Mason McCabe

Decided to look at how #hematite affects the #quartz crystals from @diamond_hill_mine using my microscope camera. #mineralmonday #minerals (at Diamond Hill Mine) https://www.instagram.com/p/B90C_n_BI4J/?igshid=nrhbjc71ufxl

She's the Dr.Sattler to my Dr.Grant, literally and figuratively ❤ (at Blacksburg, Virginia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4iS3t9gVRH/?igshid=1wghtropqs6j5

A conference can be its own vacation #2019svp (at South Bank, Brisbane) https://www.instagram.com/p/B34YQH5B0Sl/?igshid=1mudu7bjnw1cu

Wildlife and scenery around #queensland (at Australia Zoo) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3t-fu_B8vg/?igshid=18bwetlmjgzw7

Had great time at my first SVP with some great paleontologist (at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3qkQBdh94p/?igshid=1jvn34a3fg4em

While heading to #svp2019 we had a short (23 hour) of a layover in Los Angeles, so we decided to kill time at the museum. Got to see some of my favorite extinct Theropods and Ungulates. (at Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3ew42OBo_u/?igshid=c9dg8satxbh8

While I'm at #svp2019 I got to see Australia's most notable fossils. From the mesozoic dinosaurs and pterosaurs to the megafauna of the cenozoic like the giant wombats and monitor lizards. Australian has some of my favorite extinct species! (at Queensland Museum) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3auoNJBoFM/?igshid=8x4dz0u0gu4n

Just happened to wear my #permia Stego hoddie and found out the new #deeptime exhibit has the original holotype of Stegosaurus stenops (at Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0KzRuRhdPA/?igshid=pr19l30qjdch

"So... no curve..." https://www.instagram.com/p/BwsRhGQBYuT/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=k7pvuseuygt8

at Hamilton College https://www.instagram.com/p/Bvj7sJ0BQgF/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1x3ztvdl2t82k

So glad I got to see the famous Carnegie Museum of Natural History and their displays (at Carnegie Museum of Natural History) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvILCLPByPC/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1vqwetau2642r

Went to the New River Cave and crawled through the caverns looking at the unique structures, minerals and wildlife https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt_6IiiBDiD/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1kgrbblusitz8

Even when on vacation, a good geologist always brings his/her rock hammer. I found some exposed rock that contained some olivine crystals. These are used in the gemstone peridot and are created in some of the hottest temperatures of lava. #hawaii #minerals (at Hālona Blowhole) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsVkmfIlJ-uRBeG-5I5uHYZ9jmtG2bXATftALg0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1008uup5e8nzm

Sea life around Hanauma Bay (at Hanauma Bay) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsM5T6Ols7Ni67blqTnYXfaVtspTuzXtvppJd40/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=3g20xjjqclqx

Wildlife around Oahu (at Oahu Hawaii) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsG8AvqFkn84hOkEriqrG2I7S0JsIGhJbyUoeA0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=19i2qmqgucw0i

Found some old basaltic lava flows that formed into a Sea Arch (at Makapu'u Beach Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/Brt5GAdlMO6NgIlGa40Chtzy7mz6_Ry4-rB56Q0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1uc8cgvs8xixw

Definitely my favorite trip this semester at VT (at Virginia Museum of Natural History) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq5jha8Fefy8Z6C33B9IZZ8BEJPlhviORyRK1c0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=r4cjn1zv0k9