tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post5428452360567781244..comments2024-01-30T19:45:36.648+11:00Comments on Lounge of the Lab Lemming: Economic geology from first principlesC W Mageehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09706100504739548720noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post-75190010766908322422008-04-10T21:38:00.000+10:002008-04-10T21:38:00.000+10:00I left out everything that was hard to find a pric...I left out everything that was hard to find a price for.<BR/><BR/>In the case of iron, figuring the price of iron, vs the price of making various grades of steel, was beyond my ability to figure.<BR/><BR/>Titanium has the same problem, but to a lesser extent.C W Mageehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09706100504739548720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post-223792946356700442008-04-06T13:54:00.000+10:002008-04-06T13:54:00.000+10:00Where is Fe? Is there a reason you left it out? Wh...Where is Fe? Is there a reason you left it out? What else did you leave out?<BR/><BR/>ChrisChris Phoenixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13368959552769808835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post-66596269476500345612008-04-02T15:35:00.000+11:002008-04-02T15:35:00.000+11:00"Baryte" is feminist by analogy with "womyn"."Baryte" is feminist by analogy with "womyn".McMootshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17155680513510901748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post-21760504294522354282008-04-01T07:26:00.000+11:002008-04-01T07:26:00.000+11:00I'll keep using sulfur and sulfide, and will also ...I'll keep using sulfur and sulfide, and will also keep using barite. I'll consider gipsum per your earlier post.<BR/><BR/>My microsoft word recognizes sulfide, sulfur - but maybe they vary the spelling from country to country.<BR/><BR/>Don't get the feminist sulfate part, however. Do you mean namby-pamby? What do women, females, or feminists have to do with barite or baryte?Silver Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03131032620978696727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post-27207876177736004632008-03-30T20:45:00.000+11:002008-03-30T20:45:00.000+11:00Can't be phucked?Seriously, if I used official spe...Can't be phucked?<BR/><BR/>Seriously, if I used official spellings, then I'd have to use <A HREF="http://lablemminglounge.blogspot.com/2007/10/feminist-sulfates.html" REL="nofollow">feminist sulphate</A> terminology. Which I'm just not prepared to do.<BR/><BR/>Besides, everything historical that I read is ph, and I'm trying to learn the local language. Mate.Dr. Lemminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06283138709890438772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post-19041961198227646632008-03-30T17:40:00.000+11:002008-03-30T17:40:00.000+11:00Very cool plot - I'll use it in a 4th year course ...Very cool plot - I'll use it in a 4th year course on Tuesday. <BR/><BR/>Why do you use sulphide and suphur rather than sulfide and sulfur as prefered by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry as well as "the" Royal Society of Chemistry? See: http://www.worldwidewords.org/topicalwords/tw-sul1.htm.Dr Mike at Otagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17002470523618539327noreply@blogger.com