The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 17 days agoDo you have what it takes to become a geologist?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square80fedilinkarrow-up11.04Karrow-down121
arrow-up11.02Karrow-down1imageDo you have what it takes to become a geologist?lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square80fedilink
minus-square🔍🦘🛎@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·16 days agoGeology degree here - you identify some rocks by licking them. Licking most rocks will give you no information. But in a final, honestly, nobody would bat an eye if you licked all of them, just in case.
minus-squaredjsoren19@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·16 days agoI have to know, how was sanitation handled? did you each student have an individual sample, or were you all licking a communal rock?
minus-square🔍🦘🛎@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·16 days agoIndividual samples and UV lights, though often there was a rock where multiple people would lick it. People probably don’t get sick from that often.
Geology degree here - you identify some rocks by licking them. Licking most rocks will give you no information. But in a final, honestly, nobody would bat an eye if you licked all of them, just in case.
I have to know, how was sanitation handled? did you each student have an individual sample, or were you all licking a communal rock?
Individual samples and UV lights, though often there was a rock where multiple people would lick it. People probably don’t get sick from that often.