[Rockhounds] Re: How to make Fluorite octahedra?

[Johan Maertens]

I love Dave Barry. His contributions appeared in my Michigan
newspaper until he stopped. We considered this a great loss.
When we got covered by what looked like glacier size Lake Effect
quantities of snow, reading a Dave Barry book gave us sufficient
courage to run out naked and shovel all the snow of our driveway and
of all our neighbors (I am making this up, we were actually wearing
thongs).
Dave came up with great names for music bands.
I got only as far as being a member of the "Snow Drifters".


Back on topic:
Required are fluorite and pocket knives en children to make
octahedra.
Somehow these three together do not make me comfortable.

I will have them practice first on sugar cubes with plastic table
knives.
Note: Axel, there are no Tierlemont-cubes in the USA, mail me some
"klontjes" will ya..


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Johan Maertens