Alf A. Orvik

FIFA Peace Prize winner says Nobel Peace Prize winner doesn’t have the respect.

Looks like a cumulate. Do you know what scale it is?

Calcite? Seriously? You guys are just going to fizzle out.

Glad that this image was not presented to me under a Rorschach test...

Actually, I think it was first described around 1843 by Theodor Scheerer in Espedalen, Norway (which he called Eisen-Nickelkies).

"Day Off" 🫠

Image of a beautiful fjord, with a blue sky and mountains on the horizon.

Fieldwork in the Råna intrusion in Northern Norway with an amazing view of the Ofoten fjord.

Comic. [3-column table with headers Period, My Favorite Part, and My Biggest Complaint] [Row 1] P: *Precambrian*, MFP: Life develops, MBC: Snowball Earth episodes [Row 2] P: Cambrian, MFP: Trilobites!, MBC: Evolution could stand to calm down a little [Row 3] P: Ordovician, MFP: Earth might have had rings, MBC: Scary volcanic eruption in North America [Row 4] P: Silurian, MFP: First land animals, MBC: Earth’s newfound mold problem [Row 5] P: Devonian, MFP: Big mountains in Boston, MBC: Yeah, sure, what those giant killer fish needed was *armor* [Row 6] P: Carboniferous, MFP: Cool forests, MBC: Bugs too big [Row 7] P: Permian, MFP: Pangea, MBC: Google “The Great Dying” [Row 8] P: Triassic, MFP: Tanystropheus [dinosaur with extremely long neck next to tiny person for scale], MBC: Damage to Canada still visible from space at Manicouagan [Row 9] P: Jurassic, MFP: Birds, MBC: Parasitoid wasps [Row 10] P: Cretaceous, MFP: Raptors, MBC: Raptors [Row 11] P: Paleogene, MFP: Pretty horseys!!!, MBC: Paleocene-eocene thermal maximum [Row 12] P: Neogene, MFP: Forests of *Dracaena* Dragonblood Trees, MBC: Zanclean Flood [Row 13] P: Quaternary, MFP: Burrito invented, MBC: Whoever picked this name for the third period of the Cenozoic

Geologic Periods

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Ja, enig i at det hørtes fryktelig kostbart ut for å fjærne vannbasert maling.

Er erstatning på 1.2 millioner så absurd når de måtte bruke 2.4 millioner på opprydding?

Isotopic identification of paleo rift zones within the Sveconorwegian Province; implications for nickel sulphide mineralisations in the SW Fennoscandian Shield The southwestern Fennoscandian Shield hosts significant orthomagmatic nickel sulphide deposits linked to pre-Sveconorwegian crustal evolution. This st…

🧪⚒️🚨 New paper!

Zircon U-Pb & Hf data from SW Fennoscandian Shield reveal that breaks in westward-younging crustal trends mark zones of extension & Ni-bearing mafic intrusions.

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

So good. 🤡

@brendanvduke.bsky.social

Finance Guy Doing Cocaine In Sad Way This Time

Finance Guy Doing Cocaine In Sad Way This Time

A screenshot of a tweet from Laura Bassett that reads: "Roses are red Violets are blue" Below the tweet is a screenshot of a WIRED article headline, which states: "Nearly All Cybertrucks Have Been Recalled Because Tesla Used the Wrong Glue" The subtext explains that Tesla will fix the issue, which could cause panels to detach from Cybertrucks while driving, by using a new adhesive that is “not prone to environmental embrittlement.”

I snortled.

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Mw5.7-5.8 earthquake hit offshore Molde, Norway, causing damage in many houses. Felt from central Sweden to northern Scotland and also in several boats, it was one of the largest Norwegian EQs.
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Water Damage xkcd.com/3059

This includes the USGS Hawaiian and Alaska Volcano Observatories. HVO's Ironworks is a temporary space while a new facility is built to replace the Observatory critically damaged in 2018. Both groups are near their volcanoes. Neither has anywhere to go and both have been forbidden from telework.

Yeah, it's MDPI...

Does not make sense that it is not extracted on a commercial basis if that is true. But yeah, fairly recent paper, and with the war and all🤷‍♂️ Still, not to step on anyone's toes. If Ukraine has this resource, it should benefit Ukraine, and not another country that feels entitled.

Lithium Extraction and Zeolite Synthesis via Mechanochemical Treatment of the Silicate Minerals Lepidolite, Spodumene, and Petalite Lithium is in high demand: this is driven by current trends in e-mobility and results in increased global production and record prices for lithium ores and compounds. Pegmatite ores, in addition to br...

Found this. Its a MDPI article and i just read the abstract. No library acess outside the office either. "extraction via the mechanochemical treatment of the three most common lithium minerals... petalite crystal structure was much more suitable.. substantial lithium extraction of 84.9%".

Allright, yeah, i have not studied this myself. I've heard of the Lithium potential of Ukraine elsewhere and wanted to mention it.

Exploration and mining perspectives of the critical elements for green technologies in Ukraine Abstract. The state of the mineral resource base of Ukraine for a number of elements that are essential for the development of ‘green power energy’ in Euro

Just read the abstract but "Lithium and rare-earth elements (REEs) – deposits that have mostly been explored and possess considerable reserves; these deposits are not under exploitation but can be brought into commercial production pending appropriate geological and economic evaluation."

Of lithium that is.

What are Ukraine's critical minerals and why does Trump want them? U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent arrived in Kyiv on Wednesday to discuss a critical minerals deal as Ukraine vies to win the backing of U.S. President Donald Trump at a perilous diplomatic juncture in the war with Russia.

According to the Ukrainian geological survey, "Ukraine has one of Europe's largest confirmed reserves". Does not make it a REE, though.

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Yeah, me too. Crazy.

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For anyone who’s written a scientific paper, this makes absolutely no sense unless your goal is to censor science.

Hey, thank you! I'm a Norwegian geoscientist who works at the survey. My ORCID is 0000-0001-6931-0291