Description: This column was published in the Mineral Observer of the fine Mineralogical Almanac, Volume 19. issue 3, 2014 and its publication here has been kindly allowed by Ludmila A. Cheshko "Alma Mater" of the magazine and Michael B. Leybov "Alma Pater" of the magazine ;-)

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