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Heather Rockspotter

@rockspotter1

Museum professional & science communicator. Lapsed igneous petrologist. Fascinated by stories of rocks & the beauty of science. Opinions my own.

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NatHistConservation (@nathistconserve) 's Twitter Profile Photo

#Museum30 #MuseumLoveStory For many years I have been inspired, cared for, conserved, exhibited and enthused on the Cardiff Curator collection of #Blaschka Glass Models Amgueddfa Caerdydd :-) Definitely a highlight of the job!

#Museum30 #MuseumLoveStory 
For many years I have been inspired, cared for, conserved, exhibited and enthused on the <a href="/CardiffCurator/">Cardiff Curator</a> collection of #Blaschka Glass Models <a href="/Museum_Cardiff/">Amgueddfa Caerdydd</a> :-) Definitely a highlight of the job!
Quakers in Britain (@britishquakers) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We are shocked and saddened by the racist, anti-migrant and Islamophobic violence on our streets. We hold in the Light everyone feeling scared right now and uphold all those contributing to peaceful relations and conditions in our communities 🙏 quaker.org.uk/news-and-event…

Heather Rockspotter (@rockspotter1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We should be doing this for all the #minerals in our phones. Sadly most people don’t even know that #geology powers our electronic world! Royal Mint starts turning e-waste into gold bbc.com/news/articles/…

Wolfgang Buettner (@wbuett) 's Twitter Profile Photo

#Eclogite, the most beautiful type of rock on earth, consisting of green omphacite and red garnet. It’s formed at great depths of more than 35 km from subducted basaltic ocean crust, and then exhumed back to the surface by tectonics, simply magnificent.

#Eclogite, the most beautiful type of rock on earth, consisting of green omphacite and red garnet. It’s formed at great depths of more than 35 km from subducted basaltic ocean crust, and then exhumed back to the surface by tectonics, simply magnificent.
Cardiff Curator (@cardiffcurator) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Dinohunters - palaeontologists are unearthing secrets from when dinosaurs walked the land and changing what we know about evolution in Wales. Find out more about the palaeontologists Amgueddfa Cymru | Museum Wales via the following link 🦖🦕bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

The Dinohunters - palaeontologists are unearthing secrets from when dinosaurs walked the land and changing what we know about evolution in Wales. Find out more about the palaeontologists <a href="/AmgueddfaCymru/">Amgueddfa Cymru | Museum Wales</a> via the following link 🦖🦕bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
Heather Rockspotter (@rockspotter1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Copper works reopening hits 'significant milestone'… would be great to share the mineral collections ⁦⁦Cardiff Curator⁩ has relating to this historically significant and nationally relevant site. bbc.com/news/articles/…

Geochemistry and Petrology Group @ Uni. Iceland (@rockhardies) 's Twitter Profile Photo

✨Preliminary petrographic and geochemical characterization of the August eruption at Sundhnúksgígar avaiable at this link 🌋: earthice.hi.is/eruption-sundh…

✨Preliminary petrographic and geochemical characterization of the August eruption at Sundhnúksgígar avaiable at this link 🌋:
earthice.hi.is/eruption-sundh…
Heather Rockspotter (@rockspotter1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Another example of understanding #geology being key to our decarbonisation and modern use of materials. Mine water could heat thousands of Welsh homes bbc.com/news/articles/…

Cardiff Curator (@cardiffcurator) 's Twitter Profile Photo

For World Rhino day, we've gone back in time with this cast of a woolly rhino foot! The cast was made from a virtually complete mummified carcass discovered in a ozokerite (mineral wax) mine in Ukraine 🇺🇦 #WorldRhinoDay 🦏

For World Rhino day, we've gone back in time with this cast of a woolly rhino foot! The cast was made from a virtually complete mummified carcass discovered in a ozokerite (mineral wax) mine in Ukraine 🇺🇦 #WorldRhinoDay 🦏
Heather Rockspotter (@rockspotter1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Nice to see other people in Wales appreciating rocks too - even if they don’t realise the role they play in coastal defence - think of the stories those stones around his fishpond could tell! Pinched pebble plea as crucial beach rocks taken bbc.com/news/articles/…

Cardiff Curator (@cardiffcurator) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Snakes, toad stones and fairy loaves – magical tales and folklore of fossils - You won't want to miss this #Halloween look behind the scenes in the fossil collections Amgueddfa Caerdydd 📆31/10/24 ⏰2pm 🎟️£8 museum.wales/cardiff/whatso…

Snakes, toad stones and fairy loaves – magical tales and folklore of fossils - You won't want to miss this #Halloween look behind the scenes in the fossil collections <a href="/Museum_Cardiff/">Amgueddfa Caerdydd</a> 
📆31/10/24
⏰2pm
🎟️£8 museum.wales/cardiff/whatso…
Cardiff Curator (@cardiffcurator) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Fixing Our Broken Planet: Community of Practice 🌎 Join us on the 11th & 12th November for a free event which aims to enhance the museum sector’s resilience, with a focus on empowering our youth audiences Sign up to attend here: forms.office.com/e/xQ9yDJvrnR

Fixing Our Broken Planet: Community of Practice 🌎

Join us on the 11th &amp; 12th November for a free event which aims to enhance the museum sector’s resilience, with a focus on empowering our youth audiences
Sign up to attend here: forms.office.com/e/xQ9yDJvrnR
Heather Rockspotter (@rockspotter1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I’m joining the march away from Twitter. I’ve met some lovely folks here and I’m hoping to find you all again in sunnier skies 🥏🩵

Big Meadow Search (@bigmeadowsearch) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Heather, Calluna vulgaris. Typically up to 60cm. Leaves opposite, stalkless. Small purplish-pink flowers with purplish-green bracts. 4 pink sepals and petals, 8 stamens, curved style protrudes beyond flower.

Heather, Calluna vulgaris. Typically up to 60cm. Leaves opposite, stalkless. Small purplish-pink flowers with purplish-green bracts. 4 pink sepals and petals, 8 stamens, curved style protrudes beyond flower.