I got something lovely in the mail shipped from Canada...it is a bismuth crystal!

It is a wonderfully beautiful crystal that I can keep on my desk. It is surprisingly heavy, and when you pick it up and run your fingers over it it sounds like a faint wind chime. I have already received compliments on it...everyone is amazed that this is naturally forming! My Mom even thinks it is kinda shaped like a Christmas tree. I had to use a picture off the internet because I couldn't accurately capture its coloring with my camera. Mine's even prettier than the one in the picture :)

I specifically asked my secret santa for something I could keep on my desk; It is sitting right next to my reddit USB drive, catching the sunlight...I had always seen cool stuff like this in my chemistry textbooks and always wanted to see formations like this in person. Now, I get to keep one...Nature is awesome. Reddit is awesome. My secret santa is AWESOME!

Thanks, frequencyfreak!