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Mr. McD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 01:24 PM
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Cummingtonite
Edited on Fri Aug-19-05 01:25 PM by Mr. McD


(Mg,Fe)7Si8O22(OH)2
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Gildor Inglorion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 01:38 PM
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1. Lovely...sounds like a Civil-War Era campfire song, doesn't it?
"Cummingtonite, cummingtonite...in the old camp ground...."

Manganocummingtonite:
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Fenris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 01:41 PM
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2. That's an unfortunately named mineral
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 01:42 PM
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3. You too?
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eyepaddle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 01:47 PM
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4. A lovely mineral
a nive mafic silicate!
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 02:08 PM
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5. Nice cleavage!
I have friends who live in Cummington part of the year. Never knew there was a mineral named for it. I'll have to see if I can find a specimen for them. :D
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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 05:48 PM
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6. Do you have the link to the rest of the funny-named minerals?
I saw it here once...
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Mr. McD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 06:35 PM
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7. Here
http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/sillymolecules/sillymols.htm
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