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I wouldn't have it otherwise…….our conferences should be free-ranging and open-ended. The Sue thing is noteworthy across the board. Michael
I'm away from the catalog right now…don't even have a guess what they wanted. I anxiously await lower prices on the handheld units. Make 'em 300-500 bucks and I'll get one right away. Michael
If you are in range of 3 satellites, you get lat/long accuracy to 10 feet. Add a fourth satellite and you have equal accuracy in the vertical realm. Does DeLorme have CDROM maps? Like their state maps only digital? Michael
PT> I would be interested in knowing how many other minerals geologists PT> are using this forum. I'm a _former_ minerals type, lurking here daily but rarely posting. I worked as a geologist for Asarco for all of '74, Cities Service Minerals in summer of '75, then switched to geophysics…
Hi, Lynne– You need to be "in" the SCIENCE forum to send a SCIENCE forum message; if you were idling in basic services or in another forum when you tried to send it that would explain the squawk. You probably already knew that, but I like to cover all the…
Hi, Peter and Scott– Welcome to the forum! I think you will never know just how many of any particular sort of rockhound (I use a rather loose definition – anyone particularly likely to look at a rock) visit this forum, since many visit only occasionally, and who knows how…
Hi, Rick– Thanks for trying, whether they announce it or not. I have not thought about specifying a topic, as no one seemed to need one. I have not been to conferences other than the ones here, and have no notion of whether a specific topic draws more interest, enough…
Hi, Michael– I hear GPS units are down to $1000 apiece. How does the computer add-on compare? I hope they will come down further and become a must for many rockhounds. Articles on collecting sites with coordinates would become the norm, making them worth more even as the price drops.…
Hi, John– Some rockhounds will spend thousands for the right rock, and some consider paying for a rock as something like cheating. How many would pay for the right database, I do not know. All I know is I have balked at spending $500 for Aleph Enterprises' MINERAL database of…
#A Geologist Replies
Message #115378
Michael: Greetings and Happy Holidays from out West. I currently work for Magma Copper Company, one of the majors in Arizona. – Scott M. _
So far, like a dummy I cranked everything up and got started without checking the belt alignment. As a result, I'm picking up a new belt tomorrow afternoon. 8-( I did get time to run a chunk of agate across the wheels. Bill said to break the dots on the…
I am just beginning to learn how to save to file cabinet, compose a letter and then send later. In fact, I found out about MacNav which will help me spend even less time in forums. I do understand what you are "saying" about others learning from reading our dialogue…
Lynne: 2nd message… try composing a new message to him.. Craig's PPN is 73007,775 Rick
You might want to contact the U.S. Geological Survey's Earth Science Information Center at 1-800-USA-MAPS. They have a great booklet on geologic time. I know that it is free if you stop in to the Information Center… I don't know if there is any shipping/handling charge for mailing out….. joann…
Hmmmm… How are you sending it? Rick
#Help sending
Message #115343
I have a message in my out-basket for Craig Bruska and the info. indicates this forum, geology section. But I keep getting a funny message that I'm in the wrong forum when I try to send it. Any suggestions.
Gee, another excuse to get one of those portable GPS gizmos from Sony. 🙂 It would make a great addition to the database, I'd thought of that, too. I didn't think of the DDE part, just the manual entry of coordinates into the database. These GPS are accurate enough to…
I've got the Edmund catalog around somewhere, but I think I'll try the newspaper classifieds first. Good 'scopes turn up at the University's junk sale now and then, but further investigations determined that most of the used 'scopes "fall off trucks" and end up in homes. My tax dollars at…
Nat Geo Database
Message #115303
Does anyone know of the existence of a database of National Geographics magazine articles covering the past 4 years ? I thought I ran across one once here on Compuserve, and am trying to avoid building one from scratch. Thanks Brad Pickens
Seasons Greetings from another one of the dying breed, minerals exploration. I am happily persuing various types of base metal deposits in Alaska. Seems like all my friends are moving to Chile, I'm glad to hear you are active in the great basin. We really have the deep freeze up…
Scott- a hearty welcome! While we do not have a zillion geologists here, we have a goodly sized crowd including amateurs and professionals in many of the Earth Sciences. Additionally, there are several grad students hanging out here as well. We will be having a Geo conference on Jan 9th…
That's a good start! Sure wish I had more info. Perhaps a call to Black Hills will be productive, though I suspect they can't say too much pending resolution of their cases. M
Bruce, I'm at the University of Kentucky. My masters project will be in mineral benificiation. Right now I'm working out at the Center of Applied Energy Research that is operated by UK. It sounds like you are pretty busy if you are looking for that many minerals. What area do…
> (chomping at the bit with a few preforms dopped and waiting) Chomping at the bit waiting for your followup. 🙂 Guy
Rick, Doug, I think we have a possible topic for our conference… Guy
#hello
Message #115251
Greetings, one and all. Just another one of a dying breed, a working minerals exploration geo-type dropping by to say hello. I'm a refugee (g) from the Earth Forum, somewhat bemused that there is rather little to do w/ earth science over there. Mayhap we can fix that! A bit…
Edmund Scientific has some field scopes in their catalog that look pretty good. We use both a loupe and a cheaper field scope for field examinations. The monocular scope we use is illuminated and is 20x. The optics are not great but then again, at most I've lost 25 bucks…
Thanks Michael, I hope I can explain this to Catherine. Easiest way to teach is to answer question that interests them personally. I had forgatten about the algae layers. Again Thanks. Craig
#Contempo Lapidary-thanks
Message #115225
This is completely preliminary and I'll post a followup when I've had a chance to work with the equipment but I wanted to compliment Bill at Contempo Lapidary on his excellent service. We met a few weeks ago at the Am Opal Soc show where he had a booth displaying…
Doug:: Thanks for that posting…really interesting…I in fact, have saved it for "posterity" in the library 12 data base. Rick Needham/SYSOP
Doug: I have forwarded the information about your upcoming Jan 9th conference to folks at CIS … hopefully, something will make "WAHT'S NEW." … its a bad time though…most of them have vacation during these 2 weeks, and you might get caught in the WHAT'S NEW "pinch." Do yo have…
Yes, in Topeka, in the cut hillside behind the Westside Mall. About fifty steps from the parking lot. 🙂 Newtek's new offices are just a block or two from this mall, they moved from downtown. The coal was friable and not compact. I did examine several bits in the field…
Shareware only "works" in rare circumstances. I'm self-employed, so I'm always balancing my love of what I do against the potential profit of doing it. I'd go crazy (and broke) if something I was doing wasn't supporting me. Are rockhounds known for being generous with cash? 🙂
I am presently interested in gold, PGE's, cobalt, REE's, wollastonite, talc, nepheline syenite, and of course diamonds. What's your masters project? I've got a few freinds stuck in mining (rock mechanics) Ph.Ds at McGill U. I took alot of master's level mining courses, but they were primarily economics and feasibility…
Jeez! Michael
Much of the dating is derived from analyzing the ratios of C12 and C14, carbon isotopes found in organic matter. Carbon14 has a 1/2-life of 5,600 years if memory serves. C14 is incorporated in the organism while it is living and once biological processes stop (death), no additional C14 is…
Jerry – I'll add that forum to my regular stopping places. Likewise, extend an invitation to those there to stop in here. If we can gather enough members interested in the Earth Sciences, maybe we can create our own Forum. Michael
Yeah, somehow I see a connection between mining and geology, just a bit. One of the areas I recognize as one that I need to develop in is stratigraphy. In Washington State, other than the Columbia flood basalts, there are not very many exposures nice and neat. Rather, there are…
Doug – and that leads to DDE embedding of global positioning data in the file. I was just reading of a GPS add-on for PC's. Michael
It isn't uncommon to find carbonaceous material in marine sediments. Sometimes it is clearly wood, other times it is too homogenous to identify the source. If you found the carbon in the same stratigraphic level, not above or below, that would be interesting enough to closely examine the walls of…
Colorado anatase
Message #115193
Hi, folks– The following is from the Internet mail-list rocks-and-fossils. Anyone have an answer for this fellow? –Doug Subject: Colorado Anatase Date: 16-Dec-93 at 12:19 From: INTERNET:prichard@heidelberg.edu Does anyone out there know of the anatase locality in Gunnison County, Colorado? It is mentioned in Dana and more recent texts and…
Diamond specimens
Message #115192
Hi, folks– From the Internet mail list rocks-and-fossils: –Doug Subject: Diamonds Date: 17-Dec-93 at 08:55 From: INTERNET:jaszczak@phy.mtu.edu "I collect graphite since diamonds are too expensive…" David New (P.O. Box 278, Anacortes, WA 98221) recently sent out a list of natural diamond crystals for sale. It is my understanding that he…
#Sue Tyrannosaurus cases
Message #115191
Hi folks– Two messages from the Internet rocks-and-fossils mail list about the Sue suits in Sioux Falls follow (try saying that 3 times fast). –Doug Subject: Black Hills Institute Indicted on Fossil Theft Date: 17-Dec-93 at 12:11 From: Ron Baalke, INTERNET:BAALKE@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov Fossil thefts prompt indictment Associated Press 11/24/93 Sioux Falls,…
Hi, John– It would be interesting to publish something like that as shareware. The publishing cost would be negligible, and as a first it might capture quite a market when the bulk of rockhounds finally get dragged on-line. An electronic copy would be more useful, since it would be more…
Hi, Lynne– Judging by responses when most kids see my UV lamps in action, at least that part of the science/technology program you describe is not widespread as yet. It sounds like something I would like to see spread. I also wonder if my niece (3) and nephew (6) in…
#Explain to Daughter
Message #115187
We were watching a special about Illinios and they talk about the Glaciers that created the paires and gave the time. My daughter asked how they knew the age/time? I explained the idea of layers and the time it take for a layer to form. Can anyone help with with…
#Geologists
Message #115185
For y'all who are interested in Geology – several of "us" have been slowly and not very methodically working on developing an ongoing dialog of geologists in the Earth Forum – Professional area. Come on over and join in. Jerry.
Michael, I'm not a geologist, but instead a mining engineer. I have a keen interest in geology though. I am currently working on my masters degree in mining. Steve
Bruce, I'm not a geologist. I'm a mining engineer. I'm currently working on my masters degree in mining engineering. What kind of metals and industrial minerals? I went to school up in the Copper Country of Michigan, and was always off chasing after old rock piles to hunt around on.…
Thanks – I'll hardcopy this to my students.
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