[Rockhounds] Re: How to make Fluorite octahedra?

[Drew]

Not to mention your freedom!  Can you imagine what would happen nowadays?

Drew

On 6/25/08, Axel Emmermann <axel.emmermann at pandora.be> wrote:
>
> Oh well, when I was 15 years old I blew up my best friend's cellar
> (actually
> he did it himself but with my recipe), scorched my aunt's lawn to death,
> deafened an entire classroom in music school. All with my own explosive
> recipe of potassium chlorate and red phosphorus... I filled air gun pellets
> with that stuff, capping them off with a drop of glue. You have no idea
> what
> a bang that ammo makes upon impact. It also set fire to our garden shed.
> With another of my inventions, a smoke bomb, I evacuated a movie theatre...
> On a hot summer day they left the emergency exits open and the thick smoke
> blew in via those...
> I'm lucky to have all my fingers and eyes...
>
> Cheers
> Axel
>
> > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> > Van: rockhounds-bounces at lists.drizzle.com
> > [mailto:rockhounds-bounces at lists.drizzle.com] Namens Gary Brown
> > Verzonden: woensdag 25 juni 2008 15:43
> > Aan: 'Rockhounds at drizzle.com: A mailing list for rock and gem
> > collectors'
> > Onderwerp: RE: Re: [Rockhounds] Re: How to make Fluorite octahedra?
> >
> > I still have tintinitus from a 1mm cube that went off near me
> > back in the early 70's.  Hoisted on my own pitard, if you will...
> >
> > GcB
> >
> > PS.  Blame my father... He taught me about it!
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: rockhounds-bounces at lists.drizzle.com
> > > [mailto:rockhounds-bounces at lists.drizzle.com] On Behalf Of Axel
> > > Emmermann
> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 4:39 AM
> > > To: 'Rockhounds at drizzle.com: A mailing list for rock and gem
> > > collectors'
> > > Subject: RE: Re: [Rockhounds] Re: How to make Fluorite octahedra?
> > >
> > > Kreigh,
> > >
> > > > All this time I thought nitrogen triiodide was a
> > lubricant for door
> > > > hinges and desk drawers.....
> >
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