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Tuesday, January 5, 2021

PHOSPHATES ARE PHUN: STEWARTITE

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I am always on the lookout for phosphate minerals and have documented several in this Blog. Famous mines producing secondary phosphates,...

Saturday, December 19, 2020

THE SELENIDE MINERALS: TOUGH TO ID--KLOCKMANNITE, CLAUSTHALITE, BERZELIANITE

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This has been a tough subject to grasp--the selenides, and I have read countless hours trying to better understand. I apologize up front f...

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Monday, December 14, 2020

FAIRFIELDITE: UNCOMMON PHOSPHATE

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As I have noted in several other posts, phosphates are among my favorite minerals (along with relatives vanadates and arsenates). Phos...

Thursday, December 10, 2020

SMALL SPECIMEN; TINY ZEOLITES FAUJASITE-Na AND PHILLIPSITE-K

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I came home from the Bridling Estate sales with several micromounts stuffed into plastic containers holding 25 boxes. Some of the boxes co...

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Mike: Mike is a former University professor and administrator who now lives in Colorado. I enjoy outdoor activities such as hiking, rock/mineral collecting, fishing and camping. You may read other articles in the Newsletter of the Rocky Mountain Federation of Mineralogical Societies (www.rmfms.org)or the Colorado Springs Mineralogical Society newsletter, the Pick & Pack Pack (www.csms.us). I also am writing and speaking about members of the Colorado Cavalry/Infantry who participated in the march to Glorieta Pass (1862), helped settle central Kansas (1865), and later fought at Beecher Island (1868). Mostly I just try and enjoy life and collect mundane facts and pretty rocks/minerals.

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