A nice gneiss😂 Amphibolite gneiss from Stateville NC #Rockhound #Geology #Geoscience

Here's how educator @mrswendymturner.bsky.social ties up end-of-unit loose ends – check it out!

This is a sad but interesting question. How many grad students will leave and where, if anywhere will they go ?

Favorite Gem stone:Tanzanite Favorite mineral: Azurite Favorite rock: Western Australian Banded Iron Formation Favorite fossil: anything in the Mammutidae #Geology #Rockhound #Blacksky #Paleontology

Watch seismic waves from the M7.7 earthquake in Myanmar ripple across North America. This animation, called a Ground Motion Visualization (GMV), shows how the ground moved as detected by seismometers across the continent.

⚒️ This looks bad, bad, bad: moment magnitude of 7.7 earthquake near Mandalay, Myanmar (95.9°E, 22.0°N), at a depth of 10 km. Strong inland shaking in a heavily populated area - USGS PAGER alert level is RED. Following thread compiles useful information from reliables sources I have seen on here.

The M7.7 Myanmar earthquake occurred on the Sagaing Fault. This right-lateral strike-slip fault is one of the major faults that defines the plate boundary between the Indian and Sunda plates.

Rock Identification xkcd.com/3068

Oh HELL yeah, buddy.

Can I predict an earthquake? Sure! There will be an earthquake in California today. But this isn’t meaningful because there are earthquakes in CA EVERY DAY. For an earthquake prediction to be meaningful, it has to specify a time, location, & magnitude that is unlikely to occur randomly. 1/ 🧪

I need to go to Arkansas to get more of this quartz 😍 #blacksky #Geology #Rockhound

Time to ID what I got. #mineralmonday #blacksky #geology #rockhound

Here some Fluorite to brighten up your day 😊 #Geology #Rockhound #Blacksky

Finally back home from the Tampa Bay area. I'm mad that I wasn't able to bring a shovel and sieve with me. Not the less some good finds from the Plio-Pleistocene sediment.

Very much this.

Just going to put this here to let y’all determine if cutting down more forests would help us much here in the US. Makes sure yall share this post. #Environmentalscience #Earthscience #Educate #Blacksky

standupforscience2025.org #Blacksky #STEM #Geology

Finally collected over 3500 fossils from this creek. Time to be a data nerd 😎 #Geology #Paleontology #Blacksky #FossilFriday

Have you ever heard of a limnic eruption? Probably not, since only a few have occurred in recorded history. Here is a thread on one of the wildest natural disasters that almost never happen, and the “invisible tsunami” that claimed over 1,700 lives in the middle of the night, without a sound. 1/10🧵

Made it to level 26 #Blacksky

Amethyst my birthstone! Amethyst get their color from iron impurities and being exposed to radiation gets the purple color. This radiation comes from the Earth itself. #Geology #Blacksky #Rockhound

Smokey Quartz is next on our list. Smokey quartz has aluminum impurities. Those impurities are being exposed to radiation which why it has that color. This radiation can come from the decay of minerals. Smokey quartz did have the use of sunglasses in ancient China. #Blacksky #Geology #Rockhound

Ruby blue Valentine: Corundum is red Corundum is blue Don't ID crystals Just by their hue 🧪⚒️

❤️🌋 Happy Valentines Day 🌋❤️ #GeologyIsBeautiful

Blue quartz. A rare type of quartz only found in a limited locations. Blue quartz gets its color due to extremely tiny rutile needles inside and indicates its form in high temperatures environment. #blacksky #geology #rockhound

Rose quartz is next on our list. Well know for its pink color. Rose quartz gets in color because of fibers of an aluminum-boron silicate mineral, not titanium. #blacksky #geology #rockhound

What side are you on?

Officially dubbing this week quartz week. Every day Im posting a variety of types of Quartz. With that being said let's start with clear/milky quartz. Commonly found everywhere with little to no impurities. Common uses are to make glass, microchips, and to find economic minerals. #Blacksky #Geology

“Certified loverboy Certified pdf” #blacksky

MUSSTTTAAAARRRRRDDDDDDD🕺🏾

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Another interception 🔥🔥🔥

Me when I see quartz with polished faces or coated in metal ("rainbow aura quartz") #GeologistProblems #IPreferMyQuartzWithStriations

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

Happy: Black history Black present Black future Black love Black joy Black health Black healing Black people Black community Black family Black kids Black culture Black creativity Black ingenuity Black legacy Black innovation Black liberation Black resistance Black existence ...month🖤

In the US 0.9% of the work force of considered themselves as black environmental scientists/ geoscientist. This post is dedicated to those people who contribute whether working in a lab or working in the classrooms. I love being geologist but I’m proud to be a black geologist. #Geology #Blacksky

Somewhere in the U.S., there’s a scientist staring at their NSF/NIH grant application wondering why they bother. This post is for you. Science and society both need you. Hang in there and know there is a whole community supporting you.

Updated DEI list of companies committed to DEI Costco, Meijer,Kroger,Giant Grocery,Ben & Jerry’s,Ulta,Macy’s, Old Navy,Nordstrom’s,TJ Maxx,GoTo Foods (includes Moe’s Southwest Grill, Mcalister’s, Auntie Anne’s, Jamba, Cinnabon, and more…),Dollar Tree, Walgreens, Wegmans (for those on the east coast)

Well Fuck…….

All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.

The National Energy Emergency Executive Order includes designated critical minerals (elements)

Smile everyday and love the children, love the community and respect every member of staff in the team. Teaching is the greatest job in the world. @chrisdysonHT

Hematite from Graves Mountain GA. About 700 Millions Years ago this area was a volcanic island. The rainbow color comes from a thin coating of sulfur covering the hematite. #Geology #Rockhound #Blacksky

Geoeducation is very important #Edusky #blacksky #Geology Random person:“Oh all you geologist just look at dirt and rocks” What we actually do:

No crazy fact for today. Aquamarine from Ray Mine NC. #Geology #Rockhound #Blacksky

Detailed article about PRI and the Museum of the Earth's current struggles. If the museum closes it may be the largest collection dispersed/lost in the US (with 7 million specimens it is one of the 10 largest in the US). ⚒️🧪🦑 Please share widely and help if you can! ithacavoice.org/2025/01/muse...

#MyPinCollection: Pin 18 I got this custom made pin from Hartiful. Because who doesn't love mineral puns? Shop link: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Hart... #MineralMonday