Vicky Veritas
@vickyveritas.bsky.social
Born in the Anthropocene
Worked at the intersection of Geology and GIS
#Geosciences | #EarthScience | #Geology | #GIS | #Rocks | #TeamFluorite | #ScienceFiction | #Fantasy
Worked at the intersection of Geology and GIS
#Geosciences | #EarthScience | #Geology | #GIS | #Rocks | #TeamFluorite | #ScienceFiction | #Fantasy
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Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
It's over.
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
December 7, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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#EarthquakeReport for M 7.0 #Earthquake in #Yukon #Alaska
Oblique right-lateral (?) strike-slip earthquake mechanism
Associated with Fairweather fault
17 July '14 M6.0 similar mechanism
See 2017 report for tectonic setting earthjay.com?p=5345
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
Oblique right-lateral (?) strike-slip earthquake mechanism
Associated with Fairweather fault
17 July '14 M6.0 similar mechanism
See 2017 report for tectonic setting earthjay.com?p=5345
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
December 6, 2025 at 9:30 PM
#EarthquakeReport for M 7.0 #Earthquake in #Yukon #Alaska
Oblique right-lateral (?) strike-slip earthquake mechanism
Associated with Fairweather fault
17 July '14 M6.0 similar mechanism
See 2017 report for tectonic setting earthjay.com?p=5345
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
Oblique right-lateral (?) strike-slip earthquake mechanism
Associated with Fairweather fault
17 July '14 M6.0 similar mechanism
See 2017 report for tectonic setting earthjay.com?p=5345
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
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Geophones are kind of nice to consider for planetary applications because they’re supernrugged, since they’re basically just a magnet on a spring in a coil. Simple is good when it gets shaken to hell on launch.
December 6, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Geophones are kind of nice to consider for planetary applications because they’re supernrugged, since they’re basically just a magnet on a spring in a coil. Simple is good when it gets shaken to hell on launch.
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Lawn sprinkler mode for Halemaʻumaʻu ⚒️
What the ACTUAL FUCK, Kīlauea?! Go check it out yourself in the livestream right now. 👇 ⚒️🧪 #volcano
www.youtube.com/live/tk0tfYD...
www.youtube.com/live/tk0tfYD...
December 6, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Lawn sprinkler mode for Halemaʻumaʻu ⚒️
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Did you make sure to keep the camera away from the volcano like we discussed?
Yeah, about that…
Yeah, about that…
December 6, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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M6.9 Yakutat #earthquake is located very close to the border of the USA and Canada. Preliminary results from GFZ Potsdam indicate relatively high non double couple component with oblique mechanism. ⚒️🧪
December 6, 2025 at 9:28 PM
M6.9 Yakutat #earthquake is located very close to the border of the USA and Canada. Preliminary results from GFZ Potsdam indicate relatively high non double couple component with oblique mechanism. ⚒️🧪
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Silurian felsic volcaniclastics, or if you prefer nice sea-worn bedrock, eastern Tasmania. Some of the most colourful lichen I've ever seen - this stuff is vivid. Can see it along much of NE Tasmania above high tide notably on the aptly-named Bay of Fires that we didn't get to but this will do ⚒️🧪
December 6, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Silurian felsic volcaniclastics, or if you prefer nice sea-worn bedrock, eastern Tasmania. Some of the most colourful lichen I've ever seen - this stuff is vivid. Can see it along much of NE Tasmania above high tide notably on the aptly-named Bay of Fires that we didn't get to but this will do ⚒️🧪
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340 of #365Minerals 🧪⚒️
Alunogen:
- A hydrated sulphate mineral
- Forms via the reaction of sulphates from decomposing sulphide minerals and aluminium-bearing minerals in shales and slates
- Its name comes from the Latin word "alum" and the Greek word "γεννώ/genno" (to create) #mineral
Alunogen:
- A hydrated sulphate mineral
- Forms via the reaction of sulphates from decomposing sulphide minerals and aluminium-bearing minerals in shales and slates
- Its name comes from the Latin word "alum" and the Greek word "γεννώ/genno" (to create) #mineral
December 6, 2025 at 10:32 AM
340 of #365Minerals 🧪⚒️
Alunogen:
- A hydrated sulphate mineral
- Forms via the reaction of sulphates from decomposing sulphide minerals and aluminium-bearing minerals in shales and slates
- Its name comes from the Latin word "alum" and the Greek word "γεννώ/genno" (to create) #mineral
Alunogen:
- A hydrated sulphate mineral
- Forms via the reaction of sulphates from decomposing sulphide minerals and aluminium-bearing minerals in shales and slates
- Its name comes from the Latin word "alum" and the Greek word "γεννώ/genno" (to create) #mineral
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@ichnologist.bsky.social Sea turtle traces in the news www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/s... ⚒️
Stampeding Turtles Might Have Made Fossil Tracks in Italian Cliffs
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:52 PM
@ichnologist.bsky.social Sea turtle traces in the news www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/s... ⚒️
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Methane-rich fluid from serpentinization is flowing from the seafloor in the Fram Strait ⚒️
www.sciencenorway.no/arctic-marin...
www.sciencenorway.no/arctic-marin...
Fluid flows from the Earth's interior near Norway's deepest hole
The find provides a rare opportunity to examine processes similar to those that shaped the Earth in its early days – and perhaps also ocean worlds on other planets, according to the researchers behind...
www.sciencenorway.no
December 6, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Methane-rich fluid from serpentinization is flowing from the seafloor in the Fram Strait ⚒️
www.sciencenorway.no/arctic-marin...
www.sciencenorway.no/arctic-marin...
Twinned crystals of andalusite (chiastolite) are shown below. Chiastolite is a variety of andalusite that contains black particles of graphite arranged in geometric patterns. More at the comment.
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331 of #365Minerals 🧪⚒️
Andalusite:
- An aluminosilicate mineral
- A polymorph of kyanite and sillimanite
- A common low grade metamorphic mineral
- Used in the production of high temperature ceramics
- Named after Andalusia in Spain #minerals
Andalusite:
- An aluminosilicate mineral
- A polymorph of kyanite and sillimanite
- A common low grade metamorphic mineral
- Used in the production of high temperature ceramics
- Named after Andalusia in Spain #minerals
November 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Twinned crystals of andalusite (chiastolite) are shown below. Chiastolite is a variety of andalusite that contains black particles of graphite arranged in geometric patterns. More at the comment.
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Never heard of Faden quartz. You’re in for a treat! Thank you, @richardgibson.bsky.social
⚒️🧪 geology geoscience #WomenInStem
⚒️🧪 geology geoscience #WomenInStem
#MineralMonday Faden quartz, Pakistan. richardigibson.substack.com/p/faden-quartz
⚒️ #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience
⚒️ #geology . No MAGA! Science = Resistance! #standupforscience
Faden Quartz
A thread
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November 17, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Never heard of Faden quartz. You’re in for a treat! Thank you, @richardgibson.bsky.social
⚒️🧪 geology geoscience #WomenInStem
⚒️🧪 geology geoscience #WomenInStem
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 !
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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 🍎 🔭🪐
November 13, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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 🍎 🔭🪐
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 🍎 🔭🪐
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
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👇🏼
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November 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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👇🏼
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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
It involves ammonia, salt, water and a fumigation container.
www.instructables.com/Blue-Patina-...
#OreCup
November 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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
It involves ammonia, salt, water and a fumigation container.
www.instructables.com/Blue-Patina-...
#OreCup
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
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November 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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 🍎 🔭🪐
#OreCup ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 🖖🏼 scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology 🍎 🔭🪐
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👇🏼
#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 👇🏼
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November 10, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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👇🏼
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.
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November 9, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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 🍎 🔭🪐
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#OreCup ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 🖖🏼 scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology 🍎 🔭🪐 Fascinating and fast :)
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...
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
#OreCup ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 🖖🏼 scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology 🍎 🔭🪐 Fascinating and fast :)
#OreCup ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 🖖🏼 scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology 🍎 🔭🪐
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
Copper has had our backs since the Bronze Age. I stan a reliable legend! #OreCup
#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:
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
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#OreCup ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 🖖🏼 scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology 🍎 🔭🪐
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.
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
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#OreCup ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 🖖🏼 scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology 🍎 🔭🪐
Canada knows copper is the best ore!
Canada knows copper is the best ore!
“It doesn’t matter what kind of power — whether it’s nuclear power, whether it’s wind power, solar power, hydro power — it all goes on copper wire. Every house has copper wire. Every transmission line is copper.”
www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/202...
www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/202...
Move over gold, Canada’s copper is having a moment
With new mines, revived projects, and rising global demand for the metal, Canada is well positioned to lift national output levels to what it was two decades ago, the CEO of the Mining Association of ...
www.bnnbloomberg.ca
November 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Canada knows copper is the best ore!
Canada knows copper is the best ore!
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...
Vote for Copper in #OreCup! www.mineralcup.org/vote-results...
November 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM