Mineralogy. Petrology. Paleontology. Volcanology. Glaciology. Seismology. Structural Geology. Sedimentology. Speleology. Stratigraphy. Astrogeology. Evolution.Tumblr (3.0; @inlovewithgeosciences)http://inlovewithgeosciences.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lturfpifnO1qb760to1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p class="MsoNormal">Fluorapatite, Ca₅(PO₄)₃F</p> <p>Locality: Italy</p>http://inlovewithgeosciences.tumblr.com/post/41129610127http://inlovewithgeosciences.tumblr.com/post/41129610127Mon, 21 Jan 2013 20:30:07 +0000FluorapatitetransparentcrystalsmindatmineralsmineralogygeologyItaly<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0dd6ff1bcc9686b56ee7aab0dfe080fd/tumblr_mgub9wXVW01qb760to1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><p class="MsoNormal">“<strong>Pallasite meteorite</strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Close-up of the cut surface of a pallasite, or stone-iron, meteorite, showing its structure. Pallasites originate from the boundary between a planet’s core and its mantle. They are composed of iron-nickel (grey) and olivine (yellow). <span>They formed following the break-up of protoplanets in the early solar system, or from later catastrophic planetary impacts.”</span></p></p>http://inlovewithgeosciences.tumblr.com/post/40947725676http://inlovewithgeosciences.tumblr.com/post/40947725676Sat, 19 Jan 2013 20:30:06 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/99192dd6860627d475f82b097bee6cdc/tumblr_mgua1xwXv01qb760to1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>Quetzalcoatlus</em></p> <p>Geologial time: Late Cretaceous, 68 - 65,5 Ma</p> <p>Found in Texas, USA</p>http://inlovewithgeosciences.tumblr.com/post/40867093800http://inlovewithgeosciences.tumblr.com/post/40867093800Fri, 18 Jan 2013 21:33:04 +0000QuetzalcoatluspterosaurcretaceousTexasUSApaleontologypaleoartgeologydeviantart<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lft2l4HmZf1qb760to1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p class="MsoNormal">Carrollite, Cu(Co,Ni)₂S₄</p> <p>Locality: Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)</p>http://inlovewithgeosciences.tumblr.com/post/35651623151http://inlovewithgeosciences.tumblr.com/post/35651623151Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:30:32 +0000carrollitemetallicDemocratic Republic of Congozaïreoctahedralcrystalmindatmineralsmineralogygeology<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0bxglPfMh1qb760to1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Desertas Islands, Deserta Grande, Madeira, Portugal”</p>http://inlovewithgeosciences.tumblr.com/post/35582330909http://inlovewithgeosciences.tumblr.com/post/35582330909Mon, 12 Nov 2012 20:30:25 +0000Desertas IslandsislandsDeserta GrandeMadeirasedimentologyPaleovolcanologygeologyphotography<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdcpcurCEk1qb760to1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p><p class="MsoNormal">“<em>Apsidognathus tuberculatus</em> Pa elemento</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Wych Formation, Telychian Stage, Llandovery Series, Silurian</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Gullet Quarry, Malvern Hills, UK”</span></p></p>http://inlovewithgeosciences.tumblr.com/post/35530976645http://inlovewithgeosciences.tumblr.com/post/35530976645Mon, 12 Nov 2012 01:37:25 +0000conodontspaleontologysilurianUKgeology<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzz8x1n3eI1qb760to1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Gold, Au</p> <p>Locality: Australia</p>http://inlovewithgeosciences.tumblr.com/post/22206927212http://inlovewithgeosciences.tumblr.com/post/22206927212Tue, 01 May 2012 20:29:18 +0100GoldAuAustraliamineralmindatmineralogygeology<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2pbttljjh1qb760to1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Karstic rock’s arch in the Korana canjon, Plitvice National Park, Croatia”</p>http://inlovewithgeosciences.tumblr.com/post/22136621325http://inlovewithgeosciences.tumblr.com/post/22136621325Mon, 30 Apr 2012 20:31:20 +0100Karstkarstic rockrockCroatialimestonespeleologygeologyphotographynature<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m37x88l8oU1qb760to1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Styracosaurus" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Styracosaurus" target="_blank">Styracosaurus</a></em></p> <p>Geological time: Late Cretaceous, 76,5 - 75 Ma</p> <p>Found in Canada (Alberta)</p>http://inlovewithgeosciences.tumblr.com/post/22068110293http://inlovewithgeosciences.tumblr.com/post/22068110293Sun, 29 Apr 2012 20:32:42 +0100AlbertaCanadaCretaceousStyracosaurusceratopsiandinosaurgeologypaleontologyIllustration<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0a7oqgHSZ1qb760to1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p class="MsoNormal">Lévyne-Ca, (Ca,Na₂,K₂)[Al₂Si₄O₁₂] . 6H₂O</p> <p>Locality: Oregon, USA</p>http://inlovewithgeosciences.tumblr.com/post/21861301394http://inlovewithgeosciences.tumblr.com/post/21861301394Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:30:28 +0100Lévyne-Cawhitecrystalsmindatmineralsmineralogygeology<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2pduxq1Xw1qb760to1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Prismatic disjunction! =D</p> <p>“ZLATY URCH, GOLD MOUNTAIN, Basalt quarry, Liska, Ceske Svycarsko National Park, Czech Republic”</p>http://inlovewithgeosciences.tumblr.com/post/21795765365http://inlovewithgeosciences.tumblr.com/post/21795765365Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:32:15 +0100prismatic disjunctionquarrybasaltigneous rocksvolcanic rocksCzech Republicvolcanologygeologyphotography<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2yji496w71qb760to1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinosauropteryx" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinosauropteryx" target="_blank">Sinosauropteryx</a></em></p> <p>Geological time: Early Cretaceous, 124,6 - 122 Ma</p> <p>Found in China</p>http://inlovewithgeosciences.tumblr.com/post/21728032992http://inlovewithgeosciences.tumblr.com/post/21728032992Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:30:20 +0100SinosauropteryxfeathersfossilCretaceousChinadinosaurIllustrationpaleontologygeologynational geographic<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l77ss9I1e11qb760to1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Elbaite, Na(Al_1,5Li_1,5)Al₆(OH)₃(OH)(BO₃)₃Si₆O₁₈, and Albite, Na[AlSi₃O₈]</p> <p>Locality: Namibia</p>http://inlovewithgeosciences.tumblr.com/post/21660084501http://inlovewithgeosciences.tumblr.com/post/21660084501Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:31:03 +0100elbaitepinkgreenalbitewhitenamibiamindatcrystalsmineralsgeology<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2pcylcHGo1qb760to1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Aphrodites Rock, Petra tou Romiou, Pissouri Bay, near Paphos, Cyprus”</p>http://inlovewithgeosciences.tumblr.com/post/21591891693http://inlovewithgeosciences.tumblr.com/post/21591891693Sun, 22 Apr 2012 20:31:05 +0100Cyprussedimentologysedimentslandscapegeologyphotographycoastal processes<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m220pk3zzl1qb760to1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><p class="MsoNormal"><em>Dilong paradoxus</em></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Geological time: Cretaceous, 130 Ma</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Found in Liaoning province, China</p></p>http://inlovewithgeosciences.tumblr.com/post/21516901713http://inlovewithgeosciences.tumblr.com/post/21516901713Sat, 21 Apr 2012 20:37:26 +0100Dilong paradoxusDilongCretaceousChinafeathersdinosaurtyrannosauridcarnivorepaleontologygeologynational geographicIllustration<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lft7eofzp11qb760to1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p class="MsoNormal">Siderite, FeCO₃</p> <p>Locality: New Zealand</p>http://inlovewithgeosciences.tumblr.com/post/21446813545http://inlovewithgeosciences.tumblr.com/post/21446813545Fri, 20 Apr 2012 20:30:32 +0100sideritecrystalsbrownnew zealandorangemindatmineralsmineralogygeologyphotography<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2pbbwl38T1qb760to1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Devetashka peshtera, cave near Pleven, Bulgaria”</p>http://inlovewithgeosciences.tumblr.com/post/21391799878http://inlovewithgeosciences.tumblr.com/post/21391799878Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:31:49 +0100cavespeleologylimestoneBulgariageologyphotographynature<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m21uenvkxl1qb760to1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Preserved for 70 to 85 million years, these feathers are part of a newly revealed trove of likely <span>dinosaur</span> and bird plumage found trapped in amber.”</p> <p>Found in Alberta, Canada</p>http://inlovewithgeosciences.tumblr.com/post/20792645759http://inlovewithgeosciences.tumblr.com/post/20792645759Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:28:48 +0100amberfeathersdinosaurbirdplumageAlbertaCanadaCretaceouspaleontologygeology<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzyoli9hEf1qb760to1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Haüyne, (Na,Ca)_4-8(Al₆Si₆(O,S)₂₄)(SO₄,Cl)_1-2</p> <p class="MsoNormal"></p> <p>Locality: Germany</p>http://inlovewithgeosciences.tumblr.com/post/20729102723http://inlovewithgeosciences.tumblr.com/post/20729102723Sun, 08 Apr 2012 20:30:53 +0100HaüynebluecrystalmineralmineralogygeologymindatGermany<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz3qzkVdG61qb760to1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Clouds around Pico, the highest mountain of Portugal.”</p> <p>Pico, Azores, Portugal</p>http://inlovewithgeosciences.tumblr.com/post/20604513251http://inlovewithgeosciences.tumblr.com/post/20604513251Fri, 06 Apr 2012 20:29:39 +0100cloudsPicomountainPortugalAzoresphotographygeology