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Unusual Mineral Name
At first I thought this might be a bit of geological humor. But no. It appears to be quite serious and quite real. It's a mineral named Cummingtonite. So named because it's found in Cummington, Massachusetts. For those interested, its cleavage is good in two directions at 56 and 124 degree angles. Its hardness is 5-6. (via Snark Hunting)
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Categories: Science, Sex/Romance Posted by Alex on Tue Feb 15, 2005 |
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He he he...
Posted by Charybdis in Hell on Tue Feb 15, 2005 at 11:05 AM
Cummingtonite is non-pleochroic.
I don't know what that means; I just wanted to use the word "non-pleochroic."
Posted by Big Gary C in Dallas, Texas on Tue Feb 15, 2005 at 04:02 PM
I don't know what that means; I just wanted to use the word "non-pleochroic."
Pleochroism is the selective absorbtion of polarized light by doubly refractive coloured crystals, basically what gives the colour we see.
Colourless crystals cannot exhibit pleochroism.
Who says crystalography is boring....
Posted by padego on Tue Feb 15, 2005 at 06:55 PM
Colourless crystals cannot exhibit pleochroism.
Who says crystalography is boring....
I'd rather be in a chrysalis.
Posted by stork in the spiracles of space on Tue Feb 15, 2005 at 09:29 PM
where can I get some?
Posted by Darren on Thu Feb 17, 2005 at 07:57 AM
we have a saying in the nuclear business, what do you do with virgin poly once its been fluxxed?
Posted by Darren on Thu Feb 17, 2005 at 07:58 AM
In addition to Cummington, MA, I wonder if you can find cummingtonite in the vicinities of Climax, AZ, and Intercourse, PA.
Posted by Big Gary C in Dallas, Texas on Thu Feb 17, 2005 at 06:24 PM
Here's a whole bunch of weird chemical names:
(Warning NSFW: Many of the items are illustrated with pictures of what the names sound like. Page 1 has both "Arsole" and "Carnallite".)
http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/sillymolecules/sillymols1.htm
Posted by Loren in Las Vegas, Nevada on Sun May 14, 2006 at 12:01 AM
(Warning NSFW: Many of the items are illustrated with pictures of what the names sound like. Page 1 has both "Arsole" and "Carnallite".)
http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/sillymolecules/sillymols1.htm
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