[Rockhounds] Re: How to make Fluorite octahedra?

[gene at fossilnut.com]

NI3 is great for door locks and the feet of chairs too.

Gene Hartstein
Newark, DE
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kreigh Tomaszewski" <Kreigh at tomaszewski.net>
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Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 10:13 PM
Subject: OT: Re: [Rockhounds] Re: How to make Fluorite octahedra?


> Axel,
>
> All this time I thought nitrogen triiodide was a lubricant for door hinges 
> and desk drawers.
>
> Amazing what you can learn on this list!
>
> Kreigh
>
>
>
> On Monday, Jun 23, 2008, at 15:30 America/Detroit, Axel Emmermann wrote:
>
>> Definitely a no-no! Kids are already hooked on sugar far to much as it 
>> is!
>> Have some consideration for their health.
>> Maybe you can have them practice their cleaving skills on large nitrogen
>> triiodide crystals... Lead picrate has also some funny side-effects (like
>> coloring the flying body parts yellow) but picric acid is just as much 
>> fun.
>> Or maybe even Mercury(II)fulminate. Or silver fulminate... That will even
>> detonate under water!
>>
>> Cheers
>> Axel
>>
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