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Dr Adam Jeffery
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Lecturer in Forensic Geoscience | Igneous petrologist | Geochemist | Autistic | Editor @WeAreVolcanica | Editor @StudentNatural | All views my own
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My office has become very big and breezy this week, with more cavorting fighter jets than usual. Spectacular #geology in the lake district. #fieldwork
Scenic view of a valley near Seathwaite in the lake district, U.K. Scenic view of mountainous terrain near Wrynose Pass, Lake District, U.K.
May 21, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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If you're at #EGU and interested in hearing what #autistic students have to say to you about #geoscience #education and #inclusion, we'll be sharing their voices on Thursday (1st May) at 12:10-12:20 CEST in Room 2.21.
Autistic voices in geoscience: lessons to enhance inclusive practice. Adam Jeffery, Steven Rogers, Kelly Jeffery, Mark Lucherini, Julie Hulme, Martin Griffin, Elizabeth Derbyshire, Kristopher Wisniewski, Jamie Pringle, Catherine Hallam, Isobel Stemp, Lisa Lau, Liam Bullock.
April 29, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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Olivine olivine, and some more olivine in a peridotite.

#thinsectionthursday #geology #science #minerals #rocks
An image of a rock thin section under the microscope showing an array of brightly coloured crystals of the mineral olivine.
April 24, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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A nice transition from katophorite (brown) into ferro-eckermannite (blue) and then aegirine (green) in the interstitial space of a peralkaline syenite

#thinsectionthursday #geology #science #minerals #rocks
A rock thin section showing an interstitial space between feldspar crystals which change in colour from brown to blue to green as the mineralogy changes.
April 17, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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A nice schist with muscovite, kyanite/sillimanite, chlorite, and twinned plagioclase.

#thinsectionthursday #geology #science #minerals #rocks
An image of a rock in thin section, displaying crystals of various minerals (kyanite, sillimanite, muscovite, chlorite, plagioclase). A schistose texture is observed, with the muscovite being aligned and appearing to 'flow' from top right to bottom left of the image.
April 10, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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A relict olivine crystal being insidiously replaced by serpentine in a forsterite-diopside marble.

#thinsectionthursday #geology #science #minerals #rocks
A large olivine crystal showing bright second order interference colours. Fractures cut across the majority of the crystal, along which the olivine is being replaced by first order grey serpentine.
April 3, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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Tried a diff. approach w/ PPT slides this year. Rather than slide numbers, the slides transition from morning through to evening to indicate progression, with diff. animals throughout.

Gives the chance to sneak one easter egg into each lecture too.

#highereducation #teachers #edusky #education
A Powerpoint slide with an early morning sky in the background and a silhouette of trees, dear, and birds in the lower right corner. A Powerpoint slide with a midday sky in the background and a silhouette of trees, a rabbit, and a T-Rex in the lower right corner. A Powerpoint slide with an early evening sky in the background and a silhouette of trees, and Jill Valentine fighting zombies with a shotgun in the lower right corner. A Powerpoint slide with an late evening morning sky in the background and a silhouette of trees, Darth Vader, and Luke Skywalker in the lower right corner.
March 16, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Clinopyroxene, plagioclase, and abundant leucite (hiding in plain sight) in a tephritic lava from Vesuvius, Italy

#thinsectionthursday #geology #science #minerals #rocks
An microscope image of a thin section of rock
March 6, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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Quartz and alkali feldspar in a swirling rhyolite from Arran, Scotland.

#thinsectionthursday #geology #science #minerals #rocks
February 27, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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A coarse grained, amphibole-bearing glomerocryst (right) contrasted against crystal-rich, porphyritic basaltic andesite (left).

#thinsectionthursday #geology #science #minerals #rocks
A rock in thin section viewed under the microscope.
January 30, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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Aegirine in a peralkaline syenite from the Azores.

The darker patch in the middle (and the crystal above) is ferro-eckermannite or arfvedsonite, a Na-rich amphibole.

The surrounding grey crystals are a cumulus framework of alkali feldspar.

#thinsectionthursday #geology #science #minerals #rocks
An image of a rock under the microscope. A large crystal of brightly coloured aegirine surrounded by alkali feldspar crystals.
January 23, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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Interlocking olivine, clinopyroxene, and plagioclase feldspar in a relatively pristine gabbro.

FoV = 2.5 x 1.5 cm

#thinsectionthursday #geology #science #minerals #rocks
An image of a rock thin section viewed under the microscope in cross-polarised light. Three minerals (olivine, clinopyroxene, and plagioclase feldspar) are visible.
January 16, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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I used to do this somewhere else: a nice contact between coarse agpaitic syenite and finer grained metaluminous syenite.

The latter includes a mixed mineral assemblage with forsterite and diopside derived from mixing with hawaiitic magmas.

#thinsectionthursday #geology #science #minerals #rocks
A rock thin section showing a contact between coarse syenite and medium grained, prophyritic syenite.
January 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM