Big 12 Champion 🤝 Super Bowl Champion Jairon is headed to the Los Angeles Rams. #RamsHouse #NFLDraft | #SicEm | #BUncommon

Red Spotted Purple butterfly poses on a dirt road

diamond we found in the Cretaceous lamproite at Craters of Diamond State Park, Arkansas. It’s a little 5 pointer but the yellow and luster really scream.

DAC stands for diamond anvil cell. These 2 are looking like Star Wars characters. They are holding pyroxenes for lithosphere mineral physics experiments.

It can’t be that good or you’d be breaking your embargoes.

For your teaching collection. Malachite after azurite, Millpillas, Mexico

New Shimadzu electron microprobe on Day 1 being open for business in the E-beam Lab at the Jackson School of Geosciences at UT-Austin.

Our Hamman Gem & Mineral Gallery just got even more dazzling!❇️Learn more about the 40 world-class Mexican ore minerals that make up our new Long Collection: jsg.utexas.edu/news/2025/03/w…

Trucking around Yellowstone

🌾 UT Jackson School of Geosciences Alum Jake Jordan (Ph.D. ’17) led his team Mati Carbon- Durable CO2 removal to a $50M @XPRIZE win by using volcanic rock dust to pull CO₂ from the air and boost crop yields. Their solution is transforming farming and giving the world a breath of fresh air: utx.global/4392OSj.

congrats to JT for publishing on his drone infrared system, and the incredible career he has built. James built a mini TIR system that can be built cheap, the designs are free. Accessible to scientists in first world and developing nations! jvolcanica.org/ojs/index.php/…

UT PhD student Abby working the Laki lavas and fall deposits.

Iridescent Strombolian fall, reticulite, and the Laki team.

BA collecting the penultimate Laki lava crust sample

Columnar basalts are a personal favorite. But collecting the perfect specimen remains elusive.