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Don Lum
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 Posted: Apr 08, 2014 19:47 Post subject: If it is a twin it was juicy and delicious |
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I came across this specimen at a buffet last month and thought it was interesting. I don't know what kind of twinning it exhibits, if it is a twin, but it was juicy and delicious.
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Tobi
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| Posted: Apr 08, 2014 23:55 Post subject: Re: If it is a twin it was juicy and delicious |
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| Don Lum wrote: | | I came across this specimen at a buffet last month and thought it was interesting. I don't know what kind of twinning it exhibits, if it is a twin, but it was juicy and delicious. |
Yeah, a wonderful strawberryite - a common but desired mineral. I also found similar ones in German localities many times ... but none of them made it into my collection, they all disappeared on the way home ;-)
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Pierre Joubert
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| Posted: Apr 09, 2014 07:46 Post subject: Re: If it is a twin, it was juicy and delicious |
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| Don Lum wrote: | | I came across this specimen at a buffet last month and thought it was interesting. I don't know what kind of twinning it exhibits, if it is a twin, but it was juicy and delicious. |
Hi Don. As an expert on this type of mineral, I will suggest adding some ice cream (don't bother to wait for a reaction), apply the teeth and sense buds to determine the specie:-):-)
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Don Lum
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| Posted: Apr 09, 2014 09:32 Post subject: Re: If it is a twin it was juicy and delicious |
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Thanks for your "gut reactions" Tobi and Pierre. :-)
Regards,
Don
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| Posted: Apr 09, 2014 10:28 Post subject: Re: If it is a twin it was juicy and delicious |
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Pierre,
It is a crime to artificially enhance a mineral specimen as juicy as this one. Let's hope Don won't do it and will be kind enough to save us some bits for us to share :-)
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Don Lum
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| Posted: Jul 28, 2014 16:16 Post subject: Re: If it is a twin it was juicy and delicious |
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Another red juicy delicious twin
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Tomato Twin
Mountain Home, Baxter County, Arkansas, USA
12 x 8 cm
Private property, please no high grading :-) |
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| Posted: Jul 28, 2014 19:31 Post subject: Re: If it is a twin it was juicy and delicious |
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This one is clearly a contact twin!
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Don Lum
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| Posted: Jul 28, 2014 21:37 Post subject: Re: If it is a twin it was juicy and delicious |
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| Josele wrote: | | This one is clearly a contact twin! |
Wish I could share it with you, Josele.
Don
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| Posted: Jul 28, 2014 21:40 Post subject: Re: If it is a twin it was juicy and delicious |
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| I have never liked the term contact twin - there is no allignment between the crystals so it must be a contact pear?
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Don Lum
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| Posted: Jul 28, 2014 22:02 Post subject: Re: If it is a twin it was juicy and delicious |
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| James wrote: | | I have never liked the term contact twin - there is no allignment between the crystals so it must be a contact pear? |
James, a contact "pear" or a contact "pair" ? ;-)
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| Posted: Jul 29, 2014 02:02 Post subject: Re: If it is a twin it was juicy and delicious |
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Hi Don. How do we know you did not glue two specimens together?? :-) :-)
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Don Lum
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| Posted: Jul 29, 2014 08:30 Post subject: Re: If it is a twin it was juicy and delicious |
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| Pierre Joubert wrote: | | Hi Don. How do we know you did not glue two specimens together?? :-) :-) |
Hello Pierre,
I think that you know that I'm not clever enough to create a fake twin like that. I know The Friends of Minerals Forum would spot a fake tomato twin in an instant. Also I don' t have Photoshop. Gwen found that tomato in her brother's back yard this weekend. However if you find a good adhesive that can be used for glueing tomatoes together, please let me know :-)
Hi to Riana.
Regards,
Don
P.S. If I were going to create a fake twin of something, it probably wouldn't be a tomato!!
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| Posted: Jul 29, 2014 08:34 Post subject: Re: If it is a twin it was juicy and delicious |
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Don
Pair or pear? It is a fruitless discussion I feel! (in the UK we call this the 'silly season' as out parliament is not sitting so the newspapers write rather pointless news - does FMF suffer the same fate?)
So we could have that wonderful debate: Tomato - fruit or vegetable?
Your pair - rock or mineral?
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| Posted: Jul 29, 2014 09:12 Post subject: Re: If it is a twin it was juicy and delicious |
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| Don Lum wrote: | | Pierre Joubert wrote: | | Hi Don. How do we know you did not glue two specimens together?? :-) :-) |
Hello Pierre,
I think that you know that I'm not clever enough to create a fake twin like that. I know The Friends of Minerals Forum would spot a fake tomato twin in an instant. Also I don' t have Photoshop. Gwen found that tomato in her brother's back yard this weekend. However if you find a good adhesive that can be used for glueing tomatoes together, please let me know :-)
Hi to Riana.
Regards,
Don
P.S. If I were going to create a fake twin of something, it probably wouldn't be a tomato!! |
Riana says thank you. Since we are on the tomatoe topic again, I wanted to say that I always test a (k)nife's sharpness on a tamotoe skin. Try that.
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| Posted: Jul 29, 2014 09:38 Post subject: Re: If it is a twin it was juicy and delicious |
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| Pierre Joubert wrote: | | Riana says thank you. Since we are on the tomatoe topic again, I wanted to say that I always test a (k)nife's sharpness on a tamotoe skin. Try that. |
So what's the Mohs hardness of tomato skin? Has anyone done a scratch test here? ;)
Here's to betting it'd react with hydrochloric acid. And that the reaction with vinegar would be best described as "delicious". ;)
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