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Old 30-April-2004, 05:05 PM
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I just found out that Neil Armstrong has a mineral named after him. It's called Armstrongite. The ironic thing is that a group of Russians discovered the mineral. I guess these geologists must have fooled by hoax too.
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The Russians were paid off with huge shipments of wheat for their starving millions.
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Instead of a silicate (CaZrSi6O15-2.5H2O), shouldn't it have been a selenium mineral?
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