Childs
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Childs
@childsplaygeology.bsky.social
Professional Rock Wrangler
American Museum of Natural History
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The latest eruption of Kilauea is underway, and she's shootin' sideways this time around!

USGS live stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqmp...
August 23, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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Happy pride month! #CrystalQueer #minerals 🌈💎
June 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
No caption needed, have fun.

#malachite #geology #geologyporn #mineralogy
January 18, 2025 at 8:23 PM
When I hand people my phone, I get asked about the stupid number of rock pics. But I mean look at it

#geology #minerals #calcite #quartz
January 13, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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First JWST image of 2025.
Wolf-Rayet star WR 140.
🔭 🧪
January 13, 2025 at 7:25 PM
This site needs more weird #calcite

#minerals #geology #nature
January 13, 2025 at 2:31 AM
My kingdom for a fantasy novel that actually understands what obsidian is
January 13, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Anyone else have a soft spot for wooden crystal models?
December 6, 2024 at 2:39 AM
I remain haunted by one of the best cerussite crystals I have ever seen. A perfect arrowhead twin perched on large crystals of anglesite. Lead mineral power couple.

#mineralogy #geology
December 3, 2024 at 12:30 PM
Love seeing the ways #sci-fi is used to bring new #science into popular imagination. Analog always included one article on "science fact" among its stories. This issue from 1966 tries to explain the new (and then-controversial) theory of plate tectonics!

#geology #history
December 1, 2024 at 4:18 PM
Just joined up and throwing my name out into the void. Follow for commentary on:

Mineralogy
Mineral Resources and Geopolitics
Science Communication
Natural History Museums
Science History
Collections Management
December 1, 2024 at 3:09 PM