Doug Bank

Ex-Engineer. Cancer patient advocate. Genealogist. Photographer. Collector of rocks that glow.

[Doug Bank @dougbank]

@oneovertwolife @MineralCup Radioactive Decay

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@oneovertwolife @MineralCup Radioactive decay

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@clockwise121 @MineralCup Zircon may fluoresce, but Fluorite is prettier. And I have a lot of it….

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@MineralCup Booooooooo!

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@sfoxx @MineralCup And yet I have a single Zircon crystal that is 7 x 6.5 x 9.5 cm

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@MineralCup Jadeite is so boring! Fluorapatite fluoresces!

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@memphis_jazz @ravenscimaven No, that isn't the point. The point is to create something that will trigger your body to make antibodies. The only trick is that it is getting your body to build the trigger.

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@EClaireEvans @MineralCup #IceMin did not win because it had a fun name...

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@EClaireEvans @MineralCup Booooo! This is the mineralogical equivalent of Boaty McBoatface. This proves that the internet doesn’t deserve nice things.

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@MineralCup Not only are Zircon's fluorescent, but they aren't all tiny little things either. This one crystal is more than 10 cm long (almost as big as your fist) and weighs 740g!!

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@MineralCup Forget snakes and clay and asbestos, Zircon fluoresces!!

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@MineralCup #Zircon is awesome for many reasons, but don't forget that it fluoresces brilliantly!!

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@RaihanaHusain @MineralCup How very true. Now my specimen is broken into three pieces because it really didn't fit in that box. (Nothing to do with either if these minerals. But it just broke, so I am sad).

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@MineralCup Sodalite is fantastic. Not only is it blue (except when it isn't), but it often fluoresces a bright orange. Walk along the beaches of most of the Great Lakes with a UV light and you too might find some of these cool rocks.

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@MineralCup Kaolinite is a pain in the ass. It's in half the Keokuk geodes that I open, and it is just a messy white powder that needs to be removed.

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@zebpage @MineralCup But Zeb, scheelite fluoresces!! Justin would be disappointed

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@FossilLocator @MineralCup @NMNH My MIL had a moissanite ring. It was kind of nice, albeit very slightly green. She liked to challenge jewelers to identify the stone.

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@jhavanis @greatist #22 Has Sriracha. Sriracha has added sugar.

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@DanaFarber Dr Beard, who should you see first if you think you have TC? #DFCIchat