The Geologists' Association
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Founded in 1858, the Geologists' Association (GA) is a charitable organization that exists for all geologists and earth scientists. Our offices are co-located with those of the Geological Society at Burlington House in central London.
Welcome to #February2026 with a dramatic image from the Geologists' Association 2026 calendar entitled 'Ice-Scoured Bedrock, Cuillin Range, Scotland' taken by Belinda DiQuinzio, which won First Prize in the GA 2025 Photo Competition.
February 1, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Welcome to #February2026 with a dramatic image from the Geologists' Association 2026 calendar entitled 'Ice-Scoured Bedrock, Cuillin Range, Scotland' taken by Belinda DiQuinzio, which won First Prize in the GA 2025 Photo Competition.
One of our Local Groups: the Essex Rock & Mineral Society is holding its annual Essex Gem & Mineral Show on Saturday 21st February 2026 at North Romford Community Centre in Essex
It is the foremost show in the southeast of England with over 30 vendors and displays
More details email: show@erms.org
It is the foremost show in the southeast of England with over 30 vendors and displays
More details email: show@erms.org
January 27, 2026 at 2:51 PM
One of our Local Groups: the Essex Rock & Mineral Society is holding its annual Essex Gem & Mineral Show on Saturday 21st February 2026 at North Romford Community Centre in Essex
It is the foremost show in the southeast of England with over 30 vendors and displays
More details email: show@erms.org
It is the foremost show in the southeast of England with over 30 vendors and displays
More details email: show@erms.org
2026 UK Field Trip: The Building Stones of Strata Florida Abbey and St Padarn’s Church, Llanbadarn on Saturday 16th May 2026, led by Tim Palmer, Caroline Palmer & Ruth Siddall of @pavementgeology.bsky.social
£5 GA Member / £15 Non-member
Full details: geologistsassociation.org.uk/ukfield/#16may
£5 GA Member / £15 Non-member
Full details: geologistsassociation.org.uk/ukfield/#16may
January 26, 2026 at 2:56 PM
2026 UK Field Trip: The Building Stones of Strata Florida Abbey and St Padarn’s Church, Llanbadarn on Saturday 16th May 2026, led by Tim Palmer, Caroline Palmer & Ruth Siddall of @pavementgeology.bsky.social
£5 GA Member / £15 Non-member
Full details: geologistsassociation.org.uk/ukfield/#16may
£5 GA Member / £15 Non-member
Full details: geologistsassociation.org.uk/ukfield/#16may
Join us online via Zoom on Fri 6th Feb at 19.00 GMT for our next free talk when @dremmanicholls.bsky.social of @morethanadodo.bsky.social will deliver 'Tales from a Geological Curator'
Members and non-members must register in advance: non-members email sarah@geologistsassociation.org.uk for details
Members and non-members must register in advance: non-members email sarah@geologistsassociation.org.uk for details
January 22, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Join us online via Zoom on Fri 6th Feb at 19.00 GMT for our next free talk when @dremmanicholls.bsky.social of @morethanadodo.bsky.social will deliver 'Tales from a Geological Curator'
Members and non-members must register in advance: non-members email sarah@geologistsassociation.org.uk for details
Members and non-members must register in advance: non-members email sarah@geologistsassociation.org.uk for details
Great to see a friend of the GA Dr Ruth Siddall @pavementgeology.bsky.social in the spotlight for her geological walking tour of London
Check out the website of London Pavement Geology for more information: www.londonpavementgeology.co.uk
www.theguardian.com/travel/2026/...
Check out the website of London Pavement Geology for more information: www.londonpavementgeology.co.uk
www.theguardian.com/travel/2026/...
Rock up to London: discovering stones and fossils from around the world on an urban geology tour
The city’s architecture travels through time and continents, incorporating everything from slabs of the Italian Alps to meteorites that hit southern Africa 2bn years ago
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Great to see a friend of the GA Dr Ruth Siddall @pavementgeology.bsky.social in the spotlight for her geological walking tour of London
Check out the website of London Pavement Geology for more information: www.londonpavementgeology.co.uk
www.theguardian.com/travel/2026/...
Check out the website of London Pavement Geology for more information: www.londonpavementgeology.co.uk
www.theguardian.com/travel/2026/...
Spotlight on the natural resources of Greenland. Very topical considering current world politics.
theconversation.com/greenland-is...
theconversation.com/greenland-is...
Greenland is rich in natural resources – a geologist explains why
Greenland’s rare earth element deposits may be among the world’s largest by volume.
theconversation.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Spotlight on the natural resources of Greenland. Very topical considering current world politics.
theconversation.com/greenland-is...
theconversation.com/greenland-is...
Issue 64 of Earth Heritage magazine is out now and free to view online
Over 50 pages featuring earth science topics & localities from the home nations and further afield: tinyurl.com/48bb27v8
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Over 50 pages featuring earth science topics & localities from the home nations and further afield: tinyurl.com/48bb27v8
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@naturalengland.bsky.social
@natreswales.bsky.social
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January 13, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Issue 64 of Earth Heritage magazine is out now and free to view online
Over 50 pages featuring earth science topics & localities from the home nations and further afield: tinyurl.com/48bb27v8
@quaternaryra.bsky.social
@naturalengland.bsky.social
@natreswales.bsky.social
@naturescot.bsky.social
Over 50 pages featuring earth science topics & localities from the home nations and further afield: tinyurl.com/48bb27v8
@quaternaryra.bsky.social
@naturalengland.bsky.social
@natreswales.bsky.social
@naturescot.bsky.social
There's still time to register for our next free online lecture this coming Friday at 19.00 GMT: Reconstructing the Cretaceous Greenhouse by Prof Andy Gale from Portsmouth University.
Email sarah@geologistsassociation.org.uk for details.
Email sarah@geologistsassociation.org.uk for details.
Join us online on Friday 9th January at 19.00 GMT for our first free talk of 2026 when Professor Andy Gale of Portsmouth University will be reconstructing the Cretaceous greenhouse.
The talk will be via Zoom. Non-members should email sarah@geologistsassociation.org.uk for details.
The talk will be via Zoom. Non-members should email sarah@geologistsassociation.org.uk for details.
January 8, 2026 at 2:28 PM
There's still time to register for our next free online lecture this coming Friday at 19.00 GMT: Reconstructing the Cretaceous Greenhouse by Prof Andy Gale from Portsmouth University.
Email sarah@geologistsassociation.org.uk for details.
Email sarah@geologistsassociation.org.uk for details.
A fascinating historical new year's celebration involving Crystal Palace Dinosaurs.
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When 21 men saw in the new year by dining in a dinosaur
Guests braved the cold of December 1853 to have dinner inside a concrete mould of a dinosaur in a warehouse.
www.bbc.com
December 31, 2025 at 8:14 PM
A fascinating historical new year's celebration involving Crystal Palace Dinosaurs.
@cpdinosaurs.bsky.social
www.bbc.com/news/article...
@cpdinosaurs.bsky.social
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The December issue of the GA Magazine is out now!
The current issue includes excursions to Canada and Iceland and a UK field trip to Derbyshire. Plus articles on the historic fossil collection of the first GA president: Joshua Toulmin Smit and geological aspects of nuclear waste disposal.
The current issue includes excursions to Canada and Iceland and a UK field trip to Derbyshire. Plus articles on the historic fossil collection of the first GA president: Joshua Toulmin Smit and geological aspects of nuclear waste disposal.
December 29, 2025 at 11:10 AM
The December issue of the GA Magazine is out now!
The current issue includes excursions to Canada and Iceland and a UK field trip to Derbyshire. Plus articles on the historic fossil collection of the first GA president: Joshua Toulmin Smit and geological aspects of nuclear waste disposal.
The current issue includes excursions to Canada and Iceland and a UK field trip to Derbyshire. Plus articles on the historic fossil collection of the first GA president: Joshua Toulmin Smit and geological aspects of nuclear waste disposal.
Fascinating story. The fossil is on display at the Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery in Glasgow.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The prehistoric shark found in a suburban town in Scotland
The fossil was so complete experts could see remains of the last meal it ate, 330 million years after it died.
www.bbc.com
December 28, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Fascinating story. The fossil is on display at the Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery in Glasgow.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Season's Greetings from everyone at the Geologists' Association.
December 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Season's Greetings from everyone at the Geologists' Association.
Join us online on Friday 9th January at 19.00 GMT for our first free talk of 2026 when Professor Andy Gale of Portsmouth University will be reconstructing the Cretaceous greenhouse.
The talk will be via Zoom. Non-members should email sarah@geologistsassociation.org.uk for details.
The talk will be via Zoom. Non-members should email sarah@geologistsassociation.org.uk for details.
December 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Join us online on Friday 9th January at 19.00 GMT for our first free talk of 2026 when Professor Andy Gale of Portsmouth University will be reconstructing the Cretaceous greenhouse.
The talk will be via Zoom. Non-members should email sarah@geologistsassociation.org.uk for details.
The talk will be via Zoom. Non-members should email sarah@geologistsassociation.org.uk for details.
Late Quaternary evolution of a large rock slope deformation (Robinson, English Lake District) – a first such exploration by cosmogenic exposure dating in the British mountains by Peter Wilson et al
In the latest Proceedings of the Geologists' Association: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
In the latest Proceedings of the Geologists' Association: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
December 23, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Late Quaternary evolution of a large rock slope deformation (Robinson, English Lake District) – a first such exploration by cosmogenic exposure dating in the British mountains by Peter Wilson et al
In the latest Proceedings of the Geologists' Association: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
In the latest Proceedings of the Geologists' Association: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Vertebrate tracks in Pliocene aeolianite deposits of the Wankoe Formation, Western Cape Province, South Africa by Charles W. Helm et al.
In the latest edition of Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, vol 136, 6, December 2025.
Read the full article here: www.sciencedirect.com/.../pii/S001...
In the latest edition of Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, vol 136, 6, December 2025.
Read the full article here: www.sciencedirect.com/.../pii/S001...
December 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Vertebrate tracks in Pliocene aeolianite deposits of the Wankoe Formation, Western Cape Province, South Africa by Charles W. Helm et al.
In the latest edition of Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, vol 136, 6, December 2025.
Read the full article here: www.sciencedirect.com/.../pii/S001...
In the latest edition of Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, vol 136, 6, December 2025.
Read the full article here: www.sciencedirect.com/.../pii/S001...
🎄Looking for the perfect last-minute Christmas gift for a family member interested in rocks, fossils and all things geological?
Give them annual membership to the Geologists' Association: Single £40, Joint £55 or Student £20
Purchase via our website: geologistsassociation.org.uk/join/
Give them annual membership to the Geologists' Association: Single £40, Joint £55 or Student £20
Purchase via our website: geologistsassociation.org.uk/join/
December 18, 2025 at 6:18 PM
🎄Looking for the perfect last-minute Christmas gift for a family member interested in rocks, fossils and all things geological?
Give them annual membership to the Geologists' Association: Single £40, Joint £55 or Student £20
Purchase via our website: geologistsassociation.org.uk/join/
Give them annual membership to the Geologists' Association: Single £40, Joint £55 or Student £20
Purchase via our website: geologistsassociation.org.uk/join/
Buy your GA 2026 calendar now for delivery in time for Xmas:
geologistsassociation.org.uk/ga_shop/#!/2...
12 fabulous monthly pictures plus a bonus image on the front cover - the best images from the 2025 Photographic Competition. The perfect socking filler!
An absolute bargain at just £6 +p&p
geologistsassociation.org.uk/ga_shop/#!/2...
12 fabulous monthly pictures plus a bonus image on the front cover - the best images from the 2025 Photographic Competition. The perfect socking filler!
An absolute bargain at just £6 +p&p
December 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Buy your GA 2026 calendar now for delivery in time for Xmas:
geologistsassociation.org.uk/ga_shop/#!/2...
12 fabulous monthly pictures plus a bonus image on the front cover - the best images from the 2025 Photographic Competition. The perfect socking filler!
An absolute bargain at just £6 +p&p
geologistsassociation.org.uk/ga_shop/#!/2...
12 fabulous monthly pictures plus a bonus image on the front cover - the best images from the 2025 Photographic Competition. The perfect socking filler!
An absolute bargain at just £6 +p&p
It would be lovely to see you at Burlington House this evening for our next free talk followed by pre-Christmas drinks and nibbles but if you can't make it to London you can still watch talk online via Zoom.
Email sarah@geologistsassociation.org.uk to register.
Email sarah@geologistsassociation.org.uk to register.
Join us at Burlington House in London on Fri 05 Dec for our next free talk when Prof Joe Cartwright will tell us all about the Mull Dyke Swarm
Refreshments will be served in the Lower Library from 17.30 with the talk starting at 18.00 GMT
Plus join us afterwards for pre-Christmas drinks & nibbles!
Refreshments will be served in the Lower Library from 17.30 with the talk starting at 18.00 GMT
Plus join us afterwards for pre-Christmas drinks & nibbles!
December 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
It would be lovely to see you at Burlington House this evening for our next free talk followed by pre-Christmas drinks and nibbles but if you can't make it to London you can still watch talk online via Zoom.
Email sarah@geologistsassociation.org.uk to register.
Email sarah@geologistsassociation.org.uk to register.
Fascinating spotlight on the delights and rewards of a second career in palaeontology.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The GP turned Isle of Wight dinosaur hunter rewriting history
Retired doctor Jeremey Lockwood has used his medical skills to discover three new dinosaur species
www.bbc.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Fascinating spotlight on the delights and rewards of a second career in palaeontology.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Visit the GA website to buy our 2026 calendar: geologistsassociation.org.uk/ga_shop/#!/2...
12 fabulous monthly images plus bonus cover photo, selected from the best images from the 2025 Photo Competition
An absolute bargain at £6 +p&p
Grab yours now while stocks last: the perfect stocking filler
12 fabulous monthly images plus bonus cover photo, selected from the best images from the 2025 Photo Competition
An absolute bargain at £6 +p&p
Grab yours now while stocks last: the perfect stocking filler
December 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Visit the GA website to buy our 2026 calendar: geologistsassociation.org.uk/ga_shop/#!/2...
12 fabulous monthly images plus bonus cover photo, selected from the best images from the 2025 Photo Competition
An absolute bargain at £6 +p&p
Grab yours now while stocks last: the perfect stocking filler
12 fabulous monthly images plus bonus cover photo, selected from the best images from the 2025 Photo Competition
An absolute bargain at £6 +p&p
Grab yours now while stocks last: the perfect stocking filler
Join us at Burlington House in London on Fri 05 Dec for our next free talk when Prof Joe Cartwright will tell us all about the Mull Dyke Swarm
Refreshments will be served in the Lower Library from 17.30 with the talk starting at 18.00 GMT
Plus join us afterwards for pre-Christmas drinks & nibbles!
Refreshments will be served in the Lower Library from 17.30 with the talk starting at 18.00 GMT
Plus join us afterwards for pre-Christmas drinks & nibbles!
December 3, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Join us at Burlington House in London on Fri 05 Dec for our next free talk when Prof Joe Cartwright will tell us all about the Mull Dyke Swarm
Refreshments will be served in the Lower Library from 17.30 with the talk starting at 18.00 GMT
Plus join us afterwards for pre-Christmas drinks & nibbles!
Refreshments will be served in the Lower Library from 17.30 with the talk starting at 18.00 GMT
Plus join us afterwards for pre-Christmas drinks & nibbles!
Welcome to #December2025 with a detailed image from the Geologists' Association 2025 Calendar of Evolved Magnetism on an Unknown Planet taken by Ben Rider-Stokes.
A false-colour Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS) image of an extremely rare meteorite (NWA 15820) discovered in 2022 in Mauritania.
A false-colour Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS) image of an extremely rare meteorite (NWA 15820) discovered in 2022 in Mauritania.
December 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Welcome to #December2025 with a detailed image from the Geologists' Association 2025 Calendar of Evolved Magnetism on an Unknown Planet taken by Ben Rider-Stokes.
A false-colour Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS) image of an extremely rare meteorite (NWA 15820) discovered in 2022 in Mauritania.
A false-colour Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS) image of an extremely rare meteorite (NWA 15820) discovered in 2022 in Mauritania.
The calendar images are fabulous again this year. Thanks for your support @groundwatermike.bsky.social
Having recently turned the page on November 2025 calendar and found Jonathan Turner's photo of tightly folded Carboniferous rocks at Crackington Haven, it's a timely reminder to get the 2026 calendar, again featuring Jonathan's photo. Fantastic 👍
November 6, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The calendar images are fabulous again this year. Thanks for your support @groundwatermike.bsky.social