Showing posts with label minerals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label minerals. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Moar Mineral Mashing Massacres


I've been busy. Classes have started again, which means lectures and syllabi and course stuff. Since we have this fancy camera, I'm going to try and integrate some of the mineral footage into the rocks and minerals part of the class. Don't know how much mineral mashing I'm going to do "in-class," but I figure the high speed video will help show off the difference between cleavage and fracture. More video insanity to come...

Friday, January 20, 2012

Amphibole-slo-mo

Smacking a mineral with a hammer. Simple enough. I've got some pyroxene lying around that I'm going to have to try next...