Lecturer in Environmental Mineralogy at CODES @UTAS_ , focusing on Critical Elements! I also enjoy hiking and tennis. Views my own.
Joined May 2017
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16 Sep 2021
New mineral alert! My first new mineral, wildcatite, is officially published - a calcium iron tellurate hydroxide, CaFeTeO5(OH). It is named for the small gold prospect in which it was found, Wildcat prospect in Utah, USA, which I visited in 2018.
doi.org/10.3749/canmin.20000…
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May 16
Big crystal of #Herderite with #Elbaite from Stak Nala, Skardu, Pakistan.
#mineral #mineralogy #crystal #mineralexpert #Tourmaline #pegmatite
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Apr 25
Huge etched (labeled as "skeletal" though) #Quartz crystals from the Habachtal, Hohe Tauern, Austria.
Bramberg museum specimen
#mineral #crystal #mineralogy #mineralexpert
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Ever wonder what it was like to help create a new field of chemistry? Wonder no more... #ozchem #MOFs
The crystal engineering foundations of the MOF Nobel Prize - now published in CrystEngComm pubs.rsc.org/en/content/arti…
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Mar 27
#Baryte cluster almost fully covered by dark blue #Azurite with green #Malachite and yellow #Fluorite cube from Aouli, Morocco.
Size 8 x 4 cm
#mineral #crystal #mineralogy #mineralexpert
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Feb 26
Very dark smoky #Quartz crystal from the Karalm, Hohe Tauern, Austria.
Bramberg museum specimen
#mineral #crystal #mineralexpert #mineralogy #morion
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Jan 21
a first: in rejecting an article I submitted to a journal, reviewer 2 noted I failed to engage the work of one Andre Pagliarini
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13 Nov 2025
Introducing our #OreCup winner and IMA Ore Mineral of the Year, #COPPER!
mineralcup.org/orecup/2025-c…
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8 Nov 2025
#OreCup R2M2: It's slippery and silvery #Molybdenite vs peacock rock #Bornite! Are you supporting the only molybdenum (and rhenium) ore, or the hefty copper sulphide?
vote: mineralcup.org/vote-results/…
results: mineralcup.org/vote-results/…
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7 Nov 2025
Not copper metal like in #OreCup today, but (poorly managed) copper mining in general can leave to blue-green precipitates along waterways - and play host to some amazing Cu-tolerant plants!
26 Mar 2024
Some giant clusters of very copper tolerant Nepenthes fusca seen here.
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7 Nov 2025
#OreCup R2M1: Are you supporting tendrils of native #Copper or dark grains of #Ilmenite?
vote: mineralcup.org/vote-results/…
results: mineralcup.org/vote-results/…
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4 Nov 2025
#OreCup R1M2 is a matchup of extremely shiny and geometrically-distinctive ore minerals for #Molybdenite vs #Tetrahedrite.
Vote: mineralcup.org/vote-results/…
Results: mineralcup.org/vote-results/…
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4 Nov 2025
Congratulations, #Copper, and welcome to the #OreCup semi-finals.
Condolences, #Galena, we know this is a heavy loss.
ALT Bracket updated with Galena eliminated and Copper progressing to the next round.
ALT Bar chart of results with Copper leading Galena by about 15% out of 615 votes.
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8 Oct 2025
Here's me getting my PhD with my supervisors - Bernard Hoskins and newly minted #NobelPrize Laureate Richard Robson. So thrilled for Richard, and thinking also of Bernard tonight (who passed away many years ago but was a crucial part of the story). #ozchem #ChemTwitter
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7 Oct 2025
One of the original contenders finally salutes in 2025! Tugtupite couldn't quite do a quetzalcoatlite. Already looking forward to next year!
2 Oct 2025
We have our #MinCup25 champion!!
Congratulations, #Kyanite!
mineralcup.org/2025
After eight years of competing, another few hours to verify votes was nothing, right?
Amazing first run, #Tugtupite, and better luck next year.
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28 Sep 2025
Green vs green!
Cuprosklodowskite for me, for its extra dose of vibrancy and interesting geochemistry!
mindat.org/photo-419767.html
28 Sep 2025
#MinCup25 QF4:
Team Green will win either way as desert emerald #Dioptase faces off against radioactive #Cuprosklodowskite!
Vote: mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r3m…
Results: mineralcup.org/2025/results/…
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26 Sep 2025
Voting for tugtupite today!
too many perovskite votes aren't for the mineral but for the eponymous group of structures.
Tugtupite is also a beryllium containing mineral, and I do love a mineralogical oddity!
26 Sep 2025
#MinCup25 Quarterfinal 2: It's #perovskite and its intriguing structure against #tugtupite's collection of optical tricks for this quarterfinal match!
Vote: mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r3m…
Results: mineralcup.org/2025/results/…
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