Earth and Space
Monthly Archive: December Eart
Profile: Canada's Astronaut
Chris Hadfield sits down with ROM Magazine and talks space, dinos, and risk.
Earth's Archives: Every Rock Tells a Story Part 1
Hermatite
By: Ian Nicklin
Hematite is a common ore of iron that was extensively mined in northern England in the 19th century. The miners referrred to globular aggregates of hematite, such as this, as "kidney-ore" since it reminded them of the organ. We call this shape "reniform," which means the same thing: kidney-shaped.
Lava Medals
Lava Medals! Who’d of thought? These medals were made between the years of 1631 and 1944, at times of volcanic activity in Mount Vesuvius.
Aurora Borealis: Toronto Edition!
On January 7th, the Sun’s surface erupted with an explosion that is now 15 times the width of Earth.
Meteorite of the Month: Oriented Nose Cone
By Brendt C. Hyde and Ian Nicklin
Figure 1: Meteorite showing ‘thumbprint’ features referred to as regmaglypts.
“A Rolling Stone Gathers no Moss” but the stories they can tell…
Submitted by Vincent Vertolli, Assistant Curator Geology
Age Before Beauty: The Acasta Gneiss and Jack Hills Conglomerate
Submitted by Vincent Vertolli, Assistant Curator Geology
The Jack Hills Conglomerate, a 3,000 million year old sedimentary rock from which the oldest, at 4,200 million years, terrestrial minerals have been found. The Jack Hills Conglomerate occurs in the Mt. Narryer and Jack Hills area of Western Australia.
Dr. A. P. Coleman (1852-1939)
Submitted by Vincent Vertolli, Assistant Curator Geology
Building Blocks of the ROM
Submitted by Vincent Vertolli, Assistant Curator Geology
