[Rockhounds] Re: How to make Fluorite octahedra?

[Kreigh Tomaszewski]

Sudden exposure to direct sunlight sometimes worked for me. It has been 
years since I made any, but I wonder if laser pointers would work. 
Hmmmm, how about the TV Remote?

There are a couple dozen minerals that contain Iodine. It is not a very 
long stretch to finding NI3 in nature. You could collect purple dust, 
air with an excess of nitrogen, and an interesting video. Then you 
simply need to convince the IMA to accept Leaverite as a valid mineral.

Kreigh


On Monday, Jun 30, 2008, at 06:05 America/Detroit, Axel Emmermann wrote:

> Fun part: if you grow a crystal of NI3 and try to measure it by X-ray
> diffraction it is likely to blow up... The energy of the X-rays may be
> enough...
>
> Axel
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>> NI3 is great for door locks and the feet of chairs too.
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>> Gene Hartstein
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