Heather Rockspotter

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

[Big Meadow Search @bigmeadowsearch]

Heather, Calluna vulgaris. Typically up to 60cm. Leaves opposite, stalkless. Small purplish-pink flowers with purplish-green bracts. 4 pink sepals and petals, 8 stamens, curved style protrudes beyond flower.

[Heather Rockspotter @Rockspotter1]

I’m joining the march away from Twitter. I’ve met some lovely folks here and I’m hoping to find you all again in sunnier skies 🥏🩵

[Heather Rockspotter @Rockspotter1]

Islanders asked to identify sites for Unesco bids https://t.co/waHkAV0VXb

[WGCG @WGCG_UK]

The Triassic has much to answer for.

[Cardiff Curator @CardiffCurator]

Fixing Our Broken Planet: Community of Practice 🌎

Join us on the 11th & 12th November for a free event which aims to enhance the museum sector’s resilience, with a focus on empowering our youth audiences
Sign up to attend here: https://t.co/nEPGwoKmfC

[Rockstar Pete @otieno319]

Congratulations to #Rhodochrosite for winning #MinCup24 . Let's meet at #MinCup25 . Thank you to
@JoScheff
@TweetyPAK
@MicrotoPico
@glacierpique
@FrankCmptn
@LaurieStrings
@ferwen
@GabeEggers
@NgmailSg
@Fern_on_rocks
@MalcolmMoira
@RitaElvasMartin
@manenbu
@theogany

[Cardiff Curator @CardiffCurator]

Snakes, toad stones and fairy loaves – magical tales and folklore of fossils - You won't want to miss this #Halloween look behind the scenes in the fossil collections @Museum_Cardiff
📆31/10/24
⏰2pm
🎟️£8 https://t.co/g8jcznjrRP

[Heather Rockspotter @Rockspotter1]

Well that’s one way to ensure security.. https://t.co/TM79CeoAp9

[Heather Rockspotter @Rockspotter1]

Nice to see other people in Wales appreciating rocks too - even if they don’t realise the role they play in coastal defence - think of the stories those stones around his fishpond could tell!
Pinched pebble plea as crucial beach rocks taken https://t.co/rgLUDmCqZa

[Cardiff Curator @CardiffCurator]

For World Rhino day, we've gone back in time with this cast of a woolly rhino foot! The cast was made from a virtually complete mummified carcass discovered in a ozokerite (mineral wax) mine in Ukraine 🇺🇦 #WorldRhinoDay 🦏

[Heather Rockspotter @Rockspotter1]

Another example of understanding #geology being key to our decarbonisation and modern use of materials.
Mine water could heat thousands of Welsh homes https://t.co/Jd7OHJ3RDP

[Geochemistry and Petrology Group @ Uni. Iceland @rockhardIES]

✨Preliminary petrographic and geochemical characterization of the August eruption at Sundhnúksgígar avaiable at this link 🌋:
https://t.co/HDdaADYfsL

[Heather Rockspotter @Rockspotter1]

Copper works reopening hits 'significant milestone'… would be great to share the mineral collections ⁦⁦@CardiffCurator⁩ has relating to this historically significant and nationally relevant site. https://t.co/0fBenghvwE

[Heather Rockspotter @Rockspotter1]

Suspected burglar caught after sitting down with book https://t.co/7D4mc4ZTLu

[Cardiff Curator @CardiffCurator]

The Dinohunters - palaeontologists are unearthing secrets from when dinosaurs walked the land and changing what we know about evolution in Wales. Find out more about the palaeontologists @AmgueddfaCymru via the following link 🦖🦕https://t.co/OZzWc2sMWi

[Heather Rockspotter @Rockspotter1]

Famous Stonehenge stone came from Scotland not Wales https://t.co/loLlaaaDNm

[Wolfgang Buettner @wbuett]

#Eclogite, the most beautiful type of rock on earth, consisting of green omphacite and red garnet. It’s formed at great depths of more than 35 km from subducted basaltic ocean crust, and then exhumed back to the surface by tectonics, simply magnificent.

[Heather Rockspotter @Rockspotter1]

We should be doing this for all the #minerals in our phones.
Sadly most people don’t even know that #geology powers our electronic world!

Royal Mint starts turning e-waste into gold https://t.co/3WZYhMNfH1

[NatHistConservation @NatHistConserve]

#Museum30 #MuseumLoveStory
For many years I have been inspired, cared for, conserved, exhibited and enthused on the @CardiffCurator collection of #Blaschka Glass Models @Museum_Cardiff :-) Definitely a highlight of the job!