Any mineral can be defined as a naturally-occurring substance that is both solid and inorganic; in general, minerals have an ordered atomic structure. Minerals differ vastly from rocks, which may be composed of an aggregate-mass of both minerals and non-minerals. Like everything else in existence, minerals can be described by physical properties relating to their physical composition and chemical structure, yet there remains some debate as to what constitutes a valid mineral, especially in terms of whether or not the mineral in question possesses truly abiogenic (inorganic) properties. Because ice—frozen water—is both solid and inorganic (lacking carbon atoms in its molecules) and has an ordered atomic structure, it is defined, in many cases, as a mineral. Bricks have a long and venerable role to play in human history. Any brick may be a roughly-cubical mass of kneaded clay-bearing soil, sand or lime or concrete material either fire hardened or sun-baked. Fired bricks are the most commonly used and recognized. There are all sorts of fancy names and classifications for bricks, but they serve the same overall purpose; human sorts of creatures construct many of their nests with roughly-cubical masses of kneaded clay-bearing soil, sand or lime or concrete material. The oldest examples of bricks in human culture were made with shaped mud 7500 years before the advent of the Christian Era. Surviving examples of these bricks may be found in what is now the country of Turkey. I found mineral (ice) coated bricks in Berwyn, on the night after a major snow-storm buried the Midwestern USA under loads and loads of snow. I wasn’t thinking of Anatolian mud shaped into bricks, nor did the mineral properties of frozen water enter my mind. I was more interested in… …something else, but I was given pause by the presence of ice and brick, and so—well within the depths of my pause—a snapped a few photos, the best of which accompanies this text. The image here bears nothing in common with ancient history or the concerns of a mineralogist, and yet connections may exist in unexpected, unexplored regions of intuitive association. Or maybe not. At any rate, I snapped a photo of ice and brick, and—as always—thank you for viewing, reading, and commenting, and I hope you’re all having a great week; hopefully you’re all keeping warm also.