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Rocks, minerals, invertebrate & trace fossils, & drill core. Visit the Mineralogy/Petrology & the Paleontology Museums in the Earth Sciences Building

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University of Alberta Museums@UAlbertaMuseums
18 Jan 2017
#UAlbertaMuseums staff visited our #UAlberta collections today for #MuseumSelfieDay!
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New Anatarctic beetle fossil named after former @UAlbertaMuseums Curator Dr. George E. Ball bbc.com/news/science-environ…

Rare Antarctic beetle find delights

Scientists have made a rare find: a new species of beetle from Antarctica.

bbc.com
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Unidentified bioeroded neogastropod snail. #FossilFriday #ualberta
Red & black obsidian found in teaching lab. #ualberta used to purchase numbered rock sets from mineral dealers or sci. co's. #TBThursday
Scapolite under longwave UV light. #Ualberta Fluorescent Minerals display. #geology #MineralMonday
30cm Paradoxides trilobite from Morocco. #FossilFriday
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6 Nov 2016
This Thursday evening 7-8pm join us for awesome views of the Moon! CCIS 5-240 #UAlberta
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As green as the grass in #yeg today. Unusual for Nov. #mineralmonday #geology
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Horn corals from a Devonian reef. Paleoenvironment artwork by @UAlbertaMuseums Curator Dr. Michael Caldwell. #FossilFriday #art #UAlberta
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Cataloguing today- Silica rich nodule from the Battle Formation. 66-72 million years old. May contain algal bits. #ualberta #geology
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Collinsite is named after important Canadian geologist William H. Collins Learn more about him tinyurl.com/jbf9z3g #ualberta #geology
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Petrified witch's brew? Nope, the mineral malachite. #ualberta #mineralmonday #halloween #geology
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Nice ammonititid ammonite from the #ualberta Invertebrate Paleontology Collection #FossilFriday #geology
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Dolomitic limestone from #ualberta. How many geologists cringed at that name? #geology. A tardy #TaxonomyTuesday
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I'm back from my east coast vacation. From #ualberta collection, and collected at Cape Spencer, NS M13083 Silbite. #geology #MineralMonday
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Varves, like tree rings, record annual cycles. A dark layer represents 1 winter. #ualberta #FirstDayofFall #geology
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The Paleontology Museum in ESB now has selfguided tour pamphlets to use during your visit. #ualberta #fossil
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M4602-9 Corundum. Sapphire September's birthstone, is the blue gemstone variety of corundum #MineralMonday #ualberta
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Mass migration, or burrowing? BBC article with comment by #ualberta emeritus Dr. Brian Chatterton tinyurl.com/zof9uud #paleo #geology
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#ualberta Paleontology Museum and Mineralogy/Petrology Museum Mon.-Fri. 8:00-16:00. Great places for #studying and #relaxing. #StudentLife
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