Chris 🧪⚒️
@chrisdoesrocks.bsky.social
Geologist, map maker, and partially-reformed trainwreck. Not TikTok famous either. https://linktr.ee/chrisdoesrocks
November 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
This week's word is an adjective for splitting in general, but in geology it especially applies to planar features of rocks. 🧪⚒️ #geology #science #wednsdayword
November 5, 2025 at 6:18 PM
This week's word is an adjective for splitting in general, but in geology it especially applies to planar features of rocks. 🧪⚒️ #geology #science #wednsdayword
This week's mineral is named in Russian, so I am definitely saying it wrong. But I checked my spelling, so you should be able to use that. 🧪⚒️ #geology #mineral #mondaymineral
November 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
This week's mineral is named in Russian, so I am definitely saying it wrong. But I checked my spelling, so you should be able to use that. 🧪⚒️ #geology #mineral #mondaymineral
This week's word is for all the chemists! It's a major process for chemical weathering and how igneous rocks release nutrients in soil. 🧪⚒️ #geology #definition #wednsdayword
October 29, 2025 at 5:35 PM
This week's word is for all the chemists! It's a major process for chemical weathering and how igneous rocks release nutrients in soil. 🧪⚒️ #geology #definition #wednsdayword
This week's mineral is a local one for me. Close enough that I'm familiar with the problem of thousands of visitors trespassing on private land each year to get some. Please be respectful when collecting! 🧪⚒️ #geology #mineral #mondaymineral
October 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
This week's mineral is a local one for me. Close enough that I'm familiar with the problem of thousands of visitors trespassing on private land each year to get some. Please be respectful when collecting! 🧪⚒️ #geology #mineral #mondaymineral
This week's spooky topic was chosen partially because it has the word "zombie" in it, and partly because it genuinely scares me. 🧪⚒️ #geology #spookysaturday
October 26, 2025 at 12:54 AM
This week's spooky topic was chosen partially because it has the word "zombie" in it, and partly because it genuinely scares me. 🧪⚒️ #geology #spookysaturday
This week's word is about one of the most precious resources on Earth. 🧪⚒️ #geology #definition #wednsdayword
October 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
This week's word is about one of the most precious resources on Earth. 🧪⚒️ #geology #definition #wednsdayword
This week's mineral is named for an element named for a town, which has several elements named after it. In fact both Y elements on the periodic table camebfrom that town. You can understand why some clarification was needed. 🧪⚒️ #geology #mineral #mondaymineral
October 20, 2025 at 9:15 PM
This week's mineral is named for an element named for a town, which has several elements named after it. In fact both Y elements on the periodic table camebfrom that town. You can understand why some clarification was needed. 🧪⚒️ #geology #mineral #mondaymineral
This week's spooky geology might be a stop on the LA tour circuit, but for tens of thousands of years it was a death trap for megafauna. If you thought quicksand was scary, try some that ties you up as it slowly drags you under! 🧪⚒️ #science #geology #spookysaturday
October 19, 2025 at 2:11 AM
This week's spooky geology might be a stop on the LA tour circuit, but for tens of thousands of years it was a death trap for megafauna. If you thought quicksand was scary, try some that ties you up as it slowly drags you under! 🧪⚒️ #science #geology #spookysaturday
Technically the image is of a series of hogbacks, but it conveys the idea. ⚒️🧪 #science #geology #wednsdayword
October 15, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Technically the image is of a series of hogbacks, but it conveys the idea. ⚒️🧪 #science #geology #wednsdayword
This week's mineral is a rarity for containing Indium, and is proof that I can't do tonal languages. 🧪⚒️ #geology #mineral #mondaymineral
October 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
This week's mineral is a rarity for containing Indium, and is proof that I can't do tonal languages. 🧪⚒️ #geology #mineral #mondaymineral
I'm no Vincent Price, but I still try to bring you some spooky geology. This week is about fires that burn underground, sometimes for centuries, and cause a variety of hazards. #science #geology #spookysaturday
October 12, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I'm no Vincent Price, but I still try to bring you some spooky geology. This week is about fires that burn underground, sometimes for centuries, and cause a variety of hazards. #science #geology #spookysaturday
This week's mineral is what happens when you take an already magnesium rich carbonate and push it against a magnesium rich igneous rock! 🧪⚒️ #geology #mineral #mondaymineral
October 6, 2025 at 9:10 PM
This week's mineral is what happens when you take an already magnesium rich carbonate and push it against a magnesium rich igneous rock! 🧪⚒️ #geology #mineral #mondaymineral
It's all fun and games until you're trying to invent calculus from first principles during an exam because it wasn't on the required course list! #science #geology #wednsdayword
October 1, 2025 at 9:13 PM
It's all fun and games until you're trying to invent calculus from first principles during an exam because it wasn't on the required course list! #science #geology #wednsdayword
It's the final round of Mineral Cup, and it's a heck of a matchup. The ever popular kyanite versus the newcomer tugtupite, both fascinating and culturally relevant in their own rights. Let's give them a big send off by going to mineralcup.org and voting today! #geology #mineral #MinCup25
October 1, 2025 at 12:50 AM
It's the final round of Mineral Cup, and it's a heck of a matchup. The ever popular kyanite versus the newcomer tugtupite, both fascinating and culturally relevant in their own rights. Let's give them a big send off by going to mineralcup.org and voting today! #geology #mineral #MinCup25
Both of these are optically impressive, but only one goes on to the final match. You can cast your vote for which at mineralcup.org today! #geology #mineral #MinCup25
September 30, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Both of these are optically impressive, but only one goes on to the final match. You can cast your vote for which at mineralcup.org today! #geology #mineral #MinCup25
Normally I apologize for the poor pronunciation of foreign words, but Canada still hasn't apologized for Justin Bieber so I'm calling it even. #science #geology #mineral #mondaymineral
September 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Normally I apologize for the poor pronunciation of foreign words, but Canada still hasn't apologized for Justin Bieber so I'm calling it even. #science #geology #mineral #mondaymineral
Both of today's competitors are fan favorites that are familiar to freshman geology students. Both have uses in industry, and both tell us about how our world was shaped. But you can decide which one you want in the final match by voting at mineralcup.org today! #geology #mineral #MinCup25
September 29, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Both of today's competitors are fan favorites that are familiar to freshman geology students. Both have uses in industry, and both tell us about how our world was shaped. But you can decide which one you want in the final match by voting at mineralcup.org today! #geology #mineral #MinCup25
Two green minerals with copper content, but only one slot in the next round. Does it go to the visible properties of dioptase, or the invisible hazards of cuprosklodowskite? You can help decide by voting at mineralcup.org today! #geology #mineral #MinCup25
September 28, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Two green minerals with copper content, but only one slot in the next round. Does it go to the visible properties of dioptase, or the invisible hazards of cuprosklodowskite? You can help decide by voting at mineralcup.org today! #geology #mineral #MinCup25
Two minerals with different colors, but the same initial. Which one sticks around for the next round? You can cast your vote at mineralcup.org and help decide! #geology #mineral #MinCup25
September 27, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Two minerals with different colors, but the same initial. Which one sticks around for the next round? You can cast your vote at mineralcup.org and help decide! #geology #mineral #MinCup25
It's structures vs optics in today's match. But there's also potential allies in the physicists and the anthropologists! Only one mineral can pass to the next round, so grab your friends and head to mineralcup.org to vote! #geology #mineral #MinCup25
September 26, 2025 at 1:15 AM
It's structures vs optics in today's match. But there's also potential allies in the physicists and the anthropologists! Only one mineral can pass to the next round, so grab your friends and head to mineralcup.org to vote! #geology #mineral #MinCup25
Today's match is brought to you by the letter H! Coincidentally, I filmed this on September, 24. That's Jim Henson's birthday, which is fortunate because I had no idea how to connect these minerals #geology #mineral #MinCup25 #seasemestreet
September 25, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Today's match is brought to you by the letter H! Coincidentally, I filmed this on September, 24. That's Jim Henson's birthday, which is fortunate because I had no idea how to connect these minerals #geology #mineral #MinCup25 #seasemestreet
Today's word is commonly applied to the tuhes, pumps, and pistons used in machinery. But the principles behind those systems were discovered by studying waterways, so it's kind of an evolution in usage. #science #geology #definition #wednsdayword
September 24, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Today's word is commonly applied to the tuhes, pumps, and pistons used in machinery. But the principles behind those systems were discovered by studying waterways, so it's kind of an evolution in usage. #science #geology #definition #wednsdayword
Todays match is between two spooky minerals. One is named after a famous scientist how died from the same uranium radiation it gives off. The other can appear as phantom spiders in the most familiar crystals. You can vote for your favorite at mineralcup.org today! #geology #mineral #MinCup25
September 24, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Todays match is between two spooky minerals. One is named after a famous scientist how died from the same uranium radiation it gives off. The other can appear as phantom spiders in the most familiar crystals. You can vote for your favorite at mineralcup.org today! #geology #mineral #MinCup25
One mineral tells us about the depth below the earth, the other comes from beyond Earth. You can decide which one goes to the next round by voting at mineralcup.org today! #geology #mineral #MinCup25
September 23, 2025 at 12:37 AM
One mineral tells us about the depth below the earth, the other comes from beyond Earth. You can decide which one goes to the next round by voting at mineralcup.org today! #geology #mineral #MinCup25