2022/03/tolkien-talks-rompiendo-roles-de-genero.htmlndo-roles-de-genero.html" target="_blank"><b>Galadriel</b></a><b> </b>is often portrayed as the ethereal, mystical and beautiful ruler of Lothlórien, rather more often than her other many aspects as an <b>amazonian athlete, a daring adventuress, a dedicated stateswoman, or a powerful magic wielder who can also tear down Dol Guldur with her Ring</b>. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Fortunately, I'm sure that the portrayal of many of these less-known aspects of Galadriel in the new series <b><i>The Rings of Power</i></b>
will help to redress this! I hope this will also <b>help to normalize the
badass traits of Tolkien women such as Galadriel and Tar-Míriel more</b>,
because to be honest, it's been tiring how so many supposed Tolkien fans
have been insisting on how warrior and adventuress Galadriel is an
invention of Amazon's series (which would also have been totally fine - I
love me some Tar-Míriel full on warlike aspect, hell yeah! 😄), when it's actually also 100%
canon in Tolkien's works, so 🤣.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuiVzLlvJz5L4hBnMm44w_he_35xwVRKTNhy3colvUnQWqNR729EN5f_XWIVZWbjqbxglLqrAaZBdAOa_bj0zefVXuIh_GpkTqfjBdz2noCcDCyp60MAeMvY7cRSXCm9CW6gVX_K0ek10HaRUbY1cK2hbuqd5U5xlT-SoBElYGpd9csIyEjaAm0DH-Hg/s489/tumblr_188fb57c0b7dbcdcbdcf85935ea594a8_3ac12925_540.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="390" data-original-width="489" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuiVzLlvJz5L4hBnMm44w_he_35xwVRKTNhy3colvUnQWqNR729EN5f_XWIVZWbjqbxglLqrAaZBdAOa_bj0zefVXuIh_GpkTqfjBdz2noCcDCyp60MAeMvY7cRSXCm9CW6gVX_K0ek10HaRUbY1cK2hbuqd5U5xlT-SoBElYGpd9csIyEjaAm0DH-Hg/s320/tumblr_188fb57c0b7dbcdcbdcf85935ea594a8_3ac12925_540.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Morfydd Clark as Galadriel in </i>The Rings of Power <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">In this light, I'm both <b>happy about the fact that Alan Lee chose to portray Idril in mail during the siege</b>, and also a bit <b>disappointed that he chose a scene that's much more traditionally aligned than say, the very cool image of Idril protecting Gondolindrim fleeing through the escape tunnel</b> <b>with her band</b>, or even <b>Idril defending herself against Maeglin fighting <i>'like a tigress</i>' against him </b>(I say 'even' because this is still a scene depicting sexual harassment and misogynistic violence, and it would have to be handled well for it to work as a critical or empowering work 😬). Although she is also often portrayed primarily as a beautiful Elven woman, a dancer and/or a wife and mother, <b>in the realm of fanart we also do have a handful of very cool depictions of Idril as a warrior</b>, such as <b>Figs. 11</b> and <b>12</b> above, for example. Bonus dash of self-promotion (xD), I myself did a drawing back in c. 2012 showing Idril with her sword (<b>Fig. 13 </b>below; <i>albeit also with an encumbering dress, let's say this is from before she changed into the mail </i>😅<i>. I adore to see women in realistic, practical armour, but long dresses are another aesthetic of mine, and well xD</i>).</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQb5z_pFpPzjfw3fAwZ1hNAw1abuPN7QsFlhbzzvSGky60gDB8Pb7aNtuM772LW5g3rQRaRYf7QtS7hHHFMA6inpkdFCXFE2-9ltVFlaMW6q9EHrtm7XVAnwMPo6Q5T7KOdv1yl2mmxWpakxMoXvU0W2buB5FCRyFWN7Syqdc9Ad2KBZ26Isr2vfYCKA/s1413/itarilde_ondolindello_by_arwendeluhtiene-d77yloj.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1413" data-original-width="1024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQb5z_pFpPzjfw3fAwZ1hNAw1abuPN7QsFlhbzzvSGky60gDB8Pb7aNtuM772LW5g3rQRaRYf7QtS7hHHFMA6inpkdFCXFE2-9ltVFlaMW6q9EHrtm7XVAnwMPo6Q5T7KOdv1yl2mmxWpakxMoXvU0W2buB5FCRyFWN7Syqdc9Ad2KBZ26Isr2vfYCKA/w290-h400/itarilde_ondolindello_by_arwendeluhtiene-d77yloj.jpg" width="290" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i><b>Fig. 13 - <a href="https://www.deviantart.com/arwendeluhtiene/art/Itarilde-Ondolindello-436634947" target="_blank">Itarildë Ondolindello</a></b>:</i><i>
My drawing of Idril during the siege of Gondolin, when she took up a
sword (her sword,
probably, and the Jackson films definitely suggest this, seeing as
Arwen's
sword is actually Idril's) to defend herself and other civilians
in the city. Not quite realistic, seeing as in the book she dressed
herself in mail, and a long dress with long sleeves and a long train
would be incredibly encumbering and hardly battle-friendly, but that's
an aesthetic that was going strong throughout the 2000s and early 2010s for me
xD. I'm definitely saying this is a scene from before she changed into the mail xD</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">So yeah. I just think that it's a shame that official artists especially often don't seem to <b>fully explore and take advantage of the veritable goldmine that is badass Tolkien women doing badass stuff in epic scenes</b> with such an amazing graphic potential (I would personally love to see something like the awesome depiction in <b>Fig. 12</b> in the style of Lee, Howe or Nasmith, for example). Like, more than one professional Tolkien artist has tackled Glorfindel defending the Gondolindrim civilians in the tunnel from the Balrog as an epic battle scene, and rightly so, it's an epic scene, but <b>Idril dressed in armour battling Orcs while helping people flee from the battle sounds pretty epic and heroic as well, and still, it's the kind of scene that is still massively underrepresented in the world of Tolkienite art</b>, and especially among official art. </p><div><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>3)<b> <i>Unfinished Tales</i></b></li></ul><p><b><i><b>Book</b>: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52539598-unfinished-tales-of-n-menor-and-middle-earth" target="_blank"><b><i>Unfinished Tales</i></b></a> (2020), by JRR Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien. A new edition with illustrations by Alan Lee, John Howe and Ted Nasmith. </i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz04xYQcKtiIzwCGCuaAtySBjOk11APNAAPf6XVyr0cMmDn_S4QfNQgAmHTdt8hL_1YeK6kQpwf38-O_ZdcGEiCfqBRykzv9OO8Lc54AffFCWJE5bJzEgTr_cA8sacPIsMhKpXrkly9KkaMuo3FV4YCZIcQkBgC-52CL69vqxebD2IQ6nXxAcKsQlBVQ/s2303/81x-LKisRDL.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2303" data-original-width="1500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz04xYQcKtiIzwCGCuaAtySBjOk11APNAAPf6XVyr0cMmDn_S4QfNQgAmHTdt8hL_1YeK6kQpwf38-O_ZdcGEiCfqBRykzv9OO8Lc54AffFCWJE5bJzEgTr_cA8sacPIsMhKpXrkly9KkaMuo3FV4YCZIcQkBgC-52CL69vqxebD2IQ6nXxAcKsQlBVQ/w208-h320/81x-LKisRDL.jpg" width="208" /></a> <br /></i></b></p><p><b>5/5. <b>Goodreads review</b> </b>also <b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4856895451" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a>. </b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I wanted to end this post with a brief review of the<b> latest illustrated edition of <i>Unfinished Tales</i></b>, which I've been wanting to add to my collection for a while, and it was finally gifted to me when I got my Astrophysics PhD back in May 😊. I had my eye on this new edition both because <b><i>Unfinished Tales</i> is one of my favourite Tolkien books, and also because I tend to like to collect new editions of Tolkien books, especially when they're illustrated hardcovers</b>. The only edition that I formerly had of <i>Unfinished Tales</i> was a very dog-eared paperback (not literally dog-eared, but the covers and spine are pretty worn from so much reading and revising for research xD), so this was a welcome addition in that respect as well. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">While this is also a pricey book, and more so than <i>Beren and Lúthien</i> and <i>Fall of Gondolin</i>, I personally feel that it is completely <b>worth it as an illustrated edition, especially for Tolkien collectors</b>. Also, <b>the book is exactly what it promises to be, in contrast to some of the 'Tales of Middle-earth' series such as <i>Beren and Lúthien</i></b> 😬 (not a compendium at all). <i>Fall of Gondolin</i> does fulfill the intention of being a compendium with pretty much all Gondolin material, but I still believe that this series is riding the wave of <i>The Children of Húrin</i> (an important publication which offered new material, new organization, and new illustrations), and so the final product of <i>Gondolin </i>might have been disappointing to some people who hyped it more before publication, as well. This edition of <i>Unfinished Tales</i>, however, is exactly what it advertises to be: <b>A new edition of an already published book, with no new material or addenda, and with the addition of a series of new illustrations by three of the most important Tolkien artists: Alan Lee, John Howe and Ted Nasmith</b>. As well as the illustrations, this edition features thick pages, a fabric marker and a full colour map as the endpaper, and it's a very beautiful book overall, a good choice for Tolkien collectors and fans in general. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Regarding these <u><b>illustrations</b></u>, which include both full-page colour plates and graphite drawings, I also wanted to comment on the <b>female representation</b>, as usual. Even though all illustrations are gorgeous (I'm showing a selection below, <b>Figs. 15 to 21</b>), I was personally <b>disappointed to see that out of them all, only two depicted women </b>😕: a <b>sleeping <u>Nimrodel</u> </b>by Alan Lee, in a colour plate (<b>Fig. 13</b>), and <u><b>Galadriel</b></u> alongside Celeborn in another colour plate by Ted Nasmith (<b>Fig. 14</b>). The content material of the tales included in this book also include several other women, such as <b>Morwen, Nienor, Idril, Erendis, Tar-Ancálimë and all the Queens of Númenor</b>, and so I was frankly baffled to see that not even <b>Erendis</b> or <b>Tar-Ancálimë</b>, who feature heavily in the Númenor section and of whom we don't really have all that much official Tolkien art - if any? Only fanart comes to mind right now :S -, had made the cut 😬. Hopefully this will also be redressed in the upcoming fourth book of the illustrated 'Tales of Middle-earth' series, <i>The Fall of Númenor</i>.<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvvxFnoPMw-LP3wXuQiVb83mEjZbFbUTGMiZzFMRCRmf2P3Gj1W4kQSc96XWXAYHMQxdo612_9cdB_MGivjtyiL7lZP2PeWBG86wvxJyUO4mZ-Wx2WDFdCVtDcZ92asLwN-EvZCR-uQJcfEr642-k2HjcDUHJmbBjH7eUVDeNQwE3r_DddEFzQ85vxLg/s1704/EjPPpLCXkAErW6G.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1704" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvvxFnoPMw-LP3wXuQiVb83mEjZbFbUTGMiZzFMRCRmf2P3Gj1W4kQSc96XWXAYHMQxdo612_9cdB_MGivjtyiL7lZP2PeWBG86wvxJyUO4mZ-Wx2WDFdCVtDcZ92asLwN-EvZCR-uQJcfEr642-k2HjcDUHJmbBjH7eUVDeNQwE3r_DddEFzQ85vxLg/w640-h288/EjPPpLCXkAErW6G.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Fig. 13 - Nimrodel</b> (detail), by Alan Lee, depicted sleeping and missing her encounter with Amroth while he is shown tragically drowning in the top part of the full colour plate.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWjY1ettcSK7PAHt2oEtOkGvgzBlAXKoluOjUqDlKFW8YqciWtdOpQTgEaGyOFt1EopR_1RdqZbd56Y5fMnOvXJze-p9Bqy8ebaxdynTX_ONUsI0y9JEy2-RY08YucPj7ZuhN_K15I-jZ4FdMXF9YlYwTsj9ER6OaXxQKWH1pOQ2m6k0pNqtifHMu0Kw/s1476/TN-Galadriel-and-Celeborn-at-Lake-Evendim.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1021" data-original-width="1476" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWjY1ettcSK7PAHt2oEtOkGvgzBlAXKoluOjUqDlKFW8YqciWtdOpQTgEaGyOFt1EopR_1RdqZbd56Y5fMnOvXJze-p9Bqy8ebaxdynTX_ONUsI0y9JEy2-RY08YucPj7ZuhN_K15I-jZ4FdMXF9YlYwTsj9ER6OaXxQKWH1pOQ2m6k0pNqtifHMu0Kw/w640-h442/TN-Galadriel-and-Celeborn-at-Lake-Evendim.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Fig. 14 - Galadriel</b>, in the foreground, and Celeborn in Lake Evendim, by Ted Nasmith (bonus note, Celeborn's fringe is very amusing to me xD). </i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"> I was especially looking forward to seeing some <b>new art of <u>Galadriel</u></b><u> </u>to illustrate the chapter of the '<b>History of Galadriel and Celeborn</b>', and we did get a <b>new Ted Nasmith colour plate depicting both Galadriel and Celeborn (Fig. 14) at Lake Evendim</b>, which is additionally a part of Galadriel's life which is hardly ever featured in Tolkien art. I was also looking forward to maybe some new Galadriel art by Alan Lee or John Howe too because there's never enough Galadriel art, but ah well xD. I do like the new Galadriel colour plate that this book features, but I also want to mention that I still think it's a shame that <b>the opportunity was again passed up to depict Galadriel in some of her many subversive traits described especifically in <i>Unfinished Tales</i></b>,<b><i> </i></b>from her amazon disposition and athletic feats in Valinor, to her participation in the fight of Alqualondë, to her friendship with the Dwarves of Moria, or her work against Sauron in Eregion. </p><div style="text-align: justify;">As I've already mentioned in the case of both Lúthien and Idril in these two posts, <b>I believe that many artists choose (consciously or not) to depict these Tolkien women in their more traditional roles and scenes, giving up the chance to fully exploit the many subversive and badass aspects of their characterization and their more epic scenes</b>, which would push them towards a bit of a more equal standing with all the epic portrayals of male Tolkien heroes in the official Tolkien art published in these books (but still not really, also bearing in mind that we have way fewer female characters than male ones to start with) .<b> </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b> </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Although I loved this edition, it's frankly disheartening to see the lack of interest in actually depicting Tolkien women</b>, disregardless of the trait or scene chosen for them, <b>in this particular selection</b> 😕.<br /></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSSnOTdypBxvH1hYbziMIabrtPJJY2Th1JTDjDn1yadGpEXFm4BvRneF0k0rsdKiQ05H_39wYzc29iA7u0T5EF_hPdhYxBRMse3yRX0cNyoew_U8CjZjhBy6LNMP_mvhnUtKrnydSBoIMDDRHSmzZtgOcWuDrU0jgpQKJlFvMhqq5sTKlsCsnW76z7CA/s2048/FHYuv59XsAcXxkM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div>A selection of the illustrations: </div><div> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOweQZpUO4R9uJagJX26Nqrp8pvEhdlrgmHfeHpT_jBFIoGJdShCHTBWnRBzsW23n7bf-KD30dRZRfYSZavhpyV_hpFqXSYVhiLhv18Rj43Kl37sJElDeiE4kW93OmHkViUc2PDvi9tqgwlJjG_JQo8ufRusA3zi4KFYYecWp7QEx5IYY8r8rQqSpNiQ/s1499/30985920046_4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1150" data-original-width="1499" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOweQZpUO4R9uJagJX26Nqrp8pvEhdlrgmHfeHpT_jBFIoGJdShCHTBWnRBzsW23n7bf-KD30dRZRfYSZavhpyV_hpFqXSYVhiLhv18Rj43Kl37sJElDeiE4kW93OmHkViUc2PDvi9tqgwlJjG_JQo8ufRusA3zi4KFYYecWp7QEx5IYY8r8rQqSpNiQ/w400-h306/30985920046_4.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 15 - Colour map of Beleriand, endpaper</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFTDGQ_32yaDiYFiYN3q8DWFLbC7oFiT-Ox_QaORVjtvh72NGijo2aoe5bmpToFSL6KjNnlsQnyhNzPtC0Fjl0V_PyZEZkEw0NHtXw4cNkEyo49SM_NfZtPFsUNd-50nKo1kZ2wJRztruFeeJ5fqaZfzwrd02X9i9iH7rpPQQU-xaSoOVQ_oIOtZB1ug/s4096/EjPPhTSXYAEF15v.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2788" data-original-width="4096" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFTDGQ_32yaDiYFiYN3q8DWFLbC7oFiT-Ox_QaORVjtvh72NGijo2aoe5bmpToFSL6KjNnlsQnyhNzPtC0Fjl0V_PyZEZkEw0NHtXw4cNkEyo49SM_NfZtPFsUNd-50nKo1kZ2wJRztruFeeJ5fqaZfzwrd02X9i9iH7rpPQQU-xaSoOVQ_oIOtZB1ug/w400-h272/EjPPhTSXYAEF15v.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 21 - Isildur on the Gladden Fields (Alan Lee) </i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div>Arwendë Luhtiénë / Marta Lúthienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01043611744907294700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255946979377638758.post-24733296935973145352022-07-22T19:27:00.015-07:002022-08-14T09:11:25.075-07:00Goodreads feminist reviews - Tolkien illustrated books: Beren and Lúthien <div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSE9GgS3HTXdT6LcDu2FV5dxNaWmn_xjny-sLsB0TkpDAbPB6uiQoGImFoEW4TKO1M2nNUWUZea-PS04BzycHd4GoASaqETGI-2akN-fGpwQg7WYjuJHzA0TeUypOvZZs53Elzi-Gv1qSH1bJwjqFkRT5CMnLgOTqz1rynhF_Ov9YzG0ELHHdulzC3QA/s738/foto_beren_luthien.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="462" data-original-width="738" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSE9GgS3HTXdT6LcDu2FV5dxNaWmn_xjny-sLsB0TkpDAbPB6uiQoGImFoEW4TKO1M2nNUWUZea-PS04BzycHd4GoASaqETGI-2akN-fGpwQg7WYjuJHzA0TeUypOvZZs53Elzi-Gv1qSH1bJwjqFkRT5CMnLgOTqz1rynhF_Ov9YzG0ELHHdulzC3QA/w640-h400/foto_beren_luthien.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Cover of </i>Beren and Lúthien<i>, by Alan Lee. </i></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"> A new Tolkien post for today ✨! These were originally separate reviews on Goodreads, but I decided to make a couple of individual longer posts to talk about some of the <b>illustrated Tolkien books published in the last few years</b>: In this post I'll be talking about <b><i>Beren and Lúthien</i></b> (which should be frankly rather titled <i>Lúthien and Beren</i>, but ah well), and in the next post I'll be commenting on <i>The Fall of Gondolin</i> from the <b>'Tales of Middle-earth' series</b>, and the newly <b>illustrated edition of <i>Unfinished Tales</i> from 2020</b>, which I got as a gift after finally defending my Astrophysics PhD thesis. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">As a Tolkien collector, I wanted to have all three of these books mainly because of the <b>new illustrations by Alan Lee (alongside John Howe and Ted Nasmith for the latest edition of <i>Unfinished Tales</i>)</b>, but in these reviews I'm also going to gauge the <b>pros and cons of these books regarding their material, organization, format and commentary</b>, and how worth it they are, in my opinion, either as reading material for a Tolkienite in general, as source material for a Tolkienite scholar, or as an additional book for a Tolkien book collector. Random feminist ramblings will also feature, of course, and there will be an <b>specific focus on these reviews regarding the representation and portrayal of female characters</b>, as usual.<br /></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>1) <i><b>Beren and Lúthien</b></i></li></ul><p><b><b>Book</b>: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32708664-beren-and-l-thien" target="_blank"><b><i>Beren and Lúthien</i></b></a> (2017)</b>, by <b><b>J.R.R. Tolkien, </b></b><b><b>edited by Christopher Tolkien </b></b>and<b><b> illustrated by Alan Lee</b>. </b> The second of the <b>'Tales of Middle-earth' series </b>edited by Christopher Tolkien (volumes I-III) and Brian Sibley (volume IV, pending publication).<b><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b> </b><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZnSZGknjmQUzsRofRCYw8tKzqxUgaZyybXMJOwGFY0-9U3ujw5FgmSys2TnTdGJ5m1tjqSd2FT3EbDt4e76SqP7sf-_zzQspmcMwmsu61moQjh2-fTwpNiMa3Afxa1fPHsjuuMRH0N6jYqe7pUNHB0Bf9Ox91ddV5hjQRIhmY0yRBQG7RP-H7dC8qZQ/s2048/beren_and_luthien.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1355" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZnSZGknjmQUzsRofRCYw8tKzqxUgaZyybXMJOwGFY0-9U3ujw5FgmSys2TnTdGJ5m1tjqSd2FT3EbDt4e76SqP7sf-_zzQspmcMwmsu61moQjh2-fTwpNiMa3Afxa1fPHsjuuMRH0N6jYqe7pUNHB0Bf9Ox91ddV5hjQRIhmY0yRBQG7RP-H7dC8qZQ/s320/beren_and_luthien.jpg" width="212" /></a></b></p><p><b>3/5. <b>Goodreads review</b> </b>also <b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2080442940?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a>. </b><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><u><b>- Is buying this book worth it? My opinion on content and forma</b><b>t</b></u>: <br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">To be honest, when I thumbed through this book <b>I felt like it was kind of a rip-off</b>, and, as much as I like
Lúthien (not Beren that much, really, or the romance, but more on that below xD), I<b> personally don't quite get the aim of this book, apart from the fact that</b> <b>it contains a series of new illustrations by Alan Lee</b>, and thus it's another book that Tolkien fans can add to their collection (and that the Tolkien State can easily profit from with minimal work, I guess. There I said it 🙃 xD). </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The thing that differentiates this second volume of the 'Tales of Middle-earth' series from its predecessor, <i>The Children of Húrin</i>, similarly edited by Christopher Tolkien and illustrated by Alan Lee, is that the rendition of <i>Children of Húrin</i> was a new and expanded one, containing a sizeable amount of new material and commentaries, as well as gorgeous illustrations by Lee. But <b>in <i>Beren and Lúthien</i></b> (which I was initially pretty hyped about when I heard about its publication because my namesake Lúthien is one of my favourite Tolkien women), <b>all texts found in the book were <i>already published</i> in former books, such as <i>The Book of
Lost Tales II</i>, <i>The Lays of Beleriand</i> and other books in the <i>History
of Middle-earth</i> series,</b> <b>with minimal or no changes</b>, just a new organization. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">However, even so, <b>the idea of a book containing a compendium of all versions of the tale of Lúthien and Beren, alongside updated and expanded commentary, and brand-new illustrations by Alan Lee, does sound pretty amazing and very much worthwhile </b>for Tolkien scholars and fans alike, right? For me, such a book sounds very enticing because it would mean I would have pretty much all material regarding the evolution of the story of Lúthien in one book, something helpful to use as source for my Tolkien women-related personal projects, for example. <b>But the main problem with this book for me is that an organized compendium it is not</b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> The material included in this book is instead often <b>heavily abridged, featuring selections and excerpts from different versions of the tale of Lúthien</b>,<b> but neither in their entirety </b>(one version was presented in their entirety, and most were not, which seemed odd),<b> nor quite in chronological order of publication, nor in o rather in order regarding the events of the story per se</b> (confusing in the chosen inconsistency). </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">While the early version of <i>The Book of Lost Tales II</i> is presented in full, whihle no other version is, which seemed odd and strangely inconsistent. the Lay of Leithian from <i>Lays of Beleriand</i> appears only as excerpts and sections that often focus more on tangencial characters and storylines, like Gorlim or the mention of Fingolfin's death, rather than on Lúthien and
Beren's story and quest per se, although the selection did include at least part of the sections featuring Lúthien's confrontations with Sauron and Morgoth. The final version from <i>Quenta Silmarillion</i> is mentioned in commentary, but no selections of text appear, and then there are some short excerpts from various books of the <i>History of Middle-earth</i>. <b>The overall format was quite confusing</b> to me, <b>both in the decision to show some versions complete and others simply as excerpts</b> (excerpts which also appear in different sections of the book, interwoven with other versions), as<b> also in the way that the book seems to not quite decide whether it wants to tackle the different versions in chronological order, or rather offer selections from different versions following the events of the tale</b>. And it ended up <b>doing neither in a consistent way</b>.</p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu5OcQiUoGfgVJeeDH_-doOQ23RW4zloNsZZRvGAkPtWGhc4h4jNzC9h_D323S4MFc-H7vIcvBxpE7x8DbbHTPYj_frAfikpMO3vKv0jdpNSy-nQiAg3Pyr2R5n0BWq8v6DBviy0Yh8itR0VRdnFQJOABLtS7PGPbj1ejQXst4w9H1gdiOQsghHjx1fA/s250/tumblr_njpts0i8Kq1rpk9exo6_r1_250.gif"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="250" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu5OcQiUoGfgVJeeDH_-doOQ23RW4zloNsZZRvGAkPtWGhc4h4jNzC9h_D323S4MFc-H7vIcvBxpE7x8DbbHTPYj_frAfikpMO3vKv0jdpNSy-nQiAg3Pyr2R5n0BWq8v6DBviy0Yh8itR0VRdnFQJOABLtS7PGPbj1ejQXst4w9H1gdiOQsghHjx1fA/w200-h200/tumblr_njpts0i8Kq1rpk9exo6_r1_250.gif" width="200" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Furthermore, I felt like <b>the commentary in this book didn't add a lot of new information
either, and I didn't find it very engaging or informative</b>, as I was expecting
something more in-depth about the tale, the characters and/or the evolution of
the different existing versions, <i>Children of Húrin</i> style. That alone would have made this book rather more worth it, but <b>to me it fell very short both regarding content, format, organization, and the quality of the commentary. </b>When I bought the book, I already knew this was no <i>Children of
Húrin</i> and so wasn't expecting to find a lot of new material, but I
did expect a better format and more engaging commentary, and the book did not deliver those for me. So frankly,
<b>I don't think it's fair to ask for (the original price of) 20 pounds for a not that well-organized,
abridged, selected remix of existing material</b> 😕. <br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivOagSAnabQ_D-i2MfcfErsfoNo2vWj86Ko9kFJPohZFwq-wU3K3BGCm43BM1LKB2IhlgA0BIEt4_ADXy45aoXcWINsMeF__yPC3-WK2djEluRbczmm22YiCXcNLlboZw3Ao6yGjNqidmv7qmQla5EPHtttXtP8mSfFtPvmzs0sRlhDW-fCBgNSKCQUw/s1223/b15f6dbfd9e1e5704490ec39b2950256.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1223" data-original-width="790" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivOagSAnabQ_D-i2MfcfErsfoNo2vWj86Ko9kFJPohZFwq-wU3K3BGCm43BM1LKB2IhlgA0BIEt4_ADXy45aoXcWINsMeF__yPC3-WK2djEluRbczmm22YiCXcNLlboZw3Ao6yGjNqidmv7qmQla5EPHtttXtP8mSfFtPvmzs0sRlhDW-fCBgNSKCQUw/s320/b15f6dbfd9e1e5704490ec39b2950256.jpg" width="207" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Alan Lee's watercolour painting of Lúthien dancing in the forest of Neldoreth, from </i>LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring<i>.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><u><b>- How is Lúthien portrayed in this book? Text selections and illustrations</b></u>: </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Still, I didn't want to give this book less than 3 stars on Goodreads
because it has Lúthien in it. However, <b>the way the texts are selected, there isn't as much
emphasis as there should be about Lúthien's power and overall badassery</b>, in my opinion. <b>Both the text and the illustrations</b> (more on that below) <b>tend to focus instead on the more traditional aspects of her character, societally: Her beauty, her romantic plot, her dancing skills and her singing</b> (but not so much her singing Songs of Power that topple down the fortresses of Dark Lords! 😐). Then
again, that's what I'm always thinking practically every time I encounter
something Lúthien-related. <b>Most emphasis is often on the romance and
her beauty and dancing, not on her power, magic and epic confrontations against
Sauron, Carcharoth and Morgoth, which for me are the absolute highlight of Lúthien's character </b>✨✊. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>✨</b><u><b>ILLUSTRATIONS</b></u>✨</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>Alan Lee's illustrations were easily my favourite part from this book</b> - and the main reason why I got it, apart from the inclusion of Lúthien -, although I also ended up <b>a bit disappointed about the selection of illustrations for this book</b> as well, as I had
overrated the hype of the excellent combo that Alan Lee+Lúthien would make, especially considering that I adore his watercolour painting of Lúthien from <i>The Fellowship of the Ring </i>(see above). </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Firstly, quite a lot of the selection of illustrations for this book - including
at least four colour plates - choose to depict male Elves, wolves, ravens and
the like (not even Beren) instead of Lúthien. <b>Lúthien does appear in six colour-plates and three graphite drawings</b>. But, somehow bafflingly, <b>in three of these six colour-plates, she is drawn small and hard to distinguish, with the main focus given to the scenery around her or to other characters</b>. And <b>in six out of the nine depictions of her</b>, she is<b> shown in the traditional mode </b>mentioned above:
<b>Dancing </b>- both in a graphite sketch (<b>Fig. 1</b>, below), and in a colour plate <b>(Fig. 2</b>) which focuses more on the forest of Neldoreth than in Lúthien herself, shown quite difficult to distinguish -; cowering in Tevildo's palace (<b>Fig. 3</b>) (and yes, she shows continuous agency in getting in there in the first place, but she was portrayed in a less badass manner in that particular version with Tevildo compared to the final one with Sauron); thrown to the ground in the very background (again, very hard to distinguish) after the attack of Celegorm and Curufin (<b>Fig. 4</b>); <b>looking after wounded Beren</b> (<b>Fig. 5</b>); and on the <b>main illustration from the cover</b> (<b>Figs. 6a and 6b</b>), where Lúthien does take center stage, but is also shown sitting sidesaddle on Huan (I've personally always imagined practical, intelligent Lúthien to ride Huan astride instead of sidesaddle, similarly to Ted Nasmith's illustrations), and holding hands with Beren, <b>focusing on her role as romantic interest</b>. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglDof0zJCltncNJYNXe8Zw7G7cU0x5VmPwQYYRDRYdZ3Nbt250xuFgXE74zUFjBALrtHSNvuVa7YFoI7BJojShYtapXuQ1w5E7LY4saY7CualOKtPPtZ0gCRzffS4qm0Ylo_gwS3aAhKOPZDjmfMieFNYbHTY3UpTF0dbphvdE5xIP7HGm3qmmg4PAjw/s1789/719c00cfc5c104f7de183a867797916c.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1445" data-original-width="1789" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglDof0zJCltncNJYNXe8Zw7G7cU0x5VmPwQYYRDRYdZ3Nbt250xuFgXE74zUFjBALrtHSNvuVa7YFoI7BJojShYtapXuQ1w5E7LY4saY7CualOKtPPtZ0gCRzffS4qm0Ylo_gwS3aAhKOPZDjmfMieFNYbHTY3UpTF0dbphvdE5xIP7HGm3qmmg4PAjw/w400-h323/719c00cfc5c104f7de183a867797916c.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 1: Graphite drawing - Lúthien dancing in Neldoreth with Daeron playing the pipes. Beren being creepy eavesdropping somewhere. Is stalking and invading women's personal spaces unsolicited romantic? Hardly.</i></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPzjzJACsqM2FwbMpyTRv1dqRVUTNUiOoAgNS_EUtNmYNKMRxAv_FCScQ_zKzicZ1ow0Xc8WW0UN4pjZ9cYUlijI5IFl89MsmRCyzPnODu7uykTnDdi8Xczz81wWGtAY2I4GKxd9B1QdzjTcWbvEqFBpuQyYLc-PI_buzm-lWQ5iXVAfldJn4zjpfDFg/s1956/21e82a065a0ea05a07a12eabe0586489.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1956" data-original-width="1185" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPzjzJACsqM2FwbMpyTRv1dqRVUTNUiOoAgNS_EUtNmYNKMRxAv_FCScQ_zKzicZ1ow0Xc8WW0UN4pjZ9cYUlijI5IFl89MsmRCyzPnODu7uykTnDdi8Xczz81wWGtAY2I4GKxd9B1QdzjTcWbvEqFBpuQyYLc-PI_buzm-lWQ5iXVAfldJn4zjpfDFg/w387-h640/21e82a065a0ea05a07a12eabe0586489.jpg" width="387" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 2: Watercolour plate - Lúthien dancing among the hemlocks in the forest of Neldoreth. Lúthien is painted small and hard to distinguish (I think that if she were dressed in her frequent azure and flax blues she would be easier to spot), alongside Daeron at the harp. The main focus is on the forest glade itself.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbs2WXK7tZMuUcUa7jAZnf3atKNpJt7pbbUEmcHT1Ptn0iv7CNifPWdsQ6GMsRmIt9AZSDQNrZZV3CI4zU_FfaZcgE-tGj9VibYA4rbiromiP5zmYJsb_RimHzrnB1Armx6ekzlHKeBd0G4mZGfNULNdf3HJP0pTju8EmYK7ZLAdRA6nNB2XBQZtFQlg/s1958/2m37gnwu1gv41.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1198" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbs2WXK7tZMuUcUa7jAZnf3atKNpJt7pbbUEmcHT1Ptn0iv7CNifPWdsQ6GMsRmIt9AZSDQNrZZV3CI4zU_FfaZcgE-tGj9VibYA4rbiromiP5zmYJsb_RimHzrnB1Armx6ekzlHKeBd0G4mZGfNULNdf3HJP0pTju8EmYK7ZLAdRA6nNB2XBQZtFQlg/w392-h640/2m37gnwu1gv41.webp" width="392" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 3: Watercolour plate - Lúthien, discovered in spite of her shadowy cloak, cowers from Tevildo, Prince of Cats, the predecessor of Sauron.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"><b></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDCQzl-jjADZNauU45V7WW2C6r9rZzeluaHCRyOAGXr77NKl3SrRyAwkghv2N2-kW1gwj9Yq5Vve8anQb8UmrzHXMXnsHlIdeEF_o0KscumXLCY3hCz-GfF_PZjRgHPvNfHb5atTgl4CduxFOJZxiMK4cN0xa0gou4yNidM6yD3d9caBMJ0DQYzic8jQ/s1957/94efd01c005fbf9807ccf549a6985f95.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1957" data-original-width="1185" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDCQzl-jjADZNauU45V7WW2C6r9rZzeluaHCRyOAGXr77NKl3SrRyAwkghv2N2-kW1gwj9Yq5Vve8anQb8UmrzHXMXnsHlIdeEF_o0KscumXLCY3hCz-GfF_PZjRgHPvNfHb5atTgl4CduxFOJZxiMK4cN0xa0gou4yNidM6yD3d9caBMJ0DQYzic8jQ/w388-h640/94efd01c005fbf9807ccf549a6985f95.jpg" width="388" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 4: Celegorm and Curufin, creeps extraordinaire, shoot Beren after trying to kidnap Lúthien. Lúthien is with Beren and Huan in the background, hardly visible, the focus being on Celegorm and Curufin riding away after their attack.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN7y2YlYpbAAf-7pgIah90uIEst4ZPpnIgXUtZWp-w9ir39pyJAUoSBdpv54uKmeNB8ABJr-vEPJbRLJX1W29rIS9vfBuNwxIuanxB3qEWxaE5QwGLVwflZWOthgHHql7L-XUyESz1KemvbKUCaIPcDKhRe_-vjNuO5Nu57lQ7-cPIyLaqK4YC_kt2vA/s2048/9946a25d098391d7811a270e48b507e9.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1233" data-original-width="2048" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN7y2YlYpbAAf-7pgIah90uIEst4ZPpnIgXUtZWp-w9ir39pyJAUoSBdpv54uKmeNB8ABJr-vEPJbRLJX1W29rIS9vfBuNwxIuanxB3qEWxaE5QwGLVwflZWOthgHHql7L-XUyESz1KemvbKUCaIPcDKhRe_-vjNuO5Nu57lQ7-cPIyLaqK4YC_kt2vA/w400-h241/9946a25d098391d7811a270e48b507e9.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 5: Graphite sketch - Lúthien uses her healing skills and magic to cure Beren </i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaMXdk6zpqEMCeqcAGdK_MMrMa0OOwXRGswFY2BC46TzMHaayf57OsMoUj9EL1-dGYQqGLtA_Ed5cFPW_qDblNaRKFpOhXyQHf--9EX2yUhUiMRudg5IOPZXsDKL0F3NImLZi-gAdRXdkOaS_6Ihkb5SlMbyc_nkFUh5ZathwxQz2MLrKpycP4Hdm-Vg/s976/_96292387_berenandluthiencoverartwork.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="549" data-original-width="976" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaMXdk6zpqEMCeqcAGdK_MMrMa0OOwXRGswFY2BC46TzMHaayf57OsMoUj9EL1-dGYQqGLtA_Ed5cFPW_qDblNaRKFpOhXyQHf--9EX2yUhUiMRudg5IOPZXsDKL0F3NImLZi-gAdRXdkOaS_6Ihkb5SlMbyc_nkFUh5ZathwxQz2MLrKpycP4Hdm-Vg/w640-h360/_96292387_berenandluthiencoverartwork.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 6a: Cover of Beren and Lúthien (earlier version than the final painting shown in the actual cover), with Lúthien riding Huan sidesaddle and holding hands with Beren.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">While there's obviously nothing inherently wrong in being beautiful, enjoying dancing, possessing healing abilities or engaging in a romantic relationship (although I tend to draw the line at problematic relationships 🙃), it's often <b>telling how it's the more traditionally feminine attributes and characteristics of Lúthien the ones which are depicted and highlighted the most often both in the text selections and in art</b>. This is particularly baffling to me in Lúthien's case because <b>she literally has goddess-level magic powers </b>(she and her mother <b>Melian </b>- an actual Maia, technically a goddess -<b> </b>are the most powerful enchantressses and magic-users in Beleriand, and the fact that Lúthien bests both Sauron and Morgoth means that yes, she's more powerful than both of them as well). Lúthien also <b>often puts to use her 'traditionally feminine' skillset to create magic that is incredibly powerful</b> both in the offensive and defensive areas, and <b>is characterized in a subversive way</b> as someone who wears flowing dresses and likes dancing and singing, *and* (not 'but') she is also <b>incredibly courageous, capable, powerful, and continuously shows agency and an active, determined will</b> wherever she goes (until she is eventually shoehorned in her own story into a traditionally romantic story with all its tropes, even with all her badassery, but ah well, that's my pet peeve xD). </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">And so, in light of the fact that <b>Lúthien is also often characterized in an incredibly badass and subversive manner in the Lay of Leithian</b>, one thing that will forever mystify me about Tolkien artists - both
professional and hobbyists - when it comes to depicting Lúthien Tinúviel
is <b>why they hardly ever fully exploit </b><b>✨✊the gold mine of awesome</b><b>✨✊ that is portraying Lúthien going through all the badass af actions</b> she can add to her personal CV: From bringing down the whole fortress of Sauron with a Song of Power (#BossLady, she created the hashtag alongside Galadriel), to escaping single-handedly from her imprisonment in Doriath with just her hair, to smiting down Carcharoth, to using her shapeshifting magic to create disguises to enter Angband, to performing her sadly rarely depicted magically-charged, literally 'winged dance' around Morgoth, the Balrogs and all the Orcs in Angband while singing more Songs of Power and kicking another Dark Lord's ass (in contrast to the more frequently portrayed male-gazey 'seductive dance' she initially entinces Morgoth with as her cover), reimagining Lúthien as a warrior as well as a powerful enchantress, there are so many options here. And yet, for each artwork that depicts one of these scenes, there's a handful with Lúthien being beautiful, being a romantic love interest, being sad, dancing and singing in a non-offensive manner, looking after Beren, being sad again. I personally think it's a shame and a waste.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZFJz6Hc6d9ZZUWjg5SKtn2DMqGvKLCQLD0Fn2o8A7SxjLQzAP8uM6IukU8aAxLgFrUjNbXNe2FGTHy0GYm4Mdxnr6mwQF1thgR5DeCfebNKnu3kyaukpnoEsCY96iA78GCcwb9RQK_YIaGc04cp01K2E1_XBIWf321Sin0O082uKJMEU6ESNaOQnw4w/s1000/daypo55-85d6922b-3b6e-4f41-8b01-315912a1b94d.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZFJz6Hc6d9ZZUWjg5SKtn2DMqGvKLCQLD0Fn2o8A7SxjLQzAP8uM6IukU8aAxLgFrUjNbXNe2FGTHy0GYm4Mdxnr6mwQF1thgR5DeCfebNKnu3kyaukpnoEsCY96iA78GCcwb9RQK_YIaGc04cp01K2E1_XBIWf321Sin0O082uKJMEU6ESNaOQnw4w/s320/daypo55-85d6922b-3b6e-4f41-8b01-315912a1b94d.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>My cosplay of Lúthien, badass magical edition. </i><a href="https://www.deviantart.com/arwendeluhtiene/gallery/53112727/tolkien-luthien-tinuviel" target="_blank">Source</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Going back to the illustrations of this book, <b>Alan Lee does choose three of these scenarios for his selection</b>, in two colour plates and one graphite drawing, and <b>does depict Lúthien in her more active, badass roles</b>. But I still found these examples to be fewer than I expected, and sometimes also executed in a way that didn't quite focus primarily on Lúthien or do her full justice, in my opinion. In one
colour plate (<b>Fig. 7</b>) she's shown <b>suspended in the air against Morgoth, showing the surprisingly rarely depicted scene of Lúthien rising 'wingéd' in front of the Dark Lord of Angband while singing her Song of Power</b>. <b>Lúthien does radiate power and agency in this illustration, my favourite from the whole book</b>. In another graphite sketch, Lúthien is shown <b>transformed into the female bat Thuringwethil, servant of Sauron</b>, flying alongside transformed Beren towards Angband (<b>Fig. 8</b>). But in another
plate (<b>Fig. 9</b>), Lee chooses to show the fortress of Sauron from a full panoramic view with Lúthien standing on the
bridge as a mere blob, <b>focusing more on Sauron's fortress instead of depicting the also massively underused-in-artwork
epic moment where Lúthien takes down Sauron's fortress with her singing magic</b>. While I also get the effect of showing Lúthien as a barely discernible speck in the midst of this huge dark fortress she is going to destroy just by singing, don't tell me that's not a freaking epic scene to fully paint, with Lúthien front and center and zoomed-in, because it is. My favourite Lúthien cosplay pictures are a tribute to that xD (see above). <br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMSNw1jGvPBdiU0xpxeE4KBLJDaeEyC2HLEeg5Ldk1b4JPwQ90EkQnxRACrxbxDB6hQPe-nn-oUGkRrXB60Kmyxf_FzdbSgeToI3p2eSPVp7zZz6BzRlD0xf8qca_KIlUEvF2NInHOvfswwGz8Y8QyhBb4_OZMikvyXBPcUAvkZCXYu88PyFS8Qh82GQ/s1956/84d09b799e111165cc2f1ea8e8e8639b.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1956" data-original-width="1167" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMSNw1jGvPBdiU0xpxeE4KBLJDaeEyC2HLEeg5Ldk1b4JPwQ90EkQnxRACrxbxDB6hQPe-nn-oUGkRrXB60Kmyxf_FzdbSgeToI3p2eSPVp7zZz6BzRlD0xf8qca_KIlUEvF2NInHOvfswwGz8Y8QyhBb4_OZMikvyXBPcUAvkZCXYu88PyFS8Qh82GQ/w382-h640/84d09b799e111165cc2f1ea8e8e8639b.jpg" width="382" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 7: Watercolour plate - Lúthien is shown center-stage in this painting rising with a powerful, defiant pose in her 'wingéd dance' and singing her Song of Power against Morgoth. Various creatures are shown asleeep inside Angband, and Beren is huddled in the forefront alongside asleep Balrogs, Orcs and the like.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRSuQMuJGu8Ua9-vIFF7ROfm7dORFg-WFR0mqBrOl6_KUNiL7jzr9VGZu8ZAtOGEyOH2y942s2EE6OQLw-OEhpsDbzTWXrW0Fbyx6Yyj74kKPkAGV9kYP5DojhpOD8w5nqjOQ1Ods7RccnHoqPXDJnqURdAZ1AjSElyI0xaGn9HPIVPBQw8JMglJYUfQ/s642/tumblr_p6154d5JDr1tlkwg5o2_1280.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="429" data-original-width="642" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRSuQMuJGu8Ua9-vIFF7ROfm7dORFg-WFR0mqBrOl6_KUNiL7jzr9VGZu8ZAtOGEyOH2y942s2EE6OQLw-OEhpsDbzTWXrW0Fbyx6Yyj74kKPkAGV9kYP5DojhpOD8w5nqjOQ1Ods7RccnHoqPXDJnqURdAZ1AjSElyI0xaGn9HPIVPBQw8JMglJYUfQ/w400-h268/tumblr_p6154d5JDr1tlkwg5o2_1280.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 8: Graphite drawing - Lúthien flies towards Angband transformed into Thuringwethil, bat servant of Sauron, with Beren disguised as a werewolf below her.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiS3-QH-revGAw9qvxJpcftdlOkes8Tq4pIUW4-ZUMakETe3xQW8odwu3KmWRBe4jDrRDCYZthFJgl3jgxZrPJM6qjlzbal_TFy8djJwO7MQZ0AMXnUTRvVonRc0_HibM0ZNnn6C6El3mg7-A48nvlnUgFpZokZ36VwS0qfxI87v-MlwKDjkzDq6BPUA/s1241/38d586d79df7335862972f0b1e57da88.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1241" data-original-width="758" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiS3-QH-revGAw9qvxJpcftdlOkes8Tq4pIUW4-ZUMakETe3xQW8odwu3KmWRBe4jDrRDCYZthFJgl3jgxZrPJM6qjlzbal_TFy8djJwO7MQZ0AMXnUTRvVonRc0_HibM0ZNnn6C6El3mg7-A48nvlnUgFpZokZ36VwS0qfxI87v-MlwKDjkzDq6BPUA/w390-h640/38d586d79df7335862972f0b1e57da88.jpg" width="390" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fig. 9: Watercolour plate - Lúthien approaches Tol-in-Gaurhoth,
the fortress of Sauron, determined to free Beren even if that means
crushing the whole fortress down to its foundations (queen xD). The
focus of the painting is the fortress rather than Lúthien, however.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"><i></i></p></div><div style="text-align: justify;">✨<u><b>CONTENT</b></u>✨</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Now we've talked about Lee's illustrations depicting Lúthien, <b>how is Lúthien portrayed in the text selections and commentary in this book?</b> Well, as I said before, for some reason <b>the selections do tend to omit the more badass, powerful and subversive aspects of Lúthien's characterization and her ample participation in the Quest of the Silmaril</b>, especially in the final versions where she is the most active and overtly badass (so many people tend to put Beren centerfront when it was actually Lúthien with Huan who did like 90+% of the work, and that's being generous). The commentary did not add any particularly new or interesting info about her either, that I recall. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Bonus rant incoming about <b>how the relationship between Beren and Lúthien is so romanticized near everywhere and hardly anyone seems to feel like there are actually problematic points going on there</b>. Because I adore Lúthien, but I don't much care for Beren, and <b>I actually overtly dislike more than one point about the romantic relationship as portrayed in all the versions of the tale</b> 😬. This is not an specific issue of this book, but rather of the different
versions of the tale of Lúthien and Beren on their own. However, I feel that the way the
excerpts from the different versions were selected for this book does
highlight some of these issues, alongside the oftentimes found shoehorning of Lúthien into her more 'traditionally feminine' characterization and roles that I described above.</div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Some examples of <b>why I don't really like this romance</b> (I was initially supposed to review *three* books here lol, but then a feminist analysis appeared xD):</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8hxXHVakasiWwfgw2Y_7uE2JBMk-azm4CIdlrCcsvOkZ2kPsoMTq6_FQ6ecxS7R8qoO2y-fvTwTrZT4BEt224Kklgk9Qwek25HIgH8enVPgXxfNVhFdw6fxYwspphPjVtLnoVTtW_22pS7cP6uE_Eg-e_VfG2kYVQmASHh7AssF1JVYFGh_Lvw2M6wQ/s270/tumblr_o3rdl5hzgN1v5kkcfo3_400.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="140" data-original-width="270" height="140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8hxXHVakasiWwfgw2Y_7uE2JBMk-azm4CIdlrCcsvOkZ2kPsoMTq6_FQ6ecxS7R8qoO2y-fvTwTrZT4BEt224Kklgk9Qwek25HIgH8enVPgXxfNVhFdw6fxYwspphPjVtLnoVTtW_22pS7cP6uE_Eg-e_VfG2kYVQmASHh7AssF1JVYFGh_Lvw2M6wQ/s1600/tumblr_o3rdl5hzgN1v5kkcfo3_400.gif" width="270" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>All extraordinary women deserve to be admired and respected the way Galadriel is, to be honest. Become even 1% less extraordinary just because of a relationship? She says nope can do.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">-It's the epytome of the <u><b>trope of the extraordinary woman whose considerable powers and skills </b>(be they magical, warlike, intellectual, or a combination of all these)</u><b><u> are at the service of the more objectively mediocre man</u>. </b>A man who 99% of the time also ends up - or even begins by - being in a romantic relationship with her simply because he's worth it (being a man), and also because the extraordinary woman often and very bafflingly (well, men often write them, so that's why) doesn't have standards, doesn't recognize red flags and accepts the first dude that falls for her no matter what 🙃 (if we ignore the Friendzoned Nice Guy act of Daeron, that is :S xD). I'm sorry, but that's the tea. <b>I
love Lúthien's epicness and power, but she basically does all Beren's work, with the added aggravating fact that said more mediocre man is often talked
about as the actual main character and hero, both in the tales, in the
commentary</b>, <b>by Tolkien in his letters, by part of the fandom</b>. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwHqm4d3CJwCCSQctATWyPArQrKpvVX7QQiMu0P5UHnlJBe2BSLf74ApMv9FBilp8Eqdvy-nFD1c8ZgYV3XPgVhHj-5xJ9m6ik-7sarH5zoNvNKjXmNKXGliVijlWv8bj4RBd5qQUIzFLSUAG3PW1dX3YCoesIubKYaOAtHh8CUFENIgp6Q1s2m8hypw/s498/wanda-maximoff-wanda.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="498" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwHqm4d3CJwCCSQctATWyPArQrKpvVX7QQiMu0P5UHnlJBe2BSLf74ApMv9FBilp8Eqdvy-nFD1c8ZgYV3XPgVhHj-5xJ9m6ik-7sarH5zoNvNKjXmNKXGliVijlWv8bj4RBd5qQUIzFLSUAG3PW1dX3YCoesIubKYaOAtHh8CUFENIgp6Q1s2m8hypw/s320/wanda-maximoff-wanda.gif" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>And your treatment in Multiverse of Madness wasn't fair either, Wanda.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Related to this, in one of the quotes selected for this book, in one of his letters Tolkien actually refers to Lúthien, with all her power, '<b><i>a mere maiden even if an elf of royalty</i></b>', and centers his conversation on how heroic Beren is: "<i><b>Beren</b> is the outlawed mortal <b>who succeeds (with the help of Lúthien,</b></i><b> </b><i><b>a mere maiden even if an elf of royalty)</b> where all the armies and warriors have failed: <b>he</b> penetrates the stronghold of the Enemy and wrests one of the Silmarilli from the Iron Crown. Thus <b>he wins the hand of Lúthien</b>". </i>Um, wtf. <b>Lúthien's literally a powerful half-goddess with way more offensive capabilities, experience and wisdom than Beren ever had</b>, but <b>she's also called a 'mere maiden' who 'helped' Beren the Hero out because
of her gender</b>, while the mortal, power-free male is hailed as the brave hero, and
nothing 'mere' about it, apparently, in spite of doing like 5% of the work during the Quest, and that's being generous (Lúthien allowed them to be able to enter Angband!). And let's also remember that <b>in the fandom Lúthien's also often branded as a 'Mary Sue' because of the sheer power she wields and her many capabilities </b>- because the Valar forbid a powerful woman (whose power and skills make total sense in terms of her nature and characterization) exist among an ocean of societally-accepted powerful men, am I right?</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFaWBcsKtPtCzy2vEegI5mb4CrJ6oBHZ4u7aX6Z7ygVxUxibLBhmrgN3cdltxKocjGlGHsMtf2kfaPxlMJZDwNAKEdjjYa96ILQx2Ty6_5KIrOHqWOkWLB1yPIP2s8IlaHxjfaKx73QEJAIDB-O8aefil_FA9i0p757DHGGf5WbKat8pZs9ApDh_trrA/s499/River_eyeroll.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="229" data-original-width="499" height="147" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFaWBcsKtPtCzy2vEegI5mb4CrJ6oBHZ4u7aX6Z7ygVxUxibLBhmrgN3cdltxKocjGlGHsMtf2kfaPxlMJZDwNAKEdjjYa96ILQx2Ty6_5KIrOHqWOkWLB1yPIP2s8IlaHxjfaKx73QEJAIDB-O8aefil_FA9i0p757DHGGf5WbKat8pZs9ApDh_trrA/w320-h147/River_eyeroll.gif" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>River relates and yes, I am right.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">-<u><b>The romance and the dynamic between Beren and Lúthien (or rather, of Beren with Lúthien) is just problematic</b></u> when you delve minimally into it, quite frankly. They look like a power couple, but are they really? Prior to even meeting and during their very first meeting, <b>Beren shows more than one sign of male entitlement and the consistent red flag behaviour of a creep and a stalker</b>, spying and following her around while she thinks she's dancing and singing alone in her forest (the audacity of women being alone and tempting men with their looks and songs, am I right), and then, in all versions of the tale, <b>basically sexually assaulting her when he calls to her, pursues her, grabs her and kisses her without a by your leave</b>. Why Lúthien would find that attractive is beyond me (well, <b>a man <i>did </i>write her</b>, and, even taking into account her subversive active personality and amazing skill, that shows). </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiROpygC1H-4KWNmPTAvfZkgCD2S1hcsxFbFc-uCaUsb4pmmClOg63VrdvwYQ8DNhTkG2_cAoK-la3Yf1dpaQo2nzDRjvyM9dFJd72WszxoT37u6Dcu0fFAQ0sn-roa8IJ8h6IuXzYS61kxBHQgZ9kTSC9ZN8a9OR8Ad-3Z1rYNF0LZ5KFV9KD0DRd9Og/s540/tumblr_oq9nslWVIK1qf5tr5o3_540.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="260" data-original-width="540" height="154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiROpygC1H-4KWNmPTAvfZkgCD2S1hcsxFbFc-uCaUsb4pmmClOg63VrdvwYQ8DNhTkG2_cAoK-la3Yf1dpaQo2nzDRjvyM9dFJd72WszxoT37u6Dcu0fFAQ0sn-roa8IJ8h6IuXzYS61kxBHQgZ9kTSC9ZN8a9OR8Ad-3Z1rYNF0LZ5KFV9KD0DRd9Og/s320/tumblr_oq9nslWVIK1qf5tr5o3_540.gif" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>If powerful demigoddesses aren't safe dancing alone at night in a realm magically protected by another goddess, who is??</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> One quote from an early version from <i>The Book of Lost Tales II </i>describes the interaction thusly: "<i>Thus suddenly <b>did he lay his hand upon her slender arm</b> beneath the leaves, and <b>with a cry she started away from him and flitted as fast as she could </b>in the wan light (...). The tender touch of her arm <b>made Beren yet more eager than before to find her,</b> and he followed swiftly and yet not swiftly enough, for in the end <b>she escaped him, and reached the dwellings of her father in fear</b>; <b>nor did she dance alone in the woods for many a day after</b>."</i> I think all women can relate to this feeling. And yet the interaction is painted as high romance, the ultimate heroic fantasy romance. In the very same page of this version, Tinúviel keeps getting stalked by Beren for months, and yet she grows fond and unafraid of him because of his 'sad, yearning face' and, without even knowing who he is or what his intentions are (I mean, those are clear anyway, he's obsessed with her :S) ends up feeling flattered that he likes to observe her dancing. That is <b>so not relatable. Male writing in action</b>.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJxG1--A7BJQ8MDjhsV5d2YfC7RsmC04PZW28o9CJiouD_xMXsrT5KU5c7prMOCa0W-9VVUkhhu7LYo6VHbJyosguP1l1xmL_FE0fA9PQxtj8W1zix8Af5s4QpcU90aqEkcgyxUU766NCVt2z2O7AudutiWlxmAu1SSKkF2vMdGd71cCxyKS4T8_x6Mw/s160/tumblr_nhxiy69Sf01qfjo3zo3_250.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="160" data-original-width="160" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJxG1--A7BJQ8MDjhsV5d2YfC7RsmC04PZW28o9CJiouD_xMXsrT5KU5c7prMOCa0W-9VVUkhhu7LYo6VHbJyosguP1l1xmL_FE0fA9PQxtj8W1zix8Af5s4QpcU90aqEkcgyxUU766NCVt2z2O7AudutiWlxmAu1SSKkF2vMdGd71cCxyKS4T8_x6Mw/s1600/tumblr_nhxiy69Sf01qfjo3zo3_250.gif" width="160" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>*channelling Thranduil's I'm done with everything 24/7 attitude* Sure thing, serial stalking and non-con grabbing and kissing is romantic af. Why Tolkien, why. </i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">After this non-consensual grabbing and kissing as a means of romantic meeting (not),<b> Lúthien is
then supposed to fall in love with him completely at first sight </b>(because that's the natural reaction when a male stranger who's obsessed with your beauty and little else stalks you for months and then grabs you and kisses you when you were just minding your business), <b>then she's putting all her power at the service of a quest devised by men who presume to treat her as a possession which passes from one man </b>(Thingol the father of the millenium)<b> to another </b>(entitled lover-husband wannabe Beren)<b> as recompense in exchange for a pretty jewel</b>, and <b>ultimately expected to sacrifice her everything</b>, losing her actual
lifestyle and immortality for this man who met her by forcibly kissing her. Romantic? Not to me.<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoA-cNr9oZna32e6ACDqORWML5kzkd4Mns6IE35mZAehk2vtNmMzU7B90_AeIb7c2MYLzoEVRFZHC5nliuuzJitXXBZ-0Gm-_U5iJ_Q-MR9N040zEvC1Qd6r9IAGQ7uUsXRI4Qvmp07x4h3yOEKLC3tdSt1BcliBt5AH3q6xO8ec-N1cINWeL9OSYYlA/s250/tumblr_nkrkyrfngL1thovs7o6_250.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="189" data-original-width="250" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoA-cNr9oZna32e6ACDqORWML5kzkd4Mns6IE35mZAehk2vtNmMzU7B90_AeIb7c2MYLzoEVRFZHC5nliuuzJitXXBZ-0Gm-_U5iJ_Q-MR9N040zEvC1Qd6r9IAGQ7uUsXRI4Qvmp07x4h3yOEKLC3tdSt1BcliBt5AH3q6xO8ec-N1cINWeL9OSYYlA/w200-h151/tumblr_nkrkyrfngL1thovs7o6_250.gif" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>And that's the tea</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> And then<b> the woman who's being treated as a thing </b>by near everyone in this tale <b>does the majority of the work to succeed in this quest</b>, <b>involving a lot of misogynistic-flavoured obstacles and a lot of hard work</b>, including but not limited to (brace yourselves): </p><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>Having to break free of her father's imprisonment (<i>because men still think they own women no matter how powerful they are, and Thingol sucks as a father</i>)</li><li>Being kidnapped and forcibly detained by rapey Feänorians (<i>a dog is literally her only ally</i>. <i>Celegorm was so set on raping Lúthien that Huan had to literally stand guard at her door 24/7 till they escaped, and bare his teeth and snarl at his former master so that he would leave her alone. Yay :|</i>)</li><li>Having to destroy Sauron's fortress to rescue her lover while Sauron is beeing leery about what he would do with her (<i>didn't know what was coming for him, did Mairon</i>)</li><li>Curing said injured lover from another attack from the Feänorians who intended to kidnap her again (<i>side note, they suck big time, but so do many men in </i>The Silmarillion <i>welp</i>)</li><li>Transforming herself and Beren into servants of Sauron (<i>10 points to cosplay magic xD</i>)</li><li>Taking down a huge wolf guarding the gate of Angband (<i>Lúthien literally multitasking with the badass shit</i> <i>and taking down dark creature after dark creature, and Beren literally wanted to abandon her and go alone lol</i>)</li><li>Feigning to have come all the way to Angband to seduce the leery creep Morgoth into complacency (<i>totally empowering for women, huh!</i> <i>And the entitled idiot believes her</i>)</li><li>And then throwing all her singing and epic flying dancing magic at him and literally putting him and every creature in Angband to freaking sleep, Balrogs and all (<i>after which Beren cuts the Silmaril from the crown because he wants to be helpful and get brownie points or something, but then again, he also causes the whole of Angband to wake again because he's kinda dumb with his plans, so maybe not</i>)</li><li>Then curing Beren again when his hand is bitten by Carcharoth because he woke up the whole of Angband again (<i>seriously, Lúthien should have cut the Silmaril from the crown while she was at it</i>)</li></ul>Then, <b>finally, the pretty crystal is in the hands of the father and Beren - yes, Beren, as we saw before - gets hailed as a courageous hero while Lúthien's literally standing by hyping him up (male writing), and Lúthien gets successfully exchanged</b> <b>aka married to him</b>. Tell me how any of this is fair and how Lúthien's OK with it, because I don't get it. </div><div> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpWA9_uiXqgwadpZAmwltEVNpAfgbAHtp42cShc1QhxJPiOyrIt5FqRZyz_vZdsFCPEBiZv2DiO5pcjbEJZThyOTQtFtdAdHTnTWBwv04uZ8exzyIMO6H0X3t5PEnThPZI8mIGMQGHvqfjO7DIMCGiECNJ4ATtiUbg9Zmbwe6r6iZNUwqik7DEpVXe1g/s268/tumblr_oojljg9BZG1wnw3cvo6_r2_400.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="179" data-original-width="268" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpWA9_uiXqgwadpZAmwltEVNpAfgbAHtp42cShc1QhxJPiOyrIt5FqRZyz_vZdsFCPEBiZv2DiO5pcjbEJZThyOTQtFtdAdHTnTWBwv04uZ8exzyIMO6H0X3t5PEnThPZI8mIGMQGHvqfjO7DIMCGiECNJ4ATtiUbg9Zmbwe6r6iZNUwqik7DEpVXe1g/w200-h134/tumblr_oojljg9BZG1wnw3cvo6_r2_400.gif" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>"Beren is the hero of the Quest of the Silmaril" Dude, Lúthien is literally *right there*. She literally does *everything* and doesn't at least get hyped and praised, as she should? I'm suing.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Lúthien then of course also <b>gives away her immortality in exhange of a mortal life with Beren because Elven women do that as an instinctual feminine thing when they're in love, we're told, but male Elves are rather more reticent about it </b>(<i>ahem, Aegnor</i>). And <b>she ends up living a very traditionally-structured life</b> isolated from her mother (<i>do I care about Thingol? Nope</i>), friends and family, <b>as a wife and a mother and a beautiful woman who dances and sings for Beren but never again shows the amazing feats of power featured in the Quest</b>, with a short life and a very beautiful Silmaril to briefly wear until it shortens her already brief new mortal life. Yay!</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">While there's nothing wrong per se with actually choosing to marry, be a mother or partake in traditional activities that one may actually enjoy, <b>having such an incredibly powerful woman simply end up like that because that's the societally accepted happy ending?</b> <b>Anticlimactic is the word</b> (<i>and Galadriel didn't have to tone down shit when she got married, btw, so it's doable</i>). And all this time? Beren of course deserves such an extraordinary woman as Lúthien, so much so that she as a result should certainly work so much and sacrifice so much for him because he's so worth it. <b>Because everything is of little value in exchange for the promise of the traditional married heternormative life every woman longs for from the beginning </b>(<i>this is literally what Tolkien says in the infamous letter 42 - Tolkien's work is great and all, but if you also want a taste of stagnating conservative values about gender roles and relationships, that's the letter you want to peruse :S!</i>). </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAU1JzqDGFCr0lmAYuW7VHxnz1bdst_AiglpWEgm4vAkvjGsbO523NJk6Vj-YtVUIYb2Rn6os49XnXYfLUPn-m_KVTyR3ws_xENdrYspqDrIZOosKv0m_0ci2ulRDZ-zdlhdSWCeQY9dbOAG80MBGQmpl2OfEC7zLt0d0ysyvPh2GkDyistouc550krA/s200/tumblr_nwccvyNIjK1qf172jo9_250.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAU1JzqDGFCr0lmAYuW7VHxnz1bdst_AiglpWEgm4vAkvjGsbO523NJk6Vj-YtVUIYb2Rn6os49XnXYfLUPn-m_KVTyR3ws_xENdrYspqDrIZOosKv0m_0ci2ulRDZ-zdlhdSWCeQY9dbOAG80MBGQmpl2OfEC7zLt0d0ysyvPh2GkDyistouc550krA/w200-h200/tumblr_nwccvyNIjK1qf172jo9_250.gif" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Totally a 100% great deal for every woman!</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> When it comes to this tale,<b> I would honestly, really love to see a power couple with two people who work together </b>and take
down the bad guys and go through obstacles as a tandem, <b>and genuinely appreciate
and love each other</b>. But in this case, that's not what I see,
unfortunately. <b>While I love Lúthien being a badass who ends up doing nearly all the heavy lifting, the balance dynamic still comes off quite unequal instead of just subversive and indicative of a more egalitarian dynamic, and this is because the motivations for the Quest are masculine codes of 'honour' and female ownership</b>, <b>and she multitasks through it all at the service of said men</b>, who just seem to see her as a pretty object. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">And the famed romance is still based on 'she's beautiful and he wanted a piece of that, and she fell in love at first sight in response because a man wrote her', and that isn't deep enough ot believable enough for me, I have to say. Because <b>we also need to highlight the fact that Beren's main motivation to want to marry Lúthien is that she's incredibly beautiful, dances really well, and well, that's all there needs to be</b>! He does call refer to her as brave sometimes, if I remember correctly (although Huan is the one who's mainly hyping her up), but in a truly equal dynamic firstly <b>he would not have outright stalked and assaulted her</b>, right? 🙃 </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Secondly they would preferably have <b>things in common that would help build a significant relationship</b>, but their dynamic post-stalking and pre-quest involves Lúthien dancing for him (mainly) and sporadically with him, and them 'being in love' in a generic way. Which I guess could work in a kinda bland way (except for the fact that Lúthien's dancing wasn't originally intended to entertain or titillate a man - although Nice Guy Daeron might have thought otherwise as well :S), but there are other <b>red flags</b>, as we have discussed. And thirdly,<b> if he really liked her as a person, he would very probably want to hype her up and talk to her and about her regarding how badass, witty and powerful she is, and...he doesn't really do that</b>, and if he did it was so sporadical I have forgotten about it (Lúthien's dog friend Huan does hype her up, a lot more. Heh). Because<b> she's beautiful, and that's the main reason why this romance exists for him, it seems</b> ("<i>I desire thy daughter Tinúviel, for she is the fairest and most sweet of all maidens I have seen or dreamed of</i>", he says in <i>Book of Lost Tales II</i>, for example).<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg35whNr1OuyJvIfe5BkvddIQ8g32RxargJt7vwdPmSN3ReQ2DpXIIQMBkFoFCSJyuTa2M32EVN1eqoyjSRYwbnkyRY_h7IB_vxTRjB92BUgYjCC9hHfDF8lWVD5quRXwfJyLrbGpFvc5G-besMrRXgSSVhpYNb4QxTuGqchKkHCKdsXigbisF74vE8Jw/s245/BlueBlaringColt-size_restricted.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="245" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg35whNr1OuyJvIfe5BkvddIQ8g32RxargJt7vwdPmSN3ReQ2DpXIIQMBkFoFCSJyuTa2M32EVN1eqoyjSRYwbnkyRY_h7IB_vxTRjB92BUgYjCC9hHfDF8lWVD5quRXwfJyLrbGpFvc5G-besMrRXgSSVhpYNb4QxTuGqchKkHCKdsXigbisF74vE8Jw/s1600/BlueBlaringColt-size_restricted.gif" width="245" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>This gif is a must, come on xD</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">In conclusion, <b>I love the character of Lúthien in itself, how
utterly powerful and capable she is, but I resent and hate the way her
character is made to revolve around entitled problematic men, and how all the
men in the tale are constantly throwing obstacles in her path</b>. No to <b>Thingol</b>,
the controlling father. No to <b>Daeron</b>, the 'friendzoned' Nice Guy who doesn't get any in spite of offering free music for her dancing (<i>the audacity. Pay me back for my free karaokes!</i>). No to <b>Beren</b>,
the stalker entitled guy who thinks he deserves the extraordinary woman just
because she's beautiful and he called to her, who insists on the stupid quest when he could have opted out and stayed with Lúthien on their own terms, and who then made dumb decisions in the midst of Lúthien's unlauded multitasking (<i>let's leave Lúthien asleep because I can totally handle Angband after the Sauron fiasco she rescued me from! Then let's sing so loud the creatures of Morgoth might hear me, and Lúthien too! Then let's prick Morgoth's foot after Lúthien's hard work while trying to pry off a second Silmaril you didn't even need!</i>). No to <b>Celegorm </b>and <b>Curufin</b>, the rapey entitled brats. Yes to <b>Huan</b>, the
only ally Lúthien seems to have, a freaking giant hound. Yes to <b>Melian</b>, who does support her daughter, but who, in spite of being an actual goddess, seems to need to answer to the commands of her Elven husband (<i>hello, Patriarchy</i>). And of course, no to <b>Sauron </b>and <b>Morgoth</b>, who
get their asses kicked by Lúthien's badassery but not before they can tell the
readers and Lúthien about their creepy lustful and rapey intentions towards her. But hey, at least the narration is honest about it and Lúthien is adequately creeped
out and responds by taking them down. <b>Beren basically stalks the shit out of her for months
and assaults her by taking her in his arms and kissing her without her freaking
consent, and it's all apparently 'so romantic'? So much that as a response she
sacrifices her everything for him, including her freaking immortality? For a
dude apparently only interested in how beautiful she is?? Yep, after so many
years I'm still so not getting it</b>, but now I'm kinda repeating myself xDD. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">I could definitely go on about how the fact that <b>JRR Tolkien considered his wife Edith to be the inspiration for Lúthien and called himself Beren in association, and how we can definitely see a projection of some points of their dynamic (not all of them unproblematic) and his idea of an ideal F/M romantic relationship</b> <b>by comparing his real life relationship with his story of Lúthien and Beren as a romantic duo</b>. But that is a whole different (but related) can of worms to analyse, and I do have at least a post about Edith planned, so that's enough controversial Tolkien women opinions for today, folks 😅 😂 xD!</p><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxAGdOS18nP_DwjSBan_HeC1YaO0XAq0P1gDRggKnUjx6Uk7b-nkwzUaG-6XZzWyTAcU4PivlWuPYD6mfwCwqrfhGakEttEoIZTsbIYJGjGolpz2JZPWXg8WniWswWUqrSik51RabLqSXGtyMqVmt_Zc_Pt3xRP1fJ3TeFoUtT3rjgEA3jYJ6bCPcPIw/s1600/there_wide_her_arms_did_luthien_throw_by_arwendeluhtiene_dayd3f3-fullview.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1429" data-original-width="1600" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxAGdOS18nP_DwjSBan_HeC1YaO0XAq0P1gDRggKnUjx6Uk7b-nkwzUaG-6XZzWyTAcU4PivlWuPYD6mfwCwqrfhGakEttEoIZTsbIYJGjGolpz2JZPWXg8WniWswWUqrSik51RabLqSXGtyMqVmt_Zc_Pt3xRP1fJ3TeFoUtT3rjgEA3jYJ6bCPcPIw/w400-h358/there_wide_her_arms_did_luthien_throw_by_arwendeluhtiene_dayd3f3-fullview.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Lúthien out xD</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div></div>Arwendë Luhtiénë / Marta Lúthienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01043611744907294700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255946979377638758.post-56551569820804583882022-07-17T19:00:00.004-07:002022-07-17T19:05:40.429-07:00Goodreads feminist reviews - Gin & Daggers (Murder, She Wrote novels, #1)<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgC2jY_fY2t6WWUEZalqXUEYMH01ya9swJElgc6DXHbHn06sckzbEEQWlj0uiC2pWrotO9zyRBcurSRMbW_Mu65-LB2PGwZUoF7rzBEUHvcHVbNjPUZQ27gPdnHMitcvjznG7fRrjcPkq3iZtclmd4y0ANUZ4UYt7aYVE69qCti1XpdEi1z5X-0l8lig/s600/D4s0G--XsAIg0s5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgC2jY_fY2t6WWUEZalqXUEYMH01ya9swJElgc6DXHbHn06sckzbEEQWlj0uiC2pWrotO9zyRBcurSRMbW_Mu65-LB2PGwZUoF7rzBEUHvcHVbNjPUZQ27gPdnHMitcvjznG7fRrjcPkq3iZtclmd4y0ANUZ4UYt7aYVE69qCti1XpdEi1z5X-0l8lig/s320/D4s0G--XsAIg0s5.jpg" width="320" /></a></p> <b>Book</b>: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20212062-gin-and-daggers" target="_blank"><b><i>Murder, She Wrote. Gin & Daggers</i></b></a> (1989), by <b>Donald Bain</b>, the first of a series of <b><i>Murder, She Wrote </i>novels</b>, based on the TV series of the same name. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeiiK5NFzGqQcx3ctRtiUIWsOYc4isN0jBmXeybv00en068kss_NIFoOADDjxYGpnv3j-p_0XNQMcuMEFLFUDn8P78Mox_y7kmVxAkGvPHzjOEZaOz1AesAIs_swP0ufJ_n7w7c2ZS4nY7T2CVfjfSUDsZUtQV3OxylWotXzPBuiqGnSxpmFqGK6znNw/s445/20212062.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="285" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeiiK5NFzGqQcx3ctRtiUIWsOYc4isN0jBmXeybv00en068kss_NIFoOADDjxYGpnv3j-p_0XNQMcuMEFLFUDn8P78Mox_y7kmVxAkGvPHzjOEZaOz1AesAIs_swP0ufJ_n7w7c2ZS4nY7T2CVfjfSUDsZUtQV3OxylWotXzPBuiqGnSxpmFqGK6znNw/w128-h200/20212062.jpg" width="128" /></a></div><p><b>2/5. <b>Goodreads review</b> </b>also <b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3424752132" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a>. </b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b> </b>I love <i>Murder, She Wrote</i> and adore Angela Lansbury's Jessica
Fletcher, but unfortunately this book's characterization of her was not
it. At all. This is my first foray into the <i>Murder, She Wrote</i>
books, and I'm honestly quite discouraged to see that the same author
wrote most of them, because I'm less than impressed - and more than a
bit displeased - with the way he wrote Jessica's characterization. Not
to mention the blatant male gaze present throughout the whole book.</p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4739SLQygBiFeGZAYE4HeNwmthgrgMkySpGH13VsCa64datWPuRRZiQXJPCEixTIghfu7Uh5gsmXvKTFmlfOzGK6_iRKjR4Hy5rLGno_EhE-oyb8i3lkzaQ8QHJ1wiqG9AHTA7DX8dvWqzl8Nqd-H-n9DrynI9WVPTk_SIwhRp1GmE_zC6L9pnKytyA/s250/9b3b83ea0b43d722ecf1.gif"><img border="0" data-original-height="188" data-original-width="250" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4739SLQygBiFeGZAYE4HeNwmthgrgMkySpGH13VsCa64datWPuRRZiQXJPCEixTIghfu7Uh5gsmXvKTFmlfOzGK6_iRKjR4Hy5rLGno_EhE-oyb8i3lkzaQ8QHJ1wiqG9AHTA7DX8dvWqzl8Nqd-H-n9DrynI9WVPTk_SIwhRp1GmE_zC6L9pnKytyA/w320-h241/9b3b83ea0b43d722ecf1.gif" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>I
love Jessica Fletcher because she's just so refreshingly unconventional
in every way</b>. Firstly, <b>we direly need more protagonists who are badass
older women who subvert gender roles every day</b> (Jessica loves both
baking apple pies in her seaside town and solving murders everywhere she
goes, and it's perfect xD). <b>And I just love how Jessica combines
badassery and kindness, doesn't care for money, fame or power in spite
of having become a world successful writer of mystery novels, always
keeps an open mind and constantly hones her curiosity for learning new
things</b>, for example, about other countries and peoples (she's not a
typical EEUU citizen in more than one way welp), <b>and she seems to always
have a special affinity for the more oppressed minority groups</b>. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUXbpI_uye5bhruUrv_Bkri6SHS4sO15Xg_cElqqt3McyaB3Eose9Smg7Md1qaXfmd4JYhW96e-NhQkn8HHoRkMoMBpcuSWNogKsmpn-cPyMuBDbgLilXMouR5vs5gbKTUrJ5j3L0srsme5BwhJZydiaB78FfTkkpAnvVHT9YIrZHLhaGFpMcoRNcccg/s498/murder-she-wrote-msw.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="371" data-original-width="498" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUXbpI_uye5bhruUrv_Bkri6SHS4sO15Xg_cElqqt3McyaB3Eose9Smg7Md1qaXfmd4JYhW96e-NhQkn8HHoRkMoMBpcuSWNogKsmpn-cPyMuBDbgLilXMouR5vs5gbKTUrJ5j3L0srsme5BwhJZydiaB78FfTkkpAnvVHT9YIrZHLhaGFpMcoRNcccg/w320-h238/murder-she-wrote-msw.gif" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Honestly, Jessica Fletcher is the intelligent, badass and supportive friend that we all need in our lives</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>The
Jessica Fletcher of this book is quite dissimilar from this profile,</b>
though :S <b>She is written as quite more conventional, displaying a
somewhat narrower mind in her inner thoughts, and also displaying less
of the badassery and aplomb that so defines her</b>. And it's a shame. <br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">But
the main thing that really made me dislike this book more was the way
that <b>the male author displayed a blatant male gaze in each and every one
of the descriptions involving women, particularly the young female
characters in the story</b>. The book is written in first person from
Jessica Fletcher's point of view, and <b>can there be anything more
incredibly jarring than Jessica Fletcher describing the young women she
meets while solving the murders in an incredibly sexist and sexualized
manner that reeked of male gaze :S?</b> The book kept describing women's
outfits and how tight and revealing they were (sometimes combining this
drooling male gaze with the misogyny of how they were sl*ts and dressed
inappropiately). The descriptions focused on women's cleavage more than
once, just freaking because, and generally made a point of highlighting
how beautiful and seductive and sensual the women were (or not,
depending on the author's tastes). Wtf. <b>I would be angry about having to
read about a man describing all women in this way anyway, but the fact
that it's supposedly Jessica goddamm Fletcher describing them like that, in such a disrespectful and sexualizing manner?
WTF.</b> I'm personally offended on so many levels.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJU5wQtls66zvcdqkF-Bj0q_M6dDpzCTP1b_aIslsv7hqJB88d7mpEN6m066SY2vZZAKGsl2DVUeKq9N7B1u36Ogij-zsqUcoKbse-CqssbSkolj1qA4ApkD-bfSDIQA-JJPC0eeeTmv7D_TNwWaPLAUUaxZ6xR3gluYXGXoR1pF6ikFNWpmyrJrypjQ/s430/3036094.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="380" data-original-width="430" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJU5wQtls66zvcdqkF-Bj0q_M6dDpzCTP1b_aIslsv7hqJB88d7mpEN6m066SY2vZZAKGsl2DVUeKq9N7B1u36Ogij-zsqUcoKbse-CqssbSkolj1qA4ApkD-bfSDIQA-JJPC0eeeTmv7D_TNwWaPLAUUaxZ6xR3gluYXGXoR1pF6ikFNWpmyrJrypjQ/w200-h177/3036094.gif" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Jessica Fletcher WOULD NEVER. </i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The descriptions
in the book also engaged in <b>casual fatphobia, body shaming and ageism</b>,
there was a <b>completely unnecesary subplot featuring strip clubs because
more male gaze</b>, one sole mention of a <b>"<i>*nasty* homosexual relationship</i>"
(wtf)</b>, and the author also proved that he followed the archetypal
way of <b>not bothering to learn geography beyond the United
States</b> - This Mediterranean European eyerolled so hard during a
description of an Italian female character in which she was described as
a 'sensual and exotic beauty' (<b>bonus ethnic fetishism</b>) with
"<i>Middle-Eastern features, perhaps from Lebanon, perhaps from Spain or
Italy</i>". The word he was looking for, if he wanted to use all three of
those countries at the same time, would have been *"Mediterranean"*, and
he would have been right, without any need to mix up the continents.
Sigh xD.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk0j2I8i_3ZOcsIo9dttos4IkbmrwwYKHNNuxwykyAas3BV83TsAGOWjb4d5bYlxGskjxzlKtgJzjQdjkZ0If4J3uRu6-dL03vPS_F_gYZ8DZefFCGrea280G2EByHi6h36QH4TC1il0HOYHZn_ptjqaF4TPzeKZ65d8nX4Uw6UPVuuRZJyAW5NBOOaQ/s200/489159dc869fd998999ab5ae59d0f704_w200.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="114" data-original-width="200" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk0j2I8i_3ZOcsIo9dttos4IkbmrwwYKHNNuxwykyAas3BV83TsAGOWjb4d5bYlxGskjxzlKtgJzjQdjkZ0If4J3uRu6-dL03vPS_F_gYZ8DZefFCGrea280G2EByHi6h36QH4TC1il0HOYHZn_ptjqaF4TPzeKZ65d8nX4Uw6UPVuuRZJyAW5NBOOaQ/w320-h182/489159dc869fd998999ab5ae59d0f704_w200.webp" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Jessica Fletcher is way more knowledgeable than that, dude.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The plot was alright, I guess, and it made me want to
finish the book to find out if I was right about every whodunnit's main
question (who the murderer(s) are xD), but I also found the mystery to have
less quality than the standard series plotlines, and it also left me a
bit dissatisfied as I felt that the book didn't tie all ends in a
satisfactory way.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA1hO2fQ96gk6J_0I2W3dLUNjFScfAdXG6db0UewGiaDpAJVaEQnev8sHXBVppyQLIpmyDHcwKiK5h3MKooHEdyGS4chI990Apnden9qC0mTYJyJGJKE87_HkCfc9NnZHgntXeYrlN8ZjfDeCuxfWXr7CkZdGdpy_4v2_DfqqaJ2HRtevBe-oyVE3bnA/s540/Jessica2.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="405" data-original-width="540" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA1hO2fQ96gk6J_0I2W3dLUNjFScfAdXG6db0UewGiaDpAJVaEQnev8sHXBVppyQLIpmyDHcwKiK5h3MKooHEdyGS4chI990Apnden9qC0mTYJyJGJKE87_HkCfc9NnZHgntXeYrlN8ZjfDeCuxfWXr7CkZdGdpy_4v2_DfqqaJ2HRtevBe-oyVE3bnA/w320-h240/Jessica2.gif" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Did that character really write the fictional murder mystery book the plot revolves around, then? And what happened to that other murder victim who is never mentioned again? </i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">There are also <b>way more male characters than
female characters in the story, and the main points about all the female
characters' plots revolved very strongly around men</b>. Which is something
that we can also see in various episodes of the series, and not every <i>Murder, She Wrote</i> episode includes the healthy dose of social criticism that I tend to
enjoy (although more than one does), but the book was overall lacking
more in at least the unconventional and subversive element that Jessica
Fletcher always adds to every episode no matter what. So meh.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Without
divulging any of the whodunnit's twists, I also didn't quite like how
Jessica kept either thinking about her late husband, or crushing on a
handsome inspector from Scotland Yard. <b>Jessica does indulge in sporadic
love interests and casual </b>lunch and dinner <b>dates at the end of various
episodes, and that's perfectly fine</b> and more power to her, <b>but the book
often had Jessica thinking in a more engaged manner about men instead of
you know, solving the murders</b>. In the series, <b>it's pretty much the
other way around</b>. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Vq73iYMgNZMAJKAKLbynedatqxBVTXK2Clgxd5R588em68VlPtTuituyY2HtmBL7ne2eXC6UzRksOHf65x0ASJsv5iJ5ge002wNDTuQndcYamY7k1qQzeBIfDTgT6N7OBYYBYvQO4gspcEss9BzwM9pzPaC93ITZsTAlT4yGd5MtG71Hq-9Gdci2zQ/s220/murder-she-wrote-angela-lansbury.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="165" data-original-width="220" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Vq73iYMgNZMAJKAKLbynedatqxBVTXK2Clgxd5R588em68VlPtTuituyY2HtmBL7ne2eXC6UzRksOHf65x0ASJsv5iJ5ge002wNDTuQndcYamY7k1qQzeBIfDTgT6N7OBYYBYvQO4gspcEss9BzwM9pzPaC93ITZsTAlT4yGd5MtG71Hq-9Gdci2zQ/w200-h150/murder-she-wrote-angela-lansbury.gif" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>If she's interested, Jessica doesn't say no to a casual dinner date with the episode's random guy of the day, but murders, books and travelling are her main thing, dear author. It's literally because she's widowed that she started writing, travelling and solving murders in the first place, and she's also not about to change that any time soon no matter how much she had loved her late husband, lol.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Finally, I felt that <b>the characters of Doctor
Seth Hazlitt and Sheriff Mort Metzger and Jessica's dynamic with them
also lacked the characterization of the series in more than one respect</b>,
and I actually found it <b>patronizing and intrusive </b>how the plot decided
that they would both just travel from Maine to London and stay a few
days to help Jessica out - <b>as if she wasn't perfectly capable of solving
murders wherever she goes with the help that she already would have
found at hand had she needed it, as we have already seen in twelve seasons
of the series :S xD</b>.<b> </b>The dynamic is not at all like that in the series
most of the time, and what's more, Seth and Mort hardly added anything
to the mystery solving per se, choosing instead to indulge in
sightseeing and especially in a "boys' night out" drinking and enjoying
the attention of lots of young, attractive women (eww). I felt like the author relished every opportunity to add more descriptions of sexualized women and men being icky and nope.<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvz_OHgVjn35OBNxXOxOU5uFdYREnEfFBts9RNJ5VpMKRzZuVTHB0pzcH3rkH7xIQ6R6X008bgtleTKHZCsQdTau6dZCC4Ph6lvHwLW6Wn64TiSo5nRAv52NNzyQQsdSuNw9ywTt10ORkZEVSJWNTYRsmczHdb1wzmXe4mh_2HmKWwsivZ-C_lYyOXFw/s450/xoWsgDf.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="340" data-original-width="450" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvz_OHgVjn35OBNxXOxOU5uFdYREnEfFBts9RNJ5VpMKRzZuVTHB0pzcH3rkH7xIQ6R6X008bgtleTKHZCsQdTau6dZCC4Ph6lvHwLW6Wn64TiSo5nRAv52NNzyQQsdSuNw9ywTt10ORkZEVSJWNTYRsmczHdb1wzmXe4mh_2HmKWwsivZ-C_lYyOXFw/w320-h242/xoWsgDf.gif" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Jessica disagrees with all the unnecessary sexism in this book</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"> I'm not sure that I'll be reading more books from this series any time soon, although knowing my perfectionism, I'll most probably read them all at some time xDD Let us hope that the rest of the books improve at least somewhat on these accounts :S!<br /></p>Arwendë Luhtiénë / Marta Lúthienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01043611744907294700noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255946979377638758.post-15727311843122199942022-06-21T19:49:00.005-07:002024-01-01T14:27:09.590-08:00Goodreads feminist reviews - Cleopatra (Reinas y Rebeldes RBA, #1)<div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitVli46aN8BjHWEI4T6yU3hPUnZblgfO4VcMDKLaxFPDKN-xoI9PVWsMI-eVrK_gMmOeS4Fl_1804rwKx4HitBQOuj2cEYzzBFpdHb1b4ZWkJOHBZKDGUgIueoRL3mY3Lg83MAUfZ_MBtbAy21OpT5h2EoFf6nMT1FnzpAHZwFOqGWxmtqyv4Cqx0LeQ/s745/Cleopatra_-_John_William_Waterhouse.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="745" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitVli46aN8BjHWEI4T6yU3hPUnZblgfO4VcMDKLaxFPDKN-xoI9PVWsMI-eVrK_gMmOeS4Fl_1804rwKx4HitBQOuj2cEYzzBFpdHb1b4ZWkJOHBZKDGUgIueoRL3mY3Lg83MAUfZ_MBtbAy21OpT5h2EoFf6nMT1FnzpAHZwFOqGWxmtqyv4Cqx0LeQ/w275-h320/Cleopatra_-_John_William_Waterhouse.jpg" width="275" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>'Cleopatra' by John William Waterhouse (1887)</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><b><b></b></b></div><p></p><p><b>Book</b>: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60156133-cleopatra" target="_blank"><i><b>Cleopatra</b></i></a>, by <b>Ariadna Castellarnau</b>, the first of the 2022 edition of the<b> <i><a href="https://tienda.rbacoleccionables.com/reinas-y-rebeldes-2022.html" target="_blank">Reinas y Rebeldes</a></i> </b>('<i>Queens and Rebels</i>') kiosk collection by RBA Coleccionables. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_DFdFnqQaDROeU-q7ah1JEtcnOuP9820d1ZZWDlZHDGt5AMVD8_Zf82MDid0yhBgZE-biBZaeiWJ6dB9K1pQ_XOTRozVVCH_eZKua9ARHuowQq04zHdnhpFTzxGR3yjFNFoH_udIm03Esnu8Ca-tEkzVzYgOJdiOsrn9j2ldimuqyAQwVLJVjG6S2-g/s329/60156133._SX318_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="329" data-original-width="227" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_DFdFnqQaDROeU-q7ah1JEtcnOuP9820d1ZZWDlZHDGt5AMVD8_Zf82MDid0yhBgZE-biBZaeiWJ6dB9K1pQ_XOTRozVVCH_eZKua9ARHuowQq04zHdnhpFTzxGR3yjFNFoH_udIm03Esnu8Ca-tEkzVzYgOJdiOsrn9j2ldimuqyAQwVLJVjG6S2-g/w138-h200/60156133._SX318_.jpg" width="138" /></a></div><p><b>4/5. <b>Goodreads review</b> </b>also <b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4530402590?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a>. </b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">En esta serie, hablaré sobre la colección de libros titulada <b><i>Reinas y Rebeldes</i></b>, publicada por RBA Coleccionables, donde <b>se visibiliza y difunde a una serie de <u>reinas, gobernantes, nobles y líderes femeninas de la historia</u></b>. La colección se centra en mujeres que son o bien <b>nobles y aristócratas</b>, o bien mujeres que llegaron a <b>ostentar cargos importantes en las áreas del gobierno, monarquía y/o política</b>, y la gran mayoría de las mujeres de la selección (si bien no todas) son también <b>blancas y mayoritariamente europeas</b>. En base a estos cortes, obviamente se está escogiendo a una serie de mujeres con <b>privilegio social de clase y raza en la gran mayoría de los casos</b>. Aun así, podemos ver que <b>siguen marcadamente oprimidas en base a su género, y es en esta intersección en la que se basa la gran mayoría de lo innegablemente meritorio de sus vidas</b>, pero también me gustaría dejar ese punto comentado por los <b>sesgos que también puede añadir la colección</b>. Todas las mujeres de esta colección tienen vidas interesantes y muy meritorias, pero sí es cierto que habría apreciado también algo más de variedad y diversidad al menos en cuanto a la etnicidad y raza de las mujeres de la selección, ya que <b>de 60 libros</b>, creo que<b> sólo contamos con 8 mujeres pertenecientes a culturas y etnicidades no blancas</b> (2 egipcias sin contar a la griega Cleopatra, 2 chinas, 1 india, 1 mesoamericana, y 2 sirias).<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Las reviews que termine publicando de esta serie las escribiré <b>en español</b>, a pesar de que el inglés es la lengua habitual en la que suelo escribir en este blog. La razón de esto es que los libros originales están todos en castellano, de forma similar a que suelo postear las entradas con charlas presentadas en las convenciones y publicadas en la revista de la Sociedad Tolkien Española en castellano también. Dicho esto, pasamos a la primera review, sobre la última reina Ptolemaica, Cleopatra, y las impresiones con las que me quedé del libro de <b>Ariadna Castellarnau</b>:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u><b>General </b></u><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i> </i>+1 Biografía amena con un enfoque feminista, narrando la <b>vida de la
reina <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleopatra" target="_blank">Cleopatra </a>con una crítica continuada a los sesgos sexistas y los
enfoques misóginos que se le han dado a lo largo de la historia</b>, tanto de
parte de hombres romanos contemporáneos como de parte de demasiados
escritores, pintores y películas en los siglos posteriores. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Mientras que
<b> se suele enfocar a Cleopatra repetidamente dentro de una <u>serie de estereotipos
sexistas</u></b>, desde la <b>seductora sensual y la mujer fatal</b>, la traicionera
'serpiente del Nilo' que se aprovechaba de los hombres, a la <b>mujer
enamorada que actuó siempre dominada por las pasiones</b>, la <b>reina
incompetente y superficial</b>, y/o la <b>dirigente tiránica, mandona, gritona y
caricaturizada </b>(hola, Astérix :S), este libro subraya en todo momento
<b>lo inteligente y culta </b>que era Cleopatra, y se enfatizan sus <b>dotes
estadistas y de liderazgo</b>, <b>contextualizando </b>también <b>sus relaciones con
César y Marco Antonio dentro del marco político y las sociedades
patriarcales de su época</b>, con obstáculos constantes a cualquier mujer
que pretendiera reinar.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaHOIKg8-HP4JVUuYWGqIfsgeTfga8qu3WvR84umB7F0mcm7iFLfSMpJdomVFv81UpBhHRaBOBtw7YF0ZfWd0LUAg5tPUu3VHst3V58Dm7zRItCHlG-DzwSDAkp-8TTEcagjSdBZdl-E9NRnaezuZFGCZS8z2pKRuAHfHzAPywQhVySJxK1vlUDtBbFA/s640/41_00616118~louis-gauffier_the-meeting-between-octavian-and-cleopatra-after-the-battle-of-actium.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="466" data-original-width="640" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaHOIKg8-HP4JVUuYWGqIfsgeTfga8qu3WvR84umB7F0mcm7iFLfSMpJdomVFv81UpBhHRaBOBtw7YF0ZfWd0LUAg5tPUu3VHst3V58Dm7zRItCHlG-DzwSDAkp-8TTEcagjSdBZdl-E9NRnaezuZFGCZS8z2pKRuAHfHzAPywQhVySJxK1vlUDtBbFA/w400-h291/41_00616118~louis-gauffier_the-meeting-between-octavian-and-cleopatra-after-the-battle-of-actium.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>'El encuentro entre Cleopatra y Octavio tras la batalla de Actio', 1787-1788, por Louis Gauffier.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">+-1 La biografía parece estar en general
bien contrastada<b> </b>y es <b>informativa de todos los eventos de la vida de
Cleopatra</b>, aunque hay <b>un par de puntos que están algo idealizados</b> o no
del todo bien expresados, según mis propias investigaciones. En general, para toda esta colección
<b>echo en falta una sección de notas, o al menos una bibliografía con
material consultado</b>. Por otro lado, aunque me ha terminado gustando ese
balance, también he de notar que este libro está escrito de forma que
<b>mezcla el estilo de una biografía y una novelización</b>, al estilo de la
ficción histórica, interpretando lo que Cleopatra pensaba y sentía en diferentes
momentos de su vida, lo que necesariamente termina añadiendo un <b>factor
de subjetividad adicional</b>.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjolaXPpe_gr8PXH-ccOlgtKYEyal7iTbX8bRUg1zBwiEAFr242qiUlq_9I9wQK3KelHJPmCvIUjLD-SnW8ozmKNOYZuQVVGs-t7ZN0Jp3qYALdMn4iVhpCpXpi_urj8cQ3X7CpwLCFKUrJgqy23QeCv1H11Li11TO_a1mm_EA_x67co2Wlvc84ynrCyg/s1199/800px-Statue_of_a_Ptolemaic_Queen,_perhaps_Cleopatra_VII_MET_89.2.660_EGDP013678.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1199" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjolaXPpe_gr8PXH-ccOlgtKYEyal7iTbX8bRUg1zBwiEAFr242qiUlq_9I9wQK3KelHJPmCvIUjLD-SnW8ozmKNOYZuQVVGs-t7ZN0Jp3qYALdMn4iVhpCpXpi_urj8cQ3X7CpwLCFKUrJgqy23QeCv1H11Li11TO_a1mm_EA_x67co2Wlvc84ynrCyg/s320/800px-Statue_of_a_Ptolemaic_Queen,_perhaps_Cleopatra_VII_MET_89.2.660_EGDP013678.jpg" width="214" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Estatua
de mármol de Cleopatra con su cartucho real inscrito en el brazo
derecho y portando una diadema con el triple uraeus que solía llevar
cuando era representada en regalia tradicional egipcia.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">Sobre los <u><b>puntos algo idealizados</b></u>,
destaco que se comenta en ocasiones <b>cómo la mujer en Egipto</b> (y en las<b>
colonias Ptolemaicas de Alejandría</b>)<b> tenía prácticamente un estátus
social de igualdad con respecto a los hombres</b>, y por eso Cleopatra
resultaba ser también una mujer tan resuelta y fuerte. Si bien<b> es cierto
que las mujeres en Egipto tenían más derechos y un nivel más alto de emancipación social
que en el caso de varias culturas </b>contemporáneas,<b> como la romana y
griega</b> (en temas como la posesión de propiedades, el divorcio, la
mentalidad de la modestia, o el poder acceder a varios trabajos y
negocios), hay mucha gente que no matiza lo suficiente en este tema, ya
que <b>este hecho no quiere decir en absoluto que la sociedad egipcia no
fuera también una sociedad de base patriarcal</b>, e históricamente <b>las
pocas faraonas y reinas reinantes egipcias que ha podido haber han tenido problemas
constantes lidiando con el sexismo de la sociedad</b>. Desafortunadamente,
<b>las mujeres egipcias no gozaban de igualdad social al nivel que se
afirma </b>en muchas obras<b> </b>modernas hablando sobre el tema, <b>ni siquiera en
los ámbitos donde tenían más derechos que sus contemporáneas de otras
culturas</b> :S Para extenderse y matizar más en este tema, recomiendo por ejemplo el libro de <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43533550-las-mujeres-en-el-antiguo-egipto" target="_blank"><b><i>Las mujeres en el Antiguo Egipto</i></b></a>, de Gay Robins. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Cleopatra mismamente es un ejemplo de esto, ya que
sí, de forma más aceptada socialmente <b>había recibido una educación
extensa, tenía posibilidades de ascender al trono como mujer, y la
mentalidad de Alejandría era más flexible en cuanto a la vestimenta y la
libertad sexual</b> comparada con por ejemplo la sociedad de Roma (aunque pienso que tampoco tanto como también afirman
varias obras, es más una comparación con otras culturas más estrictamente retrógradas en cuestión de género :S). De forma que por ejemplo las <b>vestimentas </b>podían ser más livianas y diáfanas que en Roma (sin llegar al nivel de orientalismo sexualizado de muchas películas de Hollywood, sin embargo), y <b>Cleopatra podía tener amantes sin casarse
con ellos, y los hijos resultantes tenían legitimidad para el trono</b> -
Pero, como las pocas faraonas y reinas reinantes anteriores, <b>también pasó toda su vida teniendo
que lidiar con obstáculos constantes para poder mantener el trono como
mujer, algo que no hubiera experimentado un faraón varón</b>, incluso teniendo que
lidiar con la amenaza constante de Roma.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u><b>Relación con César y Marco Antonio</b></u><br /><br />-1 En relación a esto,
una cosa que no me gustó del enfoque del libro es el <b>toque más
neoliberal</b> en algunos de estos temas, <b>idealizando ciertas situaciones </b>
sin tener en consideración el peso del patriarcado de la sociedad, y las
razones por la que Cleopatra tomaba ciertas decisiones, específicamente
la <b>decisión de Cleopatra de acostarse con César y Marco Antonio y tener
relaciones sexuales y/o románticas e hijos con ellos</b>. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu203MgJSMrLC_aGAikFtW7pMzDCCK5_XTQvqMVjpnBf4yj6Fdii7WFpCULd58uFgwMckWpGZNo-LT3YXMsy0EOhIxBV1CGH9AqkGIhW9IWRoMYUNES_lzxQnj_gMGArDX_3QDHpw4ySH2Jugq6-yaj2uTyiBPVF9VMYdmD2nuaGqL5moMmWCY_1_L6w/s799/Cleopatra%204.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="470" data-original-width="799" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu203MgJSMrLC_aGAikFtW7pMzDCCK5_XTQvqMVjpnBf4yj6Fdii7WFpCULd58uFgwMckWpGZNo-LT3YXMsy0EOhIxBV1CGH9AqkGIhW9IWRoMYUNES_lzxQnj_gMGArDX_3QDHpw4ySH2Jugq6-yaj2uTyiBPVF9VMYdmD2nuaGqL5moMmWCY_1_L6w/w400-h235/Cleopatra%204.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Cleopatra sube al trono de Egipto con el apoyo de Julio César (</i>Cleopatra<i>, película de 1963 con Elizabeth Taylor).</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">Por un
lado, el libro se esfuerza de manera acertada en enfocar las relaciones
entre Cleopatra y los romanos Julio César y Marco Antonio dentro del
marco político y social que estaba viviendo, donde <b>Cleopatra
literalmente necesitaba el apoyo e influencia política de estos romanos
poderosos para poder recuperar y/o mantener su trono sin la amenaza de
sus hermanos o la invasión de Roma</b>, mientras que infinidad de personas
(sobre todo hombres) siempre han tildado a Cleopatra de una 'promiscua
que embaucaba y seducía a un hombre tras otro por su sed de poder' -
Olvidando también que <b>César era un famoso mujeriego 30 años mayor que
ella que en ese momento estaba casado</b>, y <b>Marco Antonio</b>, 15 años mayor, <b>también estuvo
casado con dos mujeres en los años en que tuvo a Cleopatra como amante </b>
(y<b> ellos nunca son tildados al mismo nivel de promiscuos, seductores o
adúlteros</b>, con la culpa siempre cayendo principalmente en Cleopatra). <br /><br />Pero
a la hora de relatar los momentos que llevaron a Cleopatra a decidir
entrar en una relación sexual con estos hombres para poder mantener el
trono y toda la independencia posible de Egipto como reino vasallo de
Roma, <b>el libro lo enfoca varias veces en la libertad sexual mayor que
había en Alejandría y en la cultura egipcia y Ptolemaica, y cómo
Cleopatra tomó decisiones empoderadas y liberadas, usando de forma libre
su sexualidad </b>en estos casos, además de su inteligencia y sus dotes de
estadista. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdCi0rn9HtdeyD4K1_3Z3WTm8l1akvS_pR3KMCuXElmPp8B8V0PHTCdfroxhgmQxB8Ar2J1QL1p470v8QC22t4q7qOmX_0E8FurI3sNVn9U01fciqX9vRY3vTKZyx_-cU6tcKryu4lgUXtae-j3Lnmuep2aMyG56GYszn8izkseg3M93salYNiqXtxVQ/s960/Julius_Caesar_ja_Kleopatra.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="716" data-original-width="960" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdCi0rn9HtdeyD4K1_3Z3WTm8l1akvS_pR3KMCuXElmPp8B8V0PHTCdfroxhgmQxB8Ar2J1QL1p470v8QC22t4q7qOmX_0E8FurI3sNVn9U01fciqX9vRY3vTKZyx_-cU6tcKryu4lgUXtae-j3Lnmuep2aMyG56GYszn8izkseg3M93salYNiqXtxVQ/w400-h299/Julius_Caesar_ja_Kleopatra.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><i>'Julio
César y Cleopatra', de Carl Gottlieb Venig, representando el famoso momento en que
Cleopatra, según se cuenta, llegó secretamente a la presencia de Julio Césat envuelta
en una alfombra para pedirle el apoyo político de Roma para ascender al trono
por delante de su hermano pequeño (y marido) Ptolomeo, que en ese momento la mantiene
exiliada de Egipto.</i><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"> Quede claro que <b>no seré yo quien diga nada nunca en contra de
la libertad obvia que tiene una mujer de tener amantes sin casarse y
disfrutar su sexualidad </b>- Y de hecho considero que en el contexto de
tantas mujeres metidas en un matrimonio de conveniencia con un marido
muchas veces indeseable o ausente, y reducida a su rol de incubadora y
moneda de trueque entre familias, sí se puede demostrar una verdadera
agencia empoderadora iniciando una relación con un amante (en el caso de buscar sólo amantes varones) que las
tratara mejor (el listón está bajo), o que les permitiera explorar su sexualidad de forma más
positiva, placentera y satisfactoria, siendo esto además de las poquísimas libertades o subversiones a las que
podían aspirar en su situación, algo a menudo mucho más accesible que aspirar a una educación o una carrera, por ejemplo. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Sin embargo, en este contexto específico tampoco podemos
olvidar que <b>Cleopatra no tenía el objetivo final de conseguir amantes y
explorar su sexualidad o establecer relaciones románticas, sino de
primero recuperar su trono, y luego mantenerlo todo el tiempo que fuera
posible</b>. Y, en lugar de simplemente poder establecer relaciones de alianzas políticas con
estos hombres (uno de los cuales le llevaba 30 años, y el otro 15),<b>
tuvo literalmente que acostarse con romanos poderosos y tener relaciones sexuales e
hijos con ellos para legitimizar su posición como dirigente de Egipto</b>
sin la amenaza de sus hermanos y de Roma. <b>Algo mucho más cercano a tener
que casarte en matrimonio de conveniencia con un señor</b> (cosa que
también tuvo que hacer, con sus hermanos), <b>que de tener una relación
libre con un amante</b>.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJFVvTJIh6OSc5gbBykgAIqUj5HUmw5BYon78uky0AE9GzITjVc8XDIEnBwBHvxo3a1cEL9HLhbfji422WvArHbsfQr8CD6AgiNUmiT1H1-VOwiTV3fwK9zxUMJIhejyvCZJdr3wz3QYVMMv9LHN_cRNdiZPkgq4Y2SkF8SIB7L344qrKAdFFWvmpAfA/s892/Lawrence_Alma-Tadema-_Anthony_and_Cleopatra.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="892" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJFVvTJIh6OSc5gbBykgAIqUj5HUmw5BYon78uky0AE9GzITjVc8XDIEnBwBHvxo3a1cEL9HLhbfji422WvArHbsfQr8CD6AgiNUmiT1H1-VOwiTV3fwK9zxUMJIhejyvCZJdr3wz3QYVMMv9LHN_cRNdiZPkgq4Y2SkF8SIB7L344qrKAdFFWvmpAfA/w400-h288/Lawrence_Alma-Tadema-_Anthony_and_Cleopatra.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>'El encuentro de Antonio y Cleopatra', de Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1885).</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">Además, <b>esto es algo que un hombre en el
contexto de estas sociedades patriarcales jamás se vería obligado a hacer
</b> - César y Marco Antonio aceptaron a Cleopatra como amante (estando
además casados) como una conquista adicional y una relación más que
podían tener, <b>sin que entrara en juego en ningún momento el poder
ejecutivo que ya tenían (o, por supuesto, su reputación)</b>. Cleopatra lo
hizo literalmente para mantener su posición y su poder, como <b>forma de
subsistencia</b>. <b>Es <u>un doble rasero y una dinámica de poder impresionantes</u>,
así que el verlo como una 'decisión empoderada, reflejo de la mayor
liberación sexual de su cultura' es un error que no tiene para nada en
consideración el contexto de las sociedades patriarcales en las que
vivían</b>. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">En la época presente, un ejemplo muy paralelo sigue siendo por
ejemplo el <b>que una mujer tenga que acostarse con su jefe o con un hombre
con poder conseguir o mantener un trabajo</b> :S <b>Es una decisión
que no es ni verdaderamente libre, ni liberada</b>. Y, en el caso de Cleopatra, tampoco termina
siendo una decisión <b>sorora</b>, teniendo en cuenta que ambos hombres estaban
casados, y tanto <b>Calpurnia</b>, última esposa de César, como <b>Octavia</b>, esposa de conveniencia de Marco Antonio, nada de culpa tenían tampoco en estos 'triángulos' y se llevaron sufrimiento asociado, ya que encima su reputación (exigida a las mujeres pero no a los hombres) también pendía de un hilo. Aunque obviamente mucha más culpa se llevan los hombres
privilegiados que una mujer que literalmente tiene que recurrir a
acostarse con ellos para mantener su poder, y la historia se ha cebado
continuamente con el típico enfoque misógino de Cleopatra como la
seductora de hombres que les llevó a su perdición y a la ruptura de sus
matrimonios (sigh).</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u><b>Aspecto físico, peinado y vestimenta</b></u><br /><br />+-1 Por último, me ha gustado que el libro ayude a romper un poco la desinformación sobre el <b>aspecto y vestimenta de Cleopatra</b>. </p></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgyXQzV7atm0hrnYU7EchU-vjg8TM15zHjObM23M-jv1kaDYIJzFIBPWC6MBCarhDTEiY8uFNCVk0dq22zt3zT8QSYz0hrP_2hyXR0hbCPChWKj9SCGjxNND67AHDdFqhxHtcUYCMLSeHeUGydZ-qhC-WkcCh_jKcxsBns50e_8X7aq0CT0_tG2EDb7Q/s4685/Cover.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3714" data-original-width="4685" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgyXQzV7atm0hrnYU7EchU-vjg8TM15zHjObM23M-jv1kaDYIJzFIBPWC6MBCarhDTEiY8uFNCVk0dq22zt3zT8QSYz0hrP_2hyXR0hbCPChWKj9SCGjxNND67AHDdFqhxHtcUYCMLSeHeUGydZ-qhC-WkcCh_jKcxsBns50e_8X7aq0CT0_tG2EDb7Q/w400-h318/Cover.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Portada y contraportada del libro </i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div><p style="text-align: justify;">+1
Por un lado, en la historia del arte y las descripciones escritas <b>siempre se la ha visto como una reina 'seductora y sensual' </b>con un
físico muy canónicamente atractivo, dando, por supuesto, <b>muchísimo más
peso a su aspecto físico que a su inteligencia y sus dotes políticas</b>.
Según las <b>estatuas, pinturas y monedas</b> que tenemos de ella, sin embargo, <b>Cleopatra
tenía un físico de nariz aguileña y estructura facial fuerte que no se
alinea con los cánones estéticos ideales </b>de muchas épocas y culturas - lo que para nada
quiere decir que no fuese atractiva, como bien dice también el libro,
ya que <b>los cánones normativos son absurdos y el considerar que las mujeres
con perfiles definidos y narices grandes son 'feas' es el culmen del
absurdo del machismo y los roles de género</b>. Pero es una imagen que<b> sí ayuda a
romper con la creación masculina de la 'femme fatal' sexualizada y
seductora, dando más lugar a la reina culta, inteligente y estadista</b>,
que también era atractiva y también tuvo que hacer uso de sus dotes de
seducción para mantener su poder, pero que <b>no tiene por qué seguir para
ello el canon normativo de belleza y no tiene por qué ser relegada a ese
rol</b>, invisibilizando el resto de sus atributos. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-oRArFmjC6q9zDVCYyE3ZNV_vaO7B3dHMsWa65caZLb6yh9CehnN6JlkbN2Jmo2HKX8TibmzdKNNMja13Ajd6k31cdkzN9qtjL1bQcZraM-qYl2JZ8vQdi6NzkXnH7hPnieGAQB0YJhdaYzyJhuMbuFiKYPu9c_nk5OO_1Cmc4gIMqFVj1w47wrhE3Q/s1508/%C3%ADndice.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1003" data-original-width="1508" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-oRArFmjC6q9zDVCYyE3ZNV_vaO7B3dHMsWa65caZLb6yh9CehnN6JlkbN2Jmo2HKX8TibmzdKNNMja13Ajd6k31cdkzN9qtjL1bQcZraM-qYl2JZ8vQdi6NzkXnH7hPnieGAQB0YJhdaYzyJhuMbuFiKYPu9c_nk5OO_1Cmc4gIMqFVj1w47wrhE3Q/w400-h266/%C3%ADndice.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Busto de mármol de Cleopatra de ca. 40-30 aC. En este busto, Cleopatra lleva la diadema real típica de los gobernantes Ptolemaicos encima de un peinado típico con el que es representada en bustos y monedas: textura rizada recogida en un moño a la altura de la nuca.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"> -1 De todas
formas, la <b>portada </b>del libro sigue, en mi opinión, una visión de
Cleopatra que también es <b>más canónicamente normativa que la descrita en
el propio libro</b>. Se la describe tanto en el libro como en las
representacioones que tenemos como <b>una Ptolemaica de ascendencia casi íntegramente griega macedonia (con una ligera ascendencia persa), de nariz aguileña, estructura ósea
definida, pelo rojizo y labios finos</b>. Sin embargo, la ilustración de portada
creo que la muestra con una belleza más normativa en cuanto a su
estructura facial, lo que es un poco contraproducente, porque <b>la idea no
sólo es recalcar la inteligencia y demás atributos de Cleopatra además
de su físico, sino normalizar otros tipos de atractivo físico, y el
restar importancia al atractivo físico en general a la hora de
visibilizar a mujeres en la historia </b>:S<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5qzPHTGVxGs4jhpLl7Srl1nNWK_Au7GZ_k8Ny3moqoN-E369jlcSkmEG1BXM1POGjPGCbbO8gaBC3wBr1AQl3L1_R2-_rCUtwTGbAVu0XDJ4bKBzQuJc78m9mOydTjGM1Nlb5CCKYRZJxX7H6uieN6A8GuvT0GoM-cRf90zx4P_IYHl8_oQ-vyiCzTA/s1495/%C3%ADndice5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="825" data-original-width="1495" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5qzPHTGVxGs4jhpLl7Srl1nNWK_Au7GZ_k8Ny3moqoN-E369jlcSkmEG1BXM1POGjPGCbbO8gaBC3wBr1AQl3L1_R2-_rCUtwTGbAVu0XDJ4bKBzQuJc78m9mOydTjGM1Nlb5CCKYRZJxX7H6uieN6A8GuvT0GoM-cRf90zx4P_IYHl8_oQ-vyiCzTA/w400-h221/%C3%ADndice5.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Izquierda<i>: Pintura póstuma romana de Cleopatra representada con pelo rojizo, la diadema real y sus rasgos faciales distintivos (siglo I dC); </i>derecha<i>: Tetradracma de plata con la efigie de Cleopatra.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">+1 Por último, me gustó
que comentaran ciertos elementos sobre su <b>vestimenta </b>que mucha gente
suele ignorar por tener otra <b>visión estereotipada de Cleopatra</b>. Como
reina Ptolemaica de ascendencia griega, <b>Cleopatra
solía usar vestimentas y peinados de estilo griego</b> muy a menudo, junto
con la diadema típica de los reyes y reinas Ptolemaicos, y <b>así es
representada en muchas monedas, bustos y pinturas, aunque también
llevaba ropas ceremoniales egipcias en las ocasiones que lo requerían</b>, y
<b>fue representada a la manera egipcia en el arte de templos y obras
ceremoniales</b> (Cleopatra fue además la única de los <b>faraones Ptolemaicos, linaje
de reyes y reinas colonialistas procedente de Macedonia</b>, en <b>aprender
el idioma egipcio e interesarse más por la cultura nativa</b>, y como resultado fue bastante más apreciada por el pueblo egipcio). En la ilustración de
portada <b>se combina una túnica al estilo griego alejandrino con peluca y
maquillaje egipcios</b>, y la corona de cobra y signos de oficio
tradicionales de una reina egipcia.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfD95TMsx8CinNCRLVDZu_jICQqhMIns6-4uCogPBTxNOKQa5P0c5wdM_RHDh1w9L1jB-CR9S_gDoeRW9IJmBEFfrJ98mRw2d3sthilF3FnW9mvmzKTZjcvsiCBu9jBc3H8i5OsJgvRRL41500C2uKdOe9e81MY2mmrJORlcqU1FP_AAA-xgVOFJJ3ew/s970/%C3%ADndicee.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="970" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfD95TMsx8CinNCRLVDZu_jICQqhMIns6-4uCogPBTxNOKQa5P0c5wdM_RHDh1w9L1jB-CR9S_gDoeRW9IJmBEFfrJ98mRw2d3sthilF3FnW9mvmzKTZjcvsiCBu9jBc3H8i5OsJgvRRL41500C2uKdOe9e81MY2mmrJORlcqU1FP_AAA-xgVOFJJ3ew/w400-h248/%C3%ADndicee.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><i><b>Cleopatra vestida y peinada al estilo griego alejandrino</b>. </i>Izquierda<i>: Estatua reconstruida romana de Cleopatra con la diadema real y el peinado usual con el que se la representa en las monedas; </i>derecha<i>: Busto romano, ca. 50-30 aC, que representa a una mujer del Egipto Ptolemaico, probablemente Cleopatra o una mujer de su séquito, durante su visita a Roma para encontrarse con Julio César en 46-44 aC.</i></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i> </i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIBQI7n2bbEWUrR34Khm1gQQayRcLr5HhPntBKAJXXPmQQFhT6hOoYlVRYSazRVDQm_pUum4imB7v4wRvV5Uagu52XqY2rDgPMjHc9wgEPtNqRa-G1-_66e-GzjcRxCANdsE_clhOzdl3jG715n7F-QR-Em7-q2UI5fD5zTrCv4exbCEJ-jKig6QxjBQ/s688/%C3%ADndice2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="620" data-original-width="688" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIBQI7n2bbEWUrR34Khm1gQQayRcLr5HhPntBKAJXXPmQQFhT6hOoYlVRYSazRVDQm_pUum4imB7v4wRvV5Uagu52XqY2rDgPMjHc9wgEPtNqRa-G1-_66e-GzjcRxCANdsE_clhOzdl3jG715n7F-QR-Em7-q2UI5fD5zTrCv4exbCEJ-jKig6QxjBQ/w400-h360/%C3%ADndice2.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i><b>Cleopatra representada al estilo tradicional egipcio</b>. </i>Izquierda<i>: Busto de granito de Cleopatra con la peluca ceremonial y la corona de reina egipcia, descubierto en Alejandría; </i>derecha<i>: Estatua egipcia de basalto representando a Cleopatra (o la reina Ptolemaica Arsinoe II) como una diosa egipcia (siglo I aC).<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Recomiendo también los vídeos de <b>Janet Stephens</b>, recreando los peinados griegos con los que Cleopatra es representada cuando vestía a la griega en muchos de sus bustos, pinturas y monedas: <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Trp9S5AlmeQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="Trp9S5AlmeQ"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QigGoRY_Nic" width="320" youtube-src-id="QigGoRY_Nic"></iframe></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">-1 Y, ya que estoy, el libro
se refiere a Cleopatra continuamente como <b>'la faraón'</b>. Es cierto que bastantes de las reinas reinantes y 'faraonas' egipcias predecesoras de Cleopatra tuvieron que usar el título de 'faraón' masculino y vestir con ropa tradicional masculina (e incluso llevar barba postiza, como hizo <b>Hatshepsut</b>), dado que se trata de un título reservado a hombres dentro de su sociedad patriarcal. Sin embargo,<b> en la época Alejandrina tener reinas reinantes de la dinastía Ptolemaica ya era algo más normativo </b>sin necesidad de denominarlas siempre en masculino en sus títulos (aunque se seguía haciendo en algunos casos), y, dado que <b>en español
tenemos la palabra 'faraona' perfectamente normalizada</b> para poder también referirnos a
las reinas reinantes de Egipto, me parece ilógico por completo el usar
la forma masculina en el caso de Cleopatra de forma asidua. E incluso en el casi de otras faraonas como <b>Nefertiti </b>(también en esta colección), que reinó brevemente y a la que se denominó en su propia época con títulos y referencias femeninas además de ser representada de forma tradicionalmente masculina como 'faraón', o de forma más andrógina como se puso de moda en la cultura de Amarna.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZf1I4uucnv3xUjt30IteQxvFKZHvUQD7AfSBJ10tjK815tG2iP_OLZtUOXW4R71g3gt_YfZk1fd1UP1Bq-_QgZtC0QNqPofwbnzLTGp3vtj8gXGcw7KJb2Nmk4aQBm3vGiRWu8PPUOXvm3OubFTQOnkUFuCo5jLkOfGm-zx6GDb_DTxLLpImQVHs55Q/s728/%C3%ADndice4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="530" data-original-width="728" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZf1I4uucnv3xUjt30IteQxvFKZHvUQD7AfSBJ10tjK815tG2iP_OLZtUOXW4R71g3gt_YfZk1fd1UP1Bq-_QgZtC0QNqPofwbnzLTGp3vtj8gXGcw7KJb2Nmk4aQBm3vGiRWu8PPUOXvm3OubFTQOnkUFuCo5jLkOfGm-zx6GDb_DTxLLpImQVHs55Q/w400-h291/%C3%ADndice4.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption">Izquierda<i>: Cleopatra vestida como un faraón (con vestimenta y aspecto tradicionalmente masculinos) presentando ofrendas a la diosa Isis, en un estela de caliza (51 aC); </i>Derecha<i>: Cleopatra y su hijo Cesarión representados al estilo tradicional egipcio en un bajorrelieve del Templo de Dendera. </i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div>Arwendë Luhtiénë / Marta Lúthienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01043611744907294700noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255946979377638758.post-68636372243910209202022-05-20T18:20:00.009-07:002024-01-01T14:03:29.613-08:00Goodreads feminist reviews - Doctor Who audiodramas: The Blazing Hour<p> <u><b>Audio</b></u>: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55681351-doctor-who" target="_blank"><i><b>The Blazing Hour</b></i></a>, a <a href="https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-blazing-hour-2056" target="_blank">Big Finish audiodrama</a> from the 2021 Main Range series, featuring the <b>Fifth Doctor and Turlough</b>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBDKGZD5H72IBWoijLpn4WjoZ8Aswy-IshM9fDrdbGaAJ5XCAIcrQ8p_FsW2Esu5rGaAyQpBKrdcueirVnEGynop83Hrw5i1gCNsF6qmIumZQjyBtLFhdkT69rzmgZCouQi4GK9ev-8vC8ipuZvMy-d1M1qtzsL2nKSkpQa2B6bKfWhKLukdgG-3UZBw/s600/large.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBDKGZD5H72IBWoijLpn4WjoZ8Aswy-IshM9fDrdbGaAJ5XCAIcrQ8p_FsW2Esu5rGaAyQpBKrdcueirVnEGynop83Hrw5i1gCNsF6qmIumZQjyBtLFhdkT69rzmgZCouQi4GK9ev-8vC8ipuZvMy-d1M1qtzsL2nKSkpQa2B6bKfWhKLukdgG-3UZBw/w200-h200/large.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><p><b>5/5. <b>Goodreads review</b> </b>also <b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3848484270?book_show_action=false" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a>. </b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b> </b>This story is <b>a really good take on criticizing capitalism, colonialism
and corrupt politicians</b>. Peter Davison and Mark Strickson as Five and
Turlough are on top form, with a great dynamic going on, and it's very
refreshing that <b>all the supporting cast are poc, with several female
characters in varied roles as prime ministers, politicians, scientists
and activists</b>.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1wuxTGYx-5-bzp0KJSZBzivoX07WyBS_2gfn-MNk1UJZrUDZ-7-p3d0GNXwaIp64hTnvKuxgA-j3w7eb-G4VDAi1lvODZst_x3BLzjn8TRp1Kpl3ZCVh_Q40WwY091eEoNVIgeT9PvyX9x4gWQpcyEOztuIlxn-08ULECKUTef14PC3q-UiqOkAoNPA/s400/tumblr_mpauem16kR1r5wgh6o1_400-1.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="306" data-original-width="400" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1wuxTGYx-5-bzp0KJSZBzivoX07WyBS_2gfn-MNk1UJZrUDZ-7-p3d0GNXwaIp64hTnvKuxgA-j3w7eb-G4VDAi1lvODZst_x3BLzjn8TRp1Kpl3ZCVh_Q40WwY091eEoNVIgeT9PvyX9x4gWQpcyEOztuIlxn-08ULECKUTef14PC3q-UiqOkAoNPA/w200-h153/tumblr_mpauem16kR1r5wgh6o1_400-1.gif" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Representation matters </i>😃<i>!</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">+1 In stark contrast to "Kerblam!" (welp),
<b>this story handles the criticism of a ruthless capitalist human colony
system extremely well</b> throughout. The story also includes <b>a fleshed-out
range of greymoral politician and corporate characters</b> ranging from the
overtly corrupt, to the incompetent and careless about life, to the more
honourable. <b>Unlike "Kerblam!</b>", however, despite the existing 3D
characterizations and greymorality amongst the cast, <b>the story
criticizes the more corrupt politician and corporate archetypes
consistently when it's due</b>, even though they may end up choosing a
slightly less amoral and profit-exclusive action from time to time
thanks to the influence of the Doctor and (mainly) their own self-survival
selfish mindsets. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">For example, when an amoral and corrupt politician decides to sacrifice herself to help save the day, the Doctor, and especially Turlough, highlight the fact that <b>her motivations where still mainly money and profit and her former problematic behaviour was not completely swept under the rug just for a 'redemption in death' trope</b>, which was also refreshing. Meanwhile, anti-capitalist activists who also died in this story and showcased a much more moral and kind mindset throughout the plot's conflict were completely ignored by the final Prime Minister's official eulogy, as Turlough bitterly commented on. <b>This kind of discourse was honestly sorely missed in "Kerblam!", which instead chose to coddle the capitalist higher-ups for making the slightest effort towards a potentially better (but for whom?) system.</b><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxZ3pW7uB4Bo8tfVnv2HB2XFJST13AUPUEXxvcz0gokB1oAO-zx8TUQeh70gYvqwIMvotfeI0-nbWygSzrjE6kkzwvcKS4ISHbok74znzQ7lRfnUdOZNjXO9zRENjzbTyA7t-TelCpeS6gxMuhLlC7fxtm_zlLwMvsh8Ar7caYLUkZSr1qFTllxtPQJw/s538/tumblr_pien1dJBMI1s5v14qo2_540.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="260" data-original-width="538" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxZ3pW7uB4Bo8tfVnv2HB2XFJST13AUPUEXxvcz0gokB1oAO-zx8TUQeh70gYvqwIMvotfeI0-nbWygSzrjE6kkzwvcKS4ISHbok74znzQ7lRfnUdOZNjXO9zRENjzbTyA7t-TelCpeS6gxMuhLlC7fxtm_zlLwMvsh8Ar7caYLUkZSr1qFTllxtPQJw/s320/tumblr_pien1dJBMI1s5v14qo2_540.webp" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>I love Thirteen and the Fam, but Kerblam!'s way of tackling capitalism was not it</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">+1 The topic of <b>profit over human (and alien
native) life</b> is repeteadly highlighted amid the social criticism themes
of this story, and <b>colonialism and classism are also strongly featured
throughout</b>. It's very refreshing that the most honourable politician
characters happen to be members of the<b> native species of the colonized
planet</b>, and <b>activists against the capitalist system</b> are also given
positive characterizations.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">+1 <b>The story heavily tackles how a
capitalist, colonialist and classist system can often put lives at risk
by prioritizing profit</b>, and the plot revolves around a catastrophic
accident in an energy plant catalized by the corporate leaders in spite
of the misgivings and warnings of the lead scientist of the project.
While some have interpreted this plot as an <b>anti-nuclear energy metaphor</b>
(the story uses "time energy" xD, but it's a valid comparison), Mark
Strickson and the cast in general have spoken in the behind the scenes
tracks about<b> environmental factors and the need for green energy,
speaking favourably about nuclear power as well</b>. This story was indeed
inspired by accidents such as Chernobyl, but, <b>instead of being an
anti-nuclear energy story</b>, I personally interpret it as<b> a criticism of
how incompetent and amoral corporates in a capitalist society are
quickly prone to putting lives in danger by throwing caution and safety
to the wind and prioritizing profit</b>, disregardless of the type of energy
that the power plant may be using.</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgve8UIvniCyaiMI9uR69_-3vdd18ehozGhBr8tnlAKEP_OoC9cUm2NKNnnzZdBn5zeSnTpsTAytgB5DeUt-O1LapySIEHSx7hl4i57YVjxKFLsbgghPsFdiQKlFcH_xReOeb4p7SxV5PgT8TvnydplLOqdaiOL1cZ29WswY9oCg442r_41v85R30MnxA/s1000/pjimage.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgve8UIvniCyaiMI9uR69_-3vdd18ehozGhBr8tnlAKEP_OoC9cUm2NKNnnzZdBn5zeSnTpsTAytgB5DeUt-O1LapySIEHSx7hl4i57YVjxKFLsbgghPsFdiQKlFcH_xReOeb4p7SxV5PgT8TvnydplLOqdaiOL1cZ29WswY9oCg442r_41v85R30MnxA/w320-h320/pjimage.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption">The Blazing Hour<i>'s excellent supporting cast. From top to bottom, left to right: Lynsey Murrell, Donna Berlin, Rakle Ayola, and Raj Ghatak.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">+1 As mentioned above, <b>the
diversity representation among the cast is excellent, with a 100% poc
supporting cast and women in many different roles</b>, from the lead
scientist to the president of the colony, several politicians and a
member of the activist groups opposing the capitalist system. <b>The fact
that all the supporting cast are either of black or South Asian
ethnicity, and that there are so many female characters in varied roles,
puts a quick end to any possibility of negative stereotypes associated
to either gender or race, in regards to the role, integrity values and
personality of each character</b>. As such, we have black actresses in
positive roles of a competent and intelligent <b>scientist </b>or a brave
<b>activist </b>(both roles very nicely played by <b>Lynsey Murrell</b>), not just as a
moderately incompetent <b>prime minister</b> (<b>Donna Berlin</b>) or an amoral,
self-serving <b>politician </b>(an excellent <b>Rakle Ayola</b>). Women also take a
clear centre stage among the supporting cast, with <b>only two distinct
male characters</b>, an incompetent corporate boss and a more principled native local leader,
played by the same actor (<b>Raj Ghatak</b>). The voice work and variety of accents used by the supporting cast is so good you don't even realize many play at least two characters because all voices are so distinct.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiD80myeTvOGEm-usV8PHV70oSRXC-9XEGEesUWgk0qulsrXsC1MH4qce73-zh8Bu7Q66fN4dxtOjUoBJkc6trTthwBcJ2XubVqN45uRcB1UrTJxTIkVhyGw_SMcwjZwygtFfN7kloWdO4kpc5PTXdm3-9n2NsufIknouxiDrBeFpgHdJ60IjXwRyGCQ/s600/dd673fd0b451664093d28978211ab755.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="600" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiD80myeTvOGEm-usV8PHV70oSRXC-9XEGEesUWgk0qulsrXsC1MH4qce73-zh8Bu7Q66fN4dxtOjUoBJkc6trTthwBcJ2XubVqN45uRcB1UrTJxTIkVhyGw_SMcwjZwygtFfN7kloWdO4kpc5PTXdm3-9n2NsufIknouxiDrBeFpgHdJ60IjXwRyGCQ/s320/dd673fd0b451664093d28978211ab755.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;">+1 I also really liked the
<b>dynamic of Five and Turlough </b>in this story. This is from the time at
the end of <b>Season 21</b> when they are having adventures alone, and in these audios with them you can
clearly see that the bond between them has deepened, with Five being
outright distraught and grieving for more than one episode when he is told that
Turlough has allegedly died in the explosion caused by the accident, one of these scenes also acting as an additional stab in the feels with the
reference to the companions he has formerly lost in this incarnation - most notably, Adric 😭 <span style="font-size: small;"><i>(a great
characterization that is a refreshing change in contrast to the horrid
treatment of Turlough's graphic torture and assault and the infuriating
resulting emotional disconnect from the Doctor in books such as </i>The King of Terror 😣<i> Although the Doctor isn't always the best when it comes to comforting and communicating with their companions when they are grieving, traumatized or struggling with mental health, truth be told :S - Tegan really needed that closure scene in Power of the Doctor </i></span>😭.<span style="font-size: small;"><i> So yeah, I really appreciated that Five was much more open emotionally in this respect throughout this audio)</i>. </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxpOc1qAMilyxXtOHlN97U2Zli-Lce4W-OtzQOTgv-iFw1JQdAZNB0xH7KprJaWlgi6inTTUD7ZIrmN5swMk6DPPjZvzGU6wsOzEdddFrlGhoF8Sr0qXSb0fcTT2H3WzEJkBVjVGzCIr6lISaQu-I9E-3lxALqJ47-LA8LUU4crmyHaxzik0wPxYcHQQ/s500/tumblr_29e9b4462ee9227c344cd3935b5a8fa7_c3326a11_500.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="255" data-original-width="500" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxpOc1qAMilyxXtOHlN97U2Zli-Lce4W-OtzQOTgv-iFw1JQdAZNB0xH7KprJaWlgi6inTTUD7ZIrmN5swMk6DPPjZvzGU6wsOzEdddFrlGhoF8Sr0qXSb0fcTT2H3WzEJkBVjVGzCIr6lISaQu-I9E-3lxALqJ47-LA8LUU4crmyHaxzik0wPxYcHQQ/w320-h163/tumblr_29e9b4462ee9227c344cd3935b5a8fa7_c3326a11_500.webp" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Look at all the wholesome!</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p> +1
<b>Turlough's dynamic with activist Fionn</b> is also excellent, showing a
<b>partnership between a woman and a man that is refreshingly devoid of any
sexism</b> (or romance, for a change), and filled with mutual respect. It reminded me a bit of Turlough's dynamic with <b>Norna </b>on '<b>Frontios</b>' quite a bit, although this one is more fleshed out.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">+1 And as final related
notes, I also liked the fact that when Turlough's legs get injured by
the explosion and Fionn gets him a wheelchair to be able to get out of
the building, she asks if he has a problem with it, and he remarks that
not at all, as '<b><i>some of the best people use wheelchairs</i></b>', and he's
rather more worried about the fact that Fionn would have to wheel him
around among the wreckage. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> I also <b>loved Turlough's characterization in this story, and you can really see his growth</b>. Having evolved from his prior self-survival
priorities (stemming greatly from his background and former trauma), he retains his sarcasm and more acerbic wit, but also showcases a greater willingness to make things right and take an active stand in trying to solve the situation, even though he still tends to berate himself for being a coward (<i>which he honestly isn't, hot take. Like the Third Doctor said, bravery isn't about not being afraid, it's about being afraid and doing what you must in spite of it</i>). Also, seeing as he originally comes from a high-class aristocratic family on his planet Trion, I also really liked to see <b>how often and how intensely he criticized the self-serving attitude of the corrupt
politician and corporate characters throughout the story</b>, condemning that their one and only motivation seems to be only profit, money and power.<b><br /></b></p><p></p>Arwendë Luhtiénë / Marta Lúthienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01043611744907294700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255946979377638758.post-60202714497321314572022-05-20T16:37:00.003-07:002024-01-01T13:49:35.526-08:00Goodreads reviews - Doctor Who audiodramas: Gardens of the Dead<p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3wowlq32e1LWEvxUgma7-zlM9QFgao_ur3zMsV1nYSqF17f5rdhAXXDAdEJr1PWHOOnKqxJOv4S41Pny4Hxt4oX39J33_7gkr_6AfQxk5xwOTvRA0r-0CPwvH_JX1dWBwvCh3RUnfsb99LOfn8qtgexD4pLdDcSSzUBltMm3skInXRR1SNfdiYeg3dg/s710/MV5BMzg5Njg4ZmUtN2ZiMy00MzE0LTljZWEtOGJlZDZiZWNkOTc2XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjMzMzk2Mjg@._V1_.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="710" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3wowlq32e1LWEvxUgma7-zlM9QFgao_ur3zMsV1nYSqF17f5rdhAXXDAdEJr1PWHOOnKqxJOv4S41Pny4Hxt4oX39J33_7gkr_6AfQxk5xwOTvRA0r-0CPwvH_JX1dWBwvCh3RUnfsb99LOfn8qtgexD4pLdDcSSzUBltMm3skInXRR1SNfdiYeg3dg/s320/MV5BMzg5Njg4ZmUtN2ZiMy00MzE0LTljZWEtOGJlZDZiZWNkOTc2XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjMzMzk2Mjg@._V1_.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Black Guardian manipulates Turlough (still from Season 20)</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><u><b> </b></u><p></p><p><u><b>Audio</b></u>: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28352905-doctor-who" target="_blank"><i><b>Gardens of the Dead</b></i></a>, a Big Finish short trip written by <b>Jenny T. Colgan</b> and performed by <b>Mark Strickson</b>. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGE271NX4IiqlpdYucO3YrdbetU38sf1Al4udb3bz4QvVsp3UqgTRSv-X9Tqr7pXtC_5K6cUyT4bgBSwLJgRLwx2FTFH3esZMOk6SrdjqkQW3f2HXptpm5DlzBJzz1YAoYbYwssRoIaZtgdL86wJuDr-lFYBE9sDK_DQgPBdm3ZjaSs8gQe8CX0BuZ4A/s318/28352905._SX318_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="318" data-original-width="318" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGE271NX4IiqlpdYucO3YrdbetU38sf1Al4udb3bz4QvVsp3UqgTRSv-X9Tqr7pXtC_5K6cUyT4bgBSwLJgRLwx2FTFH3esZMOk6SrdjqkQW3f2HXptpm5DlzBJzz1YAoYbYwssRoIaZtgdL86wJuDr-lFYBE9sDK_DQgPBdm3ZjaSs8gQe8CX0BuZ4A/w200-h200/28352905._SX318_.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><p><b>4.5/5. <b>Goodreads review</b> </b>also <b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3872804235?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a>. </b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">An entertaining half-hour featuring a Fifth Doctor story with Turlough, Nyssa and Tegan, from Turlough's point of view. Some thoughts - </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br />+1 <b>Turlough </b>is one of the most
morally ambiguous <i>Doctor Who</i> companions, forced and controlled by the Black
Guardian to kill the Doctor, in a similar way to River Song's arc in S6
of New!Who<i> (minus the romance, although plenty of people ship Five and Turlough, and the latter is definitely very easily read as queer-coded and might very well have developed a crush on the Doctor during his time on the TARDIS)</i>. When I first wrote this short review a few years ago, I hadn't watched anything about Vislor Turlough apart from some references and clips, but I still liked his characterization in this story. He shows anguish at the thought of killing the
Doctor, tries to resist the Black Guardian's control and ends up
helping to save the Doctor - and also Nyssa - from the story's alien
menace instead of leaving them to die. As for now, I've already watched near all of Five's run with Turlough, and yep, I really like the complexity
of his character and arc, and disagree with the apparent common dislike of this
companion, to be honest - Nope, must protect Turlough and all of Five's companions at all costs
xD<br /><br />+1 <b>Nyssa </b>has a more contemplative role than a proactive one in this story, although she also saves Turlough from the alien menace of the story at an earlier part of the story.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4kZjls56FSUgaVAdgWy13HJ9tIsxo5D2cdGyLCwTWWZt84A84g6QIu2u7RsfpgDedfuJWq1XbDhwVmcS1bsn9M_2umX-jGwJh1mtEAp7wBf3BXmhH9qPSsN_INhoIQwbFtgdetMX3QUVr84sdWzSNX3RkNSNOLv1jesWCWbtfTtrwwnLCBAF7p5FjGg/s1702/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(2504).png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="998" data-original-width="1702" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4kZjls56FSUgaVAdgWy13HJ9tIsxo5D2cdGyLCwTWWZt84A84g6QIu2u7RsfpgDedfuJWq1XbDhwVmcS1bsn9M_2umX-jGwJh1mtEAp7wBf3BXmhH9qPSsN_INhoIQwbFtgdetMX3QUVr84sdWzSNX3RkNSNOLv1jesWCWbtfTtrwwnLCBAF7p5FjGg/s320/Captura%20de%20pantalla%20(2504).png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The dynamic between Turlough and Nyssa, the least explored onscreen, is at the centre of this story<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table> <p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">-1
<b> Tegan</b>, however, doesn't do that much in this story. Nor did the Doctor, for that matter,
as it's a story more focused on Turlough and Nyssa, but ah well, it's a shame when Tegan (female companions in general) is underused in the stories, because she's everything (and having to do it
in stiletto heels 24/7, no less, because the costume designers be hating
her 😬).<br /><br />+1 Typical <b>Whovian anti-violence themes</b>: The TARDIS team (mainly
Nyssa and Turlough) save the day first with a water bottle and then with a garden hose from the TARDIS,
which is pretty epic xD 👌<br /><br />-1 I didn't quite like how Strickson mimicked Tegan's voice, and
there's only so many times I can hear references to Tegan's 'annoying
Australian shouting' without being rather annoyed about it myself 😒 (no one disrespects Tegan in this house xD). And although there's no outright sexist
content in the dialogue, I can
also see this linked too easily to sexist and simplistic stereotypes,
such as 'assertive woman who likes to keep in control of her
life'='annoying woman who shouts and complains about things'. Usually
opposed to the idea of the 'nicer, sweeter, and usually more passive and
dumb woman' - I guess some people may associate this with Nyssa in
contrast to Tegan, although she's anything but passive or stupid. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> +1 As well as including Turlough's reflections on his thraldom with the Black Guardian and his times with the TARDIS team, the theme of the story is contemplative and melancholy, focusing on the people the TARDIS team has lost in their lives, and it was a lovely nostalgic touch to the action of the story.<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSxYyhVtu_JHEk1HFH-igBQQELFPTMKiAldo049VGU9Z_23QuujTZweK9cucWe39UhRVmT-JzBOHZpZG7pwdbhTiWHT7OH2SoJ9m0WJdlbtRjr9WlMb4QpjEoS_eYBIummdeXlgLzGQEjtfMck_ay5tsHF35N96QT_3lB7qklJcLsCMNcgsxo9Chl3hw/s348/fifth-doctor-turlough-tegan-nyssa.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="187" data-original-width="348" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSxYyhVtu_JHEk1HFH-igBQQELFPTMKiAldo049VGU9Z_23QuujTZweK9cucWe39UhRVmT-JzBOHZpZG7pwdbhTiWHT7OH2SoJ9m0WJdlbtRjr9WlMb4QpjEoS_eYBIummdeXlgLzGQEjtfMck_ay5tsHF35N96QT_3lB7qklJcLsCMNcgsxo9Chl3hw/w400-h215/fifth-doctor-turlough-tegan-nyssa.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Classic Who Season 20 TARDIS team</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Arwendë Luhtiénë / Marta Lúthienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01043611744907294700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255946979377638758.post-90515350718692703202022-04-22T19:42:00.016-07:002023-12-31T14:57:10.958-08:00Goodreads feminist reviews - Doctor Strange and Philosophy<div><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsOSmEJgmdO3xCKYFxTNeNj-yTZ_5NPLRdDAbGKq3Rw8N1uLPARZ_Ft3tiT9NWXm1DQ0uHXFhXMh3t79Iy2JMdhKe4WW7kGtUDL7mJa1OlHYOaQj2IFHCcJ51Vs3x7jvJEB7HryjLrF6TmPIudKb--0tNqe8sCXMkCThd10zi39fiJeMT7_QpalQ7skw/s1200/Doctor_Strange-658594256-large.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="899" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsOSmEJgmdO3xCKYFxTNeNj-yTZ_5NPLRdDAbGKq3Rw8N1uLPARZ_Ft3tiT9NWXm1DQ0uHXFhXMh3t79Iy2JMdhKe4WW7kGtUDL7mJa1OlHYOaQj2IFHCcJ51Vs3x7jvJEB7HryjLrF6TmPIudKb--0tNqe8sCXMkCThd10zi39fiJeMT7_QpalQ7skw/s320/Doctor_Strange-658594256-large.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p><u><b>Book</b></u>: <i><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40053263-doctor-strange-and-philosophy" target="_blank">Doctor Strange and Philosophy: The Other Book of Forbidden Knowledge</a> </b></i>(2018), <b>ed. Mark D. White</b>. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHyyLwxuyhvoSXQEFUlcgxErP7_h8bCi3wwQYKixbXG5Kxq5Gmgly2OIrq2FTfV6RgR-6hpSZH8fCVhDJdPPIBnfCGqItwx7tdFOvHooqH_2lU9hHgYfw-Kfrj5MJP-KFeFBTZjvi24_x4o4avJbkwJEUWpmb9VXSSJGhReN_dWLrAiG16d46rfpnNUw/s475/40053263._SY475_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="315" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHyyLwxuyhvoSXQEFUlcgxErP7_h8bCi3wwQYKixbXG5Kxq5Gmgly2OIrq2FTfV6RgR-6hpSZH8fCVhDJdPPIBnfCGqItwx7tdFOvHooqH_2lU9hHgYfw-Kfrj5MJP-KFeFBTZjvi24_x4o4avJbkwJEUWpmb9VXSSJGhReN_dWLrAiG16d46rfpnNUw/w133-h200/40053263._SY475_.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"> <b>3.5-4/5. <b>Goodreads review</b> </b>also <b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4644859470" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a>.</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b> </b>This is an anthology of <b>22 essays having to do with the crossover of
philosophy and Doctor Strange </b>(including themes from both the 2016 movie
and the comics). As with any book which contains a number of essays
written by different authors, some of the essays in this book I quite
liked, others I liked, others were more meh, and some I actively
disliked. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Philosophy </b>is also a hit and miss subject for me depending on
the specific branch and how it's approached - I tend to really like
<b>ethics</b>, and also prefer <b>the more scientific areas of philosophical study
</b>(such as speculative physics or various themes in metaphysics), but
there's a <b>number of other topics</b> - and specifically also the manner in
which they are generally expressed - which are quite <b>liable to either
frustrate or bore me</b> in various degrees - an important factor as to why
is that <b>I may have a pet peeve about random white dudes stating
subjective thoughts, opinions and beliefs as absolute Truths, as
philosophers often do</b> :S xD<br /><br />But anyway xD, some thoughts about the book (warning, LONG xD) -</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFgXJ2_w2l-LGz-5tKHQm9L5K2liUM6uJ0hda2hBzkj6ReluBVigPHo0NPOgjGF3c-x-NQyNVDI0xeZGub75qvMkdYE_-2Sn3VpDW9D2m4X3-6wfvCj50T9npc-bjBME0v9wWYZCA5z4buWA2IXwlUOcWtJmPOpRiHtj3cTXUGSGTfjL-eZBhdze2u2Q/s250/Doctor-Strange-2016-doctor-strange-2016-42795038-250-250.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="250" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFgXJ2_w2l-LGz-5tKHQm9L5K2liUM6uJ0hda2hBzkj6ReluBVigPHo0NPOgjGF3c-x-NQyNVDI0xeZGub75qvMkdYE_-2Sn3VpDW9D2m4X3-6wfvCj50T9npc-bjBME0v9wWYZCA5z4buWA2IXwlUOcWtJmPOpRiHtj3cTXUGSGTfjL-eZBhdze2u2Q/w200-h200/Doctor-Strange-2016-doctor-strange-2016-42795038-250-250.gif" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Both a meme and a great study of ethics </i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">+1
Like I mentioned above, in this book <b>I especially enjoyed the essays
which discussed <u>ethics</u></b> (<b>virtue ethics, deontology and consequentialism</b>,
in this case), as well as those delving into <b><u>scientific matters and
speculative physics</u></b>. I particularly liked one essay which discussed <b>quantum
mechanics and the MCU Multiverse</b>, and another one which considered what the plot
of the 2016 Doctor Strange movie can tell us about the <b><u>scientific
method</u></b>, regarding how new empirical evidence can lead to new theories
and scientific approaches in our understanding of the world (<i>couple of quotes below</i>).</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi39572X05mr9Juj0Fx6awtMbkyVb81zW021tDUAMSVl1FOoWY_sxSLxUZgiPSCeDZzCEs9EGa2kjXZ2pB734Onc5c69KurhhWVhMZOM3ScAuuKbd-EJcieEol70-l1F6kHHe_H0JhoeDnqbVQ8a2BKyHjXlxIu1d2o9jKJPrvztzmtlq4ZB2lMGKEQ_Q/s2955/IMG_20220417_160658.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2710" data-original-width="2955" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi39572X05mr9Juj0Fx6awtMbkyVb81zW021tDUAMSVl1FOoWY_sxSLxUZgiPSCeDZzCEs9EGa2kjXZ2pB734Onc5c69KurhhWVhMZOM3ScAuuKbd-EJcieEol70-l1F6kHHe_H0JhoeDnqbVQ8a2BKyHjXlxIu1d2o9jKJPrvztzmtlq4ZB2lMGKEQ_Q/s320/IMG_20220417_160658.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYUQhd2TELc8OOJvguDDJUaG-32jd94tOJoCB26J9sgZQBTmFfO5vPADboFEqhxl-Pe05m-6jiWQkW6C_dsgsWuWQLi2-QQ9OSp98gKIlA_YV8R0hu4e4BhbDnJVNyqSnFM2c7TS_nRtMquaG_nKCa01XjU3l6dQEakYFlGs1iSHEfpy1hNxig69mTYQ/s2876/IMG_20220417_163008.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2815" data-original-width="2876" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYUQhd2TELc8OOJvguDDJUaG-32jd94tOJoCB26J9sgZQBTmFfO5vPADboFEqhxl-Pe05m-6jiWQkW6C_dsgsWuWQLi2-QQ9OSp98gKIlA_YV8R0hu4e4BhbDnJVNyqSnFM2c7TS_nRtMquaG_nKCa01XjU3l6dQEakYFlGs1iSHEfpy1hNxig69mTYQ/s320/IMG_20220417_163008.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;">+1
Another essay I really enjoyed, written by one of the three female
contributors of this book (note on that below), tackles <b><u>gender and race
biases in both philosophy and superhero comics</u> - both worlds
historically majorly male and white -, and the ways in which the Doctor
Strange movie subverts some of these biases</b> (such as making the <b>Ancient
One</b> - an authority and knowledge figure - female, or greatly improving
the role and status of <b>Wong </b>as a Master sorcerer in contrast to his role
as the manservant of Strange in the comics). The essay also tackles the
problem of <b>whitewashing in movies</b> (while I adore Tilda Swinton both in general and as the Ancient One, and I love that they chose to make the Ancient One female, I also think that they could just as easily have chosen a female actress of Asian descent, with no problematic stereotypes involved). Overall, this essay was a great <b>feminist
and intersectional read</b> (<i>couple of excerpts below</i>).</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i> "What if it's a woman? You know, why can't it be? You know already
the idea that the Ancient One is the head of all sorcerers; now that
person is also a woman. I'm already interested, and I'm already feeling
liberated from the chains of cliché." (<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36242700-marvel-s-doctor-strange---the-art-of-the-movie" target="_blank">The Art of Doctor Strange</a>)</i> <br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIujJwC7jlmE83m_8r1yGoIAxW-U831PUEicEgDjlZLWDXBMNMPdNa1j3ONJnkeiARCeWJtMA7jSJTUiqmF7h6PEQgaOvhIrXVcK6SogpTHpyQ3cVCAIhIfs9LlU3ia7y1c25EXXuDUNLImaALKjnG6WnhM6SYCu1GI-N4DrVYeKtwWUMYU2AUCFTfQQ/s333/tumblr_static_tumblr_static_-511825942-content_focused_v3.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="186" data-original-width="333" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIujJwC7jlmE83m_8r1yGoIAxW-U831PUEicEgDjlZLWDXBMNMPdNa1j3ONJnkeiARCeWJtMA7jSJTUiqmF7h6PEQgaOvhIrXVcK6SogpTHpyQ3cVCAIhIfs9LlU3ia7y1c25EXXuDUNLImaALKjnG6WnhM6SYCu1GI-N4DrVYeKtwWUMYU2AUCFTfQQ/s320/tumblr_static_tumblr_static_-511825942-content_focused_v3.gif" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Tilda Swinton's Ancient One in the MCU</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJzvqpoGMuZAwJeejVAaURdLFC-PWacEeIDmAwD5plojh3BKgoUu84KpObi4Oqj-ojlLksIxX4OFfqfQL49rjPN6Zc7RppJiuqcQ2ZMNRPrt7KHnkOPZTbeNjOtxfpiZd4cyg7NQlxhfI6jGKN0gP7D6oBqdPCtZ9WSL4t_0FpRYZy6167D-tAEPmPZg/s666/received_2122174267973819.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="605" data-original-width="666" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJzvqpoGMuZAwJeejVAaURdLFC-PWacEeIDmAwD5plojh3BKgoUu84KpObi4Oqj-ojlLksIxX4OFfqfQL49rjPN6Zc7RppJiuqcQ2ZMNRPrt7KHnkOPZTbeNjOtxfpiZd4cyg7NQlxhfI6jGKN0gP7D6oBqdPCtZ9WSL4t_0FpRYZy6167D-tAEPmPZg/s320/received_2122174267973819.jpeg" width="320" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZEz8F-48eOMBj7zE1DraSGk5718IX841fJwLdZD5HrtNp9NJdHIxXn2qwO3MpYhtIV4MwInjPquFVXE6fiiwkOn6bg2VECayhmrxvxdL7vS7gCgu5ViWz-RMWduKlJj4EwXVPW8cNanIUcjTloSJlOjEQnOX8rz2hsFdQNUPO5sOQrxaUvo1wOra6ig/s934/received_1581339938899342.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="934" data-original-width="756" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZEz8F-48eOMBj7zE1DraSGk5718IX841fJwLdZD5HrtNp9NJdHIxXn2qwO3MpYhtIV4MwInjPquFVXE6fiiwkOn6bg2VECayhmrxvxdL7vS7gCgu5ViWz-RMWduKlJj4EwXVPW8cNanIUcjTloSJlOjEQnOX8rz2hsFdQNUPO5sOQrxaUvo1wOra6ig/w324-h400/received_1581339938899342.jpeg" width="324" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">-1 Unfortunately, <b>gender bias in
philosophy and the comic book world</b>, as criticized in this essay, <b>is
fully present in this book as well</b>, ironically. <b>Out of 22 essays</b>, it
seems that <b>only three were written by women</b>, and if I remember
correctly, <b>only one female philosopher is mentioned</b> in the whole book :S</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS_Zs79IEwSNT_Yh_8B3RU4NVkjsCFutvWBDsJyAPQNOnKBIX2nge09ouLYjly6hSGwP8_ZYNUQvwzD-ifUQz1RCvn1FRQ0EN_15cj7pd6nQv1z3Ud3jCqFrHahPlAJZYGFgc1t6tu2m0yzn4q5loYuKexHBQWcedTATijeF8nFCdnIrkei2PSSN6A8w/s540/tumblr_ptpo71CRIH1sejmmmo1_540.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="540" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS_Zs79IEwSNT_Yh_8B3RU4NVkjsCFutvWBDsJyAPQNOnKBIX2nge09ouLYjly6hSGwP8_ZYNUQvwzD-ifUQz1RCvn1FRQ0EN_15cj7pd6nQv1z3Ud3jCqFrHahPlAJZYGFgc1t6tu2m0yzn4q5loYuKexHBQWcedTATijeF8nFCdnIrkei2PSSN6A8w/s320/tumblr_ptpo71CRIH1sejmmmo1_540.webp" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>More women than 14%? Yes xD</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">+1
A couple of other essays also accurately commented on how Nietzche was
an infamous misogynist and Heidegger supported Nazi mindsets, comments
which I appreciated because <b>we need to hold historical figures
accountable for their problematic aspects</b>.<br /><br />-1 Something which I
lacked in an essay tackling <b>St Augustine</b>, another infamous misogynist
who was quite pedestalized in an essay which discussed more religious
interpretations :S - I also fully disagreed with that essay's idea that
the journey and character development of Strange mirrored 'St'
Augustine's life, but ah well xD.</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx-VbCRs_H0CKOtW-LUcZekD3HqklocljM601WpdFVrMCncByl9wRpFUULxete6gbfbeHGzpzjsFtnxydX2_gi6j75r3zfG2nJDFH3K0gU5h4PiAirD49HgWIMqSoYE3KFThxpvcpnw6je-MshOuenOYc4FitCcWFaGQgXPHXA6Y40OC0LzBRRjyPLXA/s500/687474~1.GIF" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="296" data-original-width="500" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx-VbCRs_H0CKOtW-LUcZekD3HqklocljM601WpdFVrMCncByl9wRpFUULxete6gbfbeHGzpzjsFtnxydX2_gi6j75r3zfG2nJDFH3K0gU5h4PiAirD49HgWIMqSoYE3KFThxpvcpnw6je-MshOuenOYc4FitCcWFaGQgXPHXA6Y40OC0LzBRRjyPLXA/s320/687474~1.GIF" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Please, but "St" women-should-not-be-educated Augustine wishes he were this cool. Also, Strange did appreciably grow out of his initial male entitlement, can Augustine say the same? No.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table> <p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">-1 And regarding social
activism topics, I also have to say that <b>I deeply disliked one essay
which had the baffling objective of convincing the reader that the
servile role of Wong in the comics as the personal manservant of
Strange</b>, in itself an issue deeply steeped in classism and a racialized
context, <b>is not wrong or problematic at all and actually empowers the
character of Wong! </b>We can encounter deep and meaningful friendships
when a master/servant dynamic is also (regrettably) involved, such as Frodo
and Sam from <i>The Lord of the Rings</i>. *But* <b>the fact that this kind of dynamic
might evolve to develop a meaningful interaction does not mean that we
should not also be fully critical of the power dynamic and the classism
and racialized/gendered aspects of a master/servant relationship </b>in the first place.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglhjO_L3k0MWxplKVndJ4G3M_J6vkoIH_eDw9aZWimaTLBjjBZLCbdBbKkI6JrbkXbHxdzJaIrvaOzcof_WNGAGWT1eAe87qLKqcedZAZxeMzcbd6URvhPS-U3PlDz7ch7GU399dxGZ-PGZBkp9ap_qQ6rLF9CE9UOAUJaxRjY28FiVWGSBD5Uq3N3Ng/s498/2.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="258" data-original-width="498" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglhjO_L3k0MWxplKVndJ4G3M_J6vkoIH_eDw9aZWimaTLBjjBZLCbdBbKkI6JrbkXbHxdzJaIrvaOzcof_WNGAGWT1eAe87qLKqcedZAZxeMzcbd6URvhPS-U3PlDz7ch7GU399dxGZ-PGZBkp9ap_qQ6rLF9CE9UOAUJaxRjY28FiVWGSBD5Uq3N3Ng/s320/2.gif" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>MCU's Strange and Wong be like wtf</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"> This
particular essay I found <b>deeply offensive</b> in its endeavour to claim that
it's actually servitude which gives Wong's life meaning<b> </b>and boosts his
self-confidence and self empowerment (wtf), and that both parts of the
master/servant dynamic get benefits out of the arrangement. <b>It's a
neoliberal-oriented 'choice' approach that ultimately completely glosses
over the fact that it's a classist and racist system which has made
Wong into Strange's servant in the comics</b>, same as his father was
the servant of the Ancient One, and his father before him, and so on. If
we take this 'choice' approach and make minimal parallels with say,
oppressed women in a patriarchal society, or enslaved black
people in the USA, I think it becomes clear enough <b>how offensive and
illogical this interpretation is - the ludicrous idea that oppression and a servile
function to the privileged groups actually gives your life meaning </b>and
that you reap ample positive benefits out of a deeply unequal power
dynamic. <br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLrkBEmQmLEJOEWulj1UJYJ2oY3rv45y-6gpa-7QWaQI1Tn1qpQT4kgBpYJGaD-3RrFCUOP5yvmnTxE6OKaCfBwr4r-kuQSqPMd_vCQvQlndNKazuqSu0ldvL9uTpfaRYrF1nYtlrdId6T7bkt-ueaaqcF7j0rfhdNgF9wWX2A5ii_4ByVhgM0ieKd2w/s540/210092.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="540" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLrkBEmQmLEJOEWulj1UJYJ2oY3rv45y-6gpa-7QWaQI1Tn1qpQT4kgBpYJGaD-3RrFCUOP5yvmnTxE6OKaCfBwr4r-kuQSqPMd_vCQvQlndNKazuqSu0ldvL9uTpfaRYrF1nYtlrdId6T7bkt-ueaaqcF7j0rfhdNgF9wWX2A5ii_4ByVhgM0ieKd2w/s320/210092.gif" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Wong is certainly Strange's friend in the MCU, but he's also been a Master Sorcerer in his own right from the beginning, and the actual Sorcerer Supreme since the Blip. So yasss.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Thank Agamotto that the role of Wong was vastly improved in
the MCU</b>. I can't help but wonder whether the author of this essay would
think that now Wong's life does not have meaning because he's a powerful
Master sorcerer in his own right, and is now the actual Sorcerer
Supreme. Heh.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i> "From the comic books, Wong came across quite like a manservant or sidekick. I think with our version, we're happily putting that to bed and updating his story for a modern audience. (...) He is someone who is very serious about his job. He's very otherwordly, wise (...) There's a quiet confidence to Wong. He's stoic. He's foerever watching and loyal. I think he comes from a long line of that." </i>(Benedict Wong,<i> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36242700-marvel-s-doctor-strange---the-art-of-the-movie" target="_blank">The Art of Doctor Strange</a>)</i><br /><br />-1 And now comes the big topic. While there were at
least three essays in the book which tackled this matter more
accurately, or at least following the reasoning I would have chosen,
<b>there is a discourse which I kept finding in several other essays which
frustrated me time and time again</b>. According to all these essays, <b>the
scientific aspect of Doctor Strange</b>, initially a brilliant neurosurgeon,
is something which went hand in hand with his arrogance, narcissism and
materialistic view of the world. This materialism and his scientific
aspect, as linked to the <b>mechanistic current </b>('we are made of matter,
and nothing more'), would be then opposed to the greater empathy,
integrity and altruism that Strange shows as the movie progresses, which
these essays repeteadly linked to his newfound 'enlightenment' and
'interest in spirituality', and the broadening of his mind. <br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAWebeMIgDj5qF8Cnj9zHz2IqXzEi1mjKJIeB2jgmPD76_Z3G4FsWgCkoA2WPzoLdsn9HBuJ1qleYS6Mevhq4YXeEoQWIqni-IyQOw4R6BRUgCJA_dfz-w4PiA9ZacYr2BnMSBNMnb3gwdVTuEazQrDYIOGe5pG5VLGsOUNZ1BqS4nELyW02PfrS6iuQ/s498/reading-dr-strange.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="230" data-original-width="498" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAWebeMIgDj5qF8Cnj9zHz2IqXzEi1mjKJIeB2jgmPD76_Z3G4FsWgCkoA2WPzoLdsn9HBuJ1qleYS6Mevhq4YXeEoQWIqni-IyQOw4R6BRUgCJA_dfz-w4PiA9ZacYr2BnMSBNMnb3gwdVTuEazQrDYIOGe5pG5VLGsOUNZ1BqS4nELyW02PfrS6iuQ/w320-h148/reading-dr-strange.gif" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Nope, Strange is still all about the science and the knowledge, his improving his attitude and his ethics has nothing to do with embracing the study of magic, which he approaches in a similar way as his former medicine studies, anyway.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">While
some of the points and philosophical stances described in these essays
were interesting from a purely philosophical point of view, <b>it's a huge
misconstruction to say that science equals a lack of altruism or a
greater materialistic and shallow mindset</b> (wtf), <b>and that it's an
'interest in spirituality' which makes someone more altruistic and
empathetic</b>. That's just both offensive and factually wrong. Like the Ancient One tells Strange, it's 'arrogance and fear' and his narcissism which have kept him from expanding his mind, not his interest in empirical science. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIa7yob_fLDl6w1KicGOmSBmuN8Q1Fsq22otukoekHd2RvqJkpivNhEy1Thrwx3lDyVgQT-bDvSCCTypzJM8FtxvPR_ZSi-DUaxE73CR8yPqwVwvyuKC-V6KPfl1pLsRxd6AQPYPBJm-SeBUjtQbiC7vM5P7lFn-2rA7aJA9pNTb44enXNQRPPIpTjQA/s268/tumblr_pa8dfypQcj1tctq75o6_400.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="230" data-original-width="268" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIa7yob_fLDl6w1KicGOmSBmuN8Q1Fsq22otukoekHd2RvqJkpivNhEy1Thrwx3lDyVgQT-bDvSCCTypzJM8FtxvPR_ZSi-DUaxE73CR8yPqwVwvyuKC-V6KPfl1pLsRxd6AQPYPBJm-SeBUjtQbiC7vM5P7lFn-2rA7aJA9pNTb44enXNQRPPIpTjQA/w200-h172/tumblr_pa8dfypQcj1tctq75o6_400.gif" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr align="justify"><td class="tr-caption"><i>Why do people keep associating science with a lack of empathy or a more materialistic view of the world, wtf. Doctor Strange keeps a scientific mindset all the time, it's his entitlement and narcissism which get better disregardless of that!</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq1w68bCdae0ApblyWeKY2rmTgXmxCnZmO3k_GSBGHHUs9Hpf-E0EpAzoudqekABiiaITJoCmr8SJIPumzYVUu8i_SGuJQHUdAQ8rsAhkRubHU2j6UmvMojJfCkwP3DG-XzflKUHBc71zcNXvM3tCYGlyE0pnpNrbAvE4ICBmL9vkjfTmHkOjHyavBHg/s550/tumblr_okc9ut7b7b1v2lbnko2_640.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="232" data-original-width="550" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq1w68bCdae0ApblyWeKY2rmTgXmxCnZmO3k_GSBGHHUs9Hpf-E0EpAzoudqekABiiaITJoCmr8SJIPumzYVUu8i_SGuJQHUdAQ8rsAhkRubHU2j6UmvMojJfCkwP3DG-XzflKUHBc71zcNXvM3tCYGlyE0pnpNrbAvE4ICBmL9vkjfTmHkOjHyavBHg/w400-h168/tumblr_okc9ut7b7b1v2lbnko2_640.webp" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>'Which is?' 'It's not about you'.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table> <p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> And even though the 2016 movie's director, Scott Derrickson, also commented on this <b>inaccurate correlation between '<i>selfishness and skepticism</i>' and '<i>altruism and spiritual enlightement</i>' as Strange's journey</b>
(for example, in the <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36242700-marvel-s-doctor-strange---the-art-of-the-movie" target="_blank">art book</a>), in my opinion the movie
itself does a <b>great job in addressing Strange's journey from narcissism, selfishness
and materialism to a more altruistic, accountable and ethical mindset</b>,
yes, but <b>it's not necessarily linked with a journey of 'spiritual
enlightement', </b>or '<i>from skepticism to mysticism</i>', more than a combination of <b>changing his entitled and arrogant attitude and becoming '<i>more self-reflective</i>'</b> as a result of suffering '<i>personal loss and trauma</i>', as Derrickson also comments on, and <b>widening his understanding of the universe by considering areas of study that he was unaware of</b>. But in the MCU and Marvel comics universe, <b><u>magic and the Multiverse are real and liable to be studied in an empirical fashion - just like science is</u></b>.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Thus, it's also <b>a huge false equivalence to link the evolution of Doctor
Strange as a sorcerer to the potential higher merits of real world
spirituality (and pseudoscience) as opposed to empirical science</b>. The
essays seemed to repeteadly link Strange's scathing remarks about the
unscientific nature of chakras or acupuncture (I mean, both things *are*
objectively pseudoscience) with a narrow-minded view of the world which
needed to be expanded. <b>Being open-minded is the actual point of
scientific curiosity, skepticism, and the scientific method, and that is exactly what
Doctor Strange does - When shown actual empirical evidence that the
Multiverse exists</b>, and seeing that in the Marvel universe <b>it is actually
possible to draw energy from other dimensions to create 'magic' </b>(thus
linking magic way more to technology and science than spirituality), <b>he
just expands his view of the universe </b>when shown that there's more to
what he had learned, <b>and includes the study of magic to his existing
knowledge</b> (<i>excerpts below from the essay about the scientific method I also mentioned earlier in this review</i>).<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh63qXO9qX8uK3B9WRRQ_ydGGDgXqIizAeUCnasQpIv2S2k0OXpmb-w5FQalvkV4yXoSlJxneXK9tWipkutuqN6tSZYEnMfAtltj1ji2LSYIJbCGqIGKO6GkTLBbz-lMInq6yzM8Bq188-Dp3c3JAGnCLwgHPMwKAjzYPLKh5VAB0xDVwAUE-J4mi_zaQ/s498/doctor-strange-benedict-cumberbatch.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="280" data-original-width="498" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh63qXO9qX8uK3B9WRRQ_ydGGDgXqIizAeUCnasQpIv2S2k0OXpmb-w5FQalvkV4yXoSlJxneXK9tWipkutuqN6tSZYEnMfAtltj1ji2LSYIJbCGqIGKO6GkTLBbz-lMInq6yzM8Bq188-Dp3c3JAGnCLwgHPMwKAjzYPLKh5VAB0xDVwAUE-J4mi_zaQ/s320/doctor-strange-benedict-cumberbatch.gif" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Strange does not ditch modern medicine to embrace acupuncture, chakras and spirituality. He actually studies and performs magic following a very similar method to the science and technology we're more accustomed to, and he's shown actual empirical evidence and contrasted information about it.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxM3CaU9Cf0VQFEmlvBESTnqBK2LLkfPj6IeQ93i2nBhRA5jJyqctCsUUCHc5CVK6Q9DXf368tUYIhtOY2I3LBg6K8QuaCdVcsEaqjL0Na1nvjOtxncN5S2ENxzXwkGINCewIZEJcMPxIzvB96BqyLzt10kCTqxAStg38sy8EARCZ-BAxPLgmTGTqAEA/s3946/IMG_20220417_162814.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1034" data-original-width="3946" height="105" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxM3CaU9Cf0VQFEmlvBESTnqBK2LLkfPj6IeQ93i2nBhRA5jJyqctCsUUCHc5CVK6Q9DXf368tUYIhtOY2I3LBg6K8QuaCdVcsEaqjL0Na1nvjOtxncN5S2ENxzXwkGINCewIZEJcMPxIzvB96BqyLzt10kCTqxAStg38sy8EARCZ-BAxPLgmTGTqAEA/w400-h105/IMG_20220417_162814.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBAUDq3YJCEWGla-3tYpxLXQY0mBqKbDLNHQU-6KD7IfCDVoOEy_nGZoZQm6Qio0Akxx7T9w8-EBIbiyguO7ps7OtXyob5z9dMD5AxdNF31dW2s5x_W7ClyLU35_gu4uycB9nbHI-X82GQ7lnylo-8jN8GtIeQjbtriP79uLQGwWGuzywDZobkqghj1w/s3638/IMG_20220417_162824.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="894" data-original-width="3638" height="99" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBAUDq3YJCEWGla-3tYpxLXQY0mBqKbDLNHQU-6KD7IfCDVoOEy_nGZoZQm6Qio0Akxx7T9w8-EBIbiyguO7ps7OtXyob5z9dMD5AxdNF31dW2s5x_W7ClyLU35_gu4uycB9nbHI-X82GQ7lnylo-8jN8GtIeQjbtriP79uLQGwWGuzywDZobkqghj1w/w400-h99/IMG_20220417_162824.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLxoRWKqKFc9Dr8j7z2jwYI9JzLwskJo4twmFQmYtht95ln5rEVgHvmJ9tKI6_H2Y3-qQI_SHDLdwMWk2Cvi4-h7hTfFCHEgE9STr0g1aFM1Wu70R8sHbMTaPhAc1b_z7-5OGPxRD9YC2-IQI-xUKleMm1a6VExLaWdxPmLU68Dmn4Sxky_AuZRbgpgA/s640/dr-strange-reading.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="626" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLxoRWKqKFc9Dr8j7z2jwYI9JzLwskJo4twmFQmYtht95ln5rEVgHvmJ9tKI6_H2Y3-qQI_SHDLdwMWk2Cvi4-h7hTfFCHEgE9STr0g1aFM1Wu70R8sHbMTaPhAc1b_z7-5OGPxRD9YC2-IQI-xUKleMm1a6VExLaWdxPmLU68Dmn4Sxky_AuZRbgpgA/w196-h200/dr-strange-reading.gif" width="196" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Hell yeah to the scientific method</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"> <b>In our real world</b>, however, the theory addressing <b>the existence of a Multiverse is an actual
field of study in speculative physics</b>, yes (and other essay in this book
talks about this in the context of <b>cosmology and quantum mechanics</b>),
but it *is* speculative. And <b>spirituality</b>, while valid on its own, <b>
</b>simply and objectively <b>cannot replace science if what we seek is the empirical understanding
of the universe</b>. <b>Strange's Sorcerer path *is* undeniably heavily
inspired and linked with Eastern martial arts and spirituality</b>, both in aesthetics and ethos,<b> but the
way he studies and harnesses magic is rather more in line with science
and technology than with actual spirituality </b>as we would understand it
in the real world (as is also the way with many <b>MCU perceptions of magic
as science and technology 'not yet understood'</b>, as also portrayed in the Thor movies).
Overall, the whole discourse when these particular essays (and there
were a few :S) tackled this topic was a huge false equivalence fest.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD9LORtP1G6esWeuDI9DVSJsfkfPBpjs_fB5DV0g1JbsT35iO6TggS0n__RZ-GVI1nAlcqSkLRbk_jo4w4OGOFIp8-SQPR3z5_BagJmfJqG6RNTHjWTuZ74-0s75k8x8YFLWeZGpsFx2X8vuTxTuV4tKIlhy9WiPA3FZQSRFpYIn6kcEySgfbOXiqzfw/s640/dr-strange-wong3.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="296" data-original-width="640" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD9LORtP1G6esWeuDI9DVSJsfkfPBpjs_fB5DV0g1JbsT35iO6TggS0n__RZ-GVI1nAlcqSkLRbk_jo4w4OGOFIp8-SQPR3z5_BagJmfJqG6RNTHjWTuZ74-0s75k8x8YFLWeZGpsFx2X8vuTxTuV4tKIlhy9WiPA3FZQSRFpYIn6kcEySgfbOXiqzfw/s320/dr-strange-wong3.gif" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;">-1
I also disliked the way that a couple of essays seemed to need to add
the disclaimer that '<i>religion and science are not incompatible, in fact
they are fully compatible because I will now give you some examples of
historical scientists who also believed in God or were interested in
spirituality or alchemy</i>'. Obviously, <b>individual people are entitled to
their personal spiritual or religious beliefs (as long as they don't try
to impose those beliefs on anyone else or enforce inequality against
oppressed groups, which is the flavour of criticism I go for when I say
I'm critical of religion</b>). But the issue regarding the
<b><u>science-vs-religion discussion</u></b> often doesn't have to do with individual
beliefs, <b>it has to do with the fact that enforced religious systems have
historically hindered or prohibited science systematically, by imposing
unscientific mythological concepts as Truths, and literally persecuting
and murdering people who offered advances in science </b>instead of abiding
with those religious 'truths' as to the nature of the universe (and
also persecuting religious beliefs which deviate from the systemic
dogma). The fact that Newton believed in God (totally fine, but
irrelevant in this discussion), or that Descartes (rather
unscientifically) claimed that God is an innate proof of our reasoning
nature (which let's be real, it's a bit wtf xD) are really neither here not there regarding this
issue :S</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2JB66oW4-HCIVgBzg9l72kQYb3ccMJ3mUyRwaqhFftpGymnXa81z-ygx2_OsjZEV9n24E97tpvv58auK8c8i2vZXPJW2dIzhQ5Dn2ChmBhwml0_cp4LKNA-o4KBey9Q301n7YxmqZWjSBAQVccC-HXUXwPASwHLDNaADTfzpiG1v59d5GwDhAXLBxWg/s640/dr-strange-wong.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="332" data-original-width="640" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2JB66oW4-HCIVgBzg9l72kQYb3ccMJ3mUyRwaqhFftpGymnXa81z-ygx2_OsjZEV9n24E97tpvv58auK8c8i2vZXPJW2dIzhQ5Dn2ChmBhwml0_cp4LKNA-o4KBey9Q301n7YxmqZWjSBAQVccC-HXUXwPASwHLDNaADTfzpiG1v59d5GwDhAXLBxWg/s320/dr-strange-wong.gif" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Anyway, have another gif about sorcerers and books xD</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">+1 While discussing the <b>influence of the
<u>pacifist-oriented ethics of Eastern martial arts</u></b> on Strange's ethos as a sorcerer as well as a surgeon,<b> there's a reference and
quote to the 1970s series 'Kung Fu'</b>, which I really like, so kudos for
that!</div><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhromNgyTx47Tj4o9VJkf_7OJ7-dLH5EoZtMr8WS8AT4mZnvunDo_QrnQpL8fjaSApdvGd4UDQo8yQU51rDKHCFGkdW6z4t_5k9X3cDExRPtQ0H7CXNvdL4jjUl1d7RTHy7zHw9VPo53kibCe6bxMBiWgwBmX4bE30E7-xZa7Uw1R6Bz6KoFIG7sCVGZg/s498/dr-strange-doctor-strange.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="309" data-original-width="498" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhromNgyTx47Tj4o9VJkf_7OJ7-dLH5EoZtMr8WS8AT4mZnvunDo_QrnQpL8fjaSApdvGd4UDQo8yQU51rDKHCFGkdW6z4t_5k9X3cDExRPtQ0H7CXNvdL4jjUl1d7RTHy7zHw9VPo53kibCe6bxMBiWgwBmX4bE30E7-xZa7Uw1R6Bz6KoFIG7sCVGZg/s320/dr-strange-doctor-strange.gif" width="320" /></a> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ff8eWXrxwbM" width="320" youtube-src-id="ff8eWXrxwbM"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEBHqfZ3U40WH-NMfwnP2KWIhqO66VSY9ErtZhze1nkTk2B-i0MsVGsbaGDMZHkdw3QLylhFg88FuHvAANUrFu1MCEaUWE8OWloOVuYXovnixBkmfY3ifnto0rw8CJbES8wQ-iFydSIciNYR7f5BT-rvfTpLFq7WN10_27HzKrHZiWvsWx3RZqq-5PVw/s2970/IMG_20220420_011554.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2970" data-original-width="2514" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEBHqfZ3U40WH-NMfwnP2KWIhqO66VSY9ErtZhze1nkTk2B-i0MsVGsbaGDMZHkdw3QLylhFg88FuHvAANUrFu1MCEaUWE8OWloOVuYXovnixBkmfY3ifnto0rw8CJbES8wQ-iFydSIciNYR7f5BT-rvfTpLFq7WN10_27HzKrHZiWvsWx3RZqq-5PVw/s320/IMG_20220420_011554.jpg" width="271" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">- And finally, this is more an anecdotic discussion than
something I liked or didn't like - There's one essay which discussed
<b><u>mind-body dualism</u></b> as illustrated in Doctor Strange by the <b>astral bodies</b>.
However, the author seemed to keep trying to rationalize the way astral
bodies were portrayed in the movie, not just comparing them to
philosophical theories of dualism as an interesting exercise, but
actually trying to find logical consistency between them, as if the
portrayal in the movie would either confirm or discredit said theories
of dualism. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0XWXNG2VTLu49XB4ZMWer6s1CoyidDqilY7M3sEdc8Ea-FYhzN-DmZ70A_6Bnd8M1FAaeLgX2IaeYJPJexh1okDQjBhgR1lFmlJcDh0RZgP1SspxMbi6DnBL7KVOm8cO72tdwGW6Ch8UrPQcAWrRgbx_PD3Elgb4uXXEFgNSkeVOd204ed5q4iwnLdQ/s480/giphy-1.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="480" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0XWXNG2VTLu49XB4ZMWer6s1CoyidDqilY7M3sEdc8Ea-FYhzN-DmZ70A_6Bnd8M1FAaeLgX2IaeYJPJexh1okDQjBhgR1lFmlJcDh0RZgP1SspxMbi6DnBL7KVOm8cO72tdwGW6Ch8UrPQcAWrRgbx_PD3Elgb4uXXEFgNSkeVOd204ed5q4iwnLdQ/w400-h166/giphy-1.gif" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Ancient One show Strange his astral form</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">While the astral bodies in Doctor Strange are
clearly inspired both by spirituality currents and by various
philosophical explorations about mind-body dualism, as a fantasy and
sci-fi movie it doesn't need to be fully consistent with all these
currents, nor do we really need to judge the accuracy of the depiction
of Strange's astral body and its properties in regards to what
philosophy has had to say about dualism - especially considering that
<b>dualism is, as of now, mostly devoid of any empirical scientific proof! </b>The
exercise of questioning how Strange's astral body is or isn't consistent
with existing philosophical theories of dualism and transference
between the mind and the body is certainly interesting for purely
academic purposes, but the way the author seemed to be actually thorough
and serious about how a fantasy and sci-fi movie with astral bodies
confirmed or denied real life philosophical theories of dualism both puzzled
and amused me xD <br /></p></div>Arwendë Luhtiénë / Marta Lúthienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01043611744907294700noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255946979377638758.post-79108092104883632062022-03-28T16:20:00.002-07:002023-12-31T14:18:31.769-08:00Goodreads feminist reviews - The Cinderella Complex<p style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvCmu-FjRyH-W6QY59WMCy-Q6ZWN6M1ndXFHi5ccJysBtXJFZsnPrdh3T90M4WGXM0z3kdWP6x4trajFE_iQURytYmtuBHWQei5SdiqlCUAUPDj-eJsRnwIvKx5P1SaFeDyL13QAo6yltaf_5DBINUAOFHhgK1fcWSnTsWnSN_QnalAQKWowk00MzL9A/s3780/IMG_20210914_014630.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3780" data-original-width="2606" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvCmu-FjRyH-W6QY59WMCy-Q6ZWN6M1ndXFHi5ccJysBtXJFZsnPrdh3T90M4WGXM0z3kdWP6x4trajFE_iQURytYmtuBHWQei5SdiqlCUAUPDj-eJsRnwIvKx5P1SaFeDyL13QAo6yltaf_5DBINUAOFHhgK1fcWSnTsWnSN_QnalAQKWowk00MzL9A/w221-h320/IMG_20210914_014630.jpg" width="221" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>'Cinderella Complex', <b><a href="https://www.deviantart.com/pilarerika" target="_blank">PilarErika </a></b>(also <a href="https://www.instagram.com/pilartarma/" target="_blank">IG</a>)</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMWx73PP2sDoIA_YJTQa0HsyMheAYjDssjDpRjktNKVhzsM-TPW8wVTrb__rWpQ5bWSsRPlEeLwTUB8bZYodHHI3XLjXcjCONG1Heoj5yVslvhckfpwMKBmKDUcmOZGeOuFUt6jd3p81bDaHiqZSzvKmV-9tEYyVD5Rl81rD8n_9ZSXVromp96ehPP7w/s581/tumblr_om8rooIjZC1v3o6e5o1_640.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="260" data-original-width="581" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMWx73PP2sDoIA_YJTQa0HsyMheAYjDssjDpRjktNKVhzsM-TPW8wVTrb__rWpQ5bWSsRPlEeLwTUB8bZYodHHI3XLjXcjCONG1Heoj5yVslvhckfpwMKBmKDUcmOZGeOuFUt6jd3p81bDaHiqZSzvKmV-9tEYyVD5Rl81rD8n_9ZSXVromp96ehPP7w/w400-h179/tumblr_om8rooIjZC1v3o6e5o1_640.png" width="400" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMWx73PP2sDoIA_YJTQa0HsyMheAYjDssjDpRjktNKVhzsM-TPW8wVTrb__rWpQ5bWSsRPlEeLwTUB8bZYodHHI3XLjXcjCONG1Heoj5yVslvhckfpwMKBmKDUcmOZGeOuFUt6jd3p81bDaHiqZSzvKmV-9tEYyVD5Rl81rD8n_9ZSXVromp96ehPP7w/s581/tumblr_om8rooIjZC1v3o6e5o1_640.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><i><span id="quote"></span></i></p><p> <u><b>Book</b></u>: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1358626.The_Cinderella_Complex" target="_blank"><i><b>The Cinderella Comple</b></i></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1358626.The_Cinderella_Complex" target="_blank"><i><b>x: Women's Hidden Fear of Independence</b></i></a> (1981), by<b> Colette Dowling</b>. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Fv0PftNS9N9WX5_maqudafw2IChtF0YJPLSruoxLKizcS6eI5y8Ret6FTgOP7BSNrYRyzUPRxyo25TLPqHpioh5BN-DCl70282BMA6-VHdwnysFAQnTjuXEl_Ijw77i-1vljOD_Z97pOOjLEwW5o0ykSJ1icLZgeEilrmjVmz-mICbPiZCK4hcNhUQ/s475/1358626._SY475_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="287" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Fv0PftNS9N9WX5_maqudafw2IChtF0YJPLSruoxLKizcS6eI5y8Ret6FTgOP7BSNrYRyzUPRxyo25TLPqHpioh5BN-DCl70282BMA6-VHdwnysFAQnTjuXEl_Ijw77i-1vljOD_Z97pOOjLEwW5o0ykSJ1icLZgeEilrmjVmz-mICbPiZCK4hcNhUQ/w121-h200/1358626._SY475_.jpg" width="121" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"> <b>3.5/5. <b>Goodreads review</b> </b>also <b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1911446602?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a>.</b><span class="tojvnm2t"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="tojvnm2t"> </span><u>
<b>Pro: Feminist self-help book about harmful emotional dependence, and gender roles in heteronormative unhealthy relationships - still relevant today</b> </u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixV1CXKou-tHBoMFGpxXCNvW40LR6w9dBfoKuL_KwbAZbxZ6TNdsSxIGvcjrF19mGU1DJBoQLAmqOU_CjoX_2oPo_3Hg5g-X-fwOOQgVc_7-JExgwE_cvy1p4do_SELtEDs9-WgF2CM8_cN4kdz7GTD4Cj25Jyw0KvVX7ytVxpANf4KYkTUR7WwRIhIw/s574/tumblr_om8rpw0Ehw1v3o6e5o1_640.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="255" data-original-width="574" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixV1CXKou-tHBoMFGpxXCNvW40LR6w9dBfoKuL_KwbAZbxZ6TNdsSxIGvcjrF19mGU1DJBoQLAmqOU_CjoX_2oPo_3Hg5g-X-fwOOQgVc_7-JExgwE_cvy1p4do_SELtEDs9-WgF2CM8_cN4kdz7GTD4Cj25Jyw0KvVX7ytVxpANf4KYkTUR7WwRIhIw/w400-h178/tumblr_om8rpw0Ehw1v3o6e5o1_640.png" width="400" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">This is a <b>feminist self-help book</b> which helps women become more
conscious about the '<b>Cinderella Complex</b>': The way <b>societal upbringing and patriarchal gender roles make women experiment both problematic
emotional (and financial) dependence and a deep fear of independence</b>. I
think these issues are really important and not discussed often
enough, because emotional (and also financial) dependence in relationships still affect
many women today. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Some people have remarked that this book is somewhat
'obsolete' when it comes to unequal heternormative relationships with traditional gender roles because it was <b>written in the early 80s and refers to the 60s
and 70s</b> - But I think that it is unfortunately not 'obsolete' at all.
<b>Emotional dependence is a real problem that is still affecting many,
many women today</b>, and it's still very much alive and perpetuated
'thanks' to traditional (and very problematic) <b>children's fairytales
and the media in general</b> (the glorification of emotional dependence and the concept of romantic love as seen through a patriarchal lens in songs, books and movies, for example). </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">I totally recommend
that everyone read books such as this one, because it makes both women
and men think about the harm that patriarchy and gender roles have done
and still do to women, and h<b>ow many relationships today between women and men are deeply influenced by traditional gender roles and power dynamics, strengthened both by male privilege and the brainwashing of the media regarding romantic love and relationships</b>.<br /><br /><u>
<b>Con: Non-intersectional</b></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b> </b>This book <b>focuses primarily on white, American middle-class
heteronormative women</b>, though. The emotional dependence issue can still
be very relevant to all women, I think, disregardless of other factors,
but it's worth mentioning that it's not a very intersectional book in
that respect, and that <b>not all women would be able to get out of harmful
relationships or get their 'freedom' (financial independence, jobs,
education, etc) with the ease that the author sometimes describes</b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> It's
<b>not just about becoming conscious of the way society has trained women
to be afraid of independence - Privilege and position in society are as
important</b> when it comes to 'springing free'. <b>It can already be quite
hard for white, cishet middle-class women to get away from an
abusive relationship, or to be able to become financially independent</b> if
they're trapped in a marriage where the husband holds all the financial
power and likes to stay that way. <b>It's way harder to do so if you add
race, class, sexual orientation or gender identity to the equation</b>. Being conscious of
the psychological problems which make women dependent is very important,
but in many cases it's not enough to actually be able to 'spring free',
unfortunately.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">It's <b>mostly a problem of omission</b>, seeing as the
author does focus on her experience and women with similar upbringings,
<b>but the book does have a couple of cringeworthy vocally anti-intersectional moments as well</b>. There's a point when
the author states that getting household help would help (middle-class)
women get more independence - while throwing lower-class (who are often poc) women under the bus 😕. There's also another anti-sisterhood
cringeworthy moment with the mention of two women who, apparently as a
way to become 'less afraid of independence', decide to have affairs with
married men. Which is never cool in my book and also a bit
hypocritical, considering it throws other potentially dependent and
miserable (house)wives under the bus as well :/.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><u><b>Other remarks</b></u> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">I'd also like to mention that, while I agree with the fact that,
as a result of patriarchal upbringing, many women actually contribute
to the loss of self-confidence and independence they experience, the
author sometimes seems to paint husbands/partners in too good a light,
being stifled by their wives/partners' emotional and financial
dependence, and actually encouraging them to get jobs/activities and/or
become less dependent in other ways. <b>It's regrettably very true that</b> <b>women often
bring the dependent dynamic to the equation because of their upbringing and the media they consume, but men are also brought up in a society where male privilege and gender roles where they are expected to be the more active and dominant partner are everywhere</b>, and thus are key to the problem as well, and more so than women. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">And while the author does also mention oppressive husbands and men who hold all
the financial and executive power, <b>she never seems to focus on the
fact that many men promote this system and seem to be pretty happy with
the arrangement</b>, never actually encouraging any of the women in their family to gain any independence whatsoever. The system does benefit them in so many more ways than the trifling bother of having an emotional dependent girlfriend or wife, after all, so an important percentage of them are pretty much OK with it all :S </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The book also seems to assume that women
end up in relationships, be they emotionally dependent or not,
<b>omitting the cases of women who actually prefer just casual encounters
or who are just not interested in relationships</b>. Once again, this is
written from the author's experience and point of view, and so she does
focus on the <b>effects that heteronormative/allosexual/amatonormative relationships have on women</b>. But sometimes one
can get the impression that a relationship is still a given step in a
woman's life, instead of just critisizing the fact that most women
always feel they have to go for that because they've been taught to be
dependent on a man and to seek for someone to save them. <b>It's true that a woman
can 100% be in a relationship while 'loving herself' and not losing her
independence, but choosing to stay without one in a 100% happy way is
another possibility t</b>hat, as I recall, <b>is not mentioned</b> in this book.<br /><br />These
comments aside, I wholeheartedly recommend everyone reading this book,
because <b>emotional and financial dependence is a deeply problematic issue
that, as a result of our upbringing, can become very subtle and hard to
be concious of, and it severely affects women's happiness, freedom and
wellbeing</b>. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">-<b>Some <a href="https://aeternalswirlingfight.tumblr.com/tagged/cinderella%20complex" target="_blank">quotes</a></b> (these are screenshots from Goodreads, quotes added by me) with great points on <b>female socialization, gender roles and imposter syndrome</b>. 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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjpzuCAbGmnhKK7vaw024YREW0EHolyBWmePcxQriyEYvCtIPGhfJFYj4fETvhskGMRvWwmcgK6OUfruwy2VzHDhJkon9bSJaXNkRV0hcF8fg7mNcNV7-Dv_hluLwVdqh7770iJnkrN_fuIpLsETQImZNErw9RZPINwlqLnzoN3bfO9qB2-HjxwbxcvGw=s3264" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjpzuCAbGmnhKK7vaw024YREW0EHolyBWmePcxQriyEYvCtIPGhfJFYj4fETvhskGMRvWwmcgK6OUfruwy2VzHDhJkon9bSJaXNkRV0hcF8fg7mNcNV7-Dv_hluLwVdqh7770iJnkrN_fuIpLsETQImZNErw9RZPINwlqLnzoN3bfO9qB2-HjxwbxcvGw=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><i>(English version, Spanish below) </i></span><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll">For this past International Women's Day the <b><a href="https://www.sociedadtolkien.org/comisiones-de-trabajo/" target="_blank"><i>Onóressë </i>feminist group</a> of the Spanish Tolkien Society (STE)</b> organized a Twitch live that focused on women from Tolkien's life and works. I had the chance to give a talk about <b>gender roles in Elven society</b>, and especially about <b>Galadriel and all the gender roles she subverts both in her characterization
and plot</b></span></span></span></span><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll">✨📚💪</span></span><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll">♀ </span></span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="es_XX"><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu"><img alt="💜" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tef/1.5/16/1f49c.png" width="16" /> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="es_XX"><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu"> So here's the YouTube video with said Twitch live, and also the PDF of my talk (which also appears on the video as I'm discussing it)</span></span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu"></span><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu"></span><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu"></span><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu"></span></span><i>. </i>Both the video and the talk are in Spanish only, but I am planning on translating the talk proper into English
as well sometime in the future <span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="es_XX"><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu"><img alt="🙂" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/ta5/1.5/16/1f642.png" width="16" />!</span> <br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjA1ast-3ANylCKqPgO8vXzhDgQ7TvM8-8FW3jmSWypPALG9WGzey1KeVnIzdKj0PFSnYTkDys8uJBSbrMVC7sON6y9JiQm7uoR5zmeqs3G8RsLmeaCL3PbbD8enuq-IJENI0g9QANyFrIioy7eI_dgo1R0udYcZZwUV_5HKsdR0rxfz54cEzXCHXQOHQ=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjA1ast-3ANylCKqPgO8vXzhDgQ7TvM8-8FW3jmSWypPALG9WGzey1KeVnIzdKj0PFSnYTkDys8uJBSbrMVC7sON6y9JiQm7uoR5zmeqs3G8RsLmeaCL3PbbD8enuq-IJENI0g9QANyFrIioy7eI_dgo1R0udYcZZwUV_5HKsdR0rxfz54cEzXCHXQOHQ=w640-h360" width="640" /></a> <br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"></span><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll">El
pasado 8M, Día Internacional de la Mujer, </span></span><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll">el grupo <b><a href="https://www.sociedadtolkien.org/comisiones-de-trabajo/" target="_blank"><i>Onóressë </i></a>de la Sociedad Tolkien Española (STE), centrado en el estudio feminista de las mujeres en la obra de Tolkien,</b> organizó un directo de Twitch </span></span></span></span>con un par de charlas enfocadas en varias mujeres de la vida y
obra de Tolkien. Tuve la oportunidad de participar en este directo con una charla donde hablé sobre los <b>roles de género en la sociedad élfica</b>, enfocándome en <b>Galadriel</b>, uno de mis personajes
femeninos favoritos de la obra de Tolkien, y hablando de <b>todos los roles que vemos que subvierte dentro de su sociedad</b>, observables tanto en su caracterización como en su arco argumental ✨📚💪♀ </span></span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="es_XX"><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu"></span><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu"><img alt="💜" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tef/1.5/16/1f49c.png" width="16" /> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="es_XX"><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu">Así que en este post incluyo tanto el vídeo de YouTube con el directo de Twitch, como la presentación de mi charla en formato PDF (que también se presenta en el vídeo), todo en español ⬇️<br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Here's the <b>YouTube video of the Twitch Live</b>, with both talks.<b> My talk begins at <a href="https://youtu.be/wqU5Sho4KUE?list=PLs37HL38jjjrOZVpAMgWBWq6UPgInRNG0&t=1309" target="_blank">21:50</a>, and I'm answering some questions at <a href="https://youtu.be/wqU5Sho4KUE?list=PLs37HL38jjjrOZVpAMgWBWq6UPgInRNG0&t=1309" target="_blank">54:20</a>:</b><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wqU5Sho4KUE" width="320" youtube-src-id="wqU5Sho4KUE"></iframe></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><b> And here's the PDF of the Power Point talk, also shown on the YouTube video:</b><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe height="700" src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zVFqfqs_oVjLUyIQwyOGK9b_apXHxCF_/preview" width="700"></iframe> <br /></p><p>And to finish, here are some more pics, both selfies and screenshots 😀<span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll">✨📚</span></span><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll"><span class="_7UhW9 xLCgt MMzan KV-D4 se6yk T0kll">♀ </span></span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="es_XX"><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu"> </span></span>:<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Arwendë Luhtiénë / Marta Lúthienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01043611744907294700noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255946979377638758.post-65165200587115079292022-02-05T14:53:00.002-08:002022-02-06T17:18:40.920-08:00British Museum - Celtic culture <div><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhjo7_CX4j_OpRj3l0JpfBFdhrwVyMZABuT0iW0DainIRSkCHubKypW-0zVaQwYStL1837QAaa-xJ_h_wTQc63ahxQ7VQgdKwIOAn47uaALpVzA1HjE2nrrszMMi5NqmOzHD4DYhwBCSadbhWfFicws2PIXQwz-09g_GeU2muePN9uiL9bp6AtXwyAHnw=s1000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhjo7_CX4j_OpRj3l0JpfBFdhrwVyMZABuT0iW0DainIRSkCHubKypW-0zVaQwYStL1837QAaa-xJ_h_wTQc63ahxQ7VQgdKwIOAn47uaALpVzA1HjE2nrrszMMi5NqmOzHD4DYhwBCSadbhWfFicws2PIXQwz-09g_GeU2muePN9uiL9bp6AtXwyAHnw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Let's return to this blog after handing in my PhD thesis with a fourth post about my visits to the British Museum (<a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com.es/2015/07/british-museum-anglosaxon-england-and.html" target="_blank">Anglosaxons</a>, <a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com.es/2015/07/british-museum-vikings.html" target="_blank">Vikings</a>, <a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2016/07/british-museum-egypt-and-greece.html" target="_blank">Egypt and Greece</a>)! Today's historical pic-overload will be about one of my favourite Ancient culture, the Celts, including pics from my visits in
2014 and 2019.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This will be quite a lengthy post, as I took a *lot* of pics xD I will include the descriptions from the museum both as text mostly as quotes in italics. As usual, click on the pics and/or open in a new tab for larger size, especially to read the text! <br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjz9PS7xOX2Ps_cd749no_NtWLjTsnpauQMHPLmxZe2ITLJ9ca-euT8mfGlTY7Ue-wyglJEPKvwa9dzULUVaFOtIZeQ64ylxjUhZ8EwLcGrTU3NF6reySk5OWQ6sJIKD-UhPWNZpXcmrH67O3Gc8D3RiZRJvmspXlJPBYtqyUxAqq303I9OZPFRycaQNg=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjz9PS7xOX2Ps_cd749no_NtWLjTsnpauQMHPLmxZe2ITLJ9ca-euT8mfGlTY7Ue-wyglJEPKvwa9dzULUVaFOtIZeQ64ylxjUhZ8EwLcGrTU3NF6reySk5OWQ6sJIKD-UhPWNZpXcmrH67O3Gc8D3RiZRJvmspXlJPBYtqyUxAqq303I9OZPFRycaQNg=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj2lTgZ33Hy2yaM4NX0hYFQR8-VHjMEGSLJuAw9UQ09F0MrzZzexM_2xb5W_6KruTmhKwHbMOieCKqcq9s8OIlB51W-JxHBKW40t0toMSMZZkGo5FA2eyf3wh38k6EC2msig-vDcy-pHV-nPy9Mt8Sz4QDl9FDYkMX-7DgsdcdpXaiXCeSPAGYl4dRJDQ=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj2lTgZ33Hy2yaM4NX0hYFQR8-VHjMEGSLJuAw9UQ09F0MrzZzexM_2xb5W_6KruTmhKwHbMOieCKqcq9s8OIlB51W-JxHBKW40t0toMSMZZkGo5FA2eyf3wh38k6EC2msig-vDcy-pHV-nPy9Mt8Sz4QDl9FDYkMX-7DgsdcdpXaiXCeSPAGYl4dRJDQ=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i><u><b>Celtic culture</b></u>: Around 450 BC people in Iron Age Europe began decorating objects in a new style known today as 'Celtic' or 'La Tène' art. These designs generally featured abstract flowing patterns and entwined plant motifs, although styles varied from one region to another. Objects decorated in this fashion were often made using complex methods and requrired great skill. Across Europe, Celtic art continued to develop and influence decorative style well into the Medieval period.</i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>The culture of the Celtic-speaking peoples of Britain and Ireland was distinctive in many ways. They developed a new art style that fused traditional swirling and geometric designs with Roman motifs and Germanic-style interlaced animals, while characteristic dress accessories and techniques like enamelling were popular. They also exploited links with the distant Mediterranean, trading resources like leather and tin from south-west Britain for wine and oil.</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZDYM8sWnT5qfnjthDVXSk1hGS3vDtVU8ed-6Z9I8wvwYDRuNRk73heLETmITomo1dcDHLxDD2Lha3ANH5OcOBtMpmAAhULcO7EuxL9nzO4ZwMlCHi3Nz3Ip2fnCqCwYncM4gcjOyQJ6Agb4_YWlM4S8SvdeIHnMQTBSlHTCPnrix1378QMVR-vVLQ-w=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZDYM8sWnT5qfnjthDVXSk1hGS3vDtVU8ed-6Z9I8wvwYDRuNRk73heLETmITomo1dcDHLxDD2Lha3ANH5OcOBtMpmAAhULcO7EuxL9nzO4ZwMlCHi3Nz3Ip2fnCqCwYncM4gcjOyQJ6Agb4_YWlM4S8SvdeIHnMQTBSlHTCPnrix1378QMVR-vVLQ-w=s320" width="240" /></a></p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgKe3hGNKox8UOvSrdJeJcD8y_66TLapntKm2LvArJPnBIz6s_CUrmIlLJ3u90mkkGJFSXCHv3IN6tJ_kQFWFLV4Oyzhz9BE3R0lEqqXbOd9RPRtw4LKcPjeixogCkWEbYP1iIRnVWfCqgLq0RJ-dQwiWxgGl4OJBuQIxkeNcrFoIBgbcxMTo-P9v2JbA=s3968" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2976" data-original-width="3968" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgKe3hGNKox8UOvSrdJeJcD8y_66TLapntKm2LvArJPnBIz6s_CUrmIlLJ3u90mkkGJFSXCHv3IN6tJ_kQFWFLV4Oyzhz9BE3R0lEqqXbOd9RPRtw4LKcPjeixogCkWEbYP1iIRnVWfCqgLq0RJ-dQwiWxgGl4OJBuQIxkeNcrFoIBgbcxMTo-P9v2JbA=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgN5UkprcdyR-AanrUihysmId9Io0e17Uhk1pDhSkpUMCg9EMSZMWeJVeHGelm2Vl_4gTbiTvrLThAVQHw1vmKntlPAEfF4KEUmUy2cB1OWVMUaS3Ofk9A-qQP2mbE4-4kIIFyJnW4FvWaWIwuEUIHNYXaf6vcPcgT1B95ohVN8jIccrvbtYW_CV87Ulw=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgN5UkprcdyR-AanrUihysmId9Io0e17Uhk1pDhSkpUMCg9EMSZMWeJVeHGelm2Vl_4gTbiTvrLThAVQHw1vmKntlPAEfF4KEUmUy2cB1OWVMUaS3Ofk9A-qQP2mbE4-4kIIFyJnW4FvWaWIwuEUIHNYXaf6vcPcgT1B95ohVN8jIccrvbtYW_CV87Ulw=w400-h300" width="400" /></a><i> <br /></i></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhCl08FlqYxfcAQTFD1mPAb20yJv-ibdhAahAQE68mv3d1BHrYWjob7zpQaCbOgUJxpaFXuhFaHYh-O2rwfzvuXnF2SYvvC5bBT25lhCEvn90upnZD4j5KDBo03kX0ac33EQTnebJ9OMJY4WVApDIK1SIo1Lh5idejzkUXKO6bPfXjVRnbI830_gFjUgA=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhCl08FlqYxfcAQTFD1mPAb20yJv-ibdhAahAQE68mv3d1BHrYWjob7zpQaCbOgUJxpaFXuhFaHYh-O2rwfzvuXnF2SYvvC5bBT25lhCEvn90upnZD4j5KDBo03kX0ac33EQTnebJ9OMJY4WVApDIK1SIo1Lh5idejzkUXKO6bPfXjVRnbI830_gFjUgA=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiq_SxMxoIxdb6JWAe0rLwKySQhn0PppFsIX_HXk9FW5Y9A-EbYkJCYOzoiACOnUDTaf2qzYNUVUvszU68aLaQpiYin8fiDaq2PORETEe3Tte-REIVeQIg1Olqkyql05rzO0gOyU6kOdFFRHlsHXyr32mbBYJb4iIcG5r6mCzswanBBAIHyL0rrSreH9A=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiq_SxMxoIxdb6JWAe0rLwKySQhn0PppFsIX_HXk9FW5Y9A-EbYkJCYOzoiACOnUDTaf2qzYNUVUvszU68aLaQpiYin8fiDaq2PORETEe3Tte-REIVeQIg1Olqkyql05rzO0gOyU6kOdFFRHlsHXyr32mbBYJb4iIcG5r6mCzswanBBAIHyL0rrSreH9A=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_brooch" target="_blank"><u><i><b>Open ring (pennanular) brooches</b></i></u></a>: <i>
Open ring brooches were the distinctive dress fasteners of
Celtic-speaking Britain and Ireland. Imagery shows men and women wearing
them at the shoulder or breast with the pin pointing horizontally or
diagonally upwards, <strike>perhaps </strike>depending upon <b>gender </b>or regional taste. <br /></i></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The
<b>positioning and use of pennanular brooches was indeed differentiated
both by gender and social status</b> :S <b>Men usually wore them at the
shoulder, while women wore them at the breast</b> (<i>well, tough, because I prefer
to wear them at the shoulder xD</i>), with the pin pointing up. This seems to have been regulated by law, as the Brehon Law (Medieval Ireland's law codes) addressed the potential injury from some of these very long and very pointy brooch pins at crowds, stating that the wearer would not be at fault if the pin didn't protrude beyond the shoulder, a<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_brooch" target="_blank">nd if it was worn 'in these ways by the sexes'</a>: <i><b>"Men are exempted from liability to fine from injury from the pin of their brooch if they have the brooch on their shoulder so as not to project beyond it. Women also are exempt if they have their brooch similarly at their bosom."</b></i> (<a href="https://books.google.es/books?id=m4ahpJj3be8C&pg=PA229&lpg=PA229&dq=brehon+law+brooch+injury&source=bl&ots=XO5TKsB9hR&sig=ACfU3U3JTt8WdSGt_yz17yLMXfjjfwhpug&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwittfWTkef1AhXWu6QKHWvJBm8Q6AF6BAgvEAM#v=onepage&q=brehon%20law%20brooch%20injury&f=false" target="_blank">source</a>).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">So, if a woman had her brooch at her shoulder without the pin protruding and someone injured themself from it, she would be fined, while a man would not. As usual, gendering stuff sucks and is illogical af. <b>Why does it matter if a brooch is worn at the shoulder or chest by any gender? What should be more important is to ensure that the pins, which could get incredibly long and incredibly pointy</b>, as illustrated above, <b>would have toppers or something to protect other people from potential injuries in crowds</b>! The priorities, people, the priorities!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiUyY7OuIPwsFV_Bocr6OcI0MxBxLnIx0rGwxiDDv51psxdm3Nn_6m3hBCqXcOf-4tysggBK13nTRJqgKehL6aKFHm0N220Evj1gRj_VsQ0xfUYZNjcUmUQjRFaKUU3_A6LI3Yu-lIYZ2fkKydXyrtIUJHyct4vB82bax0QT0qvK8cdnlLHUs2vTFlWYQ=s564" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="389" data-original-width="564" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiUyY7OuIPwsFV_Bocr6OcI0MxBxLnIx0rGwxiDDv51psxdm3Nn_6m3hBCqXcOf-4tysggBK13nTRJqgKehL6aKFHm0N220Evj1gRj_VsQ0xfUYZNjcUmUQjRFaKUU3_A6LI3Yu-lIYZ2fkKydXyrtIUJHyct4vB82bax0QT0qvK8cdnlLHUs2vTFlWYQ=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Oh no, I was wearing it wrong all along xDD</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSWlBGbIIHO4FZw9z49MwSI9QYAwq058cmOTvesu_5f4iAfpAB4qILc2JzLB_awotGomT-x7P9YNFOiT3JFDhWXpDTIGqW_cFAvoqm-0rDvEXr957_7QSN6l2NOguxYpFyzJuCwYOr-GIdajTRGUdhnXHsCUwGL9JtZBapTViqClRYOyBZmUVXNP2hXQ=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSWlBGbIIHO4FZw9z49MwSI9QYAwq058cmOTvesu_5f4iAfpAB4qILc2JzLB_awotGomT-x7P9YNFOiT3JFDhWXpDTIGqW_cFAvoqm-0rDvEXr957_7QSN6l2NOguxYpFyzJuCwYOr-GIdajTRGUdhnXHsCUwGL9JtZBapTViqClRYOyBZmUVXNP2hXQ=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjBOvgfJjUwIaQox-PIPuMURI_nbBIvOWh2VLF-8DufhGY8JLBbXInaCzMh9NVdo_dW3d54uZDwEuytBos-mNeQ-kUidWFcLAUOKXiOKjtCkiAiAkmNIYcrP8W7vNA17QuiOe7K0ugXwfMH-_WDad19f4T_gXqdhlnmg6KpmRFuUTFuN2DavCUfoy-Flg=s2802" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1717" data-original-width="2802" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjBOvgfJjUwIaQox-PIPuMURI_nbBIvOWh2VLF-8DufhGY8JLBbXInaCzMh9NVdo_dW3d54uZDwEuytBos-mNeQ-kUidWFcLAUOKXiOKjtCkiAiAkmNIYcrP8W7vNA17QuiOe7K0ugXwfMH-_WDad19f4T_gXqdhlnmg6KpmRFuUTFuN2DavCUfoy-Flg=w400-h245" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgR761k4g3VKKfIUuedhtiRtwBX4B0mQYvhSi7f8jwA2zeW-suIdFd6_zRL_r4i4W4tyMxYaZKmOU-4CaaKCXAt76mZ_2hnq0PuXMO-YRKo4Nks0SIRj3Dk5G5RGPLJi31lTwwJ_QRCGBrC6_6mhOii6bzjHGJYx8cHjnBLlFhTD0_iaeKYavKQfLI-Og=s412" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="412" data-original-width="299" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgR761k4g3VKKfIUuedhtiRtwBX4B0mQYvhSi7f8jwA2zeW-suIdFd6_zRL_r4i4W4tyMxYaZKmOU-4CaaKCXAt76mZ_2hnq0PuXMO-YRKo4Nks0SIRj3Dk5G5RGPLJi31lTwwJ_QRCGBrC6_6mhOii6bzjHGJYx8cHjnBLlFhTD0_iaeKYavKQfLI-Og=s320" width="232" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Depiction of Warrior queen Boudicca with a pennanular brooch </i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <u><b><i>The Londesborough brooch, c. AD 750-850</i></b></u>: <i>This brooch is a richly-decorated example of a type that was popular in Ireland. Its ornament, mixing intricate spirals, interlace and animal designs, is typical of the fusion of styles which characterized the art of Ireland and north and west Britain at this time. Used to fasten a cloak, the gilded silver, glass and amber settings would have proclaimed its wearer's high status. <br /></i><p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2BjT9MyA4s3KYQrngLnM_BPd1rovsp_IVCW6ow6uJPEidUKA4cgFCjJIKyau5-LL8noAGeM5h37S3q3I07jwAvWbBtp1OwNGSKtK99diiBqiM54kt-Dcp7OKIxaFDVGntq204uN4SbhW4iSNUjY1aBG3b66-b7mkioVhLl5PSLqjk2clBGOiOSoZ8FA=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2BjT9MyA4s3KYQrngLnM_BPd1rovsp_IVCW6ow6uJPEidUKA4cgFCjJIKyau5-LL8noAGeM5h37S3q3I07jwAvWbBtp1OwNGSKtK99diiBqiM54kt-Dcp7OKIxaFDVGntq204uN4SbhW4iSNUjY1aBG3b66-b7mkioVhLl5PSLqjk2clBGOiOSoZ8FA=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><br /> <u><i><b>Silver disc-headed pin, AD 400s</b></i></u>: <i>This massive
Irish dress pin owes much to Roman influence. The silver used to make it
was rare in Ireland and probably came from melted-down Roman plate or
coins. Its decoration of chip-carved spirals, scrolls and stylized leaf
and fruit motifs derives from late Roman military belt fittings, while
the red enamel inlay and crescent-like pelta motifs on the pin head were
inherited from Iron Age Celtic culture. </i><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i> </i><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKava0jSM5NZmcIZNPFA0nTYDEybMgku_StkMeS7y7-Qr7YCIcKZMbRbDcuKk0EDZKp1lAP4EB7YXNaXg8xPt7bLhuwv4O-h7D67sB9qh4i9NEgojEB0SnvenFsSYcvgHbgZXTAGyC4JOJ14oFhBo5WWM09WFaHXbQO7Y7hJ7hsMTTzAgC1o01LyuGFQ=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKava0jSM5NZmcIZNPFA0nTYDEybMgku_StkMeS7y7-Qr7YCIcKZMbRbDcuKk0EDZKp1lAP4EB7YXNaXg8xPt7bLhuwv4O-h7D67sB9qh4i9NEgojEB0SnvenFsSYcvgHbgZXTAGyC4JOJ14oFhBo5WWM09WFaHXbQO7Y7hJ7hsMTTzAgC1o01LyuGFQ=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i> </i> <u><i><b>Stone relief of three mother-goddesses, 2nd-3rd Century AD, Lincoln</b></i></u>: <i><strike>Unlike the mother goddesses of the Classical world</strike> </i>(<a href="https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Triple_deity" target="_blank">Hekate </a>wants a word xD)<i>, the native Mothers of Britain and Gaul </i><i>were often represented in groups of three, seated and holding in their laps children or other attributes signifying fertility and good fortune, such as fruit or grain.</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i></i></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhHjlgfBxlwx0p6qxWFrHkKDQSEPLOySjRswr3Jkq07DgSK40GgXXCgttHb_pkCoJ7t-QC1KnYXC7t7WL5yVTsAgg7pqpy4g5SmedgIh_mlYfNq4roHBjy5OVVLxl6ISslJpdtT9UkK1EitEOfjj-jUIMTUx3E8ch2-JHBqgzh9U2zmLAOCBVOXn6f4mg=s440" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="219" data-original-width="440" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhHjlgfBxlwx0p6qxWFrHkKDQSEPLOySjRswr3Jkq07DgSK40GgXXCgttHb_pkCoJ7t-QC1KnYXC7t7WL5yVTsAgg7pqpy4g5SmedgIh_mlYfNq4roHBjy5OVVLxl6ISslJpdtT9UkK1EitEOfjj-jUIMTUx3E8ch2-JHBqgzh9U2zmLAOCBVOXn6f4mg=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>A 1st-century BC denarius (RRC 486/1) depicting the head of Diana </i>(corresponding to the Greek triad of Hekate-Persephone-Ártemis/Selene)<i> and her triple cult statue</i> (<a href="https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Triple_deity" target="_blank">Source</a>)<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><i><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEik1YaAdcNMgKHoQVEDaaqxdUxi9XP7N_ezfmpD_oboKnVdVFvIINvKPokZSmMNccbQ46D7EVPfrDa0sI1rBg7vlQqS4xf-jF9_5IXLM7ChqM2W_t5P3lLHup-vjIyQESWjPuOegEPOUtZ5QJLXX3rLFP9yp2bu0Tr7fgbh74ENeSUw__GRpErun-3OSw=s660" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="660" data-original-width="440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEik1YaAdcNMgKHoQVEDaaqxdUxi9XP7N_ezfmpD_oboKnVdVFvIINvKPokZSmMNccbQ46D7EVPfrDa0sI1rBg7vlQqS4xf-jF9_5IXLM7ChqM2W_t5P3lLHup-vjIyQESWjPuOegEPOUtZ5QJLXX3rLFP9yp2bu0Tr7fgbh74ENeSUw__GRpErun-3OSw=s320" width="213" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Greek triad of Hekate-Persephone-Ártemis/Selene </i>(<a href="https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Hecate" target="_blank">Source</a>)<i><br /></i></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i> </i></td></tr></tbody></table></i><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u><i><b>The Battersea shield, found in the River Thames at Battersea Bridge, London, around 350-50 BC</b></i></u>: <i>The Battersea shield is one of the finest examples of the art of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_T%C3%A8ne_culture" target="_blank">La Tène</a> period in Britain. It was deposited in the river as an offering to the Gods. The shield is decorated with three raised circular panels. The decoration is enhanced with inlayed red glass or enamel. The thin metal and short length of the shield would not have provided adequate protection in battle. Instead, the shield was probably made for flamboyant display </i>(or directly as a religious offering)<i>. It is made of several bronze sheets and a binding strip, help together with bronze rivets. Originally, these bronze sheets would have formed the facing for a wooden base, which no longer survives.</i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i><i> <i>"The Battersea shield is actually the metal cover
that attached to the front of a wooden shield. It is made from sections
of sheet bronze, held together with bronze rivets. The decoration is
contained within three roundels and includes 27 studs of opaque red
enamel. Analysis of the chemical composition of the enamel suggests that
the shield was made no later than the 2nd Century BC."</i> </i></i>(<a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2019/08/museum-of-london-celts-romans-middle.html" target="_blank">Source</a>)</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiOHLnIt-PM-GzhnTfUWFfyszY3TVFGswsGWngaQhSccMqhJvFIMgxOqk7znj9bBca8HT-ZEP6og7avOhdovMG2v1X04smceD4kpKHgOhIJlPmXJ_ky1dxuDZELLT32B6fTXna-WJIB8vA1rKtVbtAFak8DJYm2FH8U6Z5Xq8LZW0YPPDpW2D6yTLIvtw=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiOHLnIt-PM-GzhnTfUWFfyszY3TVFGswsGWngaQhSccMqhJvFIMgxOqk7znj9bBca8HT-ZEP6og7avOhdovMG2v1X04smceD4kpKHgOhIJlPmXJ_ky1dxuDZELLT32B6fTXna-WJIB8vA1rKtVbtAFak8DJYm2FH8U6Z5Xq8LZW0YPPDpW2D6yTLIvtw=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjESltk210DfaxmTVLyQWdNUWoHXN6Slg9WTyLpqtPb6SlloIHgnxd56eEJfFv79qhrkZzPjTxGrCGFKDtbNuQ7vSDy-rZwL6qtWvocDPecms6fwzA9n8QgSoZrhEfgsJeZml02LPwu5dxlBdi46-PwOlWBe3mafU-vttNaIcBc62hToeh-A1xuoOdLpQ=s3190" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3190" data-original-width="1968" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjESltk210DfaxmTVLyQWdNUWoHXN6Slg9WTyLpqtPb6SlloIHgnxd56eEJfFv79qhrkZzPjTxGrCGFKDtbNuQ7vSDy-rZwL6qtWvocDPecms6fwzA9n8QgSoZrhEfgsJeZml02LPwu5dxlBdi46-PwOlWBe3mafU-vttNaIcBc62hToeh-A1xuoOdLpQ=w246-h400" width="246" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjn66dng3XVRt67Daiw3QqVscPrIejdEGNFe_tzCksxozFQ6Rq4PUSEQ36CiSU2MM48I5mk72_1l-j1vcDdqASIMxGv6hVzNsVC95JGH2DX4PKVxCzIFZja8GlVX4NYyOCViON3anEdA9R777kuyWYtrKSbWuAzYb0S--80VBw7U3yhv2UbXmgfDps20Q=s3968" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3968" data-original-width="2976" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjn66dng3XVRt67Daiw3QqVscPrIejdEGNFe_tzCksxozFQ6Rq4PUSEQ36CiSU2MM48I5mk72_1l-j1vcDdqASIMxGv6hVzNsVC95JGH2DX4PKVxCzIFZja8GlVX4NYyOCViON3anEdA9R777kuyWYtrKSbWuAzYb0S--80VBw7U3yhv2UbXmgfDps20Q=w300-h400" width="300" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZtj5NzSk1LHXIH99SfBvWJQwEZ3Zo63afpsdVXMbDosn_kH5i9AmMksEWHYvtESIMB_euLKh_irJjLVvxcU-7oIQoWPJPV16XQKbnPWi17UIGHljMD9CH-M-X8-abcuH1o7DXDa8MG168j-9hGd55oGFRwRPj1_huAQVjMeyDOpJ-3o5JMOjuXq2l6A=s3968" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3968" data-original-width="2976" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZtj5NzSk1LHXIH99SfBvWJQwEZ3Zo63afpsdVXMbDosn_kH5i9AmMksEWHYvtESIMB_euLKh_irJjLVvxcU-7oIQoWPJPV16XQKbnPWi17UIGHljMD9CH-M-X8-abcuH1o7DXDa8MG168j-9hGd55oGFRwRPj1_huAQVjMeyDOpJ-3o5JMOjuXq2l6A=w300-h400" width="300" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i></i></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh1DdkaNZTCEy9JkhoSEnsCcwAg3bTPcV07pfZ29nyn3oIopqSwyPbtbReAPG_2NOBCvxaU6yBjtBXrC8-KMymKz1KmJxN3_-MPxZvK-xUB4Wdx9p8qVky3opHEM7b_00bWKUnlcG9fKqMGIv08IBd2xhqQTk-D1l2aAZs1J19tAIsLw1SNdQXE889x9A=s650" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="650" data-original-width="486" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh1DdkaNZTCEy9JkhoSEnsCcwAg3bTPcV07pfZ29nyn3oIopqSwyPbtbReAPG_2NOBCvxaU6yBjtBXrC8-KMymKz1KmJxN3_-MPxZvK-xUB4Wdx9p8qVky3opHEM7b_00bWKUnlcG9fKqMGIv08IBd2xhqQTk-D1l2aAZs1J19tAIsLw1SNdQXE889x9A=s320" width="239" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Depiction of a Celtic nobleman with a shield and sword that are directly inspired by the Battersea shield and the Waterloo Bridge helmet. Both objects seem to have been especially made to be religious offerings and do not seem to have ever been intended to have been used in battle, however.</i></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i> </i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFlEQVHizrZ3Ur50D-zsVsl56_LUhPkPpQoYtE3dMN04ESFrCjUdiBQO2-fMhEsRNyAuEwnoAyn2LZ0i8gDuu0qGKla9DkOG0q3arIZbLOINTEKQxqrpBibVIyW3nGsN6ZgF79NuuKGygORFWD2As-9UTXtwsFJGZshRTNqrJS6PjW2cJXSM6B3RwjGQ=s1600" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFlEQVHizrZ3Ur50D-zsVsl56_LUhPkPpQoYtE3dMN04ESFrCjUdiBQO2-fMhEsRNyAuEwnoAyn2LZ0i8gDuu0qGKla9DkOG0q3arIZbLOINTEKQxqrpBibVIyW3nGsN6ZgF79NuuKGygORFWD2As-9UTXtwsFJGZshRTNqrJS6PjW2cJXSM6B3RwjGQ=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><i> </i></b><u><i><b>Waterloo Bridge helmet (150-50 BC)</b></i></u>: <i>"This object was dredged from the
river Thames at Waterloo Bridge in the 1860s. It is made from pieces of
sheet bronze joined together with bronze rivets. The horns represent
ferocity and were designed to enhance aggression, although the helmet is
unlikely to have been worn in battle. It was probably a special
religious offering."</i> (<a href="http://aeternalswirlingfight.blogspot.com/2019/08/museum-of-london-celts-romans-middle.html" target="_blank">Source</a>)</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-uo8KDoQVl1GFd-9CyEifJw7WvEdJ6DmBTwNnkIHQvQhS5X2Wj7OuMZgFa5b8DDLVCufeOVH9CKxR9e89ca3vyDPIV4J_P50HMR13lMeq_gE-EonySVSoicSUGpnW2SG1omFO8d2aIOusi-RTuLxk77Ff98Ym_aQI96BJ6iY5yLl-A7ECGV-AS77MXw=s3968" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2976" data-original-width="3968" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-uo8KDoQVl1GFd-9CyEifJw7WvEdJ6DmBTwNnkIHQvQhS5X2Wj7OuMZgFa5b8DDLVCufeOVH9CKxR9e89ca3vyDPIV4J_P50HMR13lMeq_gE-EonySVSoicSUGpnW2SG1omFO8d2aIOusi-RTuLxk77Ff98Ym_aQI96BJ6iY5yLl-A7ECGV-AS77MXw=w400-h300" width="400" /></a> <br /></i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiqxaFf7w8YkPszgc_Hv8tUMPMpdyXXLBwcFrkNn1Bop3D_FaFq7BrFCGdmvN4Rj7Ri81tig8Pzl7EYZBZpCLWS-AQxOkRdTunpELtwLtMaHrArQS-N2Thqv1HNBNL5sMOFV8ZKX2XxswNpFNiXRLBDcmq13LkUc2Rd-3iZHbEE8XbI5yS5OZhJe3ACuQ=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiqxaFf7w8YkPszgc_Hv8tUMPMpdyXXLBwcFrkNn1Bop3D_FaFq7BrFCGdmvN4Rj7Ri81tig8Pzl7EYZBZpCLWS-AQxOkRdTunpELtwLtMaHrArQS-N2Thqv1HNBNL5sMOFV8ZKX2XxswNpFNiXRLBDcmq13LkUc2Rd-3iZHbEE8XbI5yS5OZhJe3ACuQ=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></i> <br /></i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhne4LeTHyfAyN-4gasttze8EOd8QRGEpXneNjkmHVUbpY4ztYKhZpIo1Lkdp1DazRndP96lJI4JiXBC_ZseIG5fsAyE45ADBzt7POYzstZ3uhN_YGFC2gmjAfzgttQh9dlp7gTiOP2MvvFmLDHT5FPbiLov6mckRyEHyHm-E7uIF15WhL2pm7WnxE2tw=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhne4LeTHyfAyN-4gasttze8EOd8QRGEpXneNjkmHVUbpY4ztYKhZpIo1Lkdp1DazRndP96lJI4JiXBC_ZseIG5fsAyE45ADBzt7POYzstZ3uhN_YGFC2gmjAfzgttQh9dlp7gTiOP2MvvFmLDHT5FPbiLov6mckRyEHyHm-E7uIF15WhL2pm7WnxE2tw=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></i> <br /></i></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><i>Shield facing in sheet bronze (400-300 BC):</i> </b><i>The boss is ornamented with complex raised and engraved motifs highlighted with red coral studs. It exhibits great style, quality and technical expertise, yet re-used sheet bronze forms the facing. The outline of a stylized boar disappears behind the boss: it is preserved in differential corrosion.</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhgsdflXS0zKa47gHgkfqdhDloE77Hg0wl3FOKL5wNzIFVi4QnkYX3j2DPN8ycfe0HBxSMp_3STgFlQp1iHLbEcIqj0U3vvJyI3HhabT-Y048kNfUdFaKqR_RtOODvnkLPrXu6JeOHmWqEO9gmBg-NqJNQzta_BxLKm1NfB7gKAGkrHj-i6eV0QiqE4oA=s3968"><img border="0" data-original-height="3968" data-original-width="2976" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhgsdflXS0zKa47gHgkfqdhDloE77Hg0wl3FOKL5wNzIFVi4QnkYX3j2DPN8ycfe0HBxSMp_3STgFlQp1iHLbEcIqj0U3vvJyI3HhabT-Y048kNfUdFaKqR_RtOODvnkLPrXu6JeOHmWqEO9gmBg-NqJNQzta_BxLKm1NfB7gKAGkrHj-i6eV0QiqE4oA=w300-h400" width="300" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjjFiSO42YWjr5Q55dugWMkZ4rRLUlDIEhXVFSy9Qfwar48tSS5aDk4wxXUd61hJGpyoBmeTPR0_AtdhachaafBCXve2h4bisct91NJPO6klS78G36dIDKD3P_JhXFFHPdsn57hyTVK3C2zeeRHgpAs4eN5eVjTEAgLUCzP1wrXaaoONiRu8OMrJESFTw=s3921" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3921" data-original-width="2057" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjjFiSO42YWjr5Q55dugWMkZ4rRLUlDIEhXVFSy9Qfwar48tSS5aDk4wxXUd61hJGpyoBmeTPR0_AtdhachaafBCXve2h4bisct91NJPO6klS78G36dIDKD3P_JhXFFHPdsn57hyTVK3C2zeeRHgpAs4eN5eVjTEAgLUCzP1wrXaaoONiRu8OMrJESFTw=w210-h400" width="210" /></a><br /></div><i></i><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjX7cKR2KXc0F0da-TX_qVGSCDaqA7GDaqpXrGqCftyrszZJAj7CAk7I6wMdbTuXnjDEbcHTM_bVRmjzmLSyQWIT4K4OngtkYWydzPFVQhPB3K376-793URf3EOiOyaDyXSpmHH1F3tzmMOxoCfWMi4NB0nBU_-zxkzAgHHqDkxb-3KAGzKwmOmnT2ukQ=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjX7cKR2KXc0F0da-TX_qVGSCDaqA7GDaqpXrGqCftyrszZJAj7CAk7I6wMdbTuXnjDEbcHTM_bVRmjzmLSyQWIT4K4OngtkYWydzPFVQhPB3K376-793URf3EOiOyaDyXSpmHH1F3tzmMOxoCfWMi4NB0nBU_-zxkzAgHHqDkxb-3KAGzKwmOmnT2ukQ=w300-h400" width="300" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjmX4gAdrRvVQY1rH_2_nqaVxMDRyDYBdwNq-y4JCrVEuYV0vA_213ZCRTOsdbcUWC3Mf1IETd5BP37FuRDMNpVTDsR3hNsiR4rWl7Lj4O1xPO2_dd7o7LnukZ7-IZ_6xl4yZBAzuK4jy__xFYLfMRgVdpdAc1pJegOQrOErb_zfJMQZoNb1YsnfRBH9A=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjmX4gAdrRvVQY1rH_2_nqaVxMDRyDYBdwNq-y4JCrVEuYV0vA_213ZCRTOsdbcUWC3Mf1IETd5BP37FuRDMNpVTDsR3hNsiR4rWl7Lj4O1xPO2_dd7o7LnukZ7-IZ_6xl4yZBAzuK4jy__xFYLfMRgVdpdAc1pJegOQrOErb_zfJMQZoNb1YsnfRBH9A=w300-h400" width="300" /></a><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgm7sjf0jICSQAZWlB1yvgR_I-uWjn3c4eHqgiW59yAsXMoLcGF4tc-usPmNN4oXONDgvfnvwbX09jzzgVteybJeki5rC_yCb2rxavEAYb_4Byp8Vjc7KaW11zwM59-g3xs1pAgsq3rYrqrxF-kuZwDSewUrJUeTFNbC_eu8Kaolub-rp0ns5-OskTLIw=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgm7sjf0jICSQAZWlB1yvgR_I-uWjn3c4eHqgiW59yAsXMoLcGF4tc-usPmNN4oXONDgvfnvwbX09jzzgVteybJeki5rC_yCb2rxavEAYb_4Byp8Vjc7KaW11zwM59-g3xs1pAgsq3rYrqrxF-kuZwDSewUrJUeTFNbC_eu8Kaolub-rp0ns5-OskTLIw=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></p><p><u><i><b>Wrought iron frame with oxhead terminals. La Tène, 50-25 BC</b></i></u>: <i>The frame may have been used to spit-roast meat. Traces of wood preserved in the corrosion may indicate that it was an altar.</i><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgi8-v2gFMZk4LlILBoBNLDSlLHl3BOJbCWSo2Uz60kMfcMZnwIEb3SfcLW5rYSjlphaJeccVbE3-Hp2ubmn5cal_N316xFJkNcbt5xTKG9NNofS5wuQsvkXTmdVK7OPRMk7yrqNhfLwWKEMtGpLax2Ml6693Del4R0tEgqDk904jutCsCEfCnQPpEZZA=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgi8-v2gFMZk4LlILBoBNLDSlLHl3BOJbCWSo2Uz60kMfcMZnwIEb3SfcLW5rYSjlphaJeccVbE3-Hp2ubmn5cal_N316xFJkNcbt5xTKG9NNofS5wuQsvkXTmdVK7OPRMk7yrqNhfLwWKEMtGpLax2Ml6693Del4R0tEgqDk904jutCsCEfCnQPpEZZA=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi9fE5zv23JALxapn8Ugn3ANnPXse3103uJhuO0wkHzdgKyT-Y86Cr23EAmkqJ1Ov7Chvrw75SCSulf9-Sfcu4ZS_4pQ5XvBr4DfA4XhkWnVXSV4X6YLbvFEFfMSRQuG9nnM7TFyO1zEtoNkpqzQutBqR515CjSGrfT-X4qyhtcR4Lj0RO9FEMXwAnpuw=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi9fE5zv23JALxapn8Ugn3ANnPXse3103uJhuO0wkHzdgKyT-Y86Cr23EAmkqJ1Ov7Chvrw75SCSulf9-Sfcu4ZS_4pQ5XvBr4DfA4XhkWnVXSV4X6YLbvFEFfMSRQuG9nnM7TFyO1zEtoNkpqzQutBqR515CjSGrfT-X4qyhtcR4Lj0RO9FEMXwAnpuw=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjLDysUiVlP5tMtXdoCpKTigY0wIZrXoQK9kyIprhueMFOCiKbLPs5ZUEBJMhKcjACTVQALmgBddphfhPdGbENUzM8NGbNfHSp64iuEUCt2Sba-Pw5aOCQ6HsEqVbVlgz4fCnahB2RKLqLxnq8KrzXERjuGlpjJQhvUGgaQb4MPbXNLu7c5_zNyrEJfQQ=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjLDysUiVlP5tMtXdoCpKTigY0wIZrXoQK9kyIprhueMFOCiKbLPs5ZUEBJMhKcjACTVQALmgBddphfhPdGbENUzM8NGbNfHSp64iuEUCt2Sba-Pw5aOCQ6HsEqVbVlgz4fCnahB2RKLqLxnq8KrzXERjuGlpjJQhvUGgaQb4MPbXNLu7c5_zNyrEJfQQ=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjyr9uACK1EpHS2-bJPaL7G0kSOIC1JSjv4ggjD7iN0_nPyQpszMOH8A7_8UgElTDYj28cBjIpedAeIAE2tKvwqjchfjbJkXEpcNEZW7P5gVltuB_IpCj-i9LAIGJP8mNP1fG-nE7EguO5oQlh8UgyzteRKMlHpyBvBHSGYdUCi7UFrXQMLyEs7l0PVew=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjyr9uACK1EpHS2-bJPaL7G0kSOIC1JSjv4ggjD7iN0_nPyQpszMOH8A7_8UgElTDYj28cBjIpedAeIAE2tKvwqjchfjbJkXEpcNEZW7P5gVltuB_IpCj-i9LAIGJP8mNP1fG-nE7EguO5oQlh8UgyzteRKMlHpyBvBHSGYdUCi7UFrXQMLyEs7l0PVew=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div></div><div></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><i><b>Ireland</b></i></u>: <i>In Ireland it is even more difficult than in Britain to decide where the Bronze Age ended and the Iron Age began. Most finds are from lakes or rivers or bogs and lack a secure context so that they are dated to the Iron Age on functional or stylistic grounds. Metalsmiths developed a recognizable regional style which shares some characteristic artefact-types and decorative techniques with Northern Britain. Horse-bits are more numerous than any other Iron Age artefact showing how horses were important to the way of life at that time. (...) Equally distinctive is the engraved decoration and cast shape of the Irish scabbard style which was developed from the 3rd century BC. In contrast to Northern Britain, brooches as well as pins were used to fasten and ornament costume and characteristic forms were developed.</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br /></i></div><div><i></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgrPMXYzyEMkseKYoiBF0gtJew0-tRTj9lDS8qcgObp6ZLs7il1ACRkeQa8hoqB0ukNTJqoX9VUludorh2srOJ9KiETsSffji1u-raYRjVOztq6g3lmU6kpCyaZixBllbLGQ5A9FX9gok45_09AX4VZGXWbRMXFNjuzEVCmrUUb8oWX3-VEpQaeyuOLmA=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgrPMXYzyEMkseKYoiBF0gtJew0-tRTj9lDS8qcgObp6ZLs7il1ACRkeQa8hoqB0ukNTJqoX9VUludorh2srOJ9KiETsSffji1u-raYRjVOztq6g3lmU6kpCyaZixBllbLGQ5A9FX9gok45_09AX4VZGXWbRMXFNjuzEVCmrUUb8oWX3-VEpQaeyuOLmA=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi0WeigyrtylNXFRSI5ikZq7blxx1KnEp-N85CnwE92tIxE74uevLmI7iJGXet-n8sesPgQOU-dYgk84op6K_rekRLFg7COqFKdg7vCOpL4lEMsBc4fD2DHwD09coTUMHtbAeRRcib4F_eVsKu0a72Xp4ale6gBbY7QPVI9RhWys3sy9hCqy-lRMkRFUg=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi0WeigyrtylNXFRSI5ikZq7blxx1KnEp-N85CnwE92tIxE74uevLmI7iJGXet-n8sesPgQOU-dYgk84op6K_rekRLFg7COqFKdg7vCOpL4lEMsBc4fD2DHwD09coTUMHtbAeRRcib4F_eVsKu0a72Xp4ale6gBbY7QPVI9RhWys3sy9hCqy-lRMkRFUg=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><i><b>Left: Irish disc; Right: La Tène sword (Ireland)</b></i></u>: <i>The disc is an object of unkown function and iconography unique to Ireland. The convex circular disc is made of sheet bronze engraved with a basket-weave pattern. The circular scoop has been placed off-centre and surrounded by a repeated scroll motif in high-relief. </i><br /></div><div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhBHc2_0-XRgA4KpHZ6Tw0jwWbeMJgpa86VHaAvtXsuHCedWxNi7nR-ljjSz4tC_qe9EH2BqOcsMVyuAbxF2xyvSqENgA5q2ZF4rkbYWe3o7An7XU5vrpIC0fB45IH4xg9h3Tz31Dfxj4r1Fb5S81yF5WOResBaB8ga0ekR8cqqpdAW61rQJI7J2mh-fQ=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhBHc2_0-XRgA4KpHZ6Tw0jwWbeMJgpa86VHaAvtXsuHCedWxNi7nR-ljjSz4tC_qe9EH2BqOcsMVyuAbxF2xyvSqENgA5q2ZF4rkbYWe3o7An7XU5vrpIC0fB45IH4xg9h3Tz31Dfxj4r1Fb5S81yF5WOResBaB8ga0ekR8cqqpdAW61rQJI7J2mh-fQ=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZpyQCMNhFJBw0SzP20GYhAhcWjDDigQJBLXCYPMeF2oSTKnuUWwoqZsTEuC0qOGISADqPGYGhGsupKA2MPMoSy8OFUzEEdnhtu9_7Zq0l9m9rd1R8bBQXThPFpsTc7qFmbMSEDCOzqJ3yVDJztF9O9A4yyTE2JoKNJpZvXt_0J1gyg3YrHtnzYBDViA=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZpyQCMNhFJBw0SzP20GYhAhcWjDDigQJBLXCYPMeF2oSTKnuUWwoqZsTEuC0qOGISADqPGYGhGsupKA2MPMoSy8OFUzEEdnhtu9_7Zq0l9m9rd1R8bBQXThPFpsTc7qFmbMSEDCOzqJ3yVDJztF9O9A4yyTE2JoKNJpZvXt_0J1gyg3YrHtnzYBDViA=w400-h300" width="400" /></a><br /></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u><i><b>Helmet</b><b>, AD 50-150</b></i></u>: <i>Copper alloy helmet with repoussé ornament on the neck guard </i>(I love this helmet, it looks so much like a modern baseball cap xD)<i>. Originally the cross-hatched studs were covered with opaque red glass.<br /></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhKR7qRcj7p3djVhtnxjNNIS4LL2bulfnkf_QkTbbT0HjmsnOMElSwlqtWbthghd9uMdYvip2elnhreOeVfXfGCxv3HVq6PuDPsc6XDb90s2nSkuU26CPostIaDndeKqBk1-51oOa6L7r8rVDjJ2n6DeynGhWow1PKGyXKPqiqaS8G-9Y3nwhvEITJJew=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhKR7qRcj7p3djVhtnxjNNIS4LL2bulfnkf_QkTbbT0HjmsnOMElSwlqtWbthghd9uMdYvip2elnhreOeVfXfGCxv3HVq6PuDPsc6XDb90s2nSkuU26CPostIaDndeKqBk1-51oOa6L7r8rVDjJ2n6DeynGhWow1PKGyXKPqiqaS8G-9Y3nwhvEITJJew=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhzQFDQnR5sEkziKbtgCE4vObdr1oI8dg9X8wSgUWYeL9UtGADs8zjMj9D5ERXXKfGBYZm26RRP21BoNkvykjV-BV5HEYcVTc3xewjdTDyiGMeonJO1mKgsj6o-isW5Je7zlxGnUlaFnEXBUUWcc473sR0n4Sy8qjunjkdSoNtetqRxZFBwR48EoCHORg=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhzQFDQnR5sEkziKbtgCE4vObdr1oI8dg9X8wSgUWYeL9UtGADs8zjMj9D5ERXXKfGBYZm26RRP21BoNkvykjV-BV5HEYcVTc3xewjdTDyiGMeonJO1mKgsj6o-isW5Je7zlxGnUlaFnEXBUUWcc473sR0n4Sy8qjunjkdSoNtetqRxZFBwR48EoCHORg=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u><i><b>Iron swords</b><b>, AD 50-200, from Cumbria and North Yorkshire</b></i></u>: <i>Left - The cast hilt and scabbard fittings are inlaid with red and yellow enamel. The front plate and suspension have engraved decoration; Right - This iron sword has brass hilt fittings and a scabbard with cast pierced suspension loop.<br /></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjeVNw2zYeuZ7MOtAjMHC0e5GAN1AD-bDNKGPVFbfLLRdy2yWOENk-kN8HyXmGNB4So_cznhvUBSWP-WzOHxxStvSMbk8ebOg3kMWRLQRdkaIfY_j_ZO3DjqJFJTgrLfcsTS9SKJBZujJUC5_SZpOLcRJgdCvJqzMjfzY1FKplPAxEBdkz4DvPONxfG_A=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjeVNw2zYeuZ7MOtAjMHC0e5GAN1AD-bDNKGPVFbfLLRdy2yWOENk-kN8HyXmGNB4So_cznhvUBSWP-WzOHxxStvSMbk8ebOg3kMWRLQRdkaIfY_j_ZO3DjqJFJTgrLfcsTS9SKJBZujJUC5_SZpOLcRJgdCvJqzMjfzY1FKplPAxEBdkz4DvPONxfG_A=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-dM9gDY1p_PfEnaNFKM12sr0-Z0u-3vtopI0nZ01IxGg2KFimg_XNizPHkPJtUEzgpH5zj5uswHUqvXASoIcFpaACFshpSm7ExfNPxsFstJ7WERxANs_GWVUAaArJQu7x29qV4Qlf5F86xmU6KEX22nJka9OGgT_RrNqDj5vSOnTvFFWqk2T2Ch3H3g=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-dM9gDY1p_PfEnaNFKM12sr0-Z0u-3vtopI0nZ01IxGg2KFimg_XNizPHkPJtUEzgpH5zj5uswHUqvXASoIcFpaACFshpSm7ExfNPxsFstJ7WERxANs_GWVUAaArJQu7x29qV4Qlf5F86xmU6KEX22nJka9OGgT_RrNqDj5vSOnTvFFWqk2T2Ch3H3g=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgm7sjf0jICSQAZWlB1yvgR_I-uWjn3c4eHqgiW59yAsXMoLcGF4tc-usPmNN4oXONDgvfnvwbX09jzzgVteybJeki5rC_yCb2rxavEAYb_4Byp8Vjc7KaW11zwM59-g3xs1pAgsq3rYrqrxF-kuZwDSewUrJUeTFNbC_eu8Kaolub-rp0ns5-OskTLIw=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgr35ziRfw4ETB2a3d6vfk2DyAGva4kHpk_PPrJ7GaDqV40RwJBoa4zO6khtvbhe9cTKI5ePneddkPMvGfpACLmu4mDCn4addLtSl5yYkEgqyXBfmScY7WPKl8TS4P1tqBilA6CfJNSoh8QR__IRuYdD_GxpQgIemHzwFX5OkyCU7ZfQHyK4A5Pwelqcw=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgr35ziRfw4ETB2a3d6vfk2DyAGva4kHpk_PPrJ7GaDqV40RwJBoa4zO6khtvbhe9cTKI5ePneddkPMvGfpACLmu4mDCn4addLtSl5yYkEgqyXBfmScY7WPKl8TS4P1tqBilA6CfJNSoh8QR__IRuYdD_GxpQgIemHzwFX5OkyCU7ZfQHyK4A5Pwelqcw=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><u><i><b>Sword blade (La Tène, 250-120 BC), suspension belt (La Tène, 300-150 BC) and iron daggers (400-300 BC</b></i></u><i><b>)</b></i>: </p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj3HsgYqEAeTCesI0TdxoCVdSsfEKoqo_BjMN3D7jJzgMi1fsKuKdpBxlURzf-EEON8bZ_iLcjD9vHOc73VHqe8gMKYfVScVst9ksdod2WlzVkdllNiqZRGRdf_iRuzQKXmbvc5Aymc83jY2v7d6yOi-RGyYcLTB3n1UnmH7kWDReq6UoY_2wW5p6ChBQ=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj3HsgYqEAeTCesI0TdxoCVdSsfEKoqo_BjMN3D7jJzgMi1fsKuKdpBxlURzf-EEON8bZ_iLcjD9vHOc73VHqe8gMKYfVScVst9ksdod2WlzVkdllNiqZRGRdf_iRuzQKXmbvc5Aymc83jY2v7d6yOi-RGyYcLTB3n1UnmH7kWDReq6UoY_2wW5p6ChBQ=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><u><i><b>The Ipswich torcs (75 BC)</b></i></u>: <i>All were made from two twisted solid gold bars. Four have cast terminals ornamented in high relief: they can be paired but their patterns are not identical.</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgehkprMIZhLXgqtIyK0WXTGO0nKjV5DOYq_i-7Ws6-93l5kxQ1l_Cctg9asYQ_XEzki_m2T63YLAh6FgbSuDqu2_2IOrOo4KKRdVPJU1pXDQGW_pPJLxcy2yusxy3FYL0SzcfHhtbE74GE6FYIlPC1H1xTcd3JuQERruvzekdqHVyYZU2hwV3wwEaWpw=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgehkprMIZhLXgqtIyK0WXTGO0nKjV5DOYq_i-7Ws6-93l5kxQ1l_Cctg9asYQ_XEzki_m2T63YLAh6FgbSuDqu2_2IOrOo4KKRdVPJU1pXDQGW_pPJLxcy2yusxy3FYL0SzcfHhtbE74GE6FYIlPC1H1xTcd3JuQERruvzekdqHVyYZU2hwV3wwEaWpw=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>The neck-ring was made in two stages. Two pairs of solid gold bars were twisted to the right and then the two strands were twisted in the opposite direction, to the left, to create a more decorative effect.<br /></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div><div></div><div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4uvPtDFX_-dMFO1Hgouo06OhBlHuQBOJ9hjxNWZnoUJDmsq8fJYhPqycwvwMBVOpgaKRAcmQZmKxqHtBLiC3odLw5CJkocpsg3xmfGCDV53HIji534KEBj3EMW0DPt70-0sRSmawZwLKE_ROQQYx37zq57uGdtZ5T7H4hjgvs8tP8SpIkWATBl9jtlw=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4uvPtDFX_-dMFO1Hgouo06OhBlHuQBOJ9hjxNWZnoUJDmsq8fJYhPqycwvwMBVOpgaKRAcmQZmKxqHtBLiC3odLw5CJkocpsg3xmfGCDV53HIji534KEBj3EMW0DPt70-0sRSmawZwLKE_ROQQYx37zq57uGdtZ5T7H4hjgvs8tP8SpIkWATBl9jtlw=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div></div><div></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhkJ4vPKPw_zHweuJJvWYEmmWMOyMDxsK4I1WvjYOjAzI7IZpv34s6I81uRuVIjeQFi90uJi5Xg0gKqfWxph34E6hdybbXVnsBWde7NDvjt2DNGFR6J51sCGqlHntS-gDtZBdlt1JR6_WjOsYhkcK8g88wJfCTb5VSZq4SeicoDQI5Up3D23QzkCGFhyw=s860" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="860" data-original-width="563" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhkJ4vPKPw_zHweuJJvWYEmmWMOyMDxsK4I1WvjYOjAzI7IZpv34s6I81uRuVIjeQFi90uJi5Xg0gKqfWxph34E6hdybbXVnsBWde7NDvjt2DNGFR6J51sCGqlHntS-gDtZBdlt1JR6_WjOsYhkcK8g88wJfCTb5VSZq4SeicoDQI5Up3D23QzkCGFhyw=w261-h400" width="261" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Depiction of Queen Boudicca, wearing a gold torc<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgeAwbmG4WBlYr6MtYUst7ITXnkkgQFTyhvNlr9QL61AeT8b8bjXoTc8Kz0Pl6snL6N6q7bSFwTwKzIdC7OmLe81ManlH4OFnJwjR0oGnaJObKb-rhKsC9Ilrrpbm-qDUpobiUzrY0D145MHpd_X42u1uIRLh05kswrmWNFr0UDbMN0JR3xMgFYkof12g=s600" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgeAwbmG4WBlYr6MtYUst7ITXnkkgQFTyhvNlr9QL61AeT8b8bjXoTc8Kz0Pl6snL6N6q7bSFwTwKzIdC7OmLe81ManlH4OFnJwjR0oGnaJObKb-rhKsC9Ilrrpbm-qDUpobiUzrY0D145MHpd_X42u1uIRLh05kswrmWNFr0UDbMN0JR3xMgFYkof12g=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i> </i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>This hoard contains several sets of a torc and two brooches that were originally chained together. The jewellery was probably made for two important people, perhaps a king and a queen. They lived at about the same time as the Roman army, led by Julius Caesar, conquered <strike>France </strike>Gaul and twice invaded <strike>England </strike>Britannia in 55-54 BC. The necklaces were crafted differently from other torcs made in Britain at this time, such as those from Ipswich. Roman jewellery-making techniques were used and they were not decorated with native Iron Age designs. (...) Gold brooches of this type were also rare. Only two other Iron Age examples have been found in Britain. <br /></i></div><div><i> </i><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEht6HKiliz2cOHBKWtY9URMbNC2y6ezAMa8hAvpEAtl14EqL6UPxoLV1g8f2L_yVIDClzeaw6mAjPUGTZIeuucSUuLd-bdMGb_mrtPVmKxNNaIm5ctBVEE9P2PoBAPINFCBL9EUb2AdfPnfFQKgG4vku4H2-rWcd6EsLF9k7A9k2VZco1rISG9FIjYIzQ=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEht6HKiliz2cOHBKWtY9URMbNC2y6ezAMa8hAvpEAtl14EqL6UPxoLV1g8f2L_yVIDClzeaw6mAjPUGTZIeuucSUuLd-bdMGb_mrtPVmKxNNaIm5ctBVEE9P2PoBAPINFCBL9EUb2AdfPnfFQKgG4vku4H2-rWcd6EsLF9k7A9k2VZco1rISG9FIjYIzQ=w300-h400" width="300" /></a><br /></div><div><b> </b></div><div><b> Mirrors:</b></div><div><b> </b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQHEHX7IOxQR0enaTRHfR_9Vq55b_nBcKJ8kygWIVsNeY4PrdLurjjDrNgSaD1k-NTHMDuEdA50Rge5sdwjxfEn-bGdJNCYOAgeugziNt52RsJltUtj6a5O3CvZpOVFvYFP1qpT9x19T5BVFVo0D4Ve2tuh_76yMs0bK-ms1whJGojARMr3yyHV0kDoA=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQHEHX7IOxQR0enaTRHfR_9Vq55b_nBcKJ8kygWIVsNeY4PrdLurjjDrNgSaD1k-NTHMDuEdA50Rge5sdwjxfEn-bGdJNCYOAgeugziNt52RsJltUtj6a5O3CvZpOVFvYFP1qpT9x19T5BVFVo0D4Ve2tuh_76yMs0bK-ms1whJGojARMr3yyHV0kDoA=w300-h400" width="300" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjpOQqNHWQ4WJBZCtK1w981e0L3WLwrqWex1nUyDtwkWsbNoUEtZ5t3MBuz2VBYMFnDwyMd1eoda9jmJP6GmPvEoBmyB0usj23khJsfcMgZAKTawAjSj2EZKdHESysfRWPbOr1Cj3VnuXA80DadCOu9qPbhRhkzEEsx8iOQF0stsoYWGedczbCeYDSY3Q=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjpOQqNHWQ4WJBZCtK1w981e0L3WLwrqWex1nUyDtwkWsbNoUEtZ5t3MBuz2VBYMFnDwyMd1eoda9jmJP6GmPvEoBmyB0usj23khJsfcMgZAKTawAjSj2EZKdHESysfRWPbOr1Cj3VnuXA80DadCOu9qPbhRhkzEEsx8iOQF0stsoYWGedczbCeYDSY3Q=w300-h400" width="300" /></a><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjplD0lhzW5LNrqL2wrtzJJ3ms98wjr_8ANaDn3mXU3n88jRg0QgpjjURY3GsXtEeVX6V_35Lv1CMB0JxDj_jIHPwIPRalXgbReUnoRpVEYmCNo3dghvSN24Bno3Up0VRPuWACGW0F1H683J0IXbIlNQaGprmaqawVrOy_Ps5W-ouftDC60nfk5UroH-g=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjplD0lhzW5LNrqL2wrtzJJ3ms98wjr_8ANaDn3mXU3n88jRg0QgpjjURY3GsXtEeVX6V_35Lv1CMB0JxDj_jIHPwIPRalXgbReUnoRpVEYmCNo3dghvSN24Bno3Up0VRPuWACGW0F1H683J0IXbIlNQaGprmaqawVrOy_Ps5W-ouftDC60nfk5UroH-g=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgvR2LdBA2OdM9w8slqS686N4FBg8FQj0hDn3wDkkgIX9jR2LVRZ8IR-6yOVNvW7icluS7MVAAK0NJGw628OLAuuye8HgG2tyBUt56dO1ZURxEoR658N_Ab4XOo7ygZ_zIfoRQAn70JJhwwSWBN3VrHMKnNT7md8HfU4PwHOu98rofjR-LiXWONJBcv3w=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgvR2LdBA2OdM9w8slqS686N4FBg8FQj0hDn3wDkkgIX9jR2LVRZ8IR-6yOVNvW7icluS7MVAAK0NJGw628OLAuuye8HgG2tyBUt56dO1ZURxEoR658N_Ab4XOo7ygZ_zIfoRQAn70JJhwwSWBN3VrHMKnNT7md8HfU4PwHOu98rofjR-LiXWONJBcv3w=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgy9laIXYIShIj35Lp-0YHAcu50wHSmvg-f_7P5KlTc8qyu7Or1gPF63iFVj9lb_Zgs5tHT4DcXHe0fX1st7FwAhGqpH3AMPp8-WAbizDmGQtyD0S1OGwLCfeF7jKuhnRpwERkVl9yiD0WbvftS1qg2Eim8Ynf32eA1n4OxBRBY_UAFIoo-Dj-2pZDKBw=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgy9laIXYIShIj35Lp-0YHAcu50wHSmvg-f_7P5KlTc8qyu7Or1gPF63iFVj9lb_Zgs5tHT4DcXHe0fX1st7FwAhGqpH3AMPp8-WAbizDmGQtyD0S1OGwLCfeF7jKuhnRpwERkVl9yiD0WbvftS1qg2Eim8Ynf32eA1n4OxBRBY_UAFIoo-Dj-2pZDKBw=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></i></div> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><i><b>Gold torcs of the Castro culture of north-western Iberia (300-159 BC)</b></i></u>: <i>Each neck-ring is made of solid wire with a diamond-shaped section. The terminals are made of sheet gold and are hollow. One has compass-drawn engraved ornament, enhanced with granulation, on the face.<br /></i></div><div><i> </i><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLnC8KJg5LbLXOJpKA_9YXe-k9glJmEaqEtj9TuEMYSwLVyufLF-zTaVespcAtav5_19PsZlG7Tw3fxaF-xEaLaPn0-9AoMg5jwmu2effVHv2QBYeu8RPdC3oIDtGA-TK8lShS5YgFQuh1Phfq59pIQK_LV5Gl6XBP914Onc2pZ3VWB8oE6IBOBmsBrQ=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLnC8KJg5LbLXOJpKA_9YXe-k9glJmEaqEtj9TuEMYSwLVyufLF-zTaVespcAtav5_19PsZlG7Tw3fxaF-xEaLaPn0-9AoMg5jwmu2effVHv2QBYeu8RPdC3oIDtGA-TK8lShS5YgFQuh1Phfq59pIQK_LV5Gl6XBP914Onc2pZ3VWB8oE6IBOBmsBrQ=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div></i> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><i><b>The Chertsey shield (400-200 BC)</b></i></u>: <i>This shield was made around 2400 years ago and it is the only shield from the period to be made entirely of bronze. Other bronze shields had wooden backings. It was probably made for display rather than for battle. The shield was deliberately placed in the River Thames as a offering to the Gods. <br /></i></div><div><i> </i><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiuJhVq4e11bPPaOKIeG8Q0iCKQxSYQDIP3B-hgHjF9uKpQs0ItM2wg6pur0YMDvyCnfFvfTh3FllR4MLPHajK0fFPFLwylv71JaaQHwQxtmnTO6t4WaRsCbcMI_I4CIgQTbN3JCuD_A_f3FLyaLnLwoDcFFWimvwd-huwswfj_-TlDHoyt2vxMJyesHQ=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiuJhVq4e11bPPaOKIeG8Q0iCKQxSYQDIP3B-hgHjF9uKpQs0ItM2wg6pur0YMDvyCnfFvfTh3FllR4MLPHajK0fFPFLwylv71JaaQHwQxtmnTO6t4WaRsCbcMI_I4CIgQTbN3JCuD_A_f3FLyaLnLwoDcFFWimvwd-huwswfj_-TlDHoyt2vxMJyesHQ=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div></i><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><i></i></div><div><i></i></div><div><i></i></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i> </i><u><i><b>Circular shield boss in sheet bronze (350-150 BC)</b></i></u>:<i> With repoussé ornament in the form of stylized bird -heads:<br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2565" data-original-width="2829" height="363" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhVyd1cmo65iEewv6RuETn6OawzC2dRdAP0GgXDFI1qMgCCvh26um_ZoGRlX8rRc4NAy-Hd3EGkJFytC40i-Zd0nXhn-CWXQ6q51PeKmfrPXSN8nka2Dw-SAt1pgKPc8_EBsyQa4KE_Q1BQgJ8V7pc3AM5k4ql3mzRFiLKNXvVr0jIBdX_5Zsp1cYF5lQ=w400-h363" width="400" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i> </i><u><i><b>Iron sword with cast bronze anthropoid handle (200-100 BC)</b></i></u>:<i> The hilt was cast as one component with the head cast separately. 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Some were engraved with geometric designs near each end. They may have been worn as neck-rings but most of the decoration would have been hidden. Lunulae could have served as signs of rank, or been used during ceremonial occasions.<br /></i></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i> </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZTCRjIv7RqzAIDMX0MYbG3I20T1lQvrNBB3u7Fkq0DnFJVmun6GNOE0wwYgH4rhSrhiaWVCW-gPyvUdiIN66-IMs4zEsQn4zln5x8rjF7QtkW_bfs_5hR1QQ1muynP7OxT30mZ7UciRqjpPYDSg_E5gI7bL3uCwI7NwrVf6Mgu7tbSY5gjUd7LC5JBg=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZTCRjIv7RqzAIDMX0MYbG3I20T1lQvrNBB3u7Fkq0DnFJVmun6GNOE0wwYgH4rhSrhiaWVCW-gPyvUdiIN66-IMs4zEsQn4zln5x8rjF7QtkW_bfs_5hR1QQ1muynP7OxT30mZ7UciRqjpPYDSg_E5gI7bL3uCwI7NwrVf6Mgu7tbSY5gjUd7LC5JBg=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></i> <br /></i></div><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhL-UtMnd-Sd_SYcuMbmt-tlYsF3vZUCGFEZ-0f--I3fE2EAW1KiS6Q_CsaM0MIN2qnhRfCu8ODJEE8HPXoXykXRub4UN7hAZExWNDm1StTYVZIXrvx94f2uj-Gb2bHjkS-PFY7iiSl0RbXSlNp65Oh13oDcpV-Kjm2_sQHoOm1KsYDUxe6YZxH84vouw=s559" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="559" data-original-width="448" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhL-UtMnd-Sd_SYcuMbmt-tlYsF3vZUCGFEZ-0f--I3fE2EAW1KiS6Q_CsaM0MIN2qnhRfCu8ODJEE8HPXoXykXRub4UN7hAZExWNDm1StTYVZIXrvx94f2uj-Gb2bHjkS-PFY7iiSl0RbXSlNp65Oh13oDcpV-Kjm2_sQHoOm1KsYDUxe6YZxH84vouw=w320-h400" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Imaginative illustration of 'An Arch Druid in His Judicial Habit', from The Costume of the Original Inhabitants of the British Islands by S.R. Meyrick and C.H. Smith (1815), the gold <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorget" title="Gorget">gorget</a> collar copying Irish <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronze_Age" title="Bronze Age">Bronze Age</a> examples</i></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i> </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8NyTjsrMBufxq6MGqaQS3VV41PIjKJnKQ4v-kgVjU_uOZWtKV35IGCQ7DLQ0gRk36dd1hUhQ2IX0Q1Equv3XyOBn5BoBmbGyC_iyPthoC-9oXj4Q1MZy3Ux9DyTJv3wYPip6l3d1GZvsf4Hxephh5SQcjqBb8SZLwT58bGGQ60Lzp3X6TV51bJnSQEg=s1600"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8NyTjsrMBufxq6MGqaQS3VV41PIjKJnKQ4v-kgVjU_uOZWtKV35IGCQ7DLQ0gRk36dd1hUhQ2IX0Q1Equv3XyOBn5BoBmbGyC_iyPthoC-9oXj4Q1MZy3Ux9DyTJv3wYPip6l3d1GZvsf4Hxephh5SQcjqBb8SZLwT58bGGQ60Lzp3X6TV51bJnSQEg=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><p></p></div>Arwendë Luhtiénë / Marta Lúthienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01043611744907294700noreply@blogger.com3