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26th Mar 2005 15:41 UTCJolyon
My Choices:
1) Meteorite Mineralogy
2) The Great Himmelsfurst Silver Fraud
3) Minerals of Antarctica
What would you choose?
26th Mar 2005 18:43 UTCBob Knox
Based on a common topic in several of the message board forums, how about "nature vs. nurture", mans continueing quest to produce artificial minerals and crystals. I think there is enough examples both historic and contemporary to even make this subject a regular column.
Bob
26th Mar 2005 19:56 UTCJolyon
Jolyon
29th Mar 2005 11:19 UTCPaul bongaerts
just a suggestion ;-)
Paul Bongaerts
30th Mar 2005 06:42 UTCEverett
KOR
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30th Mar 2005 12:05 UTCJolyon
4th Apr 2005 20:04 UTCSarahElba
an article about Elba island? hihihihi
Sarah
13th Apr 2005 14:28 UTCbob and a half
YAY
13th Apr 2005 16:04 UTCian jones
I agree, I'd really like to see something regarding The Great Himmelsfurst Silver Fraud.
A friend, Don Edwards, wrote a very illuminating letter about his experiments and success in growing wire silver simply using a crucible over a Bunsen burner (see Min Record, Vol 32, No 1, p72 - Jan-Feb 2001). There is also a picture of one 3.5 cm high. An old (1919) German paper regarding the formation of wire silver that was referred to in Dana sparked his initial interest. People that have seen his growths have found it difficult to believe they were "home made". I rather expected his letter to generate a flurry of responses, but MR chose not to publish a letters page in subsequent issues.
It generally appears that the "mineral establishment" has closed ranks, as there are too many vested interests in not proving these very expensive silvers to be fakes. My own feeling is that they may not necessarily have been deliberately manufactured, but may have been formed in cracks in an old smelter that has now been dug up. The are records of wire silver forming this way and it would help explain the flat bases and remarkable purity of the Himmelsfurst pieces!
It would be good to see the debate resurrected and a consensus reached.
ian jones
31st May 2005 23:15 UTCMichael R
31st May 2005 23:19 UTCMichael R
7th Jul 2005 19:39 UTCRory Bain
7th Jul 2005 21:01 UTCJolyon Ralph
8th Jul 2005 02:09 UTCRory Bain
8th Jul 2005 18:02 UTCRory Bain
4th Sep 2005 19:36 UTCDennis W. Haas
How about an article on Brushy Creek Mine. I went on a field trip recently, August 19, to Brushy Creek Mine in Missouri. Done a search on Mindat.org and you have a lote of information and photos on Brushy Creek lead mine.
Hope you are doing well,
Dennis W. Haas
10th Oct 2005 23:44 UTCJon Harris
11th Oct 2005 01:34 UTCJolyon Ralph
Jolyon
4th Nov 2005 14:16 UTCHans Kloster
Muschistonite is refered in a german magazin Archäologie 2002 as coming from an Bronze-age mine in Karnab, Uzbekistan and Muschiston, Tadzichistan, first discovered by Litvinsky in 1950, but only published in russia. This article are very important to review the whole conception of the socalled Bronze-age.
Nature 11th February 1999 had an article from France, where they analyses paintings from Egypt 2000-1200 BC and they found Galenite, Cerussite,Laurionite and Phosgenite in the paintings.
6th Jan 2006 19:14 UTCMr. Gail E. Dunning
I have a completed article that you may be interested in posting on the Mindat website. I have it as a PDF file. The title is: "Ag-Cu-Pb-Bi Sulfosalts New to Darwin, Inyo County, California." The article includes a number of SEM and photomicrographs showing the various sulfosalts in the veins. Also included are microprobe data for the minerals. If you are interested please let me know.
Cheers,
Gail
15th Jan 2006 23:13 UTCGordon Derry
I know I'm being frivilous, but all the best publications have a frivolous page of some sort don't they?!
Competitions: Spot the Difference, Crossword, Sudoku... How about a resident cartoonist?
Any idea what Jim Davis or Gary Larsson are doing these days?
OK, I'll get my coat!
KOR
GOR
26th Jan 2006 04:50 UTCMark Mauthner Expert
I would love to more about your article. It sounds like just the thing we need. Have you publishe dit yet?
Cheers,
Mark
5th May 2006 09:53 UTCRay Hill Expert
What a way to get international exposure for distant or even local museum collections, that might otherwise not even be known or whose specimens aren't able to be well exposed, since most museums have limitations on displaying due to financial constraints .
The idea of the mineral of the month, normally would turn me off, but if this dimension was added to a museum section, then invites could be given to museums everywhere to show , for example, their best or most unique Erythrite or Pyrite or whatever, that month. Then we would have a window into the best of the best in specific minerals each and every month..
Does this appeal to anyone?
5th May 2006 11:35 UTCLeon Hupperichs Expert
Antartica Minerals sounds good.
How about an article about famous people (politicains, moviestars, popstars,
sportsmen, etc, etc,) who also are mineral collectors.
Greetings from the Netherlands.
Leon Hupperichs
1st Jul 2006 16:35 UTCPhil B.
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