[Rockhounds] Garnet & Kyanite

[Glenn Wimpee]

Good thing we're headed south soon.
Glenn 

> From: lanny at lrream.com> Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] Garnet & Kyanite> Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 09:26:29 -0800> To: rockhounds at lists.drizzle.com> > Don was dreamy eyed when he wrote that; he's probably fully awake today.> > The weather just changed to rainy with forecasts of snow in the > mountains. Funny thing about that forecast, a forecast of rain with > snow in the mountains didn't exist until the weather changed (must be a > weather postcaste).> > If Don still wants to go, he better be sure one of his professors has a > really good 4-wheel drive, it might be very useful. I'm going to > chicken out and not ask to tag along.> > Regards,> > Lanny (stuck indoors until spring, or later)> > On Nov 6, 2007, at 8:06 PM, DonH wrote:> > > Glenn Wimpee wrote:> >> How far is it from SLC?> >> Are you serious about going now?> >> >> > Well, if that is Salt Lake City, it's about 1.5 hrs. flight from SLC > > to Lewiston Airport, then about 3 hrs. drive to the mighty terrain > > where kyanites and andalusites are as big as Snickers bars and garnets > > are too big to lift. In all seriousness, yes if someone could make it > > here soon I would take them out, as long as they provide a > > high-clearance vehicle (which I do not have; mine gets me pretty far, > > but not as far as where we need to go). We are having an Indian > > summer right now (if that's not politically incorrect to say any more) > > but the weather could turn at any time. Once it starts snowing, that > > area is out of reach until next July. I realize those are long odds, > > but the offer is truly there.> >> > The petrology professor and I are talking about going out there this > > weekend if the weather holds. She has the jeep. Two of the > > professors at Washington State U. down the road are very interested in > > the types of garnets I'm finding, with anywhere from one to three > > zones of growth, all in the same terrain. Up until now I've been > > collecting them for teaching but we need some systematic samples > > collected at precisely recorded localities for isotope dating. So far > > they have used a method called hafnium/lutetium dating that puts their > > earliest age at Precambrian, well over a billion years. I'd like to > > do some of these myself to see if my ages correlate; that would need > > to wait until I finish my thesis and if they have funding for me to > > hang around a few more months after I graduate.> >> >> > Don> >> >> >> > -- > > _______________________________________________> > Rockhounds at drizzle Mailing List> > Subscription Services:> > http://lists.drizzle.com/mailman/listinfo/rockhounds> > List Home Page, with a link to the List Usage Policy:> > http://www.eclecticlapidary.com/Rockhounds/index.html> >> >> > -- > _______________________________________________> Rockhounds at drizzle Mailing List> Subscription Services:> http://lists.drizzle.com/mailman/listinfo/rockhounds> List Home Page, with a link to the List Usage Policy:> http://www.eclecticlapidary.com/Rockhounds/index.html
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