Isabel Queay
@mmmpebbles.bsky.social
Studying geology at UofG to fulfill my love of volcanoes
Have you ever seen a hill that looked out of place? Chances are it could have been a drumlin. Drumlin are teardrop shaped hills formed when glaciers pass through a landscape eroding everything but these areas of hard rock. Fun fact, @glasgow.ac.uk is actually built on one
January 11, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Have you ever seen a hill that looked out of place? Chances are it could have been a drumlin. Drumlin are teardrop shaped hills formed when glaciers pass through a landscape eroding everything but these areas of hard rock. Fun fact, @glasgow.ac.uk is actually built on one
Highlight of my Lisbon trip, visiting the Carmo Archaeological Museum. This 14th century gothic Church is in incredible condition for the fact it survived the 1755 earthquake that flattened most of the city
#Lisbon
#Lisbon
November 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Highlight of my Lisbon trip, visiting the Carmo Archaeological Museum. This 14th century gothic Church is in incredible condition for the fact it survived the 1755 earthquake that flattened most of the city
#Lisbon
#Lisbon
Had the pleasure of roaming the streets of Lisbon a couple weeks ago and everywhere I looked I saw this cool limestone. So many of the buildings and pavements are made of this gorgeous stuff!
November 12, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Had the pleasure of roaming the streets of Lisbon a couple weeks ago and everywhere I looked I saw this cool limestone. So many of the buildings and pavements are made of this gorgeous stuff!
This is a sign of welding. Found in ignimbrites, material has been deformed and stretched by the hot fast PDCs of the past. This one here is from Kintyre, Scotland.
September 30, 2025 at 3:58 PM
This is a sign of welding. Found in ignimbrites, material has been deformed and stretched by the hot fast PDCs of the past. This one here is from Kintyre, Scotland.
What you're looking at is lava... Lava in Scotland. The way the rocks look like they are bending is called flow banding which shows the direction the lava was going before it cooled into rock 🪨🌋
September 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
What you're looking at is lava... Lava in Scotland. The way the rocks look like they are bending is called flow banding which shows the direction the lava was going before it cooled into rock 🪨🌋
Moment of appreciation for this intraformationally folded siltstone with galena and interlayered sphalerite from Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia 👏👏
June 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Moment of appreciation for this intraformationally folded siltstone with galena and interlayered sphalerite from Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia 👏👏
Does anyone know if I can bring my rock hammer to my graduation?
June 17, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Does anyone know if I can bring my rock hammer to my graduation?
Thanks to my brother for letting me run wild in our local rock shop for my birthday/graduation. Check him out on Instagram for some cool object conservation content! @jwq_conservation
June 8, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Thanks to my brother for letting me run wild in our local rock shop for my birthday/graduation. Check him out on Instagram for some cool object conservation content! @jwq_conservation
Rocks can be dangerous without the help of volcanoes or landslides...
May 31, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Rocks can be dangerous without the help of volcanoes or landslides...
Check out my new reel on Instagram, I tried my luck at some digging for gold 🪨⛏️
April 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Check out my new reel on Instagram, I tried my luck at some digging for gold 🪨⛏️
Fun fact about garnet: the etymology of the word come from the Latin 'granatus' for grain. This is because garnet crystals in rocks reminded them of pomegranate seeds thanks to their gorgeous red colour
February 14, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Fun fact about garnet: the etymology of the word come from the Latin 'granatus' for grain. This is because garnet crystals in rocks reminded them of pomegranate seeds thanks to their gorgeous red colour
What a gorgeous specimen of a pallasite meteorite. The olivine rich crystals pop against the iron matrix. So interesting that olivine is too soft for jewelery but pallasite is a wonderful way to incorporate such a fascinating gem into your bling ✨
January 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM
What a gorgeous specimen of a pallasite meteorite. The olivine rich crystals pop against the iron matrix. So interesting that olivine is too soft for jewelery but pallasite is a wonderful way to incorporate such a fascinating gem into your bling ✨
This week marks the University of Glasgow's 574th birthday. As the fourth oldest university in the English speaking world and an objectively beautiful building, the gorgeous locally sourced Carboniferous sandstone bricks are a staple of the city skyline.
@uofglasgow.bsky.social
@uofglasgow.bsky.social
January 11, 2025 at 10:58 AM
This week marks the University of Glasgow's 574th birthday. As the fourth oldest university in the English speaking world and an objectively beautiful building, the gorgeous locally sourced Carboniferous sandstone bricks are a staple of the city skyline.
@uofglasgow.bsky.social
@uofglasgow.bsky.social
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January 7, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Check out my year in rocks!
Head over to my Instagram to and let me know which rock you are...
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Head over to my Instagram to and let me know which rock you are...
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December 28, 2024 at 1:08 PM
Check out my year in rocks!
Head over to my Instagram to and let me know which rock you are...
www.instagram.com/p/DD125bvMXD...
Head over to my Instagram to and let me know which rock you are...
www.instagram.com/p/DD125bvMXD...
I've been doing fieldwork for my dissertation and thought I'd share a feature I kept coming across: accretionary clasts. Like accretionary lapilli, during an eruption high moisture content in the air can make ash clump together, here the ash has used clasts of broken lithology as nuclei
December 8, 2024 at 1:53 PM
I've been doing fieldwork for my dissertation and thought I'd share a feature I kept coming across: accretionary clasts. Like accretionary lapilli, during an eruption high moisture content in the air can make ash clump together, here the ash has used clasts of broken lithology as nuclei
Check out my new Instagram account, click the link to see my first try at making a reel
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Spoilers: I had a trip to Highland Spring Water HQ
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Spoilers: I had a trip to Highland Spring Water HQ
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December 2, 2024 at 4:24 PM
Check out my new Instagram account, click the link to see my first try at making a reel
www.instagram.com/reel/DDDS_zN...
Spoilers: I had a trip to Highland Spring Water HQ
www.instagram.com/reel/DDDS_zN...
Spoilers: I had a trip to Highland Spring Water HQ
Miscommunication is harmful yet another clickbait, scaremongering article is circulating. If you actually read on, scientists are not concerned as a significant proportion for the gases released are from fluid-rock interactions, not magma.
www.earth.com/news/supervo...
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Supervolcano shows signs of waking up, which would plunge the world into chaos
Since 2005 the Solfatara crater in Italy has been releasing increased volumes of gas, catching the attention of researchers and locals alike.
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November 25, 2024 at 12:19 AM
Miscommunication is harmful yet another clickbait, scaremongering article is circulating. If you actually read on, scientists are not concerned as a significant proportion for the gases released are from fluid-rock interactions, not magma.
www.earth.com/news/supervo...
@geotenerife.bsky.social
www.earth.com/news/supervo...
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