Dykanite

Laugh all you want but I want this rock in my tomb with me

Don’t worry the PI will probably forward them the email without replying to you

I need to get bigger rocks (based on on a true story)

It’s the same person clearly

For people who want my opinion as both a geologist and someone who cares about the environment

Happy le***an visibility week :) ***an

Anyone who actually knows me at work knows I am a scientist first, content creation is just an outlet to share my love for what I do. Ultimately it’s my hobby not my job, but I do love sharing the silliest parts of it with my favorite people here- everyone thank for letting me do his eyeliner :)))

Happy le***an visibility week ! ***anvisibilityweek

Rocks under a microscope! The first clip with less color is the rock seen under Plane Polarized Light - this means only one light polarizer is being used & light vibrates on only one plane so only certain minerals will show colors.

The more colorful clips are under Cross- polarized light - this uses two polarizers and makes it so that light can only pass through if a mineral interferes. This interference changes the color appearance of the light/ mineral.

Each kind of light shows us different properties of the mineral. Not only does this let us figure out the mineral is in a rock but can show us what processes the rock has been through- has it been subjected to intense heat and pressure from a major geologic event? Have some of the crystals been re-melted along the edges by an igneous intrusion? Have they been broke from high amounts of strain? These are all things we can see using microscopy.

This rock is full of the minerals plagioclase with a bit of olivine as well, these are one of the rocks I study for my PhD!