Local climbing gym is equipped with a doghouse. Maybe it was something else at the beginning, but now it is definitely the doghouse.

I was almost triggered by my own post, see the picture. It is the aluminum analogue, not Artificial Idiot analogue...

Pääkkönenite - probably the most umlaut-rich #mineral. www.mindat.org/min-3226.html

Just in case if you were wondering about longest iodide in the world, I have answer for you: hexadecaiodide, I₁₆⁴⁻. pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/structures/S... #chemsky #chemchat

Ah, found another one: Oskarssonite www.mindat.org/min-43853.html

For all you #crystallography people out there - what is your preferred way of acquiring the data when you want to solve the crystal structure from #PXRD? For how long, in what range? Is there anything specific you do? What software do you use? #chemistry #crystalstructure

So I seem to recall hearing once that certain monofluorinated PAH compounds (ie 1-anthracene or 1-naphthalene positions) were carcinogenic (more-so than either the parent compounds or the chloro-derivatives). However I can seem to find a literature source for this. Does anyone know about this?

@dr-berionni.bsky.social group synthesized something weird. Again. Accidentally, this time. It is first time when I see Cl2I- anion, and there only ~60 structures in the CSD. #crystallography #RealTimeChem #chemsky

Are you a PhD/honours student in the Sydney area working with X-ray/Neutron techniques? Great (and very friendly) opportunity to present your work at the Australian X-ray Analytical Assoc's student day coming up on the 20th Nov www.eventbrite.com/e/axaa-nsw-s...

We visited the Grand Canyon recently.* * French one, aka Gorges du Verdon.

I think it is a first time when I saw a rainbow at noon (astronomically speaking).

And one more: there are 4 minerals that contains ' in their names: D'Ansite, Lun'okite, O'Danielite and Ye'elimite. #mineralnames #mineral www.mindat.org/min-2949.html

Ah, that could be a interesting nerdy question: Can you name two* minerals named after software developers? *because first is obvious. #crystallography #mineralnames

A random #mineralnames fact - there are two (at least) minerals named after people with surname derived after a word "neighbor": Neighborite and Sosedkoite. www.mindat.org/min-2871.html www.mindat.org/min-3717.html

A structure of a calixarene with ACN attached. Colleagues were expecting structures (in plural form) of this calixarene with different ligands, but ACN binds too well, not letting other guests. So we have we few datasets for the same ACN structure. #crystallography #RealTimeChem

@b-kajetan.bsky.social is making holes in a carbene - deformation density map from NoSpherA2 with Cu data.

Pardon my French, but this really WTF moment. I was kinda working, you know and I didn’t ask for any updates.

Hey, @ccdc.cam.ac.uk, when is the cut off date for #CSDWrapped statistics with year? End of October? #crystallography

Yeah, this is a really high level of academic rickrolling.

Happy to share this little tutorial review: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... #crystals #flexible #chemistry

Occasional reminder that I have a collection of academic hoaxes. Hoaxes offer a unique window into academic publishing! doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...

A "can you show me a full reaction?" structure again, from my usual supplier @dr-berionni.bsky.social group. *Looking on the news* This a a promising linker for new class of perspective MOFs. (Not really, just a starting material for different stuff). #crystallography #RealTimeChem

(1/x) Some thoughts on a recent case: I raised concerns about an article published in 2010 w/ Wiley's IACR team in August 2025. I considered the problems to be severe and clearly indicative of manipulated data (see image below): Sarhan et al. 2010 (DOI: 10.1002/app.32522) pubpeer.com/publications...

*foil hat on* The only reason today's Nobel prize was given to #MOFs, is to revive #ChemSky aka #ChemTwitter - just look on your feed now.

Okay, today is physics #NobelPrize day, so there's just enough time for another instalment of... PHYSICS NOBEL PRIZES YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OF – PART 2 In 1912, a Swedish inventor called Gustaf Dalén beat Albert Einstein and Max Planck (inter alia) to the biggest prize in physics. How? Well...🧵🧪⚛️

Speaking about working conditions - here is the photo of my previous place (I was passing by yesterday). And yes, I have no idea what is going on :)

A nice #Olex2 feature on serial refinement in #SmallMolecule #diffraction 😀😀 doi.org/10.1063/4.00... #ResonantDiffraction #crystallography #education

Somehow I ended up inside a NMR console this afternoon with realization that I am touching NMR only when it is not working.

congratulations kyanite! 🏆 (also congratulations tugtupite, you rock). #MinCup25 #minerals Here's my version of the bracket with my hand-drawn minerals.

I think that this year I brought 10-30 people to #MinCup25 with this whiteboard. Also my typos accidentally produced a cute mineral name - tugtupetite.

Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91

I see some new nice people joining us here on #SciSky #Academicsky - Welcome!! 🎉 🙌 Here's some tips to get you started 👇 1) #starterpacks allow you to easily follow profiles you might be interested in, and tailor your daily feed. You into #crystallography ? Here's one go.bsky.app/MoRWz57.

Giving a webinar on #BlueSoup this Friday, in case anyone wants to pop in during their lunch!

Vote Haüyne over RUST! One of the most complex crystal structures in the #MinCup25 this year - but cubic so you can make these beaut representations!

Little question for #CompChemSky folks: I need a routine tool to determine the point group sym of a bunch of atoms (not necessarily connected with bonds) and I saw VDM has a cool plugin for it, but it's not behaving for my xyz files (although the loading looks ok). Anyone has experience with this?

Do you remember a PhD who studied this sample? #crystallography kinda...

I was surprised to find that this compound was not known yet (structure of it). Also true: "I was surprised to find this compound". #crystallography #RealTimeChem

My choice today is #cuprosklodowskite! Why? Because it is a part of one of the biggest family of minerals (where N=3*). At this moment geologists are saying "wuuut?" Family in family sense - three minerals after 4 members of a family: sklodowskite (and derivatives), curite and joliotite.

Few spots left! 🎯 Join the 4th European Olex2 User Meeting Oct 9–10 at STOE in Darmstadt. Learn Olex2 from the people who built it! Deadline: Sept 28 ⏰ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

20 years of FLPs! Check out this article published together with the pioneer of FLPs himself (Prof. Douglas Stephan) covering some of the highlights of FLP chemistry over the last two decades. pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Our latest article on B chemistry @boron-chemistry.bsky.social is featured on the cover of ChemistryEurope @chemistryeurope.bsky.social (chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...) : from new Lewis superacids/pyridine pairs to unusual binding modes with WCAs and B-N bis-triptycenes.

📣 The #GE3C has awarded the Gold Medal 🎖️, its highest distinction, to Professor Santiago García Granda, from the University of Oviedo and President of the IUCr, in recognition of his extensive and outstanding 🔝 scientific career in the field of crystallography 💎.

As (ex)high-pressure crystallography guy, I voted for #kyanite.

Our lab added few votes for #dioptase

Not #mineralnames, but just names. TIL that name Margaret (and around) is just the Greek word for pearl. But I learn it from reading MinDat!

The mineral Mapiquiroite named after _four_ people: Riccardo Mazzanti, Luigi Pierotti, Ugo Quilici and Moreno Romani. Is it a record (except organizations)? Before I knew only example(s) with 3 people in the #mineral name. #mineralnames www.mindat.org/min-43876.html

"There is no mineral named Makotoite in the results provided; instead, the query may be a misspelling of Bezsmertnovite," - -Yeaah, obviously I maid a typo here.

Mineralogists: - We will name this mineral loparite. (a bit later) - Or better loparite-(Ce). (and again a bit later) - Never mind, just loparite. #mineralnames www.mindat.org/min-2432.html

So, crystallography folks, can guess what it is? Single-crystal related, device is complete and I know the answer. #crystallography #oldschool

Carpathite is one of the few organic minerals...why are y'all not voting for it??!! Join team #carpathite with me!