Gold is incredible - it is extremely dense (1 tonne = 37cm cube), very ductile (1oz can stretch to 8km thread), an excellent conductor, is edible (vodka!), very difficult to find (...) and has the most alluring colour of any material. It has my vote! #MinCup2019 #Ausome

Switching to gold at #MDSG2020, here's Jamie Price talking about gold mineralisation on the Mougooderra Shear Zone - bit of a cross-over with #TSG2020 here!

Cardiff Alumni Jessica Berry giving us a detailed insight into the use of accessory minerals to understand the evolution of mineralising systems.. with some lovely SEM imagery! #MDSG2020

SUERC are offering a geochronology short course. More details on the link below mdsg.org.uk/event/short-co… #geology #ECRchat #PhDchat

To all students & lovers of #ore #microscopy, there is a new open access book of U. Neumann that I can recommend. 👉 publikationen.uni-tuebingen.de/xmlui/handle/1… MicroMyEarth @oredepositshub University of Alberta SEG Student Chapter NUI SEG Student Chapter Bristol SEG Chapter Cardiff SEG Chapter Imperial SEG Chapter @geologyUS Black Forest – Alpine SGA Student Chapter SGA UK Student Chapter @bcnSGASEGSC

Now this looks like an excellent PhD project currently being advertised - with a direct link to industry and supervised by Cardiff alumni Hannah Hughes!

We've launched our 2020 Summer Internship Scheme (subject to COVID-19) with 5 positions available in the UK. Apply➡️ bit.ly/2020_internshi… by 29 May. 👏Thank You👏 to our partners GoldenStarResources #Petropavlovsk and #AltusStrategies #wiminspire #wimadvocate #womeninmining

Another great talk on Ore Deposits Hub! Check it out Black Forest – Alpine SGA Student Chapter Bristol SEG Chapter Imperial SEG Chapter Cardiff SEG Chapter Oxford Seg

To save the planet we need to understand the planet. - Earth Science earth-science.org.uk

Variation in olivine and plagioclase compositions across a thin section of a troctolitic olivine gabbro from the Indian oceanic crust. Mg=green; Fe=red; Na-blue. #ThinSectionThursday #EDSrocks

Interested in the intricacies of Archaean greenstone belts? Check out our new GSWA publication investigating the stratigraphy and structure of rocks in the Rothsay mining area, Western Australia - host to a refolded diapiric dome? Download for free here: bit.ly/30qktnY

Beautiful rubies in a micaceous schist from Mysore, India. They’re hard, they look nice and they are wonderfully fluorescent in UV light. Vote #Corundum for the 2020 ⁦Mineral Cup #MinCup⁩ champion! #Ruby #HardSchist

Looks like a fantastic project! And with the added bonus of fieldwork in Greenland! 😵

Working on geohazards? Looking for a faculty position? Come join us in Cardiff! earthworks-jobs.com/geoscience/car…

Considering doing a PhD rin the field of ore deposits geology? Check out this great opportunity to work on a skarn deposit in Indonesia. hzdr.de/db/Cms?pNid=49… University of Alberta SEG Student Chapter NUI SEG Student Chapter Bristol SEG Chapter Cardiff SEG Chapter Imperial SEG Chapter @geologyUS Black Forest – Alpine SGA Student Chapter SGA UK Student Chapter @bcnSGASEGSC METU Student Chapter, SEG

Free online course starts 26 April 🌎🌋 Retrace how Earth formed 4.5 billion years ago and evolved to become the planet we know today. Register here: bit.ly/38n1ezA

Nice tour today to the 2016 Norcia EQ ruptures, still very well preserved, with Ian Pierce Ian Pierce, Fiia Nurminen and students of the UniChieti Earthquake Geology master course Earth and Planetary Sciences - Univ. d'Annunzio