Welcome to FrOg On-Line #2001-02, Thursday, March 08, 2001
Contents
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1. Introduction
2. Important News about FrOg Publications on the Internet
3. Important Question
4. The "List"
5. The Glowing Future
6. "Subscriber" List
1. Introduction
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Greetings.
In this issue, Herb Yeates announces important additions/enhancements to his
FrOg web site, the spring FOMS schedule is published, and a significant change
in how FrOg On-Line issues are sent out is proposed. Two changes to FrOg
mineral lists are also introduced.
Enjoy.
2. Important News about FrOg Publications on the Internet
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From: "Herb Yeates" <herb@simpleTHINKING.com>
To: <mattison@thunder.nws.noaa.gov>
Subject: New Franklin-Sterling Websites
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 06:38:18 -0500
Bill -
Some news for folks who use the Web. Feel free to include this in your
newsletter.
(1) With the permission of Dr. Pete J. Dunn, I've just completed web-publishing
much of his monograph, "Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey: the world's
greatest mineral deposits."
The introduction, bibliography, chapters on cultural aspects, geology,
fluorescence, geochemistry, and all chapters on minerals, are now available
on-line. Instructions for ordering printed copies from the FOMS are presented
at several points on the website as well.
The Web version offers some new capabilities, such as an on-line 'search'
function, and otherwise makes Franklin-Sterling science more accessible to
audiences worldwide.
Visitors must have version 4.0 or newer browsers, and Microsoft's Internet
Explorer 5.5 is recommended. Older Netscape browsers, in particular, will not
render the site correctly.
The URL for this new Website is: http://simplethinking.com/dunn
(2) Also, I've published a new on-line version of Palache (1935). The current
version now offers 'search' capabilities and has much of the analytical data
partitioned from the main text.
The new URL for this Website is: http://simplethinking.com/palache
(3) Finally, the general URL for my suite of Franklin-Sterling related Websites
is now: http://simplethinking.com/franklinminerals
Best wishes,
Herb Yeates
[A few, very few, persons may not be able to load Herb's ]
["http://simplethinking.com" or "http://simplethinking.com/franklinminerals" ]
[web pages. I couldn't. Should you be one of those unlucky people, try ]
[instead "http://www.simplethinking.com/franklinminerals/franklin.stm". This]
[worked fine for me. ]
[ ]
[I had no trouble loading or using the Herb's dunn and palache sites. ]
[moderator]
3. Important Question
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It has been suggested that I send out FrOg On-Line issues as Word files
attached to messages rather than as message text. Unfortunately, I do not have
access to Word. But I can do html. I have discussed this with the person
making the suggestion. He thought html was acceptable. What about the rest of
you?
If, and ONLY if, you canNOT or would prefer NOT to receive future FrOg On-Line
issues as html files attached to the messages (which would be essentially
empty), e-mail me (mattison@thunder.nws.noaa.gov) to let me know. Otherwise,
you need not say anything about this; I will assume you are ok with, and can
handle html attachments.
Two additional issues regarding this, for those of you who are more
knowledgeable about these things:
1. The system I use to create FrOg On-Line issues, and from which I e-mail
them, is a non-Intel RISC machine (HP-9000) with a UNIX (HP-UX) operating
system. This system uses a one-byte character (control-n) to indicate
end-of-line. It's my understanding most people have Intel (or Intel
"clone") machines witha Windows operating system, and these use a 2-byte
character (carriage-return + line-feed) to indicate end-of-line. Will this
cause problems?
2. The machine I use is "big endian", while my understanding is the machines
most people use are "little endian". I suspect this will not cause any
problems. Am I correct?
If no-one objects by the time I send out the next issue, and if I don't hear of
or encounter any problems, the next issue will go out as an html file attached
to an essentially empty message. I do not at this time know when the next
issue will go out.
4. The "List"
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Late last month, I noticed the copy of the list of FrOg minerals posted on the
Franklin Mineral Museum web site and maintained by John Cianciulli was revised.
There were two changes.
First, a new mineral has been added to the list. Neither the full name nor the
formula of the mineral was given, but it will appear between Gersdorffite and
Gertsmannite on the list, which John keeps in alphabetical order. While I have
no official word, it's reasonable to hope the details will be published in the
next Picking Table.
Second, I noticed Sterlinghillite is no longer labelled unique to the FrOg
area. I asked John about this. He e-mailed me the abstract of an article
in which the mineral was reported from elsewhere. For legal (copyright)
reasons, I will summarize rather than quote the abstract here. The abstracted
article, titled "Sterlinghillite, a Rare Manganese Arsenate, from the Gozaisho
Mine, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan", was written by Satoshe Matsubara, Ritsuro
Miyawaki, Takaaki Mouri, and Mizuya Kitamine, and was published in the June 22,
2000 issue of the "Bulletin of the National Science Museum". The article
appears on pages 1 thru 7. The Sterlinghillite was found in Rhodonite-Braunite
ore in association with Brandtite and an unidentified Mn-Pb-As mineral. The
abstract also gave chemical analysis data, an empirical formula, some X-ray
powder diffraction data, and estimated cell parameters.
5. The Glowing Future
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Information here was obtained from the Franklin Mineral Museum web site.
Saturday, March 17:
Micro Group meeting, 10am to noon, Franklin Mineral Museum.
FOMS meeting and lecture, 1:30 pm, Franklin Mineral Museum. Lecture will be
"Recreational Gold Prospecting & Panning" by Tom Pracha.
April 21
FOMS field trip, Sterling Hill Mining Museum mine run dump, 9am to noon,
$1 per pound, $10 minimum.
FOMS meeting and lecture, 1:30 pm, Franklin Mineral Museum. Lecture will be
"The Significance of the Odgenburg and Franklin Mines in the N.J. Zinc
Process in Palmerton" by Peter Kern.
April 28-29
NJESA show, Littell Center. See FrOg On-Line #2000-07 for details (past
issues may be found on the web at url "http://members.nbci.com/njminerals").
May 19
FOMS field trip, Buckwheat Dump, 9am to noon.
Micro Group meeting, 10am to noon, Franklin Mineral Museum.
FOMS meeting and lecture, 1:30 pm, Franklin Mineral Museum. Lecture will be
"Sudbury structure, Meteoric impact, Nickel deposits and the
Environmental Impact of Smelting" by Dr. Dru Germanowski.
May 20, Lime Crest invitational, 9am to 3pm.
June 16
FOMS field trip, Franklin Quarry, 9am to noon.
FOMS meeting and lecture, 1:30 pm, Franklin Mineral Museum. Robert Metsger,
Geologist for the New Jersey Zinc Co and author of many papers on the
zinc ore deposits at Franklin and Sterling Hill, will speak to us about
his findings.
I have not received any additional information since the publication of FrOg
On-Line #2000-07. See that issue for a schedule of events. Past issues may be
found on the web at url "http://members.nbci.com/njminerals".
6. "Subscriber" List
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NJ Larry Berger lberger1@mindspring.com
NC Alan Borg aborg@brinet.com
NY Dick Bostwick rbostwick@worldnet.att.net
NJ Mark Boyer mboyer@pace2001.com
CA Kevin Brady ktbrady@temvalley.com
PA Bob Carnein ccarnein@eagle.lhup.edu
VA Peter Chin Peter.Chin@USPTO.GOV
NJ John Cianciulli rockman@warwick.net
NJ John Corsello corsello@bellatlantic.net
CT Denis De Angelis rockden@mindspring.com
CA Fred Devito devito@sierratel.com
FL Sandra Downs SdownsFLA@aol.com
NY Howie Green Royal53@worldnet.att.net
MD Gary Grenier william.grenier@mercantile.net
MN Tim Hanson tim@ens.net
NY Tema Hecht thecht@worldnet.att.net
CA Andy Honig andym@lightspeed.net
CA Mark Isaacs isaacsmark@hotmail.com
MI John Jaszczak jaszczak@mtu.edu
NY Carl Kanoff MCDKan@clarityconnect.com
NJ Steve Kuitems skuitems@eclipse.net
FL Roy Lambert rlambert@ufl.edu
NY Donald Lapham donald_lapham@fmc.com
NY Greg Lesinski Gslrocks@aol.com
PA Jay Lininger matrix@redrose.net
PA Mike Logan mikelogan@sprintmail.com
CO Peter Marikle peter.a.marikle@lmco.com
MD Bill Mattison mattison@thunder.nws.noaa.gov
CA Dan McHugh dmchugh@eee.org
NJ Dan McHugh Sr. dansart1@aol.com
VA Curt Michanczyk CurtMich@aol.com
CA Doug Mitchell DMitchell@compuserve.com
CO Pete Modreski pmodresk@usgs.gov
WA Don Newsome uvsystems@aol.com
NJ Jeff Osowski jvotmo@blast.net
AZ George Polman polmans@compuserve.com
NJ Nathan Schachtman nschacht@voicenet.com
NY Paul Shizume s1153fam@aol.com
MD Steve Shramko steven@cyberocks.com
NJ Dave Slaymaker dh10000@yahoo.com
CT Charles Sloan csloan@snet.net
CA Jane Grover-Smith ANGLESEA@webtv.net
CA Kent Smith kentnorwood@email.msn.com
NJ Chris Thorsten chris@atomic-pc.com
NJ Jim Tozour jtozour@home.com
NJ Earl Verbeek everbeek@nac.net
PA John Vidumsky john.e.vidumsky@usa.dupont.com
PA Eric Weis weis@pnpa.net
NM Dru Wilbur dwilbur@nmt.edu
VA David Woolley DAVEWOOL@webtv.net
FL Herb Yeates herb@simplethinking.com
CA Wayne Young Wayney@us.ibm.com