[Rockhounds] Help! Has anyone ever seenor heardof blackTorbernite?

DonH donhalterman at q.com
Sun Mar 15 19:53:48 PDT 2009


> Vochtenite is even rarer than Painite, which used to be the rarest 
> mineral. 


Hi Kreigh,

Just out of curiosity, where did that info come from?  Sure painite is 
very rare, but there are some minerals that don't even exist any more; 
the entire find was consumed during the description process (of course I 
forget the names, but I knew them once...)

Such delightful trivia... that would be a cool compilation, a list in 
order of the 100 (or whatever) rarest minerals and the mass of each 
known extant... and something tells me you're going to send a link to 
such a list as soon as you see this!  LOL

Best,
Don



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