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Geology Picture of the Week, February 4-10, 2007: Luminescent Labradorite (+ strange ice behavior)
Alan Guisewite's Mineral Collection ^
| Alan Guisewite
Posted on 02/08/2007 9:34:19 AM PST by cogitator
OK, labradorite isn't really luminescent, but it's famous for it's optical effects. The image below is reduced in size; click for a full-size look.
TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Education; Outdoors; Science
KEYWORDS: gem; labradorite; layers; optical
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posted on
02/08/2007 9:34:23 AM PST
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cogitator
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posted on
02/08/2007 9:35:29 AM PST
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cogitator
To: cogitator
Cool.
Of course, finding lumps of frozen methane ice on the seafloor is even "cooler" .....
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posted on
02/08/2007 9:37:05 AM PST
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Robert A Cook PE
(I can only donate monthly, but Hillary's ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
To: cogitator; sauropod
Oh purty. I do love minerals.
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02/08/2007 9:51:10 AM PST
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Lil'freeper
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To: Lil'freeper
I have been "into" making jewelry lately, so I have a whole new appreciation for unusual minerals. (And a whole new category of things to want to acquire, LOL!)
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posted on
02/08/2007 9:58:02 AM PST
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alwaysconservative
(Now that Cullen has put politics over science, the Weather Channel should get a REAL expert)
To: alwaysconservative
LOL - I've been into *buying* jewlery lately. I found a store in southern NM that has a buyer with exquisite taste. Semi-precious stones and silver work in Navajo, Zuni, et al styles. Which is funny, because I'm not a big jewelery person. It's all about the stones for me.
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02/08/2007 10:42:08 AM PST
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Lil'freeper
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