[Rockhounds] RE: As a Rockhound, do you know your home's elevation?

[Axel Emmermann]

18.217 feet?
Wow, Kreigh, you must have more shoes than Imelda Marcos!

Theoretically there are not much minerals to be found on the highest places
on earth. At least I think that the chances are remote that you'd find a
nice, well crystallized mineral on top of Mt. Everest or K2... That 's made
of oceanic floor of the African continent, isn't it?
The highest mine that I found is: Amincha, population 7, practically turned
into a ghost town after the sulfur mine on the volcano closed in 1993. The
mine was 17,500 feet high.
Now, if you have sulfur crystals from that location AND you have a manganese
sulfide/oxide nodule (I'm sure there is a mineral name that fits these) from
the Mindanao trench at 35,000 ft deep THEN you would have a REALLY
impressive elevation range of 52.500 ft.
Not that 18.217 feet is nothing ;))))

Cheers
Axel


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> Van: rockhounds-bounces at lists.drizzle.com 
> [mailto:rockhounds-bounces at lists.drizzle.com] Namens Kreigh 
> Tomaszewski
> Verzonden: maandag 24 december 2007 5:22
> Aan: Rockhounds at drizzle.com: A mailing list for rock and gem 
> collectors
> Onderwerp: Re: As a Rockhound,do you know your home's 
> elevation? [WAS: Re: [Rockhounds] "list wherethe knowledge of 
> many is shared freely"}
> 
> Oops! That was -2200 meters, not feet. My collection 
> elevation range should have been 18,217 feet.
> 
> Sorry,
> 
> Kreigh
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Kreigh Tomaszewski wrote:
> > 
> > John Siebel wrote:
> > >
> > > We've got a foot of snow up here at 3,100'
> > 
> > I'm at 580', and I didn't have to look it up (but I checked 
> the topo 
> > map  of my home, hanging on the wall in my basement office, to make 
> > sure my memory was working tonight).
> > 
> > We are Rockhounds. We use topo maps to find collecting locations. 
> > John's elevation reference got me wondering how many 
> Rockhounds know 
> > the elevation of their house? Is there an elevation 
> difference between 
> > rockhounds and the general population?
> > 
> > First question:
> > 
> >         What is the elevation of your home, and did you 
> have to look it up?
> > 
> > As rockhounds we collect, trade, and purchase specimens 
> from all over 
> > the world. I've collected specimens at 11,000', and purchased a 
> > specimen from a 'black smoker' at 2,200' below sea level. My 
> > collection has an elevation range of 13,200'. Is that unusual?
> > 
> > Second question:
> > 
> >         What is the elevation range of your collection? 
> Please also specify
> >         a high or low.
> > 
> > Just wondering...
> > 
> > Kreigh
> 
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