This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Dinosaur/bird connection
Message #115856
Hi, folks– More dino news from the Internet rocks-and-fossils mail list follows. –Doug Subject: More Evidence Found for Dinosaur/Bird Connection Date: 27-Dec-93 at 14:49 From: Ron Baalke, INTERNET:BAALKE@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov Dinosaurs are for the birds 12/24/93 MADISON, Wis. (UPI) — A University of Wisconsin researcher said the 72-million-year-old bones of a baby…
Hi, Michael– Here are some messages from a while back with some bearing here. –Doug #97371 S12/Geology 19-May-93 15:39:54 Sb: Magnetic Field Reversals Fm: James W. Keefer 71562,1543 To: ALL Our earth science class is discussing ocean floor spreading and symmetrical patterns of magnetic reversals on either side of the…
Hi, Robert– Welcome to the forum! I am particularly interested in fluorescent minerals – I wonder if you have checked your specimens with UV? My trading list is LISTDM.TXT in the forum library – I figure to upload a slightly updated version in the next few days. –Doug
Hi, Carl– Welcome to the forum! We have spoken before of having practice mini-conferences before the main geo conference (in this forum's room #8, Sunday January 9, at 1 pm Pacific time). If you would like to try conferencing in advance, I stand ready to meet you in a conference…
Hi, John– Thanks for the info. We had talked about Vista before and wondered why the USGS public domain map data could not be published cheaper. I look forward to the day when one can get a database of sites linked to an object-drawing geological map. Imagine finding an interesting…
Hi, Guy– I am indeed afraid my thirst for a GPS will increase; I want to stay focused on getting a stereo microscope. Fortunately, the deuterium spectrum lamp Ken and I were talking of turned out to have a UV-opaque glass tube. Bear in mind 9600 bps or even 14.4K…
#Earth-gazing
Message #115657
Hi, folks– I have just had my first good look at the Rocky Mountains and the Grand Canyon from an airliner at 35,000 feet. Being an amateur mineral collector, I did not recognize all the formations and different terrains that I was looking at, but their endless variety impressed me,…
Hi, John– The critical factor would be whether a review would make clear to the average computerphobe why computer databases for rockhounds would be markedly superior to a book with similar information. Some would not need convincing, but the market would be many times bigger if those who need convincing…
Hi, Guy– Aarrgghh – another thing to distract me from buying a microscope. $500 is indeed coming with the realm I spoke of. –Doug
Hi, Guy– Without a GPS unit, I am not ready for any demos, but what company is this (got an address, phone, etc.?) for future reference? –Doug
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…
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…
Hi, Simon– The oldest fossils I know of are sea life, microbes too small to see without a microscope. In the Cambrian period at the start of the Paleozoic era, many different sorts of sea life that left larger fossils appeared. Brachiopods (like lopsided clams), crinoids (sea lilies, an animal…
Hi, Igor– The April Lapidary Journal, which includes a products/services guide each year, this year lists only Research Unlimited, P.O. Box 448, Fremont, Nebraska 68025, phone (402) 721-8588. Steve Ryland of Cal-Gold, CompuServe [72345,366], can likely either sell you one or steer you to sellers. He should know the magazines…
#Oceans
Message #114950
Hi, Lynne– Where was this science program when I was in elementary school? I dimly remember getting hooked on the sciences in about the 4th grade, and I did indeed come to regard science as better than recess – but mostly I did it at home. What is a "spiraling…
Hi, John– Thanks for the ideas; I will CISmail them to my brother. I have taken the nephew to that Madison geo museum, but getting behind the scenes sounds like a great idea to try next visit. They have a nice fluorescent mineral display, with dozens of specimens, but no…
My 6-year-old nephew in Madison, WI has recently indicated a desire to become a paleontologist – are there any fossil locations near there that are easy enough for a youngster that you know of already?
Hi, John– Welcome to the forum! Maybe rockhounds are too few or too often computerphobic, but then again, maybe they just need a rockhound version of the Red Shift CD ROM for stargazers to induce them to become computerphiles. I know Red Shift gave me an itch like never before…
Hi, John– Welcome to the forum! We have been talking of gathering a database of freeware pictures of minerals here. No one has identified a source of such as yet, though if we make this place interesting enough to draw in more active people with the right equipment (or find…
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