Scottish meteorite! Pals at Glasgow Uni have identified area between Loch Treig and Loch Ericht as the likely fall zone. A huge area of mountainous ground. Scotland must be one of the worst places to recover meteorite falls - lots of vegetation, especially bogs, big areas with no population, wet weather etc. The last one recovered was in 1917, although dozens of sizable ones must have fallen since.
STV News
Hillwalkers called to help track down Scotland's first meteorite in 100 years
Researchers from the UK Fireball Alliance have managed to reconstruct the meteor’s path and estimate where fragments have fallen.
BBC News
Highland hillwalkers asked to look out for meteorite fragments
The UK Fireball Alliance is hopeful walkers will stumble across the space rocks which fell in the Highlands in July.
 #NaeChance #Meteorite #Scotland
Very pleased to have spotted this anonymous lifting stone at the wonderful Glengarry community hall/cafe/ heritage centre. It turns out to be the legendary 132kg Invergarry stone. The roundness and weight means it's immovable by mortals (eg me πŸ˜ƒ), although heroic videos are available online. #LiftingStones #Scotland image
#MinCup25 Two fine minerals facing off in today's bout: the exotic, chemically and structurally intriguing perovskite vs the ubiquitous chameleon that is calcite. @npub1ssgr...swjk/115143274766404499" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://mastodon.scot/deck/NOSTR_0/115143274766404499 This year I'm going for #calcite Among other things, it makes for some completely bonkers, unusably fragile gemstones. like this one, which turns a ray of light entering the stone into 8 rays leaving the stone. More here: https://www.gia.edu/gems-gemology/winter-1984-calcite-hurlbut (with free link to full pdf) #Geology #Gemstones #Optics image
Yesterday a friend showed me this beautiful potato which was owned by her great grandfather, who had been a farmer in East Lothian. The miracle potato had survived, and been passed down the generations. πŸ€©πŸ˜‹ See Alt text for the #SecretOfThePotato #BuntΓ ta #Potato #Tattie image
Here's a wee thread of some favourite highlights from the Industrial/Horticultural tent at this year's Bunessan Show on Friday: the fiercely contested "bowl containing approx. 1l of homemade compost" category: 🧡 /1 #BunessanShow #Mull #Compost
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Round pebbles are surprisingly rare, as @Bob Downie has noted... Here's a large and very spherical pebble (strictly a cobble πŸ€“ ) which I found a few years ago at Kilfinichen Bay on Mull. Not quite my roundest natural stone, but it gets bonus points for large size I think. #Geology #RoundestPebble image