tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post3808063599857878188..comments2024-01-30T19:45:36.648+11:00Comments on Lounge of the Lab Lemming: Fifty great mineralsC W Mageehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09706100504739548720noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post-78495330380427293052008-09-23T07:40:00.000+10:002008-09-23T07:40:00.000+10:00Perovskite (The calcium titanite mineral, not the ...Perovskite (The calcium titanite mineral, not the magnesium silicate) occurs in trace element enriched silica&iron-poor rocks of various types. <BR/><BR/>And omphacite is a clinopyroxene.C W Mageehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09706100504739548720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post-13399476370879393962008-09-22T23:44:00.000+10:002008-09-22T23:44:00.000+10:00Unbelievable -- no "rhodochrosite"?Poseur....BUnbelievable -- no "rhodochrosite"?<BR/><BR/>Poseur.<BR/>.<BR/>.<BR/>.<BR/>Baggiebretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07895747782121932958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post-58458512270154543722008-09-20T04:08:00.000+10:002008-09-20T04:08:00.000+10:00I agree, what is perovskite doing in this list?? W...I agree, what is perovskite doing in this list?? What "field" are those people going to? And how can I borrow their unobtainium?<BR/><BR/>Also, seriously lacking pyroxene and pyroxenoid love here! I could underline another mineral with some cpx in there!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post-64028333411589833742008-09-18T18:56:00.000+10:002008-09-18T18:56:00.000+10:00Silver Fox, I'll have you know that the whole plan...Silver Fox, I'll have you know that the whole planet gave that list the cold shoulder.<BR/><BR/>Chuck, to make this list interesting there ought to be a punning contest. I'll start: "The andalucite prothesis that was attached to my wrist after that unfortunate chainsaw incident is attractive but prone to brittle failure in use"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post-81157153500263145952008-09-13T11:15:00.000+10:002008-09-13T11:15:00.000+10:00I also like the '34 million years' for the great b...I also like the '34 million years' for the great books meme. That seems about right, somehow. (Is that relative to internet historty or blog history?) Maybe it's just that 34 million years is just a good time in geologic history.Silver Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03131032620978696727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post-50987957284323127122008-09-10T11:30:00.000+10:002008-09-10T11:30:00.000+10:00Very interesting list of minerals... many of them ...Very interesting list of minerals... many of them present in Caves!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post-64995615225410182052008-09-10T00:39:00.000+10:002008-09-10T00:39:00.000+10:00I know one person who would probably claim to be a...I know one person who would probably claim to be able to recognize illite in the field, but that's only after years of x-ray work, and I'm sure he'd x-ray the suspect clay anyway.<BR/><BR/>But I'd surely never swear to it!Silver Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03131032620978696727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post-53651280945192786942008-09-09T22:38:00.000+10:002008-09-09T22:38:00.000+10:00I want to meet people who have seen perovskite in ...I want to meet people who have seen perovskite in the field (or who can convince me that they were certain that they saw illite in the field, and who can tell me its crystallinity based on field evidence).Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738706550175991130noreply@blogger.com