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Gordon Judge, 1999 to present. Please contact me at email.geoverse@gmail.com if you'd like to use any of the poems.Thanks:
With thanks to my sources of inspiration: my wife and her Open University books; Horsham Geological Field Club, its speakers and field trips; my son for sharing his internet space; and, er, well, life, really.
Tag Archives: Minerals
Rock makers
Minerals make rocks. One definition is: ‘A structurally homogeneous solid of definite chemical composition, formed by the inorganic processes of nature’. But it’s not a watertight definition; for example, mercury is classed as a mineral. As of July 2024, the … Continue reading
In them thar hills
Don’t raise your hopes! Continue reading
True blue?
Can this blue mineral really do what some claim? Continue reading
Silicates rule, OK?
It’s all in the mix . . . Continue reading
Mineral donors
Sparkling generosity! Continue reading
Glendonite
A technique for dedicated geologists only Continue reading
A girl’s best friend?
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SHRIMP-date your zircon
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Widgiemoolthalite
Would you adamite and eveite it? Continue reading