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Topic: Advice needed: a rockhounding trip for a beginner | |
rocks2dust Replies: 15 Views: 24857 |
Forum: Rockhounding trips Posted: Jun 03, 2017 16:14 Subject: Re: Advice needed: a rockhounding trip for a beginner |
From Philadelphia, you might consider Sterling Hill, New Jersey. The museum there allows you to go through the mine tailings piles:
https://sterlinghillminingmuseum.org/visitor/mineralcollect.php ... |
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Topic: Harder than diamond, softer than talc | |
rocks2dust Replies: 12 Views: 14125 |
Forum: Off-Topic and Introductions Posted: Dec 18, 2016 18:33 Subject: Re: Harder than diamond, softer than talc |
Some materials like lonsdaleite/fullerite diamond and wurtzite boron nitride are theoretically harder than Mohs 10, but meteoric and synthesized examples thus far have had defects in their lattice str ... | |
Topic: Mounting very tiny specimens | |
rocks2dust Replies: 10 Views: 19540 |
Forum: Conserving, Preparing and Cleaning Minerals Posted: Nov 26, 2015 12:29 Subject: Re: Mounting very tiny specimens |
Thank you all for interesting ideas.
Has anyone used something like Thermoweb's Zots (adhesive dots)? They supposedly use an archival-quality, acid-free adhesive that stays removable. For the dust- ... |
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Topic: Mounting very tiny specimens | |
rocks2dust Replies: 10 Views: 19540 |
Forum: Conserving, Preparing and Cleaning Minerals Posted: Nov 12, 2015 21:54 Subject: Mounting very tiny specimens |
I'd like to securely mount some dust-speck size specimens in MM boxes. I want them to be easily removable if I decide to look at them under a microscope, but still attractive and readily visible if I ... | |
Topic: Polishing | |
rocks2dust Replies: 2 Views: 8818 |
Forum: Conserving, Preparing and Cleaning Minerals Posted: May 07, 2014 18:30 Subject: Re: Polishing |
Once you've ground to shape (or flat), you need to step to progressively finer grits to get rid of the grooves and scratches. It takes a while, but you can do this with a combination of diamond files ... | |
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