Draconic Summit Autumn 2022

Heyoooo check out what I found tucked away in storage! I originally collected this way back in 2019. It was going to be a gift for @(•Luunaathh’sstrreiii•) as she was originally planning to visit my area sometime in 2020. Of course we all know what happened to those plans. But I still have it, and someday I hopefully can finally give it to you Luunaa!

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Gotta dust that pinecone!

lmao yes, I need to get out the canned air

pft pft

Then again, them spooder streamers do be lookin' festive, no? dragonkeke

Spidertinsel! dergHypers

10:46 pm

I wanna show off these lil guys: https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/90545546783109120/972929862010564709/unknown.png?width=621&height=466

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Oh my! I have one by that same artist!! They are so precious.

Ohhhhhh!! Those look lovely!!

I’m home from college now, so I can finally show off my shinies lookbean

12:05 am

I got this Yixing teapot a few days ago! I love how perfectly shaped it is!

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Turns out it’s difficult to get good pictures of opals, though here are my opal doublets! These are some of my favorite things for my draconic ass to stare at continually.

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That's very pretty

Ye! I would love to get more opals in the future, they’re lovely ;;

I pulled this out of a completely random pack of Pokémon evolving skies a week ago…. cryingcat

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12:50 am

I had the box containing the packs of cards sealed in my room for months and I randomly decided to open it since I didn’t have room to keep it sealed anymore. I can’t believe I found this

You were freaking out when you pulled that card, it was funny birdbongo

Yeah XD

3:19 am

The Japanese version looks so much more beautiful than the English version though

Is it more holographic?

Yep! It’s very very sparkly

Those were our favorite when we collected pokémon cards We had a 'purple Pikachu' that was sparkly in Japanese with the 'pocket monsters' logo that we loved

Oh nice!

3:37 am

I still collect Pokémon cards and I still sometimes open packs of Pokémon cards since it’s fun! Though, opening the pack I got that Umbreon in was definitely worth every cent! partywurmple

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Shiny books in my hoard ^ ^

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What's on the inside of that book?

Occult book ^ ^

8:17 am

Aeáro

What's on the inside of that book?

Occult books I was basically interested in just for reading and extend my knowledge in research on occult communities around dragons / who have mainly dragons in them. For years I am doing research on that topic, when dragons first occured, when dragonkins first appeared, and the like. I hope I can share it one day, currently writing every now and then on a book whenever I have time just for notes yet.

8:23 am

And so my hoard of such hard to get books grows, I have books about dragons from 1912, from 1840 and before.... I like to have as much as I can original sources, learn occasionally old norse to read original sources in norse mythology directly, and so on.... It's a long journey I haven't told many about.

Neato. ^.-.^

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Oh wow, that is an incredible and ambitious project! I wish you well with it!

(•Luunaathh’sstrreiii•)

Turns out it’s difficult to get good pictures of opals, though here are my opal doublets! These are some of my favorite things for my draconic ass to stare at continually.

I absolutely -love- opals and cannot stop staring at them, I even have opal stud earrings and feel more energized when I wear them... just love

Was digging through old photos to try to find pics of some dragon gloves I made and found the ultimate shiny

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2:54 pm

Specularite/specular hematite from a mine in Michigan!

Very pretty

we're showing off our fancy rocks? gimme a sec

What the heck thats amazing

~~I will not post my entire hoard photo to show off, I will not post my entire hoard photo to show off /lh~~

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I wish my stuff wasnt in storage i have some meterite rocks i love

a piece of metal from the asteroid belt

Ooo. Does it list what the possible materials are?

Keksdrache ↩️

Reply to: a piece of metal from the asteroid belt

unfortunately not, it's just an old souvenir from the local planetarium and this box is all there is to it

3:06 pm

i got it when my human age was probably still in the single digits

Oh wow Nevertheless that's wonderful. I need to find a planetarium to go to ...I miss them

capital city life does have its perks

Keksdrache

a piece of metal from the asteroid belt

Oooh, neat!

Its a bit difficult to tell, but these have little sparkly geode parts to them. I live in an area where I find them in landscaping

ooooooooooooooooh

I've got some bismuth.

Ohhhhh, nice!

Also this semitranslucent egg crystal that does neat things with the light when wet. ...I have no idea what it's made of. Got it a at a gem and mineral thingy a while back, where it was billed, if I'm not mistaken, as a "dragon egg."

Ooohhh I should share some of my minerals and rocks!

Heck yeah, keep the shinies train going!

Aeáro

Also this semitranslucent egg crystal that does neat things with the light when wet. ...I have no idea what it's made of. Got it a at a gem and mineral thingy a while back, where it was billed, if I'm not mistaken, as a "dragon egg."

Really hard to tell from one photo but if I had to guess, looks like calcite

reads up on calcite Hmm, Wikipedia says it fluoresces under UV light. I might be able to test that...

I believe those are artificial iirc; I've also got one

10:37 pm

could be wrong though

Aeáro

Also this semitranslucent egg crystal that does neat things with the light when wet. ...I have no idea what it's made of. Got it a at a gem and mineral thingy a while back, where it was billed, if I'm not mistaken, as a "dragon egg."

Looks like opalite to me! It's a very cool type of glass.

I'm sure the shape isn't natural. But the material does feel very mineral-y.

I would share hoard photos, but it's regrettably packed up at the moment. [Thanks, Ian!] If I find some old ones laying around my phone I'll share 'em tonight!

googles opalite Oh, yeah, this is probably it! I guess it is totally artificial.

10:43 pm

"sea opal"

10:43 pm

I like that.

It makes for lovely little display pieces, even if it is manmade. I'm really fond of catseye glass, myself!

I vaguely recall that the guy I got mine from had a whole bunch submerged in water in a plastic bucket. It only opalesces when it's wet. Also, it's rough, not polished smooth. I think that's a neat way of doing it. Like, there's kind of a secret to it.

10:49 pm

And of course the water affiliation suits me.

Opalite is very cool. I don't think there's anything wrong with stuff being man made. Glass is fascinating.

Speaking of glass, my hoard has a lot of glass marbles which I had started collecting over 10 years ago, they’re very common where I live

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Those onyx eggies though!

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9:12 pm

Borrowed some holographic nail polish and resin from a friend and made some cool jewelry while listening to panels!

Forgot to mention this before but I also have some gemstone necklaces shaped like eastern dragons, the metal quality is admittedly not very great because it tarnishes very easily but hey, dragon necklaces According to the seller, these are (from left to right): ametrine, rock crystal quartz, & opal

Those are awesome!

Hey just fyi, if it tarnishes it means it has silver in it, so it might be higher quality than you think!

IDK much abut jewelry in general (not to mention I'm not a native English speaker), so I dunno if tarnish is the right word because the metal (mostly the chain) degrades easily the more I wear it, to the point where I had to replace the chains with stainless steel before it stains more of my white shirts

2:22 am

I suspect it's because I sweat a lot, I live in a tropical area

Does silver tarnish easily in humid areas? If this isn't silver I kinda suspect it's cheap iron or something

Aahh. Tarnish in English refers to the metal discoloring. Like Silver turns black, copper turns green. Another word is Oxidized, because it's exposure to oxygen that causes it. I have a silver coin that turned partially black before I vacuum sealed it. However if it's breaking down physically, that isn't tarnish and you're right then that it is a low quality chain. Probably zinc if I were to guess, it's a very soft metal and breaks down easily under the stress of wearing jewelry made from it unless it's fairly thick.

There was a dia de los muertos festival going on downtown and I got myself some shinies! ~~with one of my credit cards~~

3:45 am

ooohhhh i wish my town did proper dia de los muertos stuff, i would spend so much money on vendors ajskdkfk

wow those opals are beautiful !!

They’re actually resin rather than opals!

Resin is fun

5:20 am

I have a resin ring

Are those two stones on the rings opal?

They’re also resin!

IIRC the old chains initially changed colors to a darker color (black or dark brown) in the span of a few days and later started having an obvious metallic odor. I initially didn't bother changing the chains until I discovered brown stains around the neck part of my shirts, kinda like rust, maybe it really is rust idk

Drakmanka ↩️

Reply to: Aahh. Tarnish in English refers to the metal discoloring. Like Silver turns black, copper turns gree…

5:47 am

Huh, I checked the seller's page for that necklace, it says "Material: Natural Stone + Copper Fittings"

Hmm. Of course "fittings" could just be the part holding the stone rather than the chain

Yeah, the chains could be anything but it certainly is low quality. The part holding the stone? Not so much, it does turn a darker color but not as fast as the chains

5:54 am

Anyways I love the quartz & opal ones the most

It's probably some sort of treated copper, to keep it from oxidizing.

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was hoping to give shinies at halloween this year but probably can't because sick lol but here is my shiny treat bowl so far

8:13 am

(my family has regular candy too, i just thought this would be fun for anybody old enough to not automatically stick small objects in their mouth)

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5:43 pm

Fresh rocks from the tumbler!

5:43 pm

Need another week to get really shiny, but they're getting there

i love the veins on that big one!

Lmaooo

5:49 pm

It's dolomite, I think!