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Hunting Opal at Klinker Opal Mine

July 30, 2023 by acrockofschmidt Leave a Comment

Let’s play word association. I’ll go first. Opal. Did you say Vernon? Huh? Did you? Did you? Huh? Huh? Yeah, I’d have said Australia too. It’s one of those universal geological facts that everyone learns as a kid for some reason. But opal is found in several other locations around the globe, including Canada. And […]

Filed Under: Travel Schmidt Tagged With: geology, klinker opal mine, opal, rockhounding

Lewis & Clark Caverns – review

June 6, 2023 by acrockofschmidt Leave a Comment

I wouldn’t say I’m looking forward to death, but I think I’ll be okay with it. Well, the burial, at least. I do like me a good hole in the ground. Luckily, geology goes hand-in-hand with holes in the ground, so when I was hunting for cool places to visit on our big Yellowstone camping […]

Filed Under: Travel Schmidt Tagged With: geology, Grand Canyon Caverns, Lewis & Clark Caverns, Montana

How My Oil and Gas Career Began

April 8, 2020 by acrockofschmidt Leave a Comment

Twenty-five years ago, I embarked on an eight-month adventure that would define my adult life. It was not intended to. In fact, at the time it was more lark than prescience. Okay, maybe lark isn’t the fairest description, but academic value and eyes to my future were certainly not priorities when I chose to spend […]

Filed Under: Deep Schmidt Tagged With: Calgary, career, geology, nostalgia, oil patch

Geology’s God Complex

October 2, 2019 by acrockofschmidt 10 Comments

If I’ve learned anything on LinkedIn, it’s that a lot of geologists fancy themselves climatologists. Expert ones, even. Almost weekly, one or another of my connections likes, shares, or comments on a post that either questions anthropogenic climate change or outright denies it. Some of these articles are obvious partisan rants, borne of frustration and […]

Filed Under: Deep Schmidt Tagged With: climate change, denial, geology, glaciation, oil patch, science

I Am Obsolete

April 25, 2016 by acrockofschmidt 2 Comments

There is a moment when the last lingering doubt withers away and you are finally forced to accept that you no longer have the skills to resume a former career.  An instant when evidence cuffs you upside the head and reality sharpens to pinpoint focus.  It is not a pleasant moment but it is surprisingly […]

Filed Under: Deep Schmidt Tagged With: geology, homemaker, Job, oil, sahd, skills, work

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