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Our Hamman Gem & Mineral Gallery just got even more dazzling!❇️Learn more about the 40 world-class Mexican ore minerals that make up our new Long Collection: jsg.utexas.edu/news/2025/03/…
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1963: @UTAustin's Tower from Goldsmith Hall's courtyard. An old campus legend claims that, as UT is near the Balcones fault, if there were ever an earthquake, the Tower is supposed to fall within the courtyard and miss the building. (The fault is inactive and Tower not lined up.)
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1970: @UTAustin's new East Mall Fountain with the Geology Building (now the Jackson School of Geosciences) behind it. That's one of the original, non-air conditioned shuttle buses waiting in front. Instead of pulling a cord, students usually just yelled, "Next stop, please!"
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Meet Garzapelta muelleri, an ancestor of the modern crocodile kvue.com/article/tech/scienc…
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We hope the #pigment fans enjoy this #WhatIsItWednesday treat ✨ This is raw malachite – a recent addition to our pigment study collection! Malachite is a copper carbonate hydroxide and this piece resembles a bunch of grapes - a form described as botryoidal
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Happy 60th Birthday to @UTAustin's Flawn Academic Center, opened in the fall of 1963 as the Undergraduate Library. Championed by UT President Harry Ransom, it was the first "open stack" library on the campus, where students had direct access to the book shelves.
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1937: A @UTAustin engineering student practices surveying east of the brand new Tower, about where the Jackson Geological Sciences Building stands today.
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"I had a blank canvas to fill with extraordinary possibilities, a fascinating jigsaw puzzle to piece together: mapping the world’s vast hidden seafloor." Today, we celebrate pioneering Lamont geologist #MarieTharp, born this day in 1920! Learn more: marietharp.ldeo.columbia.edu
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All are in invited to a university-wide summer research poster session this Wednesday, Aug. 2!
Students in the Jackson School's Research Traineeship Experience (RTX) and @TexasESI's Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) will be sharing their work! 🌎
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Megalodon was the Earth’s largest shark. With multiple rows of huge teeth in its enormous jaws, it was an apex predator for nearly 20 million years. Today's EarthDate episode dives into why it became extinct. Listen to it here: earthdate.org/episodes/earth…
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1960: An informational brochure about @UTAustin's Geology Department - now the Jackson School of Geosciences. The photo was taken when the W.C. Hogg Building was home to geology, and before the Computation Center blocked the view between Hogg and Garrison Hall to the south.
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Desert Ribbons - Rock folding on a tectonic scale in northwestern Africa.
Just one of the many awe inspiring #EarthAsArt images #Landsat has captured over the years. 🛰️
Download them all here: ow.ly/CaH750P949w
@USGSLandsat #RemoteSensing #GIS #NASA
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The Egyptian House in Penzance, Cornwall, was built between 1834 and 1837 to house the mineral collection of dealer John Lavin.
The choice of the Egyptian style for a mineral shop may seem odd, but the building was inspired by the now-lost Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly, London.
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OPINION: The value of information literacy has increased with the influx of conflicting online information, and @UTAustin professors should utilize librarians to help students develop research skills for success.
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Devils Postpile National Monument was established #OTD in 1911. This geologic wonder was created by slow-cooling uniform lava flows. The vertical columns are a reflection of stress and shrinkage of the rock as it cooled.
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🎆Happy 4th of July!🎆 Check out the #minerals that create the colors in the #fireworks you're enjoying today: ow.ly/VXsC50P1Hsz #July4th #IndependenceDay #4thofJuly #FourthofJuly #JulyFourth Make sure to be safe if you use fireworks today!
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.@UTAustin professor Ian Dalziel was selected to receive the Polar Medal, a U.K. and Commonwealth award given to scientists for significant contributions to studies of the polar regions, for his trailblazing exploration and discoveries in Antarctica.
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UT Austin scientists have discovered the first-known Jurassic vertebrate fossils in Texas. l8r.it/4JUR































