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CatWithGeologists @catwithgeologists.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#AdoptDontShop A recommendation from the rescues Mica and Jasper🐾

CatWithGeologists @catwithgeologists.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Today: Jasper is rehearsing for a lead role in the #film "The Cats who stare at Chestnuts" It's getting an mystery #movie about #paranormal #hedgewatch skills... No spoilers, though—you'll have to watch it for yourself! #catsoftwitter #catsofx #catsofbluesky

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Kerstin Neuhaus @microtopico.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Yay for fossils, go #Calcite! #MinCup26

Fossils from the Upper Devonian, mainly little corals and a bivalve, ob a wooden board.

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CatWithGeologists @catwithgeologists.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Oh no it's not looking good for #Calcite 🙀 Think of all the fossils we would not have without the pawsome #mineral calcite

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CatWithGeologists @catwithgeologists.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Today it's #Calcite against the extremely rare #mineral #Julienite at #MinCup26😻 We vote for calcite in memory of Ornella 🌈 who voted for calcite because of its use as #compass 😻 due to its high birefringence😻

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Naturae Lapides @naturaelapides.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Come on, Gypsum, you can do it #TeamGypsum! A fascinating mineral – and it’s fluorescent too! Vote for it: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... #MinCup26 #MinCup #mineral #crystal

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CatWithGeologists @catwithgeologists.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Today it's #Gypsum against #Pyromorphite at #MinCup26 😻 Look this pawsome lake in #Switzerland was formed because the #mineral gypsum can form #karst 😻 Thus thanks to gypsum Simbalito could have this Pawsome subsurface adventure 😻 #DoesItCat ? Yes🐾

Simbalito is having a subsurface boat trip in a karst lake

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CatWithGeologists @catwithgeologists.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

In today's #MinCup26 duell it is #Hafnon against #Putnisite we didn't know either of them, but we see that the #mineral Hafnon has a simple formula Hf[SiO4]. Just simple enough for our humans😽 and that it is the only known mineral with #Hafnium as main ingredient🙀 #DoesItCat ? Yes🐾

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CatWithGeologists @catwithgeologists.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Today it's #Talc against #Stichtite at #MinCup26 😻 This is easy for us Talc is representating the fluffy end of the Moths scale that measures the hardness of a #mineral 🙀😹 Being fluffy is one of the supaw powers of #cats So #DoesItCat ? YES🐾 #PawForScale #geologywithcats

Micas paw as scale for a tiny piece of Talc

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Kamil Ustaszewski @wukaimi.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I'm seeking to fill a #PhD position in my #structuralgeology group @uni-jena.de on deep #geothermal resources in central Germany. The post is ideal for #geoscience students with interest in brittle deformation, #tectonic stress analysis and #fieldwork. jobs.uni-jena.de/jobposting/4...

$View of a quarry exposing fractured granitoid gneisses in a c. 20 m high vertical wall in the Kyffhäuser Mountains in central Germany. A person at the lower right bottom of the photo serves for scale.$ $Closeup view of a fractured granitoid gneisses exposed on a vertical rock face in a quarry in the right portion of the photo serves as a scale. The field of view is approximately 2 x 5 m.$

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CatWithGeologists @catwithgeologists.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Today it's #Quartz vs the newly discovered #Asagiite 😻 Sorry for the new #mineral but quartz makes the #clocks tick that remind our humans to serve us breakfast, lunch, dinner & the other meals & there are many. #DoesItCat ? Yes #MinCup26 #geologwithcats #geology

Jasper is reading his watch to figure out how many seconds he needs to wait until the next meal is served

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CatWithGeologists @catwithgeologists.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Today, it’s #cuprite versus #orpiment in the #MinCup26. Easy! The #mineral orpiment contains arsenic, & that is very toxic to #cats. But cuprite is a #copper oxide that often forms on #bronze statues, & bronze statues exist primarily to pay homage to cats. #DoesItCat ? YES #geologywithcats

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CatWithGeologists @catwithgeologists.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Today's duell at #MinCup26 is #Bournonite vs. #Vesuvianite 🐾 Our social media assistant is also working with #volcano things. Thus we vote for the #mineral named after the famous #MountVesuvius 🌋 #geologywithcats #Vesuvius #geology #mineralogy

Jasper and Mica on hedgewatch with Mount Vesuvius in the background

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CatWithGeologists @catwithgeologists.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Today it's #Anorthite vs. #Sphalerite at #MinCup26 😻 Anorthite got it's name from Gustav Rose. The name means not at right angles 😹 Since we appreciate if things aren't to tidy/ordered we go for Anorthite instead of the cubic Sphalerite #DoesItCat ? Yes🐾

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CatWithGeologists @catwithgeologists.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Today it's #Erythrite vs. #Skutterudite at #MinCup26 😻 This is again difficult because we don't know either of them🙀 We however found a #DoesItCat criterion. Transparency & translucency for Skutterudite is opaque-like it is for us- the mysterious #cats 😽 so Skutterudite it is

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CatWithGeologists @catwithgeologists.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Today the vote at #Mincup2026 ( now with correct hashtag 🙀😽) was a difficult decision because we couldn't figure out a #DoesItCat criterion for the #mineral 🙀 Neither for #Azurite nor for #Smithsonite . However in Germany #Azurite is also called Bergblau (mountain blue) and we like the mountains...

Simbalito in the mountains with an Azurite blue sky

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CatWithGeologists @catwithgeologists.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Tomorrow the #MineralCup / #MinCup26 is starting to find the #mineral of the year 😻 As #hedgewatch 'er & #cats with #geologist's we are of course interested. Can you see why my name is #Mica 😻😹 #PawForScale #geologywithcats @mineralcup.bsky.social

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Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Oooh, a bracket! www.mineralcup.org/2026/bracket

A sports-style elimination bracket of 32 minerals labeled "Mineral Cup 2026". Text below reads, "Daily voting takes place on www.MineralCup.org in September. Campaign on your favourite social media using #MinCup26."

The starting matches are, in chronological order in pairs from top to bottom alternating from left to right each match:
Azurite vs Smithsonite
Erythrite vs Skutterudite
Sphalerite vs Anorthite
Bournonite vs Vesuvianite
Cuprite vs Orpiment
Quartz vs Asagiite
Monazite-(Ce) vs Andalusite
Stichtite vs Talc
Hafnon vs Putnisite
Pyromorphite vs Gypsum
Calcite vs Julienite
Pyrrhotite vs Cylindrite
Arsenopyrite vs Halite
Riebeckite vs Gadolinite-(Y)
Chrysocolla vs Xocolatlite
Cassiterite vs Graphite

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CatWithGeologists @catwithgeologists.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Today is #InternationalCatDay 😻 Pawsome🐾 😻 We kept our humans busy, went on #hedgewatch, insisted on lots of playtime and treats and are now tired 😽🙀 We wished all cats could celebrate 😻😿 Please #AdoptDontShop 🐾 #Cats #CatsofTwittter #CatsAreFamily #catsofbluesky

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CatWithGeologists @catwithgeologists.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Today the humans visited during #hedgewatch this famous #refrigerator 😽 They visit it every time when they are in #Switzerland 😻 You take the #cheese and put the money in😻 It's great. The humans know even the #cows and the #farmer 😻 & the #cat 😻 They are very nice person's

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CatWithGeologists @catwithgeologists.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Two days ago during our #hedgewatch to the #Aletsch #glacier in the #Alps we found this😽😹 Well done pal😻 This is why the humans need #CatsWithJobs 🐾 They must quality control everything 🐾 Humans #PawForScale #catsoftwitter #catsofx #Switzerland

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CatWithGeologists @catwithgeologists.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Today I visited again the #Aletschglacier 😻 I love this place although the #glacier is very sick😿 I went during my #hedgewatch to the lucky #stone depot/#Glücksstein depot and put many #rocks in for all our friends 😻 Look how full it is😻 #Alps #Aletsch #climatechange #climate #catsofbluesky

Simbalito at the Glücksstein Depot/ lucky stone depot in front of the Aletschglacier

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CatWithGeologists @catwithgeologists.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Today Jasper and Mica are cheering for #Belgium        Paws crossed for the team 😻 #football #Fifaworldcup #FIFA #Uefa

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CatWithGeologists @catwithgeologists.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Today is day 30 and the last day of #30DaysWild 😻 We rescued a large #earth #bumblebee from the watering can. They are usually employed in greenhouse #agriculture as pollinators 🙀 Now we are tired and think about all the things we learned during our 30DaysWild #hedgewatch 'es #nature #wildlife

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CatWithGeologists @catwithgeologists.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Today is day 29 of #30DaysWild and we have pawsome news😻 The little #robin's left the nest. We were told that 5 juveniles have been observed to leave. It's 13 days since we first saw the eggs This fits purrfectly😻 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #hedgewatch

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CatWithGeologists @catwithgeologists.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Today is day 28 of #30DaysWild and the humans used the cooler morning for a #hedgewatch to a small #lake. Apparently the small #tadpole's /#polliewog's / #Kaulquappen decided to become #toad's 😻 They have seen lots of them. Have a safe travel little friends😻 #amphibian #nature

A very small toad on the hand of the twitter assistant

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CatWithGeologists @catwithgeologists.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Today is day 27 of #30DaysWild and it's hot... During our #garden #hedgewatch we put with the help of our #solar powered pump some #water on the terrace. It helped to cool our place and we invited our friends the insects to have some water. First to arrive was this #wasp 😻

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CatWithGeologists @catwithgeologists.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Today is day 26 of #30DaysWild and the temperature in our place reached 36°C so we decided not to go on #outdoor #hedgewatch 🐾 Instead we used the #time to learn from our #books about #plants and #animals who live here #nature #wildlife #catsoftwitter #catsofbluesky

Simbalito and Jasper reading about nature

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CatWithGeologists @catwithgeologists.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Today is day 25 of #30DaysWild and 4 years ago. One day after Ornella 🌈 got her wings we witnessed this during #hedgewatch . The hatching of a #Dragonfly 😻 We see it as a sign from Ornella 🌈which says that everything is connected in #nature and that live is a circle 🐾

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CatWithGeologists @catwithgeologists.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Today is day 24 of #30DaysWild & we decided to have a closer look to the small #universe in our #garden 😻 We have met sooo many #Armadillidiidae also called poll #bugs they belong to the #woodlice . The oldest #fossils found are about 100 million years old🙀 Pawsome #gardening #nature

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CatWithGeologists @catwithgeologists.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Today 4 years ago Ornella🌈 got her wings😿❤️ The humans often talk about her. How she became #hedgewatch'er. That she helped with #gardening 🙀 & with explaining #rocks & #geology, that she loved boxes & so many more things. Greetings to Ornella🌈 & all her friends OTRB🌈

Ornella 🌈 in a box present I a windkanter

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CatWithGeologists @catwithgeologists.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Today is day 23 of #30DaysWild and we think the most impawtent skills to get nice pictures of the #wildlife during #hedgewatch are patience, being prepared, a little luck😻& sometimes camera lenses with high magnification, to stay healthy😽 #australia     #Svalbard #polarbear #Kookaburra

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CatWithGeologists @catwithgeologists.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Today is day 22 of #30DaysWild & during #hedgewatch we met this hard working #bee a western #HoneyBee . Did you know that bee's communicate by #dancing? We didn´t disturbed the fellow for long & sayed thank you for your impawtent work in #agriculture #insects #nature

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CatWithGeologists @catwithgeologists.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Today is day 21 of #30DaysWild and look our #garden was visited by this wonderful butterfly - we think it is an #LargeWhite / #Cabbage #butterfly it has the same name in German #Kohlweißling 😻 We think during his #hedgewatch he became interested in our #lavender #bloomscrolling

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CatWithGeologists @catwithgeologists.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Today is day 20 of #30DaysWild 😻 Do you remember that our humans found a #nest from a #robin 4 days ago. They visited it again and guess what 😻🙀😽 They saw at least 5 hungry, wide-open beaks. Congrats to the robins😻 #bird #birding #nature #hedgewatch #birdwatching

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CatWithGeologists @catwithgeologists.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

We just discovered the hashtag #ForestFriday Our picture is a little off #season but hopefully it will help you to stay cool 😻🐾 #winter #summer #snow #cold

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CatWithGeologists @catwithgeologists.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Today the #heatwave hit our place 😻🐾 The humans are spending the evening in the cool living room with watching #Paddington and having a #GinTonic 🙀😽 They call it a very #British evening 🙀#Gin #tonic

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CatWithGeologists @catwithgeologists.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Today is day 19 of #30DaysWild & Mica is investigating the #clover during his #garden #hedgewatch. He learned that Clover with help of #bacteria fixes #nitrogen in the roots-an impawtent fertiliser🐾 & that Clover with 4 leaves is considered lucky😻 Paws crossed Mica #gardening

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CatWithGeologists @catwithgeologists.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Today is day 18 of #30DaysWild The #hedgewatch was only to the #garden (humans are still sick). They found this garden #snail. #TopSpeed is 0.0039 km/h-slow enough that the humans could take a picture. It's common in the UK & but not in our place. We have the #RomanSnail. #nature #gardening

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CatWithGeologists @catwithgeologists.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Today is day 17 of #30DaysWild the humans are a little unwell and the #hedgewatch was - only to our little garden 😻 We have lots of herb's and the insects like it😻🐾 We hope it's at least a little wild 😻

Our little garden with flowers and herbs

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CatWithGeologists @catwithgeologists.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Today is day 16 of #30DaysWild and the humans found this during #hedgewatch to a friend. A #nest from a #robin #Rotkehlchen in a #flower pot. The robin came back after a few minutes. #birds #birding #garden

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CatWithGeologists @catwithgeologists.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Today is day 15 of #30DaysWild and during our #garden #hedgewatch we looked very closely at the herbs and saw this 🙀😻 We think it's an #opiliones #harvestman #Weberknecht. We have read that some can have legs 25 times as long as the body - daddy long legs is one nickname

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CatWithGeologists @catwithgeologists.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Today is day 14 of #30DaysWild and the #hedgewatch calendar says it's about #stargazing 😻 We try our very best, but it's cloudy and we must show an old picture 😿😻 Look it's with the #star sign #orion #astronomy #nightsky

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CatWithGeologists @catwithgeologists.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Today is day 13 of #30DaysWild the humans were on #hedgewatch and saw that the #chestnuts start to grow 😻 We hope that autumn isn't coming too soon 🙀

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CatWithGeologists @catwithgeologists.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Today is day 12 of #30DaysWild & we show #geology 😻Something wild happend to this #rock that we found during #hedgewatch. Its a #breccia -a rock brocken into pieces-the dark pawts-by mighty forces & later glued together again(white stuff) #PawForScale #GeologyWithCats #limestone #rocks #Mallorca

Simbalito is showing a brecciated rock. The rock is a limestone

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CatWithGeologists @catwithgeologists.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Today is day 11 of #30DaysWild & during #hedgewatch on the #beach the humans found a #HermiCrab 🙀 First they thought oh what a cute #snail shell, but than little arms showed of😻 They put it back into a safer place and waved goodbye 😻 #HumansPawForScale #crab #nature #Mallorca

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Northumberland Wildlife Trust @northwildlife.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Join us for 30 Days Wild this June and receive your free resources. Don’t miss out on all the wild activity inspiration this June. Sign up and get your pack here 👉 www.nwt.org.uk/30-days-wild

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CatWithGeologists @catwithgeologists.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Today is day 10 of #30DaysWild and our #hedgewatch took us through a #farm with #olive and orange #trees . We could hear the whole time the #Cicadidae singing 😻 Turn the sound on🐾😽 #insects #nature #mallorca #Baleary

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