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Vicky Veritas
@vickyveritas.bsky.social
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Born in the Anthropocene
Worked at the intersection of Geology and GIS 
BS Geology, MS Earth Science

#Geosciences | #EarthScience | #Geology | #GIS | #Rocks | #TeamFluorite | #ScienceFiction | #Fantasy
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ichnologist.bsky.social
It's the most wonderful day of the year for paleo-philes: #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge Day! Based on the preview & advance buzz, looks like a stunning series about our much-more-recently departed megafaunas. 🧪🦥🦣🦘🦬
tetzoo.bsky.social Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 19h
Years of work involving an amazing team at BBCSstudios Framestore AppleTV, our series #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge is out now on #AppleTV. Huge thanks to everyone involved. All 5 eps have been released!
Prehistoric Planet Ice Age promo card, Woolly mammoths. Giant kangaroo Procoptodon from Prehistoric Planet Ice Age. Homotherium serum from Prehistoric Planet Ice Age.
November 26, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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erikklemetti.bsky.social
I am pondering my next sabbatical. Do any of you at universities across the globe have programs/fellowships for visiting scholars/faculty from abroad? I'm especially interested in Latin America, Scotland, Wales, England, Japan, Finland, New Zealand, Australia. Thanks! [Reposted from the weekend.]
November 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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andersonmineral.bsky.social
The answer to this Guess the Gem is spinel!! This one was part of the Treasury of Saint-Denis in France. #GuessTheGem #GeoscienceBluesky ⚒️🧪💎
andersonmineral.bsky.social Erika Anderson @andersonmineral.bsky.social · 1d
Guess the Gem time!! What mineral do you think this gem is? Hint: in the past gems of this mineral were called rubies, though now the term refers to corundum. #GuessTheGem #GeoscienceBluesky ⚒️🧪💎
A pink oval cabochons mounted on a metal rod on a grey shelf with a grey background. There are some fractures in it. At the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle.
November 26, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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allochthonous.bsky.social
⚒️ Here's a worthy geoheritage cause; the Scottish Geology Trust is running a crowdfunding campaign for a "Deep Time Trail" at Siccar Point ahead of the 300th anniversary of James Hutton's Birth next year. 4 days left to contribute!
Building the James Hutton Deep Time Trail
We are raising vital funds for a new Deep Time Trail at Siccar Point to celebrate the life and legacy of James Hutton for his Tercentenary.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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timblor.bsky.social
Good morning Calaveras fault! Just felt a little M4.3 earthquake that is located near Gilroy. Just slight shaking in San Francisco that interrupted me as I was sipping coffee. If you felt it, you can report it here: earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
A USGS earthquake location map showing the location of a earthquake 8km east of Gilroy, CA
November 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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diegosismologo.bsky.social
And the paper is out! Great to work with my good friend @rocangel.bsky.social who led the way.

www.seismosoc.org/news/tsunami...
November 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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phaneritic.bsky.social
Had I not been asleep I likely would’ve felt this morning’s (6:18am) M4.0 quake located just east of Gilroy on the southern section of the Calaveras Fault. The fault (mostly) creeps w/o making large quakes from Hollister north to Gilroy with right-lateral offset.
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
Seismogram produced by my raspberry shake seismometer that shows a very sharp arrival of P&S waves in the top right corner on the wave form graph and also on the frequency graph on the bottom, right hand side of the picture. The map on the left-hand side shows the epicenter just east of Gilroy with a line of distance to my house of 49 miles. Zoom in of the US GS epicenter and shake intensity map with the star denoting the epicenter of the earthquake just east of Gilroy. Iso lines of intensities from Roman numeral five down to one radiate out from the epicenter. California geologic surveys active fault map zoomed in to near Gilroy showing section of Calaveras fault creeping in red transition to the central section of the Calaveras fault highlighted in orange (no historical quakes) that is non-creeping near San Ramon.
November 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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deepseadawn.bsky.social
Join us at the Ocean and Weather Symposium at Esri #FedGIS2026. So excited to have Dr. Leslie Smith, Director of the @deepoceanobs.bsky.social, a @unoceandecade.bsky.social program, speak about solving critical ocean challenges via science and collaboration.

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🌊 🦑 🧪 🌎 🌍 🌏 ⚒️
A flyer for the Ocean and Weather Symposium at FedGIS on February 11, 2026 in Washington, DC featuring a photo of Dr. Leslie Smith (she/her) who will be the keynote speaker.
November 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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canyonbirds.bsky.social
For #RockinTuesday
It's not my fault, Part 637. Yesterday as I was scrambling to the top of a mesa, I had to pause to get a shot of this series of little faults. I hope you all have a good day!
#hiking
#landscapes
November 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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erikklemetti.bsky.social
We got volcano time! (New eruption just started at Kīlauea): www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk0t...
Eruption on November 25, 2025 at Kīlauea in Hawai'i.
November 26, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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geophotographer.org
Subsurface rock beneath the Appalachians shows a mantle heat mass that formed during the Greenland and North America split ~80 Ma. It migrated ~1,800 km and now lies ~200 km under New England.
#Tectonics
#MantlePlume
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Paper
pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/...
Giant hidden heat blob slowly travels beneath the U. S.
An immense pocket of hot rock deep beneath the Appalachians may be a wandering relic of the breakup between Greenland and North America 80 million years ago. Researchers suggest this slow-moving “mant...
www.sciencedaily.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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nadwgab.bsky.social
330 of #365Minerals 🧪⚒️

Phlogopite:
- A mica group mineral
- Forms in igneous rocks and via contact metamorphism
- Its name comes from the Greek word "φλογωποζ/phlogopos" (resembling fire) because of its reddish tint #minerals
Two hexagonal sheets of brown, translucent phlogpite with a slightly cloudy appearance and colour zoning. From Rossie, New York, USA. This information is repeated on its display label. Specimen on display in the Natural History Museum, London. A thin cleavage fragment of zoned phlogopite, translucent with varying shades of green and brown. From Snake Creek, Utah, USA. Specimen on display in the Natural History Museum, London.
November 26, 2025 at 10:18 AM
vickyveritas.bsky.social
Never heard of Faden quartz. You’re in for a treat! Thank you, @richardgibson.bsky.social

⚒️🧪 geology geoscience #WomenInStem
November 17, 2025 at 6:05 PM
vickyveritas.bsky.social
Copper fans, we did it! Copper is the very FIRST Ore Cup Champion & the Ore Mineral of the Year. Great job! 🙌

Thank you, Mineral Cup team. The content has been extra excellent, & another great Cup. Kudos! 290 days until #MinCup26 !

#OreCup ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 🖖🏼 scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology 🍎 🔭🪐
Lustrous wavy copper stripes this museum specimen of a copper pseudomorph where copper has replaced the sedimentary cross-bedding of Precambrian shale. More at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Native_copper-replaced_cross-bedded_sedimentary_rocks_%28Nonesuch_Shale,_Mesoproterozoic;_White_Pine_Mine,_Upper_Peninsula_of_Michigan,_USA%29_1_%2817110279879%29.jpg
November 13, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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#OreCup
stressrelated.bsky.social Dr. Kim Hannula @stressrelated.bsky.social · 16d
I think it's cool how copper connects to tectonics - a failed rift in Michigan, ocean floor stranded by convergent tectonics in Cyprus - and how that tectonics connects to human use of metals.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 PM
vickyveritas.bsky.social
Copper crystals can form beautiful leafy patterns called dendrites from the Greek word dendron meaning tree. Dendrites grow due to mineral-rich fluids moving through cracks or during rapid cooling from a melt or vapor. Vote and more👇🏼

#OreCup ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 🖖🏼 scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology 🍎 🔭🪐
Aerial dendritic growth of elongated Copper crystals, with the dominant dodecahedron. From Ray Mines, Pinal County, Arizona. From: https://www.mindat.org/photo-55571.html
November 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
vickyveritas.bsky.social
Patinating copper is a thing apparently. Not for the faint of heart.
It involves ammonia, salt, water and a fumigation container.

www.instructables.com/Blue-Patina-...

#OreCup
November 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
vickyveritas.bsky.social
1/3 Well this is a first (for me): Native #copper replaces ancient cross-bedded sedimentary rock perfectly preserving the original cross-bedding. Copper does amazing stuff in Michigan. 🤯 More below! Pinging @richardgibson.bsky.social

#OreCup ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 🖖🏼 scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology 🍎 🔭🪐
Lustrous wavy copper stripes this museum specimen of a copper pseudomorph where copper has replaced the original sedimentary bedding. From: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Native_copper-replaced_cross-bedded_sedimentary_rocks_%28Nonesuch_Shale,_Mesoproterozoic;_White_Pine_Mine,_Upper_Peninsula_of_Michigan,_USA%29_1_%2817110279879%29.jpg
November 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
vickyveritas.bsky.social
Lady Liberty’s torch has gone thru renovations over the years. Originally designed as a lighthouse, the original torch was replaced by a new #copper torch in 1986 that was covered in gold leaf to give it a glow. It is 29 feet in length and weighs 450,000 pounds, with copper that will endure. Vote👇🏼
vickyveritas.bsky.social Vicky Veritas @vickyveritas.bsky.social · 20d
#Copper is the oldest metal worked by humans, & is 100% recyclable. Nearly 80% of all copper ever mined is still in use today. Historically significant examples of its use include the Statue of Liberty, which is made of copper.

Vote info 👇🏼

#OreCup ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology 🍎 🔭🪐
The Statue of Liberty in Paris, France before it was transported to America. Photo taken in 1886. When the statue was originally assembled, it was copper colored.
November 10, 2025 at 1:32 AM
vickyveritas.bsky.social
This is #copper. The exquisite golden tetrahexahedral crystal glows with its own light. And the amazing bevels (look closely) and faces! Only nature could create something so beautiful. Vote for Copper Ore. It has it all. Link in ALT.

#OreCup ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 🖖🏼 scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology 🍎 🔭🪐
See details at Mindat: https://www.mindat.org/photo-359476.html
November 9, 2025 at 10:09 PM
vickyveritas.bsky.social
#OreCup ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 🖖🏼 scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology 🍎 🔭🪐 Fascinating and fast :)
jraasch.bsky.social J. Raasch @jraasch.bsky.social · 17d
The rise and decline of Old Copper Culture tools, starting with the Midcontinent Rift System that generated the largest native #copper deposits in the world.

Was the copper just too pure? 😮

Watch and learn.

#OreCup #OreCup25

youtube.com/watch?v=lf7c...
Why Did These Ancient People Abandon Copper?
YouTube video by SciShow
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November 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
vickyveritas.bsky.social
#OreCup ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 🖖🏼 scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology 🍎 🔭🪐
andalitebandit.bsky.social AndaliteBandit @andalitebandit.bsky.social · 17d
Can you believe that in the 20th century, we forgot copper had antimicrobial properties?!

Copper has had our backs since the Bronze Age. I stan a reliable legend! #OreCup
mineralcup.bsky.social Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 17d
#OreCup Finals:
Native #Copper is the purest form of copper ore with a deep history with humans, while slippery #Molybdenite confounded us for centuries until sharing its secrets on how it enhances all it touches

Vote: www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...

Results:
November 9, 2025 at 8:07 PM
vickyveritas.bsky.social
#OreCup ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 🖖🏼 scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology 🍎 🔭🪐
museumlara1.bsky.social Lara T is a museum nerd @museumlara1.bsky.social · 17d
Did! #VoteCopper #OreCup
Not just pennies, copper has been a key part of history, a major player in world economics.
copper "manillas" in Western Africa, copper jewelry among the Powhatan and other Indigenous Americans, it's role was vital in the 17th century & before.
November 9, 2025 at 3:41 PM
vickyveritas.bsky.social
#OreCup ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 🖖🏼 scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology 🍎 🔭🪐

Canada knows copper is the best ore!
November 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
vickyveritas.bsky.social
Delicious:)

#OreCup ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 🖖🏼 scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology 🍎 🔭🪐
blastylavagrrrl.bsky.social Susie Leopold @blastylavagrrrl.bsky.social · 17d
Michigan is my home and it has #copper. Three copper in calcite specimens, two originating in MI and one from Arizona. The only calcite I like has a chewy copper center!

Vote for Copper in #OreCup! www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
November 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM