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Graph paper!
All right, this might not make your day, but I have to say that finding the http://www.waterproof-paper.com/graph-paper/ made me really, really happy. I’ve searched high and low for ternary pa… more →
Mountain Cat Geology
Quality factors in slates – Part I
wrote 3 weeks ago: Traditionally, the slate market has offered a wide variety of different qualities of slate. Each man … more →
Plate Tectonics: The Ends (and Beginnings) of the Earth, Part 1
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wrote 4 weeks ago: Is it possible for something that’s spherical to have a physical end or beginning? A ball just keeps … more →
Grade 6 – Mineralogy
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wrote 1 month ago: I am starting to feel like this blog is quickly becoming a commercial for Eugene Schwartz, but I nev … more →
Roofing slates of the World, part II
wrote 1 month ago: Images of hand specimens and thin sections of slates from several World´s locations. Real color of t … more →
Rheniite - a really rare mineral
wrote 1 month ago: There’s a cool flow chart on the wikipedia home page today about the manufacture of fluorine c … more →
MCC sides with Titanic Palmer in Australian dispute
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wrote 1 month ago: Titanic Tycoon Palmer Seeks End to Mine Deal With Citic Pacific Joe Schneider | Bloomberg Clive Palm … more →
The Continent: Landia. Chapter XXX.
wrote 2 months ago: A month after the victory of the Miners’ Organization and the Clandestine Service a nationwide … more →
The Continent: Landia. Chapter IXXX.
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 →
The Continent: Landia. Chapter XXVIII.
wrote 2 months ago: Bato Mentin guided his two companions through narrow walkways and tunnels, till they reached an isol … more →
The Continent: Landia. Chapter XXVII.
wrote 2 months ago: Three miners allied with Renda came to Mentin’s door. One of them knocked. The burly resident … more →
Marshite, Palladium, and Plattnerite
wrote 2 months ago: My latest order from Dakota Matrix arrived a couple of weeks ago, consisting of three relatively rar … more →
Pathologies in slates, part IV
wrote 2 months ago: Gypsification Gypsification is the phenomenon by which the carbonates that may be present in the sla … more →
The Continent: Landia. Chapter XXVI.
wrote 2 months ago: Dey finished eating with the rest of the traveling party in a small dining room near their sleeping … more →
The Continent: Landia. Chapter XXV.
wrote 2 months ago: Taval Renda and his cohorts occupied the front and inner portion of the caboose. The Founder’s … more →
The Continent: Landia. Chapter XXIV.
wrote 2 months ago: A little past midnight, two fielders with all their lights out exited the mountain cave. The party o … more →
The Continent: Landia. Chapter XXIII.
wrote 2 months ago: The vehicle descended into the mountain valley of Flos Ferri, where white calcium flowers of aragoni … more →
The Continent: Landia. Chapter XXII.
wrote 2 months ago: Dey Skull had a night unlike any he had ever thought possible. He recalled what he had uncovered abo … more →
The Continent: Landia. Chapter XXI.
wrote 2 months ago: Both Dey and Veta realized they were under unseen surveillance. Examining chambers, as always, were … more →
The Continent: Landia. Chapter XX.
wrote 2 months ago: A full night’s sleep refreshed the strength of all four travelers. They ate breakfast together … more →
