Derek Jarman described the series of paintings from which ‘Landscape with Sandbars’ comes as empty and ‘waiting for something to happen’. The work seems to anticipate his later fascination with the coastal landscape on Dungeness, where he established his home Prospect Cottage.

The ammonite Rasenia showing an iridescent nacre from Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, UK. #FossilFriday

Very sculptural zincite in calcite. If you put the two blocks together the swirls of the zincite would look like a fleur de lis ⚜️. #MineralMonday #GeoscienceTwitter

It’s another Guess the Gem!! What mineral or variety do you think this gem is? Hint: … a famous fictional place… #GuessTheGem #GeoscienceTwitter

The answer to this one is emerald, a variety of the mineral beryl!! And my hint was alluding to the Emerald City from the Wizard of Oz. #GuessTheGem #GeoscienceTwitter

Wonderful assemblage of well preserved Gigantopecten restitutensis shells from the Miocene. #FossilFriday

My attempt at festive: this almost tree shaped specimen of the mineral variety peridot!! This one is from Zebirguet, Egypt. #MineralMonday #GeoscienceTwitter

For my first Mineral Monday of 2025 check out this aragonite that looks like coral!! Minerals can be so cool!!#MineralMonday #GeoscienceTwitter

For my first Fossil Friday of 2025: the ever popular Stegosaurus with its glorious vertical plates. #FossilFriday

Blue azurite and green malachite. Both are copper carbonates frequently found together. #MineralMonday #GeoscienceTwitter

Mammoth tooth with its numerous ridges from Castlepook Cave, Cork, Ireland. #FossilFriday

A great specimen of chalcocite from Cornwall, England. This mineral is an important copper ore. #MineralMonday #GeoscienceTwitter

📸 Elbaite tourmaline from Glenbuchat DYK you can find gem-quality tourmaline in Scotland? This parti-coloured elbaite was found at Glenbuchat, Aberdeenshire. These crystals grew in the pegmatite there, from concentrated incompatible elements! #MineralMonday #ScottishGeology

The famous Tyrannosaurus rex SUE the T. rex 🦖 with their glistening sharp teeth. #FossilFriday

Elongate crystal of corundum, still showing the characteristic barrel shape of the mineral species. #MineralMonday #GeoscienceTwitter

The fossil amphibian Diplocaulus with its boomerang skull and sinuous tail. #FossilFriday

Please find me on the other app (place with no clouds) with the same handle. #MineralMonday #GeoscienceTwitter #GuessTheGem