tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post7452131076119159541..comments2024-01-30T19:45:36.648+11:00Comments on Lounge of the Lab Lemming: Rare Earth Revelry four: Yttrium aluminum garnetC W Mageehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09706100504739548720noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post-78198684462417309512011-03-05T09:47:08.855+11:002011-03-05T09:47:08.855+11:00I think the other valences are only stable as hali...I think the other valences are only stable as halides.C W Mageehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09706100504739548720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post-79848024572877664192011-03-01T05:02:30.339+11:002011-03-01T05:02:30.339+11:00Nd3+Nd3+EliRabetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post-66547290623563733652011-02-23T23:20:31.814+11:002011-02-23T23:20:31.814+11:00Hello Chuck
Has there ever been been an extensive...Hello Chuck<br /><br />Has there ever been been an extensive search for minerals under the dunes? Who would have ever thouhgt there would be diamonds in the Canadian Arctic until Fipke found them.<br /><br />DeBeers is up there and is running the Snap Lake mine which is their first venture into underground diamond mining. The mine is one their biggest and is under Snap Lake.<br /><br />I got theUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01680428262010280842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post-38030632132910945092011-02-23T19:39:54.056+11:002011-02-23T19:39:54.056+11:00Harold, geophysical exploration under dune fields ...Harold, geophysical exploration under dune fields is routine, and the Simpson Desert in Australia was drilled for oil and gas way back in the 60's (a few small shows, mostly subeconomic). In a few places, the roads put in for those projects are the only access.<br /><br />YAG is colorless, and was used as a synthetic gemstone prior to the development of cubic zirconia. Check out the C W Mageehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09706100504739548720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post-12818019799053465242011-02-23T04:23:03.933+11:002011-02-23T04:23:03.933+11:00What is the color of YA garnets? Can they be used ...What is the color of YA garnets? Can they be used as gemstones?<br />Diamonds are boring.<br /><br />I've be watching ads and movies on TV that have vistas of deserts with really huge sand dunes that on forever.<br /><br />If we remove all the sand, what is sitting on the bedrock? Could there be gold, silver, copper, base metal ores, manganese nodules, uranium oxide etc?<br /><br />When soil Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01680428262010280842noreply@blogger.com