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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.
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The deadline for some of our Awards is 15th November and is fast approaching!

There's just time to get your application in for:
● New Researcher's Award
● Geologists' Association Research Awards
● Geologists' Association Meetings Award

More info & how to apply: geologistsassociation.org.uk/awards/
November 6, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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The Geologists' Association 2026 calendar featuring the winning images and other highly commended photos is now available to buy from the GA website.

At just £6 +p&p it's a bargain. The perfect stocking-filler!

Grab yours now while they're still available: geologistsassociation.org.uk.
November 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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The results of the GA 2025 Photo Competition have been announced & the three prize winners are:

🥇Belinda DiQuinzio for Ice-scoured Bedrock, Cuillin Range, Scotland
🥈Jonathan Turner for Serpentinite Boulders, Kynance Cove, Cornwall
🥉Gary Eisenhauer for Rock Formation in the Siloli Desert, Bolivia
November 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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One day to go before the 2025 Festival of Geology!

Join us at Burlington House tomorrow from 10.30am for a free family-friendly day of all things geological

View the historic apartments of @geolsoc.bsky.social and browse a fantastic range of exhibitors

geologistsassociation.org.uk/festival/
October 31, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Get ready to discover and explore because our club for junior geologists: @rockwatch.bsky.social is heading to the Festival of Geology on Saturday 1st November 2025 at @geolsoc.bsky.social Burlington House, London — and we want YOU to come along!

Full details: geologistsassociation.org.uk/festival/
October 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Michael McKimm was born in Belfast and grew up near the Giant’s Causeway. A graduate of the Warwick Writing Programme, he won an Eric Gregory Award in 2007 and was an International Writing Fellow at the University of Iowa in 2010. He now lives in London an he works for the Geological Society Library
October 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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We're really excited that author @deanrlomax.bsky.social & illustrator @bobnichollsart.bsky.social will be joining us at the Festival of Geology on Saturday to tell us about their latest book: The Secret Lives of Dinosaurs +Q&A & book signing

More info: geologistsassociation.org.uk/festival/#di...
October 29, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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Along rugged coastlines, through ancient forests and into the geological bedrock of Scotland’s wild places, Expressing The Earth embarks on a cinematic journey into Geopoetics - the philosophy developed by Kenneth White, which seeks a deeper connection between the mind, language and the living world
October 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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We're pleased to announce The Rock Showman will be our Master of Ceremonies at the Festival of Geology on Saturday, with his engaging and entertaining mix of science and circus.

See you at Burlington House from 10.30am!

For more information visit our website: geologistsassociation.org.uk/festival/
October 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Join us at the Festival of Geology to see the winning images from the GA 2025 Photo Competition!

A selection of the best pictures will be on display and have also been used to create the GA 2026 calendar (£6 +p&p)

Buy yours at the Festival or online: geologistsassociation.org.uk/ga_shop/#!/2...
October 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Join Frankie Dunn from @morethanadodo.bsky.social to hear about her research into the Ediacaran Period, and the Ediacaran-Cambrian transition, which occurred just before the Cambrian Explosion ~520 and 550 million years ago when the blueprints for the animal phyla were laid down.
October 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Would you like to know more about the last dinosaurs to walk in Britain and how they were discovered?

Join experienced fossil hunter Steve Friedrich for one of his workshops at the FREE Festival of Geology on Saturday November 1st at The Geological Society Burlington House in London.
October 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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How was the Jurassic Coast built?

Saskia Elliott will take us on a journey through 185 million years of Earth’s history packed into one 95 mile stretch of southern England!

Join us on Saturday 1st November from 10.30am. See the website for full details: geologistsassociation.org.uk/festival/
October 22, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Want to find out what it's like to unearth an Ice Age mammoth?

Want to hear about the incredible Ice Age discoveries behind the documentary "Attenborough and the Mammoth Graveyard" and meet the people who made the discovery?

Join us on Saturday 1st November: geologistsassociation.org.uk/festival/
October 18, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Join us from 10.30am on Saturday 1st November 2025 at @geolsoc.bsky.social Burlington House in London for the Festival of Geology, organised in conjunction with our colleagues at @rockwatch.bsky.social. A FREE family-friendly day of talks, workshops and activities, including:
October 15, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Our SchoolRocks! boxes have received some fabulous feedback from schools and home educators recently

We are now taking bookings for our Year 3 Rock & Fossil boxes and amazing Year 6 Evolution boxes for the winter 25/26 term

Order yours now: email schoolrocks@geologistsassociation.org.uk
October 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Join us at 18.00 BST on Friday 10th October at Burlington House in London for our next free talk - Thames Through Time: Cornish Flavour by Ian Mercer

This will be a hybrid event: in-person and online via Zoom. For those attending in person, tea will be served in the Lower Library from 17.30 BST
October 7, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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The GA 2025 Annual Conference at Keele University is finally over after a weekend full of interesting and varied talks, displays and field trips.

Thank you to NSGGA - North Staffs Group of the Geologists' Association and everyone involved in organising and delivering such a packed programme!
October 6, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Join us tomorrow at @keeleuniversity.bsky.social for our 2025 Conference: The Geology and Natural Resources of North Staffordshire

GA members/affiliates £45, non-members £55, students £10

Just turn up on the day: registration opens 08.30 BST

Full details: geologistsassociation.org.uk/conferences/
October 3, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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Welcome to October 2025 with a colourful image of the granite coastline in eastern Tasmania from the Geologists' Association 2025 Calendar taken by Howard Anderson, which was an entry in the GA 2024 photographic competition.
A rounded, rocky granite surface in shades of oranges and browns is prominent in the foreground of the image. In the background are tall eucalyptus trees beneath a clear, pale blue sky. The steel-grey sea washes directly onto the rocky surface.
October 1, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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Welcome to September with a close up image from the GA 2025 calendar of a Jurassic ammonite from Charmouth in Dorset, which was taken by Gerald Lucy.
September 1, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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The programme is taking shape with details of talks now available, including: The Secret Lives of Dinosaurs & The Adventures of a Palaeontologist – with @deanrlomax.bsky.social

The talk will be followed by a Q&A and a book signing with the author and illustrator @bobnichollsart.bsky.social
Dr Dean Lomax Bob Nicholls Front cover of the book 'The Secret Lives of Dinosaurs' written by Dean Lomax and illustrated by Bob Nicholls
August 26, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Join us and our colleagues from @rockwatch.bsky.social on Saturday 1st November from 10.30am until 4.30pm at @geolsoc.bsky.social Burlington House in London for the 2025 Festival of Geology - a free event for everyone interested in the story of Earth. Children and families welcome!
Event flier for the 2025 Festival of Geology
August 26, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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The deadline for entries to the GA 2025 Photo Competition is Friday 22nd August so there's still time to submit up to 3 photos for a chance to win a cash prize!

🥇£150 🥈£75 🥉£50

Email entries to: photocomp@geologistsassociation.org.uk

Full details: geologistsassociation.org.uk/photocomp_en...
August 16, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Did you know that the GA have boxes of fossils, rocks and minerals we hire out to UK schools and home educators for the study of the Key Stage 2 earth-science curriculum?

We have reached over 10,000 children across 113 schools and 7 home-educator groups as far afield as Elgin, Pembroke and Somerset
SchoolRocks! workshop fun with a geological timescale and loads of fossils. Photo by St. Mary’s C of E Primary School, Amersham. The Geologists' Association SchoolRocks! rocks and fossil boxes are supported by Reading Geological Society (RGS), the Building Research Establishment (BRE) and The Open University. School pupils examining replica fossil horses hooves from the SchoolRocks! Year 6 Evolution box. Photo by Holy Trinity C of E School, Marlow The SchoolRocks! Year 3 box. Each box contains child hand-sized specimens of igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks. There are also fossils, hand lenses and some small fossils or minerals to be given to the children. In fact, everything you need to teach the Rocks and Soils section of the National Curriculum Year 3 Science.
August 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM