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Mike Reinke's avatar

Also. That block diagram looks like a page out of the beloved zim science books I had in elementary school. Sigh.

Richard I Gibson's avatar

Your comment sent me on a quest for my copy of the Zim Rocks and Minerals and the Geology book, but I couldn't find them. I probably put them in some "special" place, now invisible.

Mike Reinke's avatar

Butte has been around awhile, do they still have a library? Or the grade school might have one?

Wow, am I old, huh?!

Richard I Gibson's avatar

Good chance they have it in the library, but it should be nearly 100% chance that I have them. Just can't find! I found the Zim books for Insects (1956), Birds (1956), Weather (1957), Fishing (1965), Seashores (1955), Zoology (1958), and The American Southwest (1960). Still can't find the others.

Geonerds's avatar

I did my MS thesis on Square Butte 1992. It's a magical place - the structure, the petrology, the wildlife, the views!

Mike Reinke's avatar

Yeah. Richard, rock names are maddening, since everything grades into everything else. Ugh. Its one reason I like mineralogy over geology.

Shonkinite, schmonkinite.

Richard I Gibson's avatar

I accept the need (and even value) for precise nomenclature in both minerals and rocks, but I also sometimes find it maddening!

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Richard I Gibson's avatar

Thanks! Of course I agree, they are works of both science and art, effective in both ways.