I graduated from Michigan Tech.
The correct name of the new mineral is:
Keggerite
or
Pukeinmylaundryite
or
Pastyite
or
Mooseite, Saunaite
or
Edmundfitzgeraldite
1 posted on
09/12/2018 4:44:36 PM PDT by
Eddie01
To: Eddie01
I don’t want to get too into the weeds, however their is a ton of interesting ingredients being added to advanced batteries including fools gold for anode and fluorine and even gems to the electrolyte/ membrane for solid state batteries. What if their is something in this rock that is truly a game changer....
2 posted on
09/12/2018 4:51:44 PM PDT by
taildragger
("Do you hear the people Singing? Singing the Song o and my guess .anyf Angry Men!")
To: Eddie01
These are, well......Alien droppings.
3 posted on
09/12/2018 4:53:24 PM PDT by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: Eddie01
I hope he checked them against a Geiger counter.
5 posted on
09/12/2018 4:55:29 PM PDT by
RandallFlagg
(They all get down, and arm up. Ready to take down tyrrany. The magnificient Seven.)
To: Eddie01
I was going to say, Millenia of people never noticed?
6 posted on
09/12/2018 4:56:05 PM PDT by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: Eddie01
(file photo)
To: Eddie01
Ya know what they call a finnish prostitute?
11 posted on
09/12/2018 5:02:31 PM PDT by
crz
To: Eddie01
He’s going to be out there at 2:30 some morning and the aliens are gonna grab him and give him a good probing.
Or a Bear will eat him.
13 posted on
09/12/2018 5:04:08 PM PDT by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: Eddie01
I lasted one trimester at MTU. Difficult school, in so many ways.
I miss pasties. With ketchup.
15 posted on
09/12/2018 5:23:09 PM PDT by
Theo
(FReeping since 1998 ... drain the swamp.)
To: Eddie01
Rintamaki said Michigan State gave the rocks a scientific name: syenite clasts containing fluorescent sodalite.
...
I think he gave a fancy new name to a common rock.
17 posted on
09/12/2018 5:32:18 PM PDT by
Moonman62
(Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
To: Eddie01
The article doesn't answer my question: Does it when it's not under a blacklight? Many things do glow under blacklight. They were very common in the mid-70’s to mid-80’s.
19 posted on
09/12/2018 5:32:43 PM PDT by
Kay Ludlow
(Government actions ALWAYS have unintended consequences.)
To: Eddie01
To: Eddie01
"Resting among the thousands of pebbles covering the Lake Superior beach, Rintamaki saw a glowing rock."
Dude. Like, run...
22 posted on
09/12/2018 5:41:50 PM PDT by
PLMerite
("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest)
To: Eddie01
These rocks are fluorescent . Ultraviolet light is converted to visible light. They only appear to glow because the black light is invisible to the Human eye. If you wonder around at night with an ultraviolet flashlight glowing rocks are fairly easy to find
24 posted on
09/12/2018 6:14:54 PM PDT by
Nateman
(If the left is not screaming, you are doing it wrong.)
To: Eddie01
To: Eddie01
Awesome! Used to love snowmobiling and skiing in the U.P. back when I lived in Wisconsin. Did my first keg stand years ago on a visit to Northern Michigan University. The view snowmobiling into Houghton was cool too.
28 posted on
09/12/2018 7:39:59 PM PDT by
model B
(attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference -- Sir Winston Churchill)
To: Eddie01
It's all fun and games until one of them hatches...
31 posted on
09/12/2018 8:43:42 PM PDT by
Bon mots
To: Eddie01
I graduated from Michigan Tech.
You are one hardy soul. My in-laws came from Ironwood. Harsh climate in that part of the world.
To: Eddie01
Mmm.... pasties.
You can keep the rest, eh?
35 posted on
09/13/2018 7:57:29 AM PDT by
Kommodor
(Terrorist, Journalist or Democrat? I can't tell the difference.)
To: Eddie01
Michigan State gave the rocks a scientific name: syenite clasts containing fluorescent sodalite.
Erik found it so he should get to name it..,....Yooperlite
36 posted on
09/13/2018 8:03:10 AM PDT by
Hot Tabasco
(I once found a needle in a haystack but it wasn't the one I was looking for...)
To: Eddie01
Interesting... I’ll have to follow this up. My family has kept a cottage in this general area and it sounds like a fun thing to do sometime. At a quick glance, it wasn’t clear where exactly these rocks were turning up but I’m assuming in the Grand Marais area.
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