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Museum professional & science communicator. Lapsed igneous petrologist. Fascinated by stories of rocks & the beauty of science. Opinions my own.

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A good word, and from the same root as psittacosaurus, the ‘parrot lizard’ dinosaur. https://t.co/O4w03C9gqv

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Vote for history!

The painting shows folk panning for in 1795, N. Wales. Our hills have been full of holes since the Romans!🧀

Gold with sphalerite, Prince of Wales Mine, Dolgellau Gold-belt, Gwynedd.
Both 📷 © National Museum of Wales.

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Snap snap! 🦀
The terrestrial crab is clearly partial to an olive...
Hermit crab and soldier crabs; Coloured etching by J. Chapman, 12 July 1800.

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Have a play in 3D (& print out and make your own!) 🐢

Virtual Cubes Pocket Cube https://t.co/i2XqbEFSQn

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This is fab! Zoom in to get a good look at those unusual branch-stripping teeth...! https://t.co/IFA1T9Ix0c

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On this day of Xmas my true love sent me 4 coal-field mins:

Millerite on siderite. Powell Duffryn Colliery, Bargoed & Coed Ely Quarry, RCT
‘Merthyr diamond' quartz. International Colliery, Blaengarw & Windsor colliery, Caerphilly
📷 M.P. Cooper,
colln.

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Day 4
some of my for today - guess what we’re learning...

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May your pencils be sharp! ✏️
(🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿&🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 schools are back..)
The name comes from Greek γράφω/ grafo “I am writing".

Graphite from Seathwaite, Cumbria, (like this one in Discovery centre) has been used since the 1500s for marking sheep. 🐑

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The 💎is the largest ever gem-quality at 3,106.75 carats (621.35g). Found in South Africa in 1905, it was cut to produce 9 stones including the Great ⭐️ of Africa, in the 👑Crown Jewels. Replica on display in Discovery centre.

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trying to pass itself off as perhaps to win votes? Thulite (pink zoisite, trivalent Mn) is named after the mythical far northern island of Thule. Specimen: Leksvik Thulite Quarry, Indre Fosen, Trøndelag, Photo: John sobolewski (c.c. Licence)

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