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An amazing opportunity to share the Mineral Mission with MPs and talk about #GlobalLearning, critical thinking, sustainability and careers for young people. Thank you to Sazani Associates for inviting us to this event. #geoscience #parliament #criticalminerals

09.07.2025 10:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

FunFactFriday: Rare Earth elements (REE) are a group of 17 elements. Magnets use REEs such as neodymium & are used in medical tools such as MRI machines. REE permanent magnets are key to clean energy technology and are needed in wind turbines & electric cars. #RareEarths #CriticalMinerals

28.02.2025 18:29 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A four part comic panel painted in watercolor. Upper left: two clams are freshly dead, with one closed and buried in the sediment; a yellow fish examines the second clam, agape. Upper right: the buried clam ins filled in with a different color sediment - mostly silt. Two brown shark teeth are adjacent. Lower right: the clam mold and the shark teeth have become enriched in phosphate and are now blackened. Lower right: after some erosion, the mold has been eroded out onto the seafloor, along with the shark teeth, into a phosphatic lag deposit. The shell has been lost from the clam mold, which is now a steinkern (internal mold).

Bonus #fossilfriday Valentines Day post: illustration from my future book "Fossil Exlpainer" showing how heart shaped internal molds (steinkerns) form on the inside of cockle and ark clams - here showing Cucullaea. #fossilexplainer #art #sciart 🐡

14.02.2025 19:03 — 👍 47    🔁 9    💬 3    📌 0

Fun Fact Friday: Niobium is used in superconducting magnets in the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Switzerland. It is also used in superalloys for jet engines. #niobium #steel #galaxy#CriticalMinerals www.futureismine.co.uk

14.02.2025 13:45 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you! You must have come across multiple minerals in well drilling. 🪨🪨🪨

07.02.2025 12:49 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Fun fact: Indium is a soft metal that will make a high-pitched crackling sound when bent, which sounds a bit like wood burning on a log fire! It is caused by crystal twinning. #indium ‘s biggest producer, China, just announced export embargoes on this & 4 other materials. ➡️ www.futureismine.co.uk

07.02.2025 12:47 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

#tungsten #tools #lava #CriticalMinerals #Outreach #FunFactFriday

24.01.2025 16:57 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

⭐️Fun Fact Friday ⭐️ Tungsten is named after the Swedish word for “ heavy stone”. Dense & hard, it also has the highest melting point of any metal. Nearly 3 X hotter than lava! Tungsten is used in a wide variety of applications that benefit from these properties such as hardmetal tools & drill heads.

24.01.2025 16:40 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0

A geothermal field in Iceland. White steam rises above green rolling landscape with white steam pipelines. Photo author’s own.

Off to Nottingham to talk to the East Midlands Geological Society about the under-appreciated benefits of geothermal energy. Not just for Iceland but the UK too …
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11.01.2025 14:35 — 👍 26    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

A monochromatic scan showing a highly detailed illustration of a flat slab viewed from above, showing the unique impressions and drag marks of a prehistoric arthropod scuttling & dragging its tail through soft sand or mud.

A monochromatic scan showing a highly detailed illustration of a flat slab viewed from above, showing the unique impressions and drag marks of a prehistoric arthropod scuttling & dragging its tail through soft sand or mud.

A monochromatic scan showing a highly detailed illustration of a flat slab viewed from above, showing the unique impressions and drag marks of a prehistoric arthropod scuttling & dragging its tail through soft sand or mud.

A monochromatic scan showing a highly detailed illustration of a flat slab viewed from above, showing the unique impressions and drag marks of a prehistoric arthropod scuttling & dragging its tail through soft sand or mud.

Illustrations in The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (1852) attributed to Protichnites, the oldest-known ichnogenus representing Cambrian arthropods walking on tidal flats. The central drag mark is thought to be the tail dragging. May be of interest to you @prehistorica.art.

15.01.2025 21:09 — 👍 55    🔁 10    💬 2    📌 0

Rayner hands Cornish Lithium site special status to boost British battery-making Housing Secretary’s move means ministers can fast-track project’s approval without local authority’s sign off

Rayner hands Cornish Lithium site special status to boost British battery-making

Housing Secretary’s move means ministers can fast-track project’s approval without local authority’s sign off

www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

12.09.2024 09:44 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Nature’s artistry: a vibrant patchwork of lichen adorns ancient granite in Ryfylke, Norway. A timeless canvas of orange, green, and gray hues. #Prettypictures #Arne'spictures #Photography #NatureArt #LichenLove #Geology #lichenology

Nature’s artistry: a vibrant patchwork of lichen adorns ancient granite in Ryfylke, Norway. A timeless canvas of orange, green, and gray hues. #Prettypictures #Arne'spictures #Photography #NatureArt #LichenLove #Geology #lichenology

15.01.2025 11:12 — 👍 93    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 0

Our UG numbers are holding steady at Exeter/ Camborne School of Mines, but I know the overall picture is challenging.

Mining is booming. The graduates are walking into good jobs in the mining and geotechnical industries at the moment. Mining engineers are also in high demand.

08.11.2024 23:53 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

A photo of Dr Kate Moore. White text reads 'Dr Kate Moore. Names one of the top inspiring women in mining.'

Dark green background. The outline of a crest to the right with a photo of some people wearing high-viz jackets and helmets in a mine. The University of Exeter logo in the top left with white text. This reads '“It is a real honour to receive recognition from Women in Mining, and to be a part of this community. It serves as inspiration and motivation to continue tackling globally-pressing challenges, and to keep striving for a more resilient, just and equitable future. I truly hope that more women will be empowered to work on, and bring their voice to, the extractive challenges that underpin modern society.” DR KATE MOORE Camborne School of Mines'.

Dark green background. The outline of a crest to the right with a photo of some people wearing high-viz jackets and helmets in a mine. The University of Exeter logo in the top left with white text. This reads '“Women enrich the industry through diverse experiences that push forward sustainability, safety, and community engagement. While challenges remain, the achievements of these 100 inspirational women highlight why the mining sector must lead the way in prioritising diversity, equity, and inclusion to foster a resilient and innovative future.” GINA JARDINE Chair of Women In Mining UK'

🎉 Congratulations to Dr Kate Moore! 🎉 Named one of the top 100 inspiring women in mining! ⚒️🪨👩‍🔬

Kate is a Senior Lecturer here in Cornwall and investigates the sourcing and security of the raw minerals needed for the transition to low carbon energy and transport. #WomenInSTEM

27.11.2024 15:13 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Wondering how mining is crucial for a sustainable future? Check out this post from Honorary Fellow at Camborne School of Mines, Tim Biggs

business-school-expertise.exeter.ac.uk/article/sust...

20.12.2023 11:00 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

You are very welcome! We love a bit of etymology with our minerals 😄 We hope you enjoyed the picture of Vanadis who was also known as Freya. 🐱🐱

18.01.2025 08:28 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Camborne School of Mines, an integral part of #Cornish history, is now vital for ensuring the world-leading future in mining. Great to meet their team today, @universityofexeter.bsky.social VC Prof Lisa Roberts & Dept. VC Martin Siegert; plus fellow Critical Minerals APPG member, Perran Moon MP.

17.01.2025 18:03 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

It’s Fun Fact Friday here at Future Is Mine, and today we are talking about vanadium. Fun fact: vanadium is named after the Norse goddess Vanadis, also known as Freya. Vanadium is an important ingredient in steel making it stronger. It is also used in aerospace alloys with titanium. #vanadium #FIM

17.01.2025 20:33 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1