Tag Archives: Drill cores

A look at Fågeltofta’s geology

Posted on March 15, 2020 by barbarawohlfarth

Let’s continue a bit more along the geology trail! After all geology is fun and interesting and many more should get insight into the subject – that’s at least what I think :-)) Linking geology to real life is a … Continue reading →

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A little bit of geology

Posted on March 10, 2020 by barbarawohlfarth

Recently, Bergsstaten – the Mining Inspectorate of Sweden – approved ScandiVanadium‘s latest work plan (May 8th, 2019) for coring close to Spjutstorp (license Killeröd 1) and Fågeltofta (license Fågeltofta 1) in Österlen. In its decision, the Mining Inspectorate writes that … Continue reading →

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Lybymosse revisited

Posted on February 4, 2020 by barbarawohlfarth

ScandiVanadium concluded, based on their Lybymosse drill cores, that the “Dictyonema Formation” had been reached. First I thought that they are probably not correct. But when they reported their first results, I thought that they are indeed correct and that … Continue reading →

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Thoughts about the ‘Dictyonema shale’

Posted on December 4, 2019 by barbarawohlfarth

About two months ago, I commented on ScandiVanadium’s drilling in Lybymosse and suggested that the extended drilling program (including additional drill holes) might be due to the fact that the company had encountered difficulties and that they might not have … Continue reading →

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… and they are still drilling

Posted on October 8, 2019 by barbarawohlfarth

August 8th, 2019 ScandiVanadium sent out a press release where they informed that the drilling campaign in Lyby has started. The press release stated that a total of five drill holes with a maximum depth of between 60 and 125 … Continue reading →

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Mystery solved

Posted on September 18, 2019 by barbarawohlfarth

Maybe some of my readers will remember that I am the proud owner of a piece of the Lyby drill core. When I looked closer at the rock sample I saw that it was grey, compact and contained a large … Continue reading →

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A piece of the Lyby drill core

Posted on August 16, 2019 by barbarawohlfarth

Last night I came back home with a small piece of the Lyby drill core. Now you might wonder how I could get hold of this precious piece of rock. Yesterday evening I was in Simrishamn, because the chairperson of … Continue reading →

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Fake news, feelings and false information

Posted on August 9, 2019 by barbarawohlfarth

Summer in Sweden is holiday time. But ScandiVanadium does not seem to have adapted this Swedish tradition. The company is really busy now. Just recently, they have issued a new flashy brochure for their share holders, and today they started … Continue reading →

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500 million year old mud and clay

Posted on April 14, 2019 by barbarawohlfarth

In my last blog I started to write about Alum Shale and more specifically about the Alum Shale of southernmost Sweden, which is about 500 million years old. It is fascinating that geologists can read these old rocks and reconstruct … Continue reading →

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