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Early Xmas present to those of you who need a platform-independent freeware for recalculation, plotting and classification of EMPA data from common rock-forming minerals! Just out in the Amer. Mineralogist doi.org/10.2138/am-202…. Download from mineral.gcdkit.org. #GCDkit

Our new viewpoint on lithium criticality is now available as an open access pre-print: lyellcollection.org/doi/abs/10.114… #criticalminerals Dr. Simon Jowitt MDSG

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Mad clouds over Perf this arvo… one can see allsorts #WesternAustralia

The eye of Sauron looking down from Mt Doom, dark volcanic clouds overhead. And rather lovely symplectites. Width of FOV ~10 km (6 miles) #Geology #Rocks @ScottisgGeologyTrust

If you or a young person you know is interested in Earth Science (incl. geology), why not suggest they apply for a Sutton Trust Summer School? This programme is available to students in S5 in Scotland (or equivalent). summerschools.suttontrust.com

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Duffield CC c. 1998… maybe

Ever wondered about metamorphism of Earths only known Hadean rocks? Lovely stuff from Jonas Kämpf onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jm…

Angela Rayner & I both grew up in poverty on council estates. We both left school without any qualifications. We both worked hard against almost insurmountable odds to get where we are today & we both now hold a truth twisting, law breaking government to account. No wonder

Just in time for #EGU24 — GPlates 2.5 has just been released, now with subduction teeth! 🦷 This long awaited feature means there’s no more second-guessing your subduction polarity in plate reconstructions. AuScope EarthByte SydneyUniGeo

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A massive dyke in the east Pilbara. And some camels. I ❤️ WA

Cannot wait. Imagine seeing the bastard… theguardian.com/science/articl…

Scotch on the rocks anyone? Incredible international collaborative #openaccess paper led by Anthony Clarke featured on the cover of nature using mineral #provenance to refine the origins of the enigmatic Altar stone at #Stonehenge nature.com/articles/s4158…

Anthony Clarke nature Stijn Glorie Chris Kirkland youtube.com/watch?v=HerAs9…

Our new study on Eoarchean granulites (>3650 Ma) from southwest Greenland 📜 Former melt films 🔥 very old garnets ⌛️ and beautiful anatectic zircons ✨constrain Eoarchean P–T–t. Get your free copy here 👇👇 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Eoarchaean metamorphism you say? Very proud to have been involved with this excellent study led by Julian Alfing. Top banana. authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S00…