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To: JoeProBono

Hiddenite is named so because it is the only known location of hiddenite. I have been there to the mines and bought some hiddenite for my collection.


5 posted on 08/29/2010 5:32:33 AM PDT by doodad
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To: doodad

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiddenite

“Hiddenite is a pale-to-emerald green variety of spodumene that is sometimes used as a gemstone.”

“The first specimens of the hiddenite variety of spodumene were recovered about 1879 near the tiny settlement of White Plains, west of Stony Point, Alexander County, North Carolina”

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“In addition to the North Carolina locality, Hiddenite has also been found in Brazil, China, and Madagascar.”


7 posted on 08/29/2010 5:50:36 AM PDT by Texas Fossil (Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.)
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To: doodad

Which only leads to the question how did someone know this was a completely new mineral and name the mineral hiddenite?


9 posted on 08/29/2010 5:52:27 AM PDT by wildbill (You're just jealous because the Voices talk only to me.)
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To: doodad

Hiddenite is the ore from which unobtanium is extracted.


17 posted on 08/29/2010 7:11:14 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (King: "I have a dream"...Sharpton: "I want a check")
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To: doodad

So where does Upsidasium come from?


26 posted on 08/29/2010 11:51:10 AM PDT by Mike Darancette (Socialism is the philosophy of failure, - W Churchill)
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