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10 September 2008
Ooh, look! A bandwagon!
I love bandwagons. (What the hell is a bandwagon, anyway? Wikipedia says that the phrase was first used in 1848 during a political campaign, but we all know how reliable Wikis are…) Anyway, back to the important stuff. Instructions from Chuck: Use bold to indicate minerals you’ve seen in the wild. Italics is for those seen in laboratories, museums, stores, or other non field locations. AndalusiteApatiteBariteBerylBiotiteChromiteChrysotileCordieriteCorundumDiamondDolomiteFlorenciteGalenaGarnetGraphiteGypsumHaliteHematiteHornblendeIlliteIllmeniteKaoliniteKyaniteLepidoliteLimoniteMagnetiteMolybdeniteMonaziteNephelineOlivineOmphaciteOpalPerovskitePlagioclasePyriteQuartzRutileSanidineSillimaniteSilver (native)SphaleriteStauroliteSulphur (native)TalcTourmalineTremoliteTurquoiseVermiculiteWillemiteZeoliteZircon
11 July 2008
Oooh.
In other silliness, someone gave me this to put in my new apartment. I’ve been staring at it for hours now. It is so incredibly cheesy, but I can’t stop watching it. Yep, my brain is toast today. I do, however, love this thing. It’s the perfect time-waster for a volcanologist.
Jessica Ball is a volcanologist at the U.S. Geological Survey, researching volcanic hydrothermal systems and stability, and doing science communication for the California Volcano Observatory. She previously worked at the Geological Society of America's Washington DC Policy Office, learning about the intersection of Earth science and legislative affairs. Her Mendenhall postdoc and PhD focused on how water affects the stability of volcanoes, and involved both field investigations and numerical modeling applications. Her blogging covers a range of topics, from her experiences in academic geosciences to science outreach and communication to her field and lab work in volcanology.