Emily Brown

Photograph of the Tassie medal, featuring a white cameo of James Hutton, in profile, set on a blue background, mounted in an oval wooden frame. The right hand panel shows the reverse of the medal. Handwritten on it is: “ James Hutton M.D. (1726-1797), B Edinburgh 1726 D. 1797. Chemical Philosopher. Took the degree of Doctor of Medicine at Lyden in 1749. Medallion modelled and cast by James Cassie in 1792"

Do you know what a Tassie Medal is?

They are glass paste reproductions of engraved cameos portrait medallions made by James Tassie (1735–1799), a Scottish gem engraver and modeller.

We're offering an exclusive chance for you to own one:
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/siccar-point

Artist’s impression of the welcome stack and part of the discovery hub structures, each with a green panel labelled “your name here”.

Let your legacy be the #SiccarPoint #DeepTimeTrail

We want to honour our most generous donors by building you into the trail!

Donate to the Crowdfunder: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/siccar-point

View from the top of a hill down towards the sea. A rocky promontory juts into the sea at Siccar Point. The rocks are distinctly layered and it is clear that there are two rock units are at perpendicular to each other. There is a large group of people making their way down the hill to the rocks to inspect them.

Have you been to Siccar Point? Share your memories and show us your photos!

Help us build a Deep time Trail: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/siccar-point

Help us build a Deep Time Trail at Siccar Point YouTube video by Scottish Geology Trust

Siccar Point is one of the most important geoheritage sites in the world; we think visitors deserve to hear why.

Help us install a Deep Time Trail - donate to the Crowdfunder now. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/siccar-point

youtu.be/OeHsVJiO9gE

Poster for the event showing Stirling Castle on top its craggy hill. Text reads: From Rock to Paper: Sketch like a Geologist. Part of the Scottish Geology Festival.

From Rock to Paper: Sketch like a Geologist

Join geologist Josephine Canning for a creative and educational hands-on workshop where art meets geology 🖌️🪨

Perfect for beginners and enthusiasts alike

📅 6th Sept, 10:30 - 12:00, Stirling Castle

A rocky shore with grass covered cliffs in the background. On the sandy foreshore is a large rocky protrusion with a spire (spindle) and a round "rock" with radiating basalt columns, resembling a wagon wheel.

Join the GeoBus team to explore local rocks and fossils on the St Andrews coast 🌊

See highlights of the Fife coastal path, including St Andrews' local volcano at the Rock and Spindle 🌋

Secure your free ticket now!

📅 7th Sept, 10:00 - 1:00, West Sands, St Andrews

A group of people walk across exposed sandstone bedrock on a pebbly beach. They are keenly observing the rocks and the beautiful view out to sea.

Join in on a Ranger-led stroll along the Hopetoun foreshore to explore some of West Lothian’s finest geology.

Plus, you might even spot some fantastic 🦭 wildlife 🐦‍⬛ along the way!

📅 7th Sept, 10:00 - 13:00, Hopetoun House Estate

Coming Soon - Deep time trail crowdfunder We've exciting things in the pipeline, watch on to find out more! https://www.scottishgeologytrust.org/crowdfunder

Something exciting is coming 🎉

Join us creating the Deep Time Trail at Siccar Point!

Launching September 15th 2025.

A person stands next to a river. Behind the river is a rocky cliff face showing different sedimentary layers of various thicknesses and textures.

Did you know that Midlothian was once a tropical swamp & the evidence is in the rocks? 🪨

On Sun 4th from 10am-12pm you can join Mark Wilkinson, a geologist from the @EdinburghUni, for a walk in Roslin Glen which will reveal the stories in the rocks! 🤩

The island of Staffa, a volcanic island with distinctive basalt columns. Text reads: Volcanoes in our Neighbourhood. Scottish Geology Festival 2025 Launch event.

The Scottish Geology Festival kicks off in 6 DAYS with our launch event

🌋 Volcanoes in our Neighbourhood 🔥

Join a panel of scientists and artists for presentations and discussions on how volcanoes influence our lives

📅 Mon 1st Sept, 6 -8pm @ Hunterian Museum, Glasgow

University of Glasgow stone-built buildings on a sunny day.

Notice the geology all around you as Dr Katie Strang leads a guided walk around the University of Glasgow campus 🏤

Examine the geology of the building stones and learn what they can tell you about Earth's long history 🌍🦖

📅 2nd Sept, 6 - 7:30 pm, meet at Kelvin Hall, Glasgow

New events are being added every day! Keep your peepers peeled for exciting things to come in September

Actors playing Isabella Hutton (Jane Westhead) and James Hutton (Billy Quain) in Holyrood Park, Edinburgh with Arthur's Seat in the background.

We are really having a lot of fun exploring glorious Holyrood Park in the company of Isabella and James Hutton, in our most excellent @edfringe.bsky.social walking theatre. Come join us, every day (except Wednesday) until Monday 25th, starts 11am near Pollock Halls.
www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...

Actors playing Isabella and James Hutton in Holyrood Park, in the "Hutton in Edinburgh" Fringe show.

It's Fringe time! You might need some Edinburgh geology. Join our immersive walking theatre shows in the footsteps of Charles Darwin and James Hutton.

16-25 August (not 20th), Hutton 11:00 and Darwin 14:00
www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...
www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...
Photo: Prof Joe Goldblatt.

A rock consisting of alternating bands of metallic gunmetal-grey (hematite) and warm orange-brown (goethite). The front surface has been polished to a high shine.

📸 Goethite + hematite from Garleton

Often referred to as "Scottish Tiger's Eye" due to its visual similarity to the decorative stone, these banded hematite/goethite specimens are all that remain of the vein worked by the Garleton hematite mine

#mineralmonday #scottishgeology

I am so privileged to visit Siccar Point again and again (third time this week) and see it in different moods, and in the company of geologists and non-geologists all of whom see different aspects of this unique and special place. Just needs an ice cream van or gift shop for scale, don't you think?

Do you have an idea for #ScotGeolFest25?
We're now accepting event proposals!

We're looking for events that inspire, inform, and entertain, and which are themed around Scotland's amazing geology

If you have an idea, or want to be involved then please get in touch

Not in person, but very cool. And so recent too!

www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1... < in case your life’s mission also involves frogs and minerals

Two enamel pins on a lanyard. Both depict frogs surrounded by crystals, one orange with red crystals, one black with pale blue crystals.

One day, my work lanyard will be wholly populated by crystal frogs and on that day I may rest.

Pink granite surrounding and intruding into grey, layered sedimentary rocks.

Happy birthday to James Hutton - the Father of Modern Geology!

Hutton used Scottish rocks, like this exposure at Glen Tilt, to support theories of plutonism and deep time.

Here granite intrudes and surrounds sedimentary rocks - evidence these rocks were once molten

an aerial view of Burwell Fen at Wicken Fen

Peatlands store twice the amount of carbon than all the world's forests. They help control flooding, reduce wildfire risk, drought, and provide important habitat for rare wildlife. Wicken Fen is one of the last refuges for a host of species dependent on peatland soils.
#WorldPeatlandsDay

@bobgooday.bsky.social

Gorgeous 😁

Job alert- Curator of #Entomology at National Museums Northern Ireland with great colleagues and collections ce0568li.webitrent.com/ce0568li_web...

Drumadoon Sill exposed as a cliff on the Arran shore

Congratulations to Arran Geopark on being awarded
🗻 UNESCO Global Geopark 🏔️status!

It’s fab to see Arran being recognised for its unique geological heritage, rich biodiversity, and commitment to protecting their natural heritage.

A spray of elongate, pale green crystals. The crystals clump together into pointed bundles of various lengths. There is a 2cm scale bar, the specimen is 4cm wide.

📸 Lanarkite from Leadhills

Named for the county in which it was first found, lanarkite is a lead sulphate which forms from the oxidation of galena.

A common place to find lanarkite is in mine spoil heaps - galena rapidly oxidises when exposed to Scottish weather!

#MineralMonday #ScottishGeology

A black rock held in a person's hand in front of a corridor of white drawers. The rock is in three layers, a lower grey granite, on top of which sits a thick band of black mineral. At the surface of this band it is apparent that this is magnetite, the layer formed from radiating masses of stubby prismatic black crystals - hedgehog like. On top of this magnetite layer is a patchy layer of botryoidal black cryptomelane, it has a dull powdery lustre. There are also three patches of white bladed baryte crystals, stark against the black.

📸 Cryptomelane with magnetite and baryte from Grandhome

The manganese oxide (cryptomelane ) at Grandhome was mined in the early 1800s as an oxidising agent for making muriatic acid - then used as a bleach.
The mine closed by 1858 and today the site is inaccessible.

#MineralMonday #ScottishGeology

Pale to deep blue minerals encrusting a copper-brown rock. This is a large specimen, approximately 20cm wide, held in a hand in front of a corridor of white drawers.

📸 Connellite from Colvend

Connellite is a copper chloro-sulphate named in 1850 for Arthur Connell, professor of Chemistry at the University of St Andrews. Connell was the first person to study this mineral, though it was first found from Cornwall, not Scotland.

#MineralMonday #ScottishGeology