Lindamary Fowler
@lindamaryolivine.bsky.social
Geology, especially glaciers and volcanoes; painting landscapes; natural history; walking in the countryside
Balance of opinion so far is that it is a smelting byproduct. Or maybe hematite... Reminds me a bit of the widmanstatten patterns in meteorites
I am busy looking at my Italian black sand from the Baratti black sand beach where slag from working Elba iron ore wound up.
One grain type that puzzles me is the dark grey platy grains which might have 60° cleavage.
Natural or a smelting product?
These grains were caught in 0.5 and 025 mm seives
One grain type that puzzles me is the dark grey platy grains which might have 60° cleavage.
Natural or a smelting product?
These grains were caught in 0.5 and 025 mm seives
August 17, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Balance of opinion so far is that it is a smelting byproduct. Or maybe hematite... Reminds me a bit of the widmanstatten patterns in meteorites
Dieses Anliegen ist mir sehr wichtig – bitte unterschreiben & weiterleiten: act.campax.org/petitions/sa...
Sauvez le Bioparc Genève maintenant !
Nous avons besoin de l'appui de toutes les personnes qui visitent ou profitent des animations du Bioparc Genève. Si vous aimez notre refuge animalier et que vous souhaitez qu'il reste à Genève et pour...
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August 12, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Dieses Anliegen ist mir sehr wichtig – bitte unterschreiben & weiterleiten: act.campax.org/petitions/sa...
I joined almost 40 years ago... OUGS saw me through my BA(Hons) and I enjoyed it so much I stayed!
H.H.Read said "The best geologist is he who has seen the most rocks." Generations of OU geology students agree!
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This was why we started one of the OU's largest, and oldest societies!
Are you studying geology at the OU?
*** Join now: your fee will cover to the end of 2026! ***
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July 2, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I joined almost 40 years ago... OUGS saw me through my BA(Hons) and I enjoyed it so much I stayed!
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OUGS East Anglia Branch latest newsletter - Crag Rock Times
Members can acess all branch newsletters in the Members Area of our website ougs.org
Members can acess all branch newsletters in the Members Area of our website ougs.org
June 10, 2025 at 8:32 AM
OUGS East Anglia Branch latest newsletter - Crag Rock Times
Members can acess all branch newsletters in the Members Area of our website ougs.org
Members can acess all branch newsletters in the Members Area of our website ougs.org
I use mine as a mini, quick, oven! It's the "air" and "fryer" bit that's confusing
🧪...in which I learn that cooking with an air-fryer creates a 95% energy saving!
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www.physicsresourcebank.com/post/the-phy...
The Physics of....Saving Energy with an Air-fryer
I was very resistant to the idea of air-fryers when I first heard of them. I thought they were a fad and that we would one day look back at them like soda streams from the 1970s and wonder why we eve...
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May 31, 2025 at 9:23 AM
I use mine as a mini, quick, oven! It's the "air" and "fryer" bit that's confusing
Sorted mine out (though it was hard to find UK ones... filled out the form, done titles and long captions as well... sending them off soon!
Three weeks to go - find those photos NOW! Enter MEPC 2025!
Look out your best pictures and enter them! Two per category...
We are really looking forward to seeing them...
And I'm particularly eager to see your annotated pictures :) so don't let me down... please!
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Look out your best pictures and enter them! Two per category...
We are really looking forward to seeing them...
And I'm particularly eager to see your annotated pictures :) so don't let me down... please!
ougs.org/photo-compet...
May 31, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Sorted mine out (though it was hard to find UK ones... filled out the form, done titles and long captions as well... sending them off soon!
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A little #urbangeology for this #fossilfriday: the pavements of Verona are covered almost completely with Ammonitico Rosso, preserving these beautiful ammonites. It proves quite a hazard for a geologist walking the city head down!
May 23, 2025 at 7:10 AM
A little #urbangeology for this #fossilfriday: the pavements of Verona are covered almost completely with Ammonitico Rosso, preserving these beautiful ammonites. It proves quite a hazard for a geologist walking the city head down!
Alwqys a good read! Back numbers are available to members on the OUGS website
Welcome to the latest OUGS Scotland Branch Newsletter - ERRATIx
Our headline article is a well-illustrated field trip report: "Sunshine and Volcanoes: A Weekend in Glencoe"
You can also find Branch AGM Minutes in this issue
OUGS members can access all branch newsletters on our website, ougs.org
Our headline article is a well-illustrated field trip report: "Sunshine and Volcanoes: A Weekend in Glencoe"
You can also find Branch AGM Minutes in this issue
OUGS members can access all branch newsletters on our website, ougs.org
May 20, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Alwqys a good read! Back numbers are available to members on the OUGS website
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Take a look at past entries to see what appeals to judges... is it colour? Composition? Subject matter? Geology? Technical ability? Informative annotation? Or, as one of our Presidents said: "one that I would like to see on my office wall"!
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Moyra Eldridge Photographic Competition
OUGS Moyra Eldridge Photographic Competition. Founded in memory of Moyra Eldridge, keen photographer and one time Organiser of the Walton Hall Branch.
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May 17, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Take a look at past entries to see what appeals to judges... is it colour? Composition? Subject matter? Geology? Technical ability? Informative annotation? Or, as one of our Presidents said: "one that I would like to see on my office wall"!
ougs.org/photo-compet...
ougs.org/photo-compet...
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MEPC 25 - Closing date 21 June... five weeks to go...
Time for OUGS Members to sort out their favourites to share with the rest of us... and you never know, you could win a prize!
ougs.org/photo-compet...
Time for OUGS Members to sort out their favourites to share with the rest of us... and you never know, you could win a prize!
ougs.org/photo-compet...
May 17, 2025 at 6:00 AM
MEPC 25 - Closing date 21 June... five weeks to go...
Time for OUGS Members to sort out their favourites to share with the rest of us... and you never know, you could win a prize!
ougs.org/photo-compet...
Time for OUGS Members to sort out their favourites to share with the rest of us... and you never know, you could win a prize!
ougs.org/photo-compet...
www.bundenbach-fossilien.de/petition.html
"The Bundenbach area is one of the top 3 or 4 most important extraordinary fossil occurrences (Lagerstätten) in the World."
If you are interested in supporting, please do sign.
"The Bundenbach area is one of the top 3 or 4 most important extraordinary fossil occurrences (Lagerstätten) in the World."
If you are interested in supporting, please do sign.
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May 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
If John Nudds has signed... that was good enough for me
www.bundenbach-fossilien.de/petition.html
"The Bundenbach area is one of the top 3 or 4 most important extraordinary fossil occurrences (Lagerstätten) in the World."
If you are interested in supporting, please do sign.
"The Bundenbach area is one of the top 3 or 4 most important extraordinary fossil occurrences (Lagerstätten) in the World."
If you are interested in supporting, please do sign.
www.bundenbach-fossilien.de
May 16, 2025 at 7:36 PM
If John Nudds has signed... that was good enough for me
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🧪⚒️Just released Mike Hudec on salt tectonics. Amazingly, salt structures can be many tens of kilometers across. And because salt is extremely weak compared to other rocks and minerals, it is the first to deform in the presence of stresses. It's often involved in forming hydrocarbon reserves.
May 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
🧪⚒️Just released Mike Hudec on salt tectonics. Amazingly, salt structures can be many tens of kilometers across. And because salt is extremely weak compared to other rocks and minerals, it is the first to deform in the presence of stresses. It's often involved in forming hydrocarbon reserves.
Thank you Janet! Stuart - you'll do a great job! And looking forward to Musselburgh already
May 11, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Thank you Janet! Stuart - you'll do a great job! And looking forward to Musselburgh already
Great to see people!
A good AGM, a bit about next year's Symposium, and onto the talk!
May 11, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Great to see people!
I should have asked Avanti to clean the train window though...
Heading to our OUGS AGM in Coventry... nice bit of cross-strat by Platform 9 at Edinburgh Waverley :)
#UrbanGeology
#UrbanGeology
May 9, 2025 at 10:46 AM
I should have asked Avanti to clean the train window though...
Enjoy a bit of aerial geography - Hadleigh Ray/Benfleet - lovely coastal sediments on the north shore of the Thames estuary ... a place where my uncle, mum and dad sailed a lot 90 years ago
May 6, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Enjoy a bit of aerial geography - Hadleigh Ray/Benfleet - lovely coastal sediments on the north shore of the Thames estuary ... a place where my uncle, mum and dad sailed a lot 90 years ago
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Here's some more photos of these beauties. #geology #paleontology
May 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Here's some more photos of these beauties. #geology #paleontology
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***UPDATE *** Zoom attendees please register ASAP to be sure of receiving the link. Don't leave it until the morning of the meeting!
May 3, 2025 at 5:53 PM
***UPDATE *** Zoom attendees please register ASAP to be sure of receiving the link. Don't leave it until the morning of the meeting!
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#Strataday The early #Jurassic Ironstone Shales member of the Redcar Mudstone Formation (platform and lower half of cliff) and Staithes Sandstone Formation (upper half of cliff) exposed at #Saltburn , Redcar & Cleveland, UK, more deets in the alt text #geology
May 3, 2025 at 11:49 AM
#Strataday The early #Jurassic Ironstone Shales member of the Redcar Mudstone Formation (platform and lower half of cliff) and Staithes Sandstone Formation (upper half of cliff) exposed at #Saltburn , Redcar & Cleveland, UK, more deets in the alt text #geology
Cleavage / bedding relationships. #OUGS Severnside trip to Llyn du Bach manganese mines, North Wales with Tom Cotterell, then at the National Museum of Wales. #Strataday
May 3, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Cleavage / bedding relationships. #OUGS Severnside trip to Llyn du Bach manganese mines, North Wales with Tom Cotterell, then at the National Museum of Wales. #Strataday
See you there!
One week to OUGS AGM. Support your Branch Organiser and the OUGS Committee at this hybrid meeting followed by tea and a lecture by @daverothery.bsky.social
Register at ougs.org/society-even...
Annual report etc all in the members area of our website
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Register at ougs.org/society-even...
Annual report etc all in the members area of our website
ougs.org/news/1303/an...
May 3, 2025 at 8:20 AM
See you there!
The pointing finger belongs to my oppo Mick!
#FridayFold Devonian sediments, Jennycliff Beach, Plymouth Sound, England. #cleavagerefraction #foliationfanning as a function of grain size change. Cleavage parallel to the axial plane in finer grained (darker) sediments but fanned outwards where they are coarser grained (paler coloured)
May 2, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The pointing finger belongs to my oppo Mick!