Abruptly, with absolutely no prelude, #YouFindARock.
It is two minerals creating a psychedelic, angular pineapple with a blue tuft.
You contemplate your find. All actions could apply to blue or yellow minerals, with drastically different consequences.
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> Lick YELLOW mineral
Your tongue darts out, touching angular calcite crystals.
It tastes like nothing.
You lick more vigorously, appreciating the harsh geometric texture but picking up exactly zero flavour. It’s like sucking on a pearl, but with more interesting texture.
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> Lick BLUE mineral
The cavansite dissolves slightly on your tongue with a faint hint metallic tang.
You know the hydrated calcium vanadium silicate is dangerous in large doses, but with vanadium common in everything from black pepper to dill, a quick lick is fine.
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> Dribble acid
Knowing excessively licking cavansite may eventually lead to a green tongue and vanadium poisoning, you desist & bust out mild hydrochloric acid.
The blue cavansite does nothing.
The yellow calcite bubbles merrily as CaCO3 reacts to release carbon dioxide.
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> Praise
“You are just the best combo of calcium-rich minerals I’ve seen!” you tell the calcite-cavansite confidently. “No one stores decently large ions as stylishly as you!”
“You’re the jaunty hat of minerals, you continue. “All those who deny you’re gems are FOOLS!”
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> Pet
You run your fingers down the minerals, unable to resist gentle testing pushes and scrapes among the affectionate pets.
Both are harder than your nails, although the fan of cavansite needles feels brittle under your questing nudges.
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> Take
You take the slightly-damp and much adored sample, tucking it carefully away until you can think of the best place to display it.
“Not every candy-rock is a deadly trickster,” you say smugly, “...even if it tasted blah.”
You wander off as abruptly as you arrived.
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