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Feb 2015Re: Radioactive Thumbnails and micromount wantedReply from George deWit Chaney in Mineral Exchanges.Thank you for all your responses :-)
Dec 2014Re: deleting blogsReply from George deWit Chaney in Improving Mindat.org.All of them if you can Rob. Would rather be using articles for the things I'm writing about, if I ever was to in the future! thanks :)
George
Dec 2014deleting blogsPosted by George deWit Chaney in Improving Mindat.org.I cannot delete my blogs on this website as they cannot be edited. Could I or someone else get rid of them?
Thanks for your time,
George :-).
Jan 2015Work experience in Geology- London/South-eastern England.Posted by George deWit Chaney in Education.I am a 16-year old student, and I am currently studying my AS-level subjects; I have been clear for quite a while upon what I want to study in further education- Geology. I do have a friend who is a user on this forum, who has done work experience in the Natural history museum in London, and ...
Oct 2014Re: Any collectors of active minerals in SE England?Reply from George deWit Chaney in Mineral Exchanges.Hello! I am a Mineral collector of radioactive and non-actives situated in Kent. I wouldn't say I am able to travel for trade because of my current age, yet, it would be nice to make contact with another mineral collector in the SE. I am very aware of the safety precautions in radioactive mineral ...
Sep 2014Career Options.Posted by George deWit Chaney in Education.In England, ive not long got my Gcse rseults and have been Accepted for A-levels at my school. To any people amongst the Mineralogy/Geology occupation field, what subjects come particularly useful for employment, and what career options are there to potentially take forward? One thing I am for ...
Sep 2014Lizardite: Lizard peninsula, Cornwall- England.Posted by George deWit Chaney in Mineralogical Classification.I am currently in Cornwall with my family, and I am wondering any specific techniques to finding Lizardite in about the area. I do know the coastal points nearer the southern parts of the peninsula are highly crystalline in comparison to the north and the geology is rather complex and varies in ...
Aug 2014Re: Suggested locales for collecting in CornwallReply from George deWit Chaney in Field Collecting.Thank you for all your information; I'm not yet completely aware of where I am staying Dale but I will pm you as you as I find out :) Tom Goodland: I am already in close contact with Matt wall on Facebook and I have asked him the same questions; He strongly advises Cligga-head and Bottalack. I ...
Jul 2014Re: Mimetite - Mt Bonnie Mine, Grove Hill, Victoria-Daly Shire, Northern Territory, AustraliaReply from George deWit Chaney in Photos.I have changed the Mineral name and Description to this:
Milarite : K2Ca4Al2Be4Si24O60·H2OminID: QQU-YK7
Locality: Jaguaraçu pegmatite (José Miranda mine; José Pinto mine; Carneirinho mine), Jaguaraçu, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Dimensions: 14 mm x 8 mm x 7 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 9 ...
Aug 2014Suggested locales for collecting in CornwallPosted by George deWit Chaney in Field Collecting.In August, I will be making a holiday trip with my family to Cornwall; I will have a Rock hammer, a hardhat and so on for any collecting trips I make. I have been collecting minerals for around about a year but have always purchased my specimens off the internet, meaning, I have never really been ...
Jul 2014Re: Mimetite - Mt Bonnie Mine, Grove Hill, Victoria-Daly Shire, Northern Territory, AustraliaReply from George deWit Chaney in Photos.I do agree, it does look like Milarite. the metallic surface caught my eye and it seemed unusual to a Millarite (if that is the case). this was labelled by John Betts so i am not 100% sure on the accuracy, yet it seems a very interesting specimen, personally. :-)
Apr 2015Re: Colour changes in REE-mineralsReply from George deWit Chaney in Techniques for Collectors.I have also experienced this with my bastnasite-(Ce) from the change of lights. Thanks for the much appreciated information as I was also left stumped upon reasoning.
Many thanks
George :-)
Aug 2014Re: Radiation sheilding boxes- Lead.Reply from George deWit Chaney in Techniques for Collectors.thanks for the advice. i have considered: Distance, Time and Sheilding. some of the thumbnails were located by my bedroom so i have moved all my radioactives to my rather vacant cellar, where i and my family do not spend much time in. i had my specimens in a wooden box so i changed it to a thicker ...
Aug 2014Radiation sheilding boxes- Lead.Posted by George deWit Chaney in Techniques for Collectors.I have a radioactive mineral collection that is currently growing. i havent really had to think about sheilding so much at this current time, because the sizes i typically go for are thumbnail/micromount size minerals in general. i am now planning to get some slightly larger radioactive minerals ...
Jun 2014Re: Dirty micromounts/thumbnails worth cleaning?Reply from George deWit Chaney in Techniques for Collectors.Thank you very much for this advice! I have noted the information down and put the processes on a bit of my wall to remind me whenever I feel the need to clean my specimens. i will be taking this forward very soon (tu).
Many thanks,
George deWit Chaney :-).
Jun 2014Dirty micromounts/thumbnails worth cleaning?Posted by George deWit Chaney in Techniques for Collectors.the other day at my local geology meeting, i got given 10 micromount/thumbnail specimens; they were a little dirty like the member told me before i got given them. i got given these because i was a new member to the Kent geology assosiation in south-East England (incase someone is interested). Ive ...
May 2014Re: The NY-NJ Mineral and Gem Show 2014Reply from George deWit Chaney to an article.this is the first report of a mineral show that i have read; I am throughly impressed! shall be reading more of these subjected reports.
keep up the good work!
George :)
May 2014Re: good quality minerals- Germany and USAReply from George deWit Chaney in Field Collecting.I really shouldnt have emphasised the cool haha! but I do agree with you completely! My favourite mineral from clara mine I have is either my red botryodial goethite or my type locale agardite-(Ce). Thanks for the link as well, much appreciated! I would love to go collecting one day but my current ...
May 2014good quality minerals- Germany and USAPosted by George deWit Chaney in Field Collecting.quite alot of my collection, which is mainly thumbnail and micromount, comes from Germany or the USA out of pure seller and buyer coincedence. i was not thinking about localities at the time but i found out that alot of my minerals either came from areas in or near the Clara mine in Germany or ...
Jan 2015Re: Any younger users like myself?Reply from George deWit Chaney in General.I have just messaged him letting him know of my similar interests and asked him if he could tell me anymore about the Cornish mines and contact. Thank you for your suggestion! :-)
Jan 2015Any younger users like myself?Posted by George deWit Chaney in General.I'm a 16 year old mineral collector from the UK and I specify in radioactive minerals and am currently looking into Cornish mines, but have a wide range of minerals in varied sizes (particularly thumbnail).
I just wanted to see if there were any other users on this website of similar age to ...
Sep 2017Re: Minerals Guaranteed NOT to Have Any Healing PropertiesReply from George deWit Chaney in Fakes & Frauds.this is an advert that clearly shows banter between mineral collectors and hollistic collectors. no harsh language has been used, so it should be deemed humourous. p.s i think its pretty funny :-)
May 2014Anyways to delete a published blog?Posted by George deWit Chaney in General.I have written a couple of blogs that I was not satisfied with and published in a different state of mind. Is there anyway in which that I could delete blogs, and if so, could someone let me know the actions needed to take to do so. Message me or reply to this message letting me know; ...
Apr 2014Re: Combinations of Azurite and Malachite etc (part 1)Reply from George deWit Chaney to an article.Thank you! you can send me the link on private messages or on here if you please, or contact my email: george_dwc@hotmail.co.uk. really appreciate the feedback!
many thanks, George :)
Apr 2014Combinations of Azurite and Malachite etc (part 1)Posted by George deWit Chaney to an article.Article
Aug 2014thumbnail tradingPosted by George deWit Chaney in Mineral Exchanges.anyone have any thumbnails they would like to trade?? send me your lists!
Apr 2014Re: Torbernie infro and reveiw from 'John Betts fine minerals'Reply from George deWit Chaney to an article.the picture taken is not amazing quality as it was taken from my iPad.
Apr 2014Torbernie infro and reveiw from 'John Betts fine minerals'Posted by George deWit Chaney to an article.Article
Apr 2014Any books on arsenic minerals?Posted by George deWit Chaney in Improving Mindat.org.is there any books of any kind covering Arsenic minerals, but in specific detail than the ordinary mineral book? would like to hear any suggestions or ideas
many thanks
George:-)
Apr 2014Main differences between different chemical groups- Radioactivie mineralsPosted by George deWit Chaney in Education.I am a keen young student studying his Gsce's and have gained quite an interest on Radioactive Mineralogy. I know a fair bit about radioactive minerals and have a fairly basic collection of about 9 radioactive minerals with about 290 other minerals that are not radioactive
I own a book- ...
Feb 2015Radioactive Thumbnails and micromount wantedPosted by George deWit Chaney in Mineral Exchanges.if anyone has any raioactives of thumbnail and micromount size please send me your lists. cheers :)
Mar 2014Re: Collecting radioactive specimensReply from George deWit Chaney in Field Collecting.Glenn, wouldn't the radioactive specimens affect the other specimens from radiation? If You have looked into that, let me know. I'm still an ameteur, thanks:-)
Mar 2014Collecting radioactive specimensPosted by George deWit Chaney in Field Collecting.i am fairly new to collecting radioactive specimens, but havent really thought about going into specifics, even though id like to. i picked up for my birthday on the 16th, the introduction to radioactive minerals- dr robert lauf PHD, and have realised there is quite alot of subject into collecting ...
Mar 2014Re: Unknown specimenReply from George deWit Chaney in Identity Help.Somewhat cannot fit a picture on separate topic or this one, still tell me what you think if you can.
Mar 2014Unknown specimenPosted by George deWit Chaney in Identity Help.Found in dartmoor on a rocky cliff, i found this on a rocky cliff just by chance in 2009 when I around 10 or 11. I've concluded this to have a vitreous lustre and most probably a silicate, clear crystals are transparent and has a similar surface to glass. It does have cleavage from close inspection ...
Feb 2014Recording measurements for radioactivityPosted by George deWit Chaney in Techniques for Collectors.Im soon to purchase a geiger counter and thank goodness know how to use one. Can someone tell me how to record measurements of an individual specimens radioactive measurements and symbols etc from someone either experienced or ameteur. i have a breif idea what its about just not 100% clear on ...
Feb 2014Geiger counter suggestions, and how to use measurements?Posted by George deWit Chaney in Field Collecting.I have not long been collecting radioactive specimens and have been longing to purchase a Geiger counter for a while, I do know briefly how to use one but not experienced. I would like to hear from Anyone experienced on using them, what to get, and putting down measurements of individual ...
Jul 2014Mineral and micromount photographyPosted by George deWit Chaney in Mineral Photography.I am a fairly inexperienced mineral collector particularly interested in micromounts. I am 16 years old and would like to carry my mineral photography into my Final gcse project in the UK on the subject of edges. I thought my interest would be perfect! Are there any instruments or particular things ...
Feb 2014⚠11 imagesRe: How do you display or store your specimensReply from George deWit Chaney in Field Collecting.I very quickly resorted to thumbnails and micromounts because storage had become a problem. Having got a display case and already filling it up with my display specimens I found it hard to debate which is displayale by quality or not. With micromounting, none of this really comes across a problem ...
Jul 2014⚠17 imagesRe: Micromount storageReply from George deWit Chaney in Techniques for Collectors.Looks like your sorted with that box to be fair, it's good that you have drawers because light exposure to prevent some specimens to decolorise, and it looks very neat and compact! Better than what I've got as I haven't had to worry about storage at the moment! (tu)
Sep 2015Re: Radioactive micromountsReply from George deWit Chaney in Techniques for Collectors.Thanks guys, has helped a lot; and Geoff, very interesting to read :)
Feb 2014Radioactive micromountsPosted by George deWit Chaney in Techniques for Collectors.I am fairly new to collecting specifically radioactive micromounts and have heard and watched on youtube various videos on how to be safe with radioactivity.
I understand that there are a few precautions to take forth when collecting radioactive minerals in general but are the risks so great with ...
