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If not, try benzene and then separately toluene
Hi Peter, not no be obnoxious but for the sake of scientific accuracy (and perhaps to put your mind at rest a bit)...several international agencies ... |
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Yes, too much fluoride can cause tooth discoloration. At high enough concentrations it will damage the enamel secondary to hypomineralization. Young children are at the greatest risk.
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Last time I checked, beauty was still in the eye of the beholder.
"One man's trash is another man's treasure" also comes to mind. - Tracy |
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I love my children and my grandchildren and the last thing I would like for them to be is a wage-slave in a third-world mine. I have had the opportunity to travel in my youth, and I have seen many p ... |
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"Irradiation" means receipt of energy from radioactive emissions/decay. The radioactivity is inherent to the material emitting the energy, it doesn't transfer to the irradiated object. If ... | |
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Thank you Pete and thank you Alfredo, and apologies to Stoned for sounding snitty. Text is often emotionless and I missed the joke.
I think for the new year/decade it's time for me to climb down o ... |
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I wouldn't handle it without a HazMat suit...
I can't tell whether you are serious or joking. I sincerely hope the latter. Again, where's the health hazard? It's a cobble that stinks like sulfur ... |
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Once you have let it air out long enough that it does not smell, it should no longer pose a health hazard.
...what type of health hazard currently exists? |
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Nice write-up on why we shouldn't eat our specimens, crush them and snort the powder, or rub them vigorously on skin (especially injured or broken skin)...with that I'm stepping off my eternal soapbox ... | |
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Hi again Roger,
As an aside, I'd be more skeptical of the tree species than of the locality. I checked with a friend of mine who confirmed that spruces were around in WA during the Miocene epoch ( ... |
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Curious. "Yakima Ridge West" is awfully precise, almost suggests that the former owner dug it up personally or knew the finder. A quick Google told me there's a peak along the ridge called ... | |
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Hi Roger,
While I can say that, at a glance, it looks like Yakima Canyon (or other Washington State) wood, experience has taught me that appearance is is a highly unreliable identifier for petrifie ... |
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humans form bezoars too...but not ones made of apatite. :) | |
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Is this discussion still going? I throw my hands (and my malachites) up in the air.
Good thing half my collection is quartz, nobody's screaming about silicosis from handling them. Not yet, anyway ... |
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Some bonus pictures: I tried to "infect" my son with the mineral passion by taking him to this crystal paradise ... he first seemed to have fun, but became bored rather quick ... maybe too y ... | |
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