Hey there, I'm a mineral collector and a furry. I graduated from Western Carolina University with a degree in geology in 2023. My fursuit was finished that same year by Cave Creature Creations. https://bsky.app/profile/marshthefox.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/marshthefox.bsky.social/post/3mtbgdnhyzc2mCoal from Beckley, West Virginia! #rocks #geology #science #nature17 Aug 2026 09:48 +0000at://did:plc:qtmceqms3ccnuod7n64b2dh4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbgdnhyzc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/marshthefox.bsky.social/post/3mkjbnd3o3s2iHappy Macro Monday, today keeping with the theme this week, we have close up shots of fossils collected from the Castle Hayne Formation in New Hanover County, North Carolina. Song is Empire Ants by Gorillaz. #geology #fossil #paleontology #rocks #fossils27 Apr 2026 23:59 +0000at://did:plc:qtmceqms3ccnuod7n64b2dh4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkjbnd3o3s2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/marshthefox.bsky.social/post/3mez5dcas4k2aTook some time to document some of the geology in Falls Lake, NC. Falls Lake has some very diverse geology along its banks, and it provides great outcrops in a place where exposed rock is hard to come by. #rocks #geology #minerals #earth #science16 Feb 2026 22:53 +0000at://did:plc:qtmceqms3ccnuod7n64b2dh4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mez5dcas4k2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/marshthefox.bsky.social/post/3mdtesubxlk2dHey folks, there's lots of snow on the ground, so I figured it'd be a great time to talk about a silly technicality. Frozen water is a mineral, and it functions as such especially in places like outer space and glaciers. #geology #snow #furry #fursuit #sand01 Feb 2026 22:26 +0000at://did:plc:qtmceqms3ccnuod7n64b2dh4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdtesubxlk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/marshthefox.bsky.social/post/3mdsw2wvwyk2pGalena is a lead sulphide mineral, that usually forms in deposits created by hydrothermal fluids. It has a metallic luster with a beautiful bluish grey color to it. Typically it forms in either massive chunks as in veins or as cubic crystals inside pockets. #rocks #minerals #geology #mining #galena01 Feb 2026 18:02 +0000at://did:plc:qtmceqms3ccnuod7n64b2dh4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdsw2wvwyk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/marshthefox.bsky.social/post/3mdsvbad7ts23Hey folks, today I'm sharing one of my more recent additions to my collection, a Chalcopyrite sample from the quarry I visited last month. #rocks #minerals #geology #crystal #nature01 Feb 2026 17:47 +0000at://did:plc:qtmceqms3ccnuod7n64b2dh4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdsvbad7ts23https://bsky.app/profile/marshthefox.bsky.social/post/3mdsul5dbzk2sThese clips were filmed in Wake County, NC between 9 PM and midnight. Conditions were approaching that of a blizzard at times. #snow #snowstorm #snowfall #winter #weather01 Feb 2026 17:35 +0000at://did:plc:qtmceqms3ccnuod7n64b2dh4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdsul5dbzk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/marshthefox.bsky.social/post/3m7bshmvuts2rHappy Fursuit Friday! This week's rocks is a huge sample of Pyrophyllite from Orange County, North Carolina. It's formed in environments where igneous rocks have been chemically altered by hot fluids running through them. #geology #rocks #minerals #fursuits #furry06 Dec 2025 01:01 +0000at://did:plc:qtmceqms3ccnuod7n64b2dh4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7bshmvuts2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/marshthefox.bsky.social/post/3m6up3e3qxc2cVanadinite is a Vanadium bearing Phosphate mineral that occurs in the oxidizing zones of lead deposits. It's frequently found in the form of beautiful red to red hexagonal crystals, and makes a great collectors mineral. This one comes from Morocco. #geology #rocks #minerals #red #crystals30 Nov 2025 19:56 +0000at://did:plc:qtmceqms3ccnuod7n64b2dh4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6up3e3qxc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/marshthefox.bsky.social/post/3m6prrdobyc22Happy Fursuit Friday Folks! This rock has two types of fossils, Chondrites, a trace fossil common in deep ocean rocks and Brachiopods, a clam-like animal that had an external attachment to the ocean floor. #geology #fursuits #furry #rocks #fossils28 Nov 2025 21:01 +0000at://did:plc:qtmceqms3ccnuod7n64b2dh4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6prrdobyc22https://bsky.app/profile/marshthefox.bsky.social/post/3m4jeiimks22wHappy Halloween, yappin' about rocks that I'll be passing out at Carolina Furfare. This is coal from Sharon, West Virginia, and it dates back to around 315 million years ago. At this time West Virginia was covered by an ancient swamp. #geology #rocks #halloween #furry #fursuit31 Oct 2025 20:57 +0000at://did:plc:qtmceqms3ccnuod7n64b2dh4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4jeiimks22whttps://bsky.app/profile/marshthefox.bsky.social/post/3m4ejrx4idc2hHere's a closer look at Henry the Sea Scorpion! Here I'm using a macro lens to showcase some of the more intricate details of this fossil. The high quality preservation allows for very subtle details of this prehistoric predator to be preserved. #geology #fossils #rocks #crystals #paleontology29 Oct 2025 22:48 +0000at://did:plc:qtmceqms3ccnuod7n64b2dh4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4ejrx4idc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/marshthefox.bsky.social/post/3m4ej4u6jks23Running through the anatomy of Henry The Sea Scorpion. Anatomy is a hugely important part of Paleontology, and understanding the anatomy of your fossils will tell you a lot about the animal that left it behind. #paleontology #geology #fossil #fossils #fossilhunting29 Oct 2025 22:37 +0000at://did:plc:qtmceqms3ccnuod7n64b2dh4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4ej4u6jks23https://bsky.app/profile/marshthefox.bsky.social/post/3m467pcnerc2yThese Brachiopods would have lived in a shallow ocean that covered much of ancestral North America some 420 million years ago. Simple animals, they lived anchored to the ocean floor and fed in microorganisms drifting in the water column. #geology #fossils #rocks #minerals #furry27 Oct 2025 10:32 +0000at://did:plc:qtmceqms3ccnuod7n64b2dh4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m467pcnerc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/marshthefox.bsky.social/post/3m27d43g4hs2yHere are some samples of Kyanite Schist from Wake County, North Carolina. Kyanite is a metamorphic mineral that is found in rocks that were altered at high temperatures and pressures. It most commonly occurs as clusters of blue blade-like crystals. #kyanite #crystals #minerals #geology #rocks02 Oct 2025 10:15 +0000at://did:plc:qtmceqms3ccnuod7n64b2dh4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m27d43g4hs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/marshthefox.bsky.social/post/3m24alo2y6c2hYou can hear the plague in my voice, on antibiotics and hoping to be better by the weekend. This is a sample of Tourmaline from the Crabtree Emerald Mine, NC. Tourmaline is a mineral most commonly found as elongated black crystals in igneous rocks. #geology #rocks #minerals #tourmaline #crystal01 Oct 2025 04:52 +0000at://did:plc:qtmceqms3ccnuod7n64b2dh4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m24alo2y6c2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/marshthefox.bsky.social/post/3lzeqyisrfc2pDyed Rocks 🤢 Real talk though they're fine I just prefer my natural colored samples. #geology #furry #crystals #marcus #minerals21 Sep 2025 20:42 +0000at://did:plc:qtmceqms3ccnuod7n64b2dh4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzeqyisrfc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/marshthefox.bsky.social/post/3lyfrvkdksc2mPyromorphite from the Wheatley Mines in Chester County, Pennsylvania. This lead phosphate mineral is famous for its rich green, barrel shaped crystals. #geology #rocks #minerals #crystals #Pennsylvania09 Sep 2025 13:05 +0000at://did:plc:qtmceqms3ccnuod7n64b2dh4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyfrvkdksc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/marshthefox.bsky.social/post/3lxbe7tw3ts2aLove one another26 Aug 2025 01:25 +0000at://did:plc:qtmceqms3ccnuod7n64b2dh4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxbe7tw3ts2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/marshthefox.bsky.social/post/3lxbdonr7fk23Pyromorphite from the Wheatley Mines of Chester County, Pennsylvania. I received these as part of a large, early acquisition that included numerous mineral samples from some rather famous Pennsylvania mines. #geology #rocks #minerals #pageology26 Aug 2025 01:15 +0000at://did:plc:qtmceqms3ccnuod7n64b2dh4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxbdonr7fk23https://bsky.app/profile/marshthefox.bsky.social/post/3lxawc23ivs26Macrophotography of rubies from Chunky Gal Mountain in Clay County, NC. I collected these from an abandoned corundum prospect at the end of July. #geology #rocks #minerals25 Aug 2025 21:16 +0000at://did:plc:qtmceqms3ccnuod7n64b2dh4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxawc23ivs26https://bsky.app/profile/marshthefox.bsky.social/post/3lx6n2gywyk2rMy furry hot take is that Barq isn't really bad at all for meeting folks, some of y'all just suck at catching red flags and are afraid to be judgemental to a detrimental extent.24 Aug 2025 23:25 +0000at://did:plc:qtmceqms3ccnuod7n64b2dh4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lx6n2gywyk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/marshthefox.bsky.social/post/3lvp2hgcmi22xThe homeschooling trend is gonna suck in like 5-10 years when all the unsocialized losers get abandoned by their parents whom they're completely dependent on.06 Aug 2025 01:17 +0000at://did:plc:qtmceqms3ccnuod7n64b2dh4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvp2hgcmi22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/marshthefox.bsky.social/post/3luaj7cxrw22bCollected samples for CFF from the Balls Bluff Siltstone, part of the Bull Run Formation, which in itself is part of the Newark Supergroup. This formation is 202.5- 201.4 million years old, and outcrops along the Potomac River, in Virginia. #geology #rocks #cff2025 #virginia18 Jul 2025 13:06 +0000at://did:plc:qtmceqms3ccnuod7n64b2dh4/app.bsky.feed.post/3luaj7cxrw22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/marshthefox.bsky.social/post/3ltx3l3xitc2qI get my coal straight from the source, no middle man bullshit, I refuse to pay someone else to extract fossil fuels, I will gather carbon emitting pollutants myself. (Kanawha Formation- 312-320 Ma; Kanawha County, West Virginia) #geology #rocks #mining #coal #westvirginia14 Jul 2025 19:08 +0000at://did:plc:qtmceqms3ccnuod7n64b2dh4/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltx3l3xitc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/marshthefox.bsky.social/post/3ltt4v6ocik2jCoal is taking over this feed until I get done processing all of these samples to pass out at CFF this year. #geology #rocks #coal #westvirginia13 Jul 2025 05:21 +0000at://did:plc:qtmceqms3ccnuod7n64b2dh4/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltt4v6ocik2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/marshthefox.bsky.social/post/3ltrtxxhq2s23Samples of Anthracite Coal from Sharon, West Virginia. Part of the Pennsylvanian Aged Kanawha Formation, which represents a 312-320 million year old swampland ecosystem. #geology #rocks #coal #mining #westvirginia12 Jul 2025 17:09 +0000at://did:plc:qtmceqms3ccnuod7n64b2dh4/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltrtxxhq2s23https://bsky.app/profile/marshthefox.bsky.social/post/3lklwqlei7k2iHow many of these do you need to get before your legally considered a popufur?17 Mar 2025 19:55 +0000at://did:plc:qtmceqms3ccnuod7n64b2dh4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lklwqlei7k2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/marshthefox.bsky.social/post/3lkjqkmwf5s2vIf you receive less services without less taxes, your getting robbed by your government.16 Mar 2025 22:59 +0000at://did:plc:qtmceqms3ccnuod7n64b2dh4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkjqkmwf5s2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/marshthefox.bsky.social/post/3lkj4swukt22jFun fact: if you openly talk shit about folks wearing pup hoods in public spaces with the reasonable expectation of encountering minors, the sexually immature and socially inept MF's see you as a red flag and it reduces the chances of weirdos trying to hit on you.16 Mar 2025 17:06 +0000at://did:plc:qtmceqms3ccnuod7n64b2dh4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkj4swukt22j