essentially what it says on the tin.

geology and astrophysics student here. mineralogy starts in a month. how the hell do i survive this class with an A *AND* my sanity intact…. i hear horror stories.

i’m not stupid by any means, but i’m still nervous due to the sheer amount of content i know will be presented to me in this class (mostly since i have a full time credit load this semester and a full time job and undergraduate research to do 🥲🥲).

i’ve heard thus far to spend as much time in the lab looking at the hand samples as i can. i have a decent amount of microscopy experience as i already have a degree in archaeology wherein my primary research focused on cryptotephra, so i’m not too worried about that aspect.

i already got a print copy of our textbook (confirmed text with professor via email a couple weeks ago) as i know i will want it for studying and future reference. if anyone has any study tips, let me know…. taking suggestions for study methods, annotation strategies, notecard methods, etc.

i appreciate any and all advice. thank you and be safe!

EDIT: wanted to note i have uni physics I and gen chem I as well as my intro geology courses done. don’t know how relevant those are besides chemistry but if it contextualizes things… 🤝

GeoSample - GPS-Based Field Data Collection for Geologists, GIS & Survey Professionals

Hi everyone,

After spending far too many hours dealing with field notes, scattered photos, and spreadsheets that seem to have a mind of their own, I decided to build GeoSample.

GeoSample is an Android app designed for geologists, GIS professionals, surveyors, environmental scientists, and field researchers who need a simple way to collect and manage field data.

Features

- Capture GPS coordinates automatically

- Record sample details and field observations

- Attach photos to field samples

- Organize and manage sample locations efficiently

- Export data directly to Excel (XLSX)

- Generate professional PDF reports

- Lightweight and designed specifically for fieldwork

Whether you're conducting geological mapping, geotechnical investigations, mineral exploration, environmental surveys, or academic research, GeoSample can help streamline your workflow.

Google Play Store:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cobaltics.geosample

If you try it, I'd genuinely appreciate your feedback and suggestions.

And if you happen to leave a review, you'll be helping a solo developer convince himself that spending nights coding instead of sleeping was a reasonable life choice.

Thanks for checking it out.

Hello everybody! I have a question regarding faults. For this problem I have to find folds and based on them figure out the type of faulting but for the life of my I can’t see where i could find those folds and how to connect them w my F1 fault. If anyone has any tips for this issue or in general please help out!!

Hi everyone,

I’m looking to build a 3D geological cross-section that incorporates real topography (e.g., from DEM data) and also includes a modeled subduction slab like for example i want for the java trench.

I’m not sure what the best workflow is for combining surface datasets with subsurface geometry in 3D. Are there particular tools (ArcGIS/QGIS + plugins, etc.) or approaches you’d recommend for this?

If you’ve done something similar, I’d really appreciate any tips, tutorials, or example workflows.

Thanks in advance!

I would like to integrate more technology in my university. I’m a tad behind. What’s the best device that you use in school and well as in the field.

Thank you

Here I have a figure from the 12th Annual Field Conference (1957) of the Southwest Wind River Basin. I’m teaching myself how to interpret some of these electric and gamma logs. I don’t see what each line represents. I know one is resistivity, one is potential, and one is gamma. Could someone explain what the convention is for these older maps? Many thanks!

hello!! Im doing a hurricane project and it's due today, but I need help with a section of it. I don't understand how to age date my project, any help would be great!! Thank you!!

I may be stupid, but I looked everywhere and I genuenly have no idea what to do and my prof was just "here you go it's absolutely ez and don't bother me about it"

Please help

i dont know alot about these things but i figured you guys could use this for teaching or even teach me a thing or 2 about when something becomes petrified or anything in that relm.

It might be that I’ve been looking at this for too long.. and I think I’m going insane but what do you think this could possibly be? - the minerals criss cross like that all over the sample. but I’ve never really seen that before I was thinking Augite.. but just that X-shape is making question everything over and over again… please help 😭

My field camp professor just released the field camp syllabus, which is coming up next month. I’m extremely overwhelmed and anxious with the amount of learning topics that are involved. Groundwater interactions, environmental chemistry, slope stability, aquifer protection, groundwater hydrology, hazard assessments, environmental remediation, water chemistry, soil sampling, etc.

Although I have taken the required prerequisites for this field camp, and I’m currently taking a structural geology course. I still feel very underprepared knowledge wise in these concepts. I’m especially concerned about the chemistry emphasis because I do not have a very strong background in chemistry with barely passing my general chemistry courses.

I’m trying to look up learning resources that will help me brush up or crash course learning some of these concepts prior to field camp.

What are the specific math and chemistry equations/concepts that will be primarily used?

I'm trying to prepare myself as much as I can before attending field camp. Any advice or suggestions for learning resources that helped you out with some of these concepts would be greatly appreciated!

shows darker color without direct light almost blue 3.3 cm 1.8 grams found in alluvial deposit of coast line in long island after watching an area collect beautiful peices for s year till there was a pile because of s small stresm of where the run off happens about 3 miles down hill out of a 45 foot bluff area that has formed its own sort catch base if u will. i love this spot it always produces. the second one seems to have a galaxy look inside very light yellow more green that one weighs 5 grams

I (Master student in Geology) have always had some issues with remembering rocks and minerals. I always got them confused, forgot their structure, composition, how they formed and what can they form once metamorphised… I learned a few tricks to remember them, but it took me years to get to that point.

I was wondering what were you biggest challenges in learning about rocks and minerals, what resources you used and what you wished existed to help you?

Earth: Portrait of a Planet, chapter 11

Hello everyone, I’ve made this same question before, but this was before I had aid offers. I essentially got the same aid package, and thankfully, there would be no debt as my parents are able to cover this small amount. From experience, what people have said, or what you think, which of these schools has a better geology/earth science program. Ignore the cost, just programs and location(since it probably factors into earth science). If anyone has any thoughts, ideas, or advice, please comment, thanks

Hi, I need homework help. I'm on the right track, but I'm confused. I have different variations, so if I need to go back its easier to fix. Here's the one I've completed and need to fix, and here's the one without the x-axis I did at the beginning. My professor's email says The one thing I'd take off points for is look at your x axis- remember that the scale is like every inch or so is 500m (see top right of your map) so that should be reflected on your axis of your cross section. Ideally that would be 1:1, so see if you can stretch it out a bit match those numbers. The X and Y axes should be the same scales. Can somone show me where to draw the line? and what way? Thank you.