[Rockhounds] Was: How to make Fluorite octahedra? Now minerals in pyrotechnics

[Kreigh Tomaszewski]

Minerals are just raw chemicals. When you are dealing with flame 
chemistry you usually don't need a lot of an additive to color the 
flame. Think about how little salt you need to turn a bunsen burner 
flame bright yellow. Flame chemistry can be quite useful in identifying 
the elements in an unknown mineral.

Kreigh


On Thursday, Jun 26, 2008, at 15:48 America/Detroit, Axel Emmermann 
wrote:

> Yes, I always wanted to see Cuba ;-))))
>
> I just got a fireworks website off list from a friend and I'm amazed 
> what
> you still can do with pyrotechnics in the US.
> That would be impossible in Belgium... http://www.skylighter.com/
> I'm also amazed about how many minerals are used in fireworks... 
> Bentonite,
> kyanite, ....
>
> Cheers
> Axel
>
>
>> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>> Van: rockhounds-bounces at lists.drizzle.com
>> [mailto:rockhounds-bounces at lists.drizzle.com] Namens Drew
>> Verzonden: woensdag 25 juni 2008 20:08
>> Aan: Rockhounds at drizzle.com: A mailing list for rock and gem
>> collectors
>> Onderwerp: Re: Re: [Rockhounds] Re: How to make Fluorite octahedra?
>>
>> Not to mention your freedom!  Can you imagine what would
>> happen nowadays?
>>
>> Drew
>>
>
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