It may be Friday, but it's never too late for #ThinSectionThursday 😁 🤡 Here's a rock (from @geologymull) newly photo'd yesterday: a lovely fresh olivine dolerite from the very-rarely-visited Stac Mhic Mhurchaidh, an uninhabited rock west of Iona. The violet colour of the clinopyroxene crystals "bespeaks titanium" as the early C20th geological survey reports elegantly used to say. 🤓 😊 Field of view about 3.5mm wide. More image info in Alt-txt.

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Are you looking for a PhD position in the field of experimental planetary science? Do you have a background in Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology, or Earth and Planetary Sciences in general?

The ERC Starting Grant group ELMO led by Christian Renggli @bsky.app.profile.renggli.bsky.social is looking for a doctoral researcher to join them: https://www.mps.mpg.de/phd/experimental-laboratory-magma-ocean

Application deadline is 1 June 2026.

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Hellenic Survey of Geology and Mineral Exploration (HSGME): The library of the H.S.G.M.E. is being digitized. “[Researchers] have access to more than 88,000 titles — including 12,000 unpublished scientific and technical reports and studies, around 4,500 maps (dating back to 1891), and 40,000 issues of Greek and international scientific journals. Additionally, 277 books are classified as ‘Rare […]