Geologist, blogger, and traveler, almost always in couple ❤️ 🇪🇺 🇯🇵 Lived in 四国 🎎 and will miss it forever. I post rocks as a stress relief ⚒️ My geology website: https://geologyistheway.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/calamitaman.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/calamitaman.bsky.social/post/3mtjf24nakk25First refreshing showers after the long canicule in Orleans ⛲😌20 Aug 2026 13:46 +0000at://did:plc:msanb6bvpfwsdf3qp2haadon/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjf24nakk25https://bsky.app/profile/calamitaman.bsky.social/post/3msxqvg7q322kThis is probably the most beautiful listvenite I have ever seen in my entire life. From the metasomatized Thetford ophiolite, next to the contact with granodiorite ⚒️ #geology #serpentinite #ultramaficrocks13 Aug 2026 13:30 +0000at://did:plc:msanb6bvpfwsdf3qp2haadon/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxqvg7q322khttps://bsky.app/profile/calamitaman.bsky.social/post/3msua3tnbp22zI can finally say that I have enjoyed my North America travel. Thanks for all the kind souls that helped me find and locate Argiope aurantia in Quebec, Canada. I am super happy about this sighting! 😊 🕷️ #argiope #spiders12 Aug 2026 03:52 +0000at://did:plc:msanb6bvpfwsdf3qp2haadon/app.bsky.feed.post/3msua3tnbp22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/calamitaman.bsky.social/post/3msow7wfvy22gIf somebody from Canada wants to help me find Argiope aurantia while I am here, they would make me the happiest man on Earth :)10 Aug 2026 01:12 +0000at://did:plc:msanb6bvpfwsdf3qp2haadon/app.bsky.feed.post/3msow7wfvy22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/calamitaman.bsky.social/post/3mslvxy4dqc2nLanding in Montreal, Canada08 Aug 2026 20:29 +0000at://did:plc:msanb6bvpfwsdf3qp2haadon/app.bsky.feed.post/3mslvxy4dqc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/calamitaman.bsky.social/post/3mshtjeykqs2lGreetings from Oregon and its breathtaking nature! 🦋 #butterfly #swallowtail #insects #nature07 Aug 2026 05:35 +0000at://did:plc:msanb6bvpfwsdf3qp2haadon/app.bsky.feed.post/3mshtjeykqs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/calamitaman.bsky.social/post/3ms5kdpyae22dJust flew over Mt St Helens but unfortunately it was hidden by the clouds. At least I got a good view of Mt Rainier!03 Aug 2026 03:24 +0000at://did:plc:msanb6bvpfwsdf3qp2haadon/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms5kdpyae22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/calamitaman.bsky.social/post/3mrwsx5cvhc23'AI is the future' 🙄 [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Jul 2026 11:09 +0000at://did:plc:msanb6bvpfwsdf3qp2haadon/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrwsx5cvhc23https://bsky.app/profile/calamitaman.bsky.social/post/3mrevlprbf22aFor #FridayFold I would like to bring to your attention some folded quartz + carpholite veins in Permian metasandstones. Canaloni - Farma stream Monticiano-Roccastrada, Italy ⚒️ #geology24 Jul 2026 08:09 +0000at://did:plc:msanb6bvpfwsdf3qp2haadon/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrevlprbf22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/calamitaman.bsky.social/post/3mrdtspqpsc27See the green guy? That is a pretty spinel in a cool rock, a felsic granulite from the ophiolites of Liguria, Italy What's a granulite doing within ophiolites? Well, I am sorry to clickbait you but I finished the space, so the answer is in the following post. ⚒️ #geology #ThinSectionThursday23 Jul 2026 22:04 +0000at://did:plc:msanb6bvpfwsdf3qp2haadon/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrdtspqpsc27https://bsky.app/profile/calamitaman.bsky.social/post/3mracj4eutk2eAmmonite in the Rosso Ammonitico from Sassorosso, Italy ⚒️ #geology #paleontology22 Jul 2026 12:17 +0000at://did:plc:msanb6bvpfwsdf3qp2haadon/app.bsky.feed.post/3mracj4eutk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/calamitaman.bsky.social/post/3mr7wriskts22Written on the walls of the Department of Earth Sciences in Pisa, Italy. It can be translated as "when the time comes, the one who knows will know, and the one who doesn't will damage himself" Francesco Homisi (1620)22 Jul 2026 08:47 +0000at://did:plc:msanb6bvpfwsdf3qp2haadon/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr7wriskts22https://bsky.app/profile/calamitaman.bsky.social/post/3mr6s774nck22Albite crystals with internal foliation patterns defined by tiny graphite inclusions in a schist from Gorgona Island, Italy. FOV 3 mm "Ciao Gianni. Grazie per avermi portato a Gorgona" ⚒️ #geology21 Jul 2026 21:52 +0000at://did:plc:msanb6bvpfwsdf3qp2haadon/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr6s774nck22https://bsky.app/profile/calamitaman.bsky.social/post/3mr3cv67x4s2iNice isoclinal folds in marbles from the Island of Gorgona, Italy. This place is a prison where you need a permit to go and another special permit to shot photos, so please enjoy something that's really hard to photograph 😘 ⚒️ #geology20 Jul 2026 12:40 +0000at://did:plc:msanb6bvpfwsdf3qp2haadon/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr3cv67x4s2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/calamitaman.bsky.social/post/3mqqqibjj6k2g#ThinSectionThursday Round olivine crystals, completely transformed to serpentine with the typical 'mesh texture', surrounded by altered calcic plagioclase in a troctolite (an olivine-rich gabbroic rock). Width: 3 mm CPL Mattarana Quarry, Sestri Levante, Liguria, Italy16 Jul 2026 07:44 +0000at://did:plc:msanb6bvpfwsdf3qp2haadon/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqqqibjj6k2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/calamitaman.bsky.social/post/3mq4pnadghc2oA spinel grain or a soccer player doing an overhead kick? ⚒️ #geology #worldcup08 Jul 2026 08:36 +0000at://did:plc:msanb6bvpfwsdf3qp2haadon/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq4pnadghc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/calamitaman.bsky.social/post/3mpz3dayuv22pP.O.V. You are a bee and you are landing on this flower06 Jul 2026 21:54 +0000at://did:plc:msanb6bvpfwsdf3qp2haadon/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpz3dayuv22phttps://bsky.app/profile/calamitaman.bsky.social/post/3moff5aycsk25I recently had the opportunity to partecipate to this research I am really glad to share here. Ambient Noise Tomography at the scale of the Tuscan region (TEMPEST) revealed the existence of huge reservoirs of magma below active geothermal fields #geology #geophysics ⚒️ https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-026-03334-016 Jun 2026 08:31 +0000at://did:plc:msanb6bvpfwsdf3qp2haadon/app.bsky.feed.post/3moff5aycsk25https://bsky.app/profile/calamitaman.bsky.social/post/3moda5lijhc2e1/2 Today my first (and only) spider paper was accepted! By browsing thousands of Argiope spider observations from India, we found that Argiope undulata is a species completely distinct from A. pulchella and was, thus, resurrected! 🥳 Link to the article: rdcu.be/fn7V415 Jun 2026 11:57 +0000at://did:plc:msanb6bvpfwsdf3qp2haadon/app.bsky.feed.post/3moda5lijhc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/calamitaman.bsky.social/post/3moczzlrgc22eBack to bsky again with a new job and more time to enjoy it ☺️15 Jun 2026 10:07 +0000at://did:plc:msanb6bvpfwsdf3qp2haadon/app.bsky.feed.post/3moczzlrgc22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/calamitaman.bsky.social/post/3mnhp7cl6oc22Good news, everyone! I have moved out of Italy (again) and accepted a position at VEMA Hydrogen. I will be working on Engineered Mineral Hydrogen in France from now on 💪 https://static.klipy.com/ii/d7aec6f6f171607374b2065c836f92f4/4a/1b/dVBgTRnh.gif?hh=280&ww=498&mp4=Pq4yTfTeJA1A7&webm=vtYOjMHglKmHwA04 Jun 2026 13:12 +0000at://did:plc:msanb6bvpfwsdf3qp2haadon/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnhp7cl6oc22https://bsky.app/profile/calamitaman.bsky.social/post/3mmegtesiks2oMy PhD advisor, colleague, and friend, Giovanni (Gianni) Musumeci passed away prematurely this week. Gianni dedicated his life to the study of the crystalline basements of Sardinia and the Tuscan Archipelago. It is thanks to him that I chose this path. Ciao Gianni, grazie di tutto21 May 2026 12:39 +0000at://did:plc:msanb6bvpfwsdf3qp2haadon/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmegtesiks2o