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Quality factors in slates – Part I

vcardenes wrote 3 weeks ago: Traditionally, the slate market has offered a wide variety of different qualities of slate. Each man … more →

Tags: Defects, Quality, Oxidation, gypsification, quarzt, Mica, chlorites

Plate Tectonics: The Ends (and Beginnings) of the Earth, Part 120 comments

Thea Beckman wrote 4 weeks ago: Is it possible for something that’s spherical to have a physical end or beginning? A ball just keeps … more →

Tags: Science, Natural Disasters, Geology, planetary science, earth science, Vulcanism

Grade 6 – Mineralogy2 comments

Waldorf Mom wrote 1 month ago: I am starting to feel like this blog is quickly becoming a commercial for Eugene Schwartz, but I nev … more →

Tags: Grade 6

Roofing slates of the World, part II

vcardenes wrote 1 month ago: Images of hand specimens and thin sections of slates from several World´s locations. Real color of t … more →

Tags: Slate, World, COLOR, clinochlore, Microscopy, thin sections

Rheniite - a really rare mineral

scybites wrote 1 month ago: There’s a cool flow chart on the wikipedia home page today about the manufacture of fluorine c … more →

Tags: Daily scybites, Alloy, Alloying, Canada, fluorine, fluorite, Hokkaido, Island, islands

MCC sides with Titanic Palmer in Australian dispute2 comments

ramunickel wrote 1 month ago: Titanic Tycoon Palmer Seeks End to Mine Deal With Citic Pacific Joe Schneider | Bloomberg Clive Palm … more →

Tags: Australia, Financial Returns, chinese mining, citic pacific, Clive Palmer, MCC

The Continent: Landia. Chapter XXX.

ogledalosf wrote 2 months ago: A month after the victory of the Miners’ Organization and the Clandestine Service a nationwide … more →

Tags: social status, ethnic cleansing, mineral extraction, miners' movement, General Strike, clandestine police

The Continent: Landia. Chapter IXXX.

ogledalosf wrote 2 months ago: Their new captor led his prisoners into a small office. The Founder took a chair at the foot of a ta … more →

Tags: social status, ethnic cleansing, miners' movement, General Strike, clandestine police, mineral excavation

The Continent: Landia. Chapter XXVIII.

ogledalosf wrote 2 months ago: Bato Mentin guided his two companions through narrow walkways and tunnels, till they reached an isol … more →

Tags: social status, ethnic cleansing, miners' movement, General Strike, clandestine police, mineral excavation

The Continent: Landia. Chapter XXVII.

ogledalosf wrote 2 months ago: Three miners allied with Renda came to Mentin’s door. One of them knocked. The burly resident … more →

Tags: social status, ethnic cleansing, miners' movement, General Strike, clandestine police, mineral excavation

Marshite, Palladium, and Plattnerite

saxothingee wrote 2 months ago: My latest order from Dakota Matrix arrived a couple of weeks ago, consisting of three relatively rar … more →

Tags: collecting minerals, LATEST ACQUISITIONS, collecting, Minerals, Chemistry, Element, Crystal, Crystals, dakota matrix

Pathologies in slates, part IV

vcardenes wrote 2 months ago: Gypsification Gypsification is the phenomenon by which the carbonates that may be present in the sla … more →

Tags: Defects, gypsification, ASTM 217, EN 12326, Gypsum, Pathologies, petrology

The Continent: Landia. Chapter XXVI.

ogledalosf wrote 2 months ago: Dey finished eating with the rest of the traveling party in a small dining room near their sleeping … more →

Tags: social status, ethnic cleansing, miners' movement, General Strike, clandestine police, mineral excavation

The Continent: Landia. Chapter XXV.

ogledalosf wrote 2 months ago: Taval Renda and his cohorts occupied the front and inner portion of the caboose. The Founder’s … more →

Tags: social status, ethnic cleansing, miners' movement, General Strike, clandestine police, mineral excavation

The Continent: Landia. Chapter XXIV.

ogledalosf wrote 2 months ago: A little past midnight, two fielders with all their lights out exited the mountain cave. The party o … more →

Tags: social status, ethnic cleansing, miners' movement, General Strike, clandestine police, mineral excavation

The Continent: Landia. Chapter XXIII.

ogledalosf wrote 2 months ago: The vehicle descended into the mountain valley of Flos Ferri, where white calcium flowers of aragoni … more →

Tags: social status, ethnic cleansing, miners' movement, General Strike, clandestine police, mineral excavation

The Continent: Landia. Chapter XXII.

ogledalosf wrote 2 months ago: Dey Skull had a night unlike any he had ever thought possible. He recalled what he had uncovered abo … more →

Tags: social status, ethnic cleansing, mineral extraction, General Strike, clandestine police, miners'movement

The Continent: Landia. Chapter XXI.

ogledalosf wrote 2 months ago: Both Dey and Veta realized they were under unseen surveillance. Examining chambers, as always, were … more →

Tags: social status, ethnic cleansing, mineral extraction, miners' movement, General Strike, clandestine police

The Continent: Landia. Chapter XX.

ogledalosf wrote 2 months ago: A full night’s sleep refreshed the strength of all four travelers. They ate breakfast together … more →

Tags: social status, ethnic cleansing, mineral extraction, miners' movement, General Strike, clandestine police


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