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Sincere condolences to his family and friends. The growing outpouring of grief since the announcement of his tragic death is a tribute to the place he held in the hearts of the worldwide mineral commu ... | |
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Our latest "Micro-World" column features the 2nd "Quarterly Crystal" in our new series of uncut specimens - the first reported instance of a triplite included topaz!
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My friend Dr. Steve Chamberlain, Chairman of the Rochester Mineralogical Symposium, alerted me to an error in “Written in Stone: Remembering Master Faceter Art Grant" (InColor Magazine, Vol. 24, ... | |
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"A Fantastic Display of Phase Changes in a Sapphire’s Fluid Inclusion" http:(slash slash)www(dot)gia(dot)edu/gems-gemology/spring-2016-microworld-fantastic-display-phase-changes-sapphires-fl ... | |
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...one of them was a broken Brazilian Quartz cluster, that had been partially regrown in the autoclave.
That is pretty neat to see Jamison - thank you so much for sharing! Is it possible to add arro ... |
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Two wonderful presentations at the RMS were on radioactive minerals (Peter Burns: "The Societal Importance of Uranium Minerals and Mineral-inspired Materials" and Bob Lauf: "Mineralogy ... | |
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Hi,
Filing this under the "Minerals and Mineralogy" section in hopes that the free open access content will appeal to those interested in learning more about what inclusions in minerals c ... |
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Hi Peter,
Thank you for adding to the Memoriam. I was invited to write the tribute for Rocks & Minerals magazine, but by the time I whittled down the manuscript it was still 6x the acceptable ... |
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I hope members will enjoy reading two tributes I wrote to Arthur Tracey Grant Jr. (1925–2015) which are now freely available online:
"In Memoriam: Arthur Tracey Grant Jr." (1925–2015). Ro ... |
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I think the strength of the RMS is in its diversity of delegates, as well as of speakers/topics. Steve Chamberlain does an amazing job of attracting both to the event. Perhaps most importantly, one o ... | |
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While the 43rd RMS was one of the best ever, the finale was nothing less than historic: Michael Bainbridge's overview of the upcoming book was terrific, not only in imagery and delivery, but because B ... | |
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Looking forward to seeing FMF friends at the 43rd Annual Rochester Mineralogical Symposium which kicks off tomorrow. 168 delegates have registered so far for this 4 day gathering, (as you know) a wo ... | |
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Who is the guy with the out of control mustache and the beer?
Let us not speak of it, John. This is a such a great look behind the scenes - Thanks so much Vic! (and don't let JSW fool you, he's ... |
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Forgive my newbie question, but these photos look a LOT like our local chiastolite. Can anyone explain in simple terms how these "patterns" are formed?
Hi - I started a thread on trapiche ... |
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Hi John,
I'm just thinking that it's a very interesting discussion from different points of view and maybe a kind of "Ownership of Words" [referring to my friend Dick Hughes' paper entit ... |
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