[Rockhounds] "Kraokinite"

[Al Balmer]

On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:26:31 -0400, "Jeffrey T. Cessna"
<jcessna at nist.gov> wrote:

>My guess is that Georgia is trying to write a newsletter summary for 
>a club meeting she could not attend based on notes taken by someone 
>who was not the club secretary. The secretary was running the 
>meeting, but was also the rockhound who mentioned the confusing 
>mineral name (at the meeting).
>
>The rockhound was visiting a glacier in or near Banff National Park 
>(in Canada) and wanted to collect some glacier tumbled rocks. The 
>explanation for not finding any was that they were at such a high 
>altitude that the only thing coming out of the glacier was 
>"kraokinite." Which was reported to be a fine dust that serves as the 
>nucleation point in the formation of snowflakes.

Very good! <G> Your hypothesis seems to fit all the known facts, at
least.
>
>This suggests that the earlier answer of kaolinite might be the 
>correct name. Searching with that spelling produces much more information.
>
Yes. I tried answers.com, since they apparently use a soundex
algorithm to suggest alternate spellings, but the closest suggestion
was "granite."

>...or it could be a completely unrelated question.
>
>-Jeff Cessna
>
>At 11:35 AM 10/24/2007, you wrote:
>>On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:59:44 -0400, Frederick Olmstead
>><folmstead at rcn.com> wrote:
>>
>> >Hello
>> >
>> >all you helpful "guys" and "gals"
>> >
>> >kraokinite
>> >
>> >I searched for kraokinite and found nada.
>> >
>> >Something about showflace - center of...
>> >Anyone know what I am trying to talk about?
>> >
>> > From a rockhound who asked me...  "...no rocks on the glacer -- but
>> >just the center -  of the snowflake - kraokinite."
>> >
>> >Thankzzz
>> >
>> >GeorgiaO
>>
>>I suspect that whatever it is, you've spelled it wrong. Ask the
>>rockhound you talked to to elaborate.

-- 
Al Balmer
Sun City, AZ