Ploppa
@ploppa.bsky.social
PhD chemist, amateur geologist, science teacher, feminist, atheist, CGillustrator sometimes and everything natural sciences.
"Uncivilized and boring science educator".
"Uncivilized and boring science educator".
Tough choice:
#carpathite bc I'm an organic chemist
#tugtupite bc of tenebrescence (when a mineral changes color after exposure to UV light)
Tugtupite from Greenland,
left: after exposure to SW-UV;
right: the pink color faded after ca. 1 day in its box.
(this sample has been stolen 2023 😭)
#carpathite bc I'm an organic chemist
#tugtupite bc of tenebrescence (when a mineral changes color after exposure to UV light)
Tugtupite from Greenland,
left: after exposure to SW-UV;
right: the pink color faded after ca. 1 day in its box.
(this sample has been stolen 2023 😭)
September 20, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Tough choice:
#carpathite bc I'm an organic chemist
#tugtupite bc of tenebrescence (when a mineral changes color after exposure to UV light)
Tugtupite from Greenland,
left: after exposure to SW-UV;
right: the pink color faded after ca. 1 day in its box.
(this sample has been stolen 2023 😭)
#carpathite bc I'm an organic chemist
#tugtupite bc of tenebrescence (when a mineral changes color after exposure to UV light)
Tugtupite from Greenland,
left: after exposure to SW-UV;
right: the pink color faded after ca. 1 day in its box.
(this sample has been stolen 2023 😭)
I'm back this week from Iceland and I couldn't help but take some souvenirs (I applied for permit and also my Icelandic friend helped)
July 6, 2024 at 4:30 PM
I'm back this week from Iceland and I couldn't help but take some souvenirs (I applied for permit and also my Icelandic friend helped)
Grattis!
Mina två sällsynta blåa axolotls i en av mina Minecrafts världar.
Mina två sällsynta blåa axolotls i en av mina Minecrafts världar.
November 19, 2023 at 1:17 PM
Grattis!
Mina två sällsynta blåa axolotls i en av mina Minecrafts världar.
Mina två sällsynta blåa axolotls i en av mina Minecrafts världar.
Some branches of green algae Spirogyra, collected on a beach by Bothnian bay near Umeå. They have then been cultivated at home and observed at microscope x400, around july. Some branches then initiated conjugation (left pic); right pic: zygotes after conjugation.
October 8, 2023 at 4:06 PM
Some branches of green algae Spirogyra, collected on a beach by Bothnian bay near Umeå. They have then been cultivated at home and observed at microscope x400, around july. Some branches then initiated conjugation (left pic); right pic: zygotes after conjugation.
Some red algae Ceramium from Bottenviken, Sweden, seen microscope. Found on beach near Umeå.
October 6, 2023 at 4:51 PM
Some red algae Ceramium from Bottenviken, Sweden, seen microscope. Found on beach near Umeå.
First post on Bluesky!
My banner is a Gyrosigma diatom, sampled from a beach on Bothnian Bay near Umeå.
Profile pick: dark minerals folds in calcite rock from Innansjön, Västerbotten - Sweden.
My banner is a Gyrosigma diatom, sampled from a beach on Bothnian Bay near Umeå.
Profile pick: dark minerals folds in calcite rock from Innansjön, Västerbotten - Sweden.
July 23, 2023 at 8:36 PM
First post on Bluesky!
My banner is a Gyrosigma diatom, sampled from a beach on Bothnian Bay near Umeå.
Profile pick: dark minerals folds in calcite rock from Innansjön, Västerbotten - Sweden.
My banner is a Gyrosigma diatom, sampled from a beach on Bothnian Bay near Umeå.
Profile pick: dark minerals folds in calcite rock from Innansjön, Västerbotten - Sweden.