[Rockhounds] Oregon Unknown Now Known

Jay Bates jaybates at rcn.com
Tue Feb 24 11:34:28 PST 2009


Obviously Axel you are not totally familiar with the ways of geological 
societies. We have a long and glorious tradition to uphold:

http://www.twainquotes.com/GeographicSocieties.html

Axel Emmermann wrote:
> Let's not get all geocidal over this ;-)))))
> The little fella is already stone cold... 
> Axel
>
>   
>> Gentlemen, gentlemen and ladies, this nondescript entity hiding in a
>> cloak of respectability called Kenny has been an embarrassment to us all
>> and needs to be dealt with accordingly, or as they say in the street
>> lingo of gangs in LA, we need to wipe the books clear.   I think it is
>> John's duty to do the deed and send Kenny hurtling into a diamond saw or
>> at very least, to bury him in the bottom of one his interminable piles
>> of  nondescript rock never again to see the light of day. {:-!
>>
>> Tim wrote:
>>     
>>> That's correct, Pete. Also, the matrix of thundereggs that have been
>>> analyzed shows up as about 75% cristobalite, but it's definitely what
>>>       
> you
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>>> describe as a fibrous form of several minerals. And as I recall, the
>>>       
> black
>   
>>> "perlite" that overlies most thunderegg strata has also tested out as
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> mostly
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>>> cristobalite.
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