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Tuesday, October 24, 2023

REMEMBERING UTAH AND A THALLIUM ARSENIC SULFOSALT: GILLULYITE

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BLOG POST # 500 😊😊😊 In several of my Blog postings I noted that my time in graduate school at the University of Utah (1967-1970) was i...

Friday, October 13, 2023

LATRAPPITE: A RARE NIOBIUM MINERAL

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Niobium (Nb) is not a chemical element that effortlessly slips off your tongue when asked to quickly name 25 elements. However, it is the ...

Sunday, October 8, 2023

WHAT TO DO WITH A VOLCANIC PLUG

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Painting of Edinburgh Castle ~1780 by Alexander Nasmyth. Public Domain . The title says it all! What does one person/state/country do with...

Friday, August 25, 2023

ITALIAN ANTIMONY AND BORON BUT NO COINS IN A FOUNTAIN

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One of the problems for an ole plugger like me is to purchase a very small collection, 10 or a dozen specimens, and then decide that a f...

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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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