Chemical Words {was: Re: [Rockhounds] RE: Question, Cobaltian Calcite}

[Axel Emmermann]

Holmium lithium carbon oxygen tungsten, Kreigh. 
Yeah, I know: it should be lythium but you have to allow some creative
freedom ;-)))

Cheers
Axel

> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: rockhounds-bounces at lists.drizzle.com 
> [mailto:rockhounds-bounces at lists.drizzle.com] Namens Kreigh 
> Tomaszewski
> Verzonden: vrijdag 1 augustus 2008 3:12
> Aan: Rockhounds at drizzle.com: A mailing list for rock and gem 
> collectors
> Onderwerp: Chemical Words {was: Re: [Rockhounds] RE: 
> Question, Cobaltian Calcite}
> 
> There are 26,811 English words that can be spelled from the 
> Periodic table...
> 
> 	http://www.wellington.org/nandor/chemwords/chemwords.htm
> 
> The only elements that can be spelled using chemical symbols are:
> 
>  arsenic
>  ArSeNiC, ArSeNIC
> 
>  astatine
>  AsTaTiNe
> 
>  bismuth
>  BiSmUTh, BISmUTh
> 
>  carbon
>  CaRbON, CArBON
> 
>  copper
>  CoPPEr, COPPEr
> 
>  iron
>  IrON
> 
>  krypton
>  KrYPtON
> 
>  neon
>  NeON
> 
>  phosphorus
>  PHOsPHoRuS, PHoSPHoRuS, PHOSPHoRus,
>  PHOsPHORuS, PHoSPHORuS, PHOSPHORuS  
> 
>  silicon
>  SiLiCoN, SILiCoN, SiLiCON, SILiCON
> 
>  tin
>  TiN
> 
>  xenon
>  XeNoN, XeNON
> 
> I knew I had seen this before, it just took me a while to 
> find it again.
> 
> Enjoy!
> 
> Kreigh
> 
> 
> On Thursday, Jul 31, 2008, at 19:02 America/Detroit, pmodreski at aol.com
> wrote:
> 
> > As a slightly off-topic aside, at a science teachers' 
> meeting I was at 
> > the other night, one fellow was wearing a T-shirt with information 
> > about an unsual new mineral, a carbonaceous 
> holmium-lanthanum cobalt 
> > telluride, i.e., it said, CHoCoLaTe
> >
> > (Isn't this a post, almost worthy of Axel himself?)
> >
> > Cheers, Pete
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Axel Emmermann <axel.emmermann at pandora.be>
> > To: bj9709 at yahoo.com; 'Rockhounds at drizzle.com: A mailing 
> list for rock 
> > and gem collectors' <rockhounds at lists.drizzle.com>
> > Sent: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 4:31 pm
> > Subject: RE: [Rockhounds] RE: Question, Cobaltian Calcite
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi Brett,
> >
> > Spherocobaltite (or is it sphaerocobaltite) is CoCO3.
> > It's one of the pure ones, the "end-members", of the calcite group.
> >
> > Calcite (CaCO3)
> > Magnesite (MgCO3)
> > Otavite (CdCO3)
> > Rhodochrosite (MnCO3)
> > Siderite (FeCO3)
> > Smithsonite (ZnCO3)
> >
> > Have I forgotten a few?
> >
> > Mangano-calcite is in between rhodochrosite and calcite, 
> there's also 
> > cadmian-smithsonite...
> >
> > Cheers
> > Axel
> >
> >> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> >> Van: rockhounds-bounces at lists.drizzle.com
> >> [mailto:rockhounds-bounces at lists.drizzle.com] Namens Brett Allen 
> >> Johnson
> >> Verzonden: donderdag 31 juli 2008 23:07
> >> Aan: rockhounds at lists.drizzle.com
> >> Onderwerp: [Rockhounds] RE: Question, Cobaltian Calcite
> >>
> >> On the subject of Cobaltian Calcite.
> >> What is the difference between Sphaerocobaltite and 
> Cobaltian Calcite?
> >> I have googled both and got many conflicting answers. Some 
> say CoCO3, 
> >> others say (Co,Ca)CO3.
> >> I am not sure, but I think I have both Sphaerocobaltite 
> and Cobaltian 
> >> Calcite in my collection. So, I need to find out what is 
> what = so I 
> >> can identify my specimens correctly. Thank, Brett
> >>
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