This is Geology

Getting to see fossilized Triceratops skin

When a museum labels a tourmaline sample "albite feldspar"

When an author describes a geologist character in their book as "digging in the dirt"

When it snows and someone says, "So much for global warming! LOL"

What the other science majors imagine when we explain that we've got to finish coloring our map for lab

When your project partner at field camp can't distinguish quartz from plagioclase

The petrology TA after the class gets their exams back

When someone without a scientific background tries to tell me that climate change isn't anthropogenic

Finding out I get to work on a microscope for the first time in awhile

When you're known as the dinosaur nerd around the office

When that one kid keeps stealing strike and dip measurements from your map

"Chalk is just brittle limestone"

When an emeritus professor makes a casual sexist joke while presenting an award to a female recipient

How I imagine Schopf is feeling right now

When it starts to snow or rain on the outcrop

For those of you with finals coming up...

First time using a Brunton compass