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DIY mineral testing

Thursday January 8, 2004
Prof Walter Franke's "Quick Assays in Mineral Identification" teaches skills you don't learn in college any more: identifying and studying minerals with blowpipe and simple chemistry. You don't need a fancy spectrometer costing six figures to do useful science or become the rockhound of your dreams. Get the PDF through the Mineral Identification Guides list.

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