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Post by fernwood on May 7, 2018 15:31:36 GMT -5
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Post by mohs on May 7, 2018 16:26:10 GMT -5
Thanks! suitable for framing  edmohstly |
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2018 18:53:56 GMT -5
Yeah, that's a nice chart!
Has anyone yet come up with an app that would walk a person through the steps of mineral ID? E.g., hardness would narrow down, then S.G. would narrow it down further, etc. Then after getting as far as the user can do, maybe ending up with some photos of examples of the remaining possibilities.
Would love to have something to recommend to youngsters getting into rockhounding. Wouldn't be useful for me, as I'd have to actually get one of them "Smart Phone" things, but plenty of the tech-savvy set might find it useful.
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Post by geostrong on May 8, 2018 8:28:03 GMT -5
Yeah, that's a nice chart! Has anyone yet come up with an app that would walk a person through the steps of mineral ID? E.g., hardness would narrow down, then S.G. would narrow it down further, etc. Then after getting as far as the user can do, maybe ending up with some photos of examples of the remaining possibilities. Would love to have something to recommend to youngsters getting into rockhounding. Wouldn't be useful for me, as I'd have to actually get one of them "Smart Phone" things, but plenty of the tech-savvy set might find it useful. I don't have an app but, I can post a nice little exercise for mineral identification. This is something I would teach young children at rock shows- my geology dept. held a mineral ID booth for interested parties and mainly as a kid's game. If the kid guessed the mineral they dug out of our sandbox (and they always did ) then they got to keep the mineral. It's a pretty simple process that you can do at home or in the field and for very little $. You start with color, cleavage, and then specific gravity. From there you would go for a streak test, hardness test, and when necessary the nose/mouth test. Us geologists like smelling and licking rocks! I will work on getting that together and post something soon. |
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Post by gmitch067 on May 8, 2018 17:26:17 GMT -5
Thank you for the chart fernwood! It will come in handy. Glenn |
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Post by mohs on May 8, 2018 17:31:44 GMT -5
Hi tech Mohs !  he'd be turning over in his grave trying to get a better wi fi connection leave no stone unscratched or unturned |
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