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Frankie Butler

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PhD student in Igneous Petrology - studying magma mixing and mingling | Trinity College Cambridge 🌋⚒️ | Full time crutch/wheel user | ♿️ #CRPS | #DisabledinSTEM #geology #volcanology https://linktr.ee/FrankieButler

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Frankie Butler @frankiebutler.bsky.social · Jan 5

Trip to the Giant’s Causeway - checking out successive lava flows of the British and Irish Paleogene Province- with bonus Laterites!

Geologising with fellow enthusiastic geologists 🌋

#VMSG_MDSG25

Frankie standing between a section of columnar jointed basalt columns

Two geologists wearing orange hi-visibility jackets standing in front of an orange red lateritic deposit

Frankie and Dani (standing to the left) inspecting the ‘chiseling’ on columnar basalt joints

A photograph looking west across the giants causeway bay at a green grassy topped protrusion containing columnar jointed basalts and lava flow sequences.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 25d

Here are the eight disciplines. TRAM-Bowling is funny but I think my favorite is TRAM-Curling.

TRAM World Cup: Witness world-class tram driving skills up close

On September 13, the world’s 25 top tram drivers will showcase their exceptional driving skills in TRAM bowling and other thrilling challenges. And the best part? Admission is free!

tramwm.wienerlinien.at

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Victoria Maderna @victoriamaderna.com · Sep 8

Day 08 of #septempera - a frog going though some stuff.

Wanted to do something moodier and misty but the cooler tones got away from me and the painting got a bit too dark so I added some pastels.

A frog sitting on a rock looking at a misty landscape, painting by Victoria Maderna.

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Frankie Butler @frankiebutler.bsky.social · 26d

Seeing an outcrop IN PERSON after reading about it/ seeing photos is pretty awesome 🙌🏼

I’ve been focussed on this area as a case study for mixing and mingling textures since the start of my PhD …
SE Iceland 🇮🇸 🌋 is spectacular!

#LASI7 #IAVCEI

Frankie smiling in front of an outcrop in SE Iceland. She is wearing a green hat and bright red rain jacket. The rocks behind her show mixed and mingled textures, Dolerite in granophyre.

Frankie standing in front of the outcrop wearing red jacket black trousers and balancing with her crutches.
The outcrop is mingling and mixing textures of Dolerite and granophyre

Frankie standing with the outcrop behind her and black volcanic sand surrounding her in a glacial outwash/ beach area.

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British Geological Survey @bgs.ac.uk · 27d

In some cases, the core may be unique and irreplaceable, especially where land has since been developed or reclassified. Maintaining a reference library of boreholes enables future research to take place using new techniques, saving time, reducing costs and limiting the environmental impact.

An illustration titled 'What can geological core tell us?' BGS © UKRI. Based on Rushton (1979). The labels on the core include: boreholes samples collection, thin section, Calcareous micropalaeontology, continuous core scanning, Palynology, sub-cylinder sampling, observational data, physical and geological characterisation (porosity, permeability, age), type and stratigraphical collection

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Frankie Butler @frankiebutler.bsky.social · 28d

Some textures from the mid-conference field trip in Iceland 🇮🇸

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Sulphurous deposits (yellow and white) on a vesicular pahoehoe section

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Frankie Butler @frankiebutler.bsky.social · Sep 8

And so the adventure begins!
Cambridge —> LDN —> Reykjavík 🇮🇸

Homemade poster tube in tow.

Looking forward to the LASI 7 conference and meeting fellow volcano enthusiasts!
🌋🇮🇸

#LASI2025 #VIPS #IAVCEI

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Homemade poster tube. Plastic with world map label from 2003

Crenulated rooftop of kings college Cambridge against the gloaming sky

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Frankie Butler @frankiebutler.bsky.social · Sep 6

This wee story has brought immeasurable joy!
🙌🏼

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EcoMuseum of Scottish Mining Landscapes @mininglandscapes.bsky.social · Sep 6

2/2 To read their heartwarming story see 👉 www.mining-landscapes.org/blog

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Nadine, Haunter of Rocks 👻 @nadwgab.bsky.social · Jan 1

1 of #365Minerals 🧪⚒️

Quetzalcoatlite:
- Named after Quetzalcoatl, an Aztec and Toltec god of the sea, due to its sea-blue colour
- Forms in the oxidised zone of tellurium-bearing hydrothermal deposits #minerals
- This below is a co-type specimen (one of the specimens used to define the species)

Tiny blue-green crystals (there's a green coloured arrow stuck on the specimen to point these out) with some leaf-green illite and blue azurite on a matrix. From Bambollita Mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico.

Specimen from the Natural History Museum, London's collections.

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Frankie Butler @frankiebutler.bsky.social · Aug 17

St Kilda Quartz from pegmatitic veins in a mixed magma complex 🌋

I got to take this video with a specialist high def microscope camera 📸 whilst working with NMS @bobgooday.bsky.social and @scottishagates.bsky.social recataloguing the St Kilda collection 🌋

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Sophie Carr @sophiecarr.bsky.social · Jul 30

More weird geology and cool clouds from a day out in the Highlands of #Iceland in July 2023.

#AwesomeFoursome

B&W photo of some strange old lava formations - one of which has a hole like an eye at the top, facing upwards. In the foreground is a rock with some thrift flowers sticking out of it; above are ominous dark clouds.

More strange lava formations - a couple of pieces dominate the photo and have holes in the middle. Above are dark grey possibly mammatus clouds.

Dark mammatus clouds above old grey lava with an orange crater rim in the distance.

Folds of old grey lava - look like some animals of faces (if you suffer from pareidolia!). No sky.

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Marlo Garnsworthy @icebird.bsky.social · Jul 31

Good morning!

Can you spot the seals?

Here are your 3 minutes of peace & calm.

#OceanDevotion

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Rhyolite_Prof @edithrojas.bsky.social · Jul 30

🌍💫 Geology pilgrimage complete! Just made it to Siccar Point aka the holy ground of Geology! 🙌🏽 James Hutton would be proud!!!

Edith sitting on rocks at Siccar Point, Scotland!

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Frankie Butler @frankiebutler.bsky.social · Jul 13

Luí na gréine agus carraigeacha // sunset and rocks 🌅

#donegal #ireland

Orange setting sun with dark sea cliffs to the right

Orange setting sun with dark sea cliffs to the right. This photo also has some lens glare from the sun peeking round the cliffs

Frankie Butler @frankiebutler.bsky.social · Jul 13

luí na gréine // sunset 🌅

#donegal #ireland

Vibrant oranges and pinks from the sunset over Portnoo, Donegal

Frankie Butler @frankiebutler.bsky.social · Jul 13

So after a little extra research I’ve found that sliabh liag on many tourist leaflets is referred to as the highest sea cliff in Ireland … however

Croaghaun Cliffs on Achill Island, Co. Mayo, 688 meters (2,257 feet).

Sliabh Liag, Co. Donegal is 601 meters (1,972 feet)

Sliabh Liag is no2!

Frankie Butler @frankiebutler.bsky.social · Jul 13

Oh you’re so right! Sliabh liag is second highest. My source was a guide book from the visitor centre. But I’ve just double checked on Google Earth and you’re right ! Thanks for pointing that out 🙌🏼

Frankie Butler @frankiebutler.bsky.social · Jul 13

The geology of the Sliabh Liag peninsula is spectacular.

Irelands highest sea cliffs!

Metamorphosed dalradian metasediments with extreme recumbent folding, vertical strata and some impressive metamorphic textures (syntectonic).

Tá an t-ádh orm a bheith i mo gheolaí!

#geology #ireland #donegal

Photograph of a an isolated ‘sea stack’ from Sliabh league formation

Some impressive recumbent folding of dalradian metasediment strata

Photograph of sliabh liag from the Sliabh liag cliff walk

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Frankie Butler @frankiebutler.bsky.social · Jul 13

The past two weeks I’ve been learning the Irish language during an intensive beginners course with Oideas Gael @oideasgael.bsky.social
In the beautiful Dún na nGall🔰

Táim ag foghlaim Gaeilge agus tá cúpla focal agam
#irish #gaelige #donegal

A selfie of Frankie wearing blue mirrored sunglasses with the orange sun set, sea and cliffs behind her.

The Cliffs of sliabh liag (Slieve league) with the Atlantic Ocean lapping at the Cliffs.

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British Geological Survey @bgs.ac.uk · Apr 17

The Isle of Arran has officially been announced as a UNESCO Global Geopark! 🎉

UNESCO’s Global Geoparks are areas with internationally important landscapes & bring together other aspects of heritage such as archaeology, history, culture and biodiversity.

www.bgs.ac.uk/news/isle-of...

Common seals basking on a Palaeogene dyke at Kildonan.

Three Highland cows (two adults and one baby) in Glen Rosa. It is a cloudy day but the sun is shining over the scene. There are mountains in the background.

Pladda island from Kildonan at the south of the island. You can see a small amount of mist across the sand at the forefront of the image, and some large rocks are dotted around. It is a sunny day, with some small clouds off to the left.

Cir Mhor mountain at sunrise. It is glowing a deep copper colour.

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Jenna C. Hill @chillocean.bsky.social · Apr 17

NOAA just announced a long list of datasets that are going away🧪⚒️🌊: www.nesdis.noaa.gov/about/docume...
Download what you need asap and send comments to: [email protected]

Notice of Changes

Notices of changes are formal public announcements of planned services changes to applications and other products.

www.nesdis.noaa.gov

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Frankie Butler @frankiebutler.bsky.social · Apr 11

Our field guide was a bit woolly with their rock descriptions!

A photo of a sheep sat on top of rocks with a heathered mountain behind them

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Frankie Butler @frankiebutler.bsky.social · Mar 25

So lovely to meet you!

Disabled folks in STEM need to be included in conferences, field work, research culture and research spaces 🙌🏼

So much knowledge and exciting STEM research to share.

♿️

Wheelchair user leaning over and reaching for a rock

Wheelchair user smiling at the camera holding a very vesicular volcanic rock

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Frankie Butler @frankiebutler.bsky.social · Mar 25

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