Spent a lovely lunchtime at the unveiling ceremony for the new Miners Memorial at #Stoneyburn and #Bents #WestLothian for details of the day, the project and everyone involved see👇
mining-landscapes.org/news
#coal #miningheritage #miningmemorial

Turning Cooper into a fellow rock gremlin 🖤

Awesome day visiting Bute for the new Alberta Whittle exhibition at Mount Stuart - “under the skin of the ocean, the thing urges us up wild” - a series of works inspired by the island’s culture, exploring ideas connected to indigenous knowledge, the role Empire & colonialism

What a superb Big Ideas By The Sea- Scarborough festival 2024! From the Big Dig #archaeology with the fabulous Heritage Adventures Ltd to Kane Cunningham's wonderful #art exhibition '35 Years in the Making' Old Parcels Office Artspace - and everything in between. See you all again in 2025! 🥰

A great day exploring the former Comrie Colliery site in Fife through the lens of ecology, geology and art and the weather was kind #coal #mininglandscapes

Had a fantastic time at our first Mining Landscapes eco-museum workshop today - exploring the industrial landscape & history of the site, alongside the local geology and ecology with BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland, complemented by cyanotype printing with the fabulous Yvonne Weighand Lyle 🌱🖤

Head like a hole, black as your soul.. 🖤 I’m rather obsessed with this goth fluorite from Illinois (held in The Hunterian collections)

Heads up couple of cancellations for Friday free event in Fife. Be quick👇
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Stopped by Airth Castle last night. Spent a while admiring the remnants of lime harl and thinking of Dr Dr Tim Meek 🖤

Hello, my hair is now matching this gorgeous amethyst from Brazil. I’m also super excited to have started a new job as Curator of Mineralogy & Petrology at The Hunterian, where this sample is held 💜🖤

#DyingMyHairToMatchRocks

New entry on our website for Glasgow Queen Street Station submitted by Dr Katie Strang. Fosilliferous Jura Limestone. Thank you Katie! londonpavementgeology.co.uk/location-detai… #urbangeology

There’s still time to register for tonight’s Geoweek launch event 🌎🎉

Meet Tealliocaris weegie! Named for the people of Glasgow, there is great coverage on the fossil on the Royal Society of Edinburgh website 👇 #ScottishFossils