This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Hi Lanny, No problem. I had a copy of the latest Mineral News at my computer when John's query came up. So I just copied the info to him. Rod
#Mineral News back issues
Message #174757
Hi John, Sure, back issues of the Mineral News are available from the Mineral News publication. It says here in a recent copy: Mineral News – Back Issues are available for only $1.75 ea. (Out-of-Print will be photocopied): Vol. 1, Nos. 1-7; Vols 2-9, Nos. 1-12. (Vol. 10 issues only…
Rock Clubs On-Line
Message #173775
Hi Doug, Regarding listing E-mail addresses on club rosters, would you recommend a separate listing of all those members that are "on line"? Or should the E-mail address be placed right along with the members snail mail address? The Fluorescent Mineral Society's '95 Roster will be coming out in the…
#Rock Clubs On-Line
Message #172178
Hey Doug, Just exactly how do you get into the Pacoima Canyon from below? Walk? How far a walk to the pegmatite for the zircons, etc.? Rod
Hi Doug, Excuse me Bill, but this message is primarily to Doug. My "Address Book" is still _lost_ in my computer so I cannot e-mail messages. Must resort to this method. Doug, at last nights FMS' monthly Board Meeting, you have been unanimously approved as the new editor of the…
Hi Nathan, I gave up a couple years ago on the Pacoima Pegmatite locality. They said you could not get in via the bottom of the canyon – blocked off. So I drove to the top of the canyon & checked at the Ranger Station. They said they prefer no-one…
Hi Bill, You mean Darwin? Rod
Hi Jeff, Is'nt it called "The Mackey School of Mines, Reno, NV?" Liquid inclusions of gold? hummmmm. dunno. Rod
Hi Matt, Sure, go spelunking with Dawn! ;-)_ Rod
Hi & thanks Lanny, Rod
Oh, hey hi Nathan, Lanny said OK with giving credit like, "Reprinted from Mineral News Vol. 11, No. 1, January 1995, with permission of the author and publisher". Thanks to both of you and we will go ahead and reprint it in an upcoming issue of the U.V. Waves. Rod
Hi Matt, > Sure, raise your hand _higher_ than everyone else and ask _all_ the questions. 😉 Rod
#GPS Help
Message #166334
Hi Lanny, Disregard the "Subj: GPS Help" as my "Address Book" in CIM is down, so the only way I can "Send" you a message is by "Reply"ing to a Sci/Math forum messge originated by you. I don't know if you are making it to Tucson or not. I'll ask…
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#Geology:Careers
Message #166332
Hi Doug, Disregard the "Subj" as my "Address Book" is still down & this is the only way I can "send" you a message. I received the 3 1/2" diskette back in todays mail. Did you get it to run? Mac program called _Main Street Filer_ as I recall. And…
Hi Nathan, Have you had a chance to look over the material you collected 'near' the Horseshoe Dam? Also I believe your Shannon Minerals address is the correct one as mine came from an old S.M. business card several years old. Just received my Jan '95 issue of Mineral News…
Hi Howard, Nathans address for Shannon Minerals is undoubtedly the correct one as he just visited there last week. My address for Shannon is several years old. Rod
Hey you sand collectors, Although I do not collect sand, my wife would kill me if I get in to one more hobbby, a member of our Fluorescent Mineral Society does. He is the Regional Vice President of the FMS in South Africa. As I recall he was (or is)…
Hi Howard, I would recommend you contact either (or both) of these dealers for their catalogue or list of the micromount boxes they carry: Mineralogical Research Co. David Shannon Minerals Div. of Nazca Corp. 1727 W. Drake Circle 15840 East Alta Vista Way Mesa, AZ 85202 San Jose, CA 95127…
Hi Bill, Additional info. on the 1995 Tucson Show: The Fluorescent Mineral Society will hold its yearly "Tucson" meeting & mineral swap at the Best Western _Executive Inn_, Drachman & Oracle Streets in the back near the pool. The meeting will be Friday night from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM,…
Hi Howard, Just a little more on stereo scopes. I am leaving tomorrow morning to pick up a new micromount member & head from LA out to Redlands, CA to attend our annual Southern CA. Micromounters Conference. There will be at least 70 stereo scopes set up for a week-end…
Hi Nathan, It looks to me that the best reference in the MR is Vol. 14 #2 p. 115-117. This article by David Shannon of Mesa, AZ has a map, four nice photographs, & a view from the Verde River looking towards the roadcut and basalt boulders of the natrolite…
Hi Nathan, You might try contacting FMS Regional Vice President of the Desert Region, George Polman of Phoenix. His address is – 16645 South 13th St., Phoenix, AZ. Phone: Res – 602-460-1959 Work – 602-968-5141 Rod
Hi Mark, In all, the Tucson "show" date is from around Feb. 5 to Feb.12. I believe the main show in the convention center runs from Thurs. Feb 9 to Sun. Feb 12. Maybe someone can confirm this. BTW, there will be a meeting, along with swap, trade, sell &…
Hi John, How about a quartz crystal, as I recall, about 17,500 lbs. that was displayed at the Tucson Gem & Mineral Show about 5 (?) years ago. Rod
Hey Gary, Good, Rod
Hi Kamron & Doug & All Keep it up! Your continuing conversations on Subducton & Ocean Basin dialogue is interesting & informative. Rod
Geology Careers
Message #160265
Hi Gary, Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year. Was looking over these various messages & keep coming upon this long series of comments regarding your desire to "find yourself" & "light a fire" or somesuch gemitlichite. Find yourself as the father of a wonderful family & there is your…
Hi Igor, In my most humble opinion, as a lowley infidel, I would suggest that you study the ramifications of the collector. He is the one that went out into the hinterlands to attempt to locate the mineral specimens that you might be interested in. He is the one who…
Hi Igor, In my most humble opinion, as a lowley infidel, I would suggest that you study the ramifications of the collector. He is the one that went out into the hinterlands to attempt to locate the mineral specimens that you might be interested in. He is the one who…
Hey Gary, Go for it! You have my blessings for your deep desire for a life in the wonderful world of geology. Just make sure that your wife agrees. And your child. Rod
#"Chat"
Message #159714
Hi Tom, Thanks for the info. Let me clarify a boo-boo I made. I said that "I was creating a message in the Sci/Math Forum and suddenly a window appeared with a 'hello' message from sysop, (you)" where I should have said, Rick Needham. Rod
Hi Tom, Thanks for the info. Let me clarify a boo-boo I made. I said that "I was creating a message in the Sci/Math Forum and suddenly a window appeared with a 'hello' message from sysop, (you)" where I should have said, Rick Needham. Rod
"Chat"
Message #159533
Hi again Tom, Ooops, I forgot to say that I have DosCIM & am using the DOS 6.2 version. Rod
"Chat"
Message #159528
Hi Tom, Rick Needham said to contact you regarding a question I have on the "Chat" option in the forum. I was creating a message in the Sci/Math Forum & suddenly a window appeared with a 'hello' message from sysop, Tom LeCompte. Problem was, I did'nt know how to respond.…
IBM 586?
Message #159346
Hi-ho, This may have been around, but in case you have not heard – "why didn't Intel call the Pentium chip the 586"? Because they added 486 and 100 on the first Pentium and got 585.999983605. Merry Christmas – Rod
Hi Gary, What's this "lightning bolt" bs! You can fiddle around until you are 90, and still be saying is THIS REALLY ME! :-] Merry Christmas, Rod
Hi David, Contact Doug Mitchell, sysop here in the geology section, as he will be able to direct you to further info on this subject. I am the president of the Fluorescent Mineral Society and we have published many charts of the spectral curves of various fluorescent minerals. These are…
Geology Careers
Message #158332
Hi Gary, Forget it. You are 38 with a family. They come first. I don't know of anybody who "just cannot wait to get out of bed & go off to work". And that includes people in the field that you dream of. After you get established more, maybe a…
Hi Chris, This may be a late response but your question regarding Carol Smith might be best answered by contacting Dr. Peter Modreski, Internet:pmodresk@GCCMail.cr as he and his wife, Regina, are both very active in the Denver Gem & Mineral Show. Rod
#Conversion of Earl Verbe
Message #157898
Hey Lanny, I wish that you would convince Earl Verbeek to get on Compu-Serve so that we could communicate more readily & speedily. Dr. Peter Modreski is on CS & he and I are more in touch now than ever before. It sure makes running a 340 member society international…
cathodoluminescence
Message #157643
Hi hugh, I am president of the Fluorescent Mineral Society and seem to remember one of our members in Austria who does a lot of work in this field of cathodoluminescence in gemstones. I'll look around & if you don't hear from me soon, bug me. Rod
All
Message #154878
Hi everyone, I will be silent for 2 weeks while on vacaton in Ohio & Kentucky being with family for the Thanksgiving holidays. Looking forward to getting back on this here computer & back on line then. Cheerz, Rod
H2S
Message #152324
Hi Elizabeth again, I sent you a message but please look for it in the "Student Section" of the Sci/Math Forum. I am still wandering around on this later version of CS & am having some rough moments. My computer went flying during the Northridge Earthquake losing everythng on the…
H2S
Message #152318
Hi Elizabeth, I am a Veterinarian just wandering around in the Sci. Math. Forum & came across the H2S thread. My hobby is mineral collecting & occasionally use HCl (10%) on galena to aid in its identification by the production of the rotten egg odor of the H2S gas. Have…
#Hydrogen Sulfide danger
Message #151834
This a Dr. Yes I am here but do not know how to send my reply to you. Will keep trying. Rod Dr.
Yeowwweee, join the club! Rod
#Cubic Quartz
Message #117356
Quartz – we all know all about quartz. Right??? Quartz if crystallized is probably commonly found as prismatic, horizontially striated crystals in matrix, occasionally doubley terminated. Quartz is a member of the hexagonal crystal system and therefore when looking down on the crystal from above, one sees the six sided…
Earthquake
Message #117051
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake was felt throughout the San Fernando Valley and jolted Southern California coastal communities Sunday, Jan. 9 swaying buildings and rattling windows but apparently causing no damage. The quake shortly after 3 p.m. (during our geology conference) was centered two miles south of Santa Monica, according to…