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James Catmur
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 Posted: Dec 03, 2019 14:19 Post subject: Asbestos name change |
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Anyone willing to guess what the new name will be for the town of Asbestos, and how many labels we will all have to change?
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lluis
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| Posted: Dec 03, 2019 14:21 Post subject: Re: Asbestos name change |
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Hi, James
Just even more curious than the cat... I would like a lot to know the name change... :-)
With best wishes
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Joseph DOliveira
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| Posted: Dec 03, 2019 14:31 Post subject: Re: Asbestos name change |
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I'm guessing they change it to Chrysotile. ;-)
| James Catmur wrote: | Anyone willing to guess what the new name will be for the town of Asbestos, and how many labels we will all have to change?
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Peter Lemkin
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| Posted: Dec 03, 2019 14:32 Post subject: Re: Asbestos name change |
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Is the mineral named after the town? Even if it is, I think the name will remain..... It is not a specific species name anyway...
Asbestos is a name used for fine fibrous (asbestiform) forms of (usually) amphibole or serpentine (chrysotile). The fibrous amphibole may be (for example) anthophyllite, grunerite, tremolite, actinolite or crocidolite.
R.I.P. Town of Asbestos..... |
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Jordi Fabre
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| Posted: Dec 03, 2019 14:34 Post subject: Re: Asbestos name change |
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| Joseph DOliveira wrote: | I'm guessing they change it to Chrysotile. ;-)
| James Catmur wrote: | Anyone willing to guess what the new name will be for the town of Asbestos, and how many labels we will all have to change?
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Thanks to both. Please confirm that the new locality name should be:
Chrysotile, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada
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Jeffrey Mine, Chrysotile, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada ? |
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rweaver
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| Posted: Dec 03, 2019 15:10 Post subject: Re: Asbestos name change |
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| And for those of us who believe in being historically correct based on the known time frame the minerals where mined, what is wrong with using the old name. That too should be correct. |
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Jordi Fabre
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| Posted: Dec 03, 2019 17:02 Post subject: Re: Asbestos name change |
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| rweaver wrote: | | And for those of us who believe in being historically correct based on the known time frame the minerals where mined, what is wrong with using the old name. That too should be correct. |
Sure. So, better:
Chrysotile (Asbestos), Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada
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Jeffrey Mine, Chrysotile (Asbestos), Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada |
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Pete Richards
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| Posted: Dec 03, 2019 17:34 Post subject: Re: Asbestos name change |
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Perhaps more likely, since the RCM used to be Asbestos RCM, and is now Les Sources RCM, would be to name the town Les Sources.
Probably too early to start re-labeling specimens and revising catalogs!
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James Catmur
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| Posted: Dec 04, 2019 04:56 Post subject: Re: Asbestos Town name change |
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They say that the town will decide next year, so let's wait and see what they call it.
| Pete Richards wrote: | Perhaps more likely, since the RCM used to be Asbestos RCM, and is now Les Sources RCM, would be to name the town Les Sources.
Probably too early to start re-labeling specimens and revising catalogs! |
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Woody Thompson
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| Posted: Dec 04, 2019 20:28 Post subject: Re: Asbestos name change |
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| I'm guessing the name change is driven by a need to promote the town for business and tourism. During one collecting trip to Jeffrey Mine, we scoured every store in town, hoping to find a coveted T-shirt that would say "Asbestos, Quebec". It was nowhere to be found, so I think the perceived health hazards of asbestos were detrimental to the local souvenir business. |
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Peter Lemkin
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| Posted: Dec 07, 2019 13:10 Post subject: Re: Asbestos name change |
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| How about T-shirts [or 'hair-shirts'] made out of asbestos? Would likely pass muster with the current EPA gang.....oh, forgot....wrong country.... |
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James Catmur
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| Posted: Aug 03, 2022 10:36 Post subject: Re: Asbestos name change |
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| Val-des-Sources |
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Pete Modreski
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| Posted: Aug 03, 2022 10:48 Post subject: Re: Asbestos name change |
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| And for those of us not from Quebec or elsewhere in Canada, what in the world does RCM stand for? (Thank you, please!) |
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James Catmur
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| Posted: Aug 03, 2022 11:15 Post subject: Re: Asbestos name change |
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regional county municipality
| Pete Modreski wrote: | | And for those of us not from Quebec or elsewhere in Canada, what in the world does RCM stand for? (Thank you, please!) |
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Peter Lemkin
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| Posted: Aug 04, 2022 11:51 Post subject: Re: Asbestos name change |
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| Aha....now the question becomes: What does one call the lung disease that used to be called 'asbestosis'? Val-des-Sources-RCM-osis? |
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James Catmur
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| Posted: Aug 05, 2022 09:16 Post subject: Re: Asbestos name change |
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| We already call it mesothelioma |
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