Re: Re: Amber oil - 35 million years old?--Mineral?

[Guest guest]

> Hi , Will, Folks...

>

> It's only recently that the term mineral covered an organic

> class...And

> some folks still only consider non-organics to be minerals...

>

> Fascinating field, the gemstones...You kind of get dragged in

> mineralogy

> as well as jewelry...As much nutty stuff going on as with the

> essences...

> --

> W. Bourbonais

> L'Hermite Aromatique

Hi ,

Thanks for the information! I am revising what I wrote and take out

the reference to the fossilized amber being a mineral. As you point

out since it from an organic life form, it does not fit the definition

of a mineral.

Thanks again,

Will

[Guest guest]

>

>

>> Hi , Will, Folks...

>>

>> It's only recently that the term mineral covered an organic

>> class...And

>> some folks still only consider non-organics to be minerals...

> Hi ,

>

> Thanks for the information! I am revising what I wrote and take out

> the reference to the fossilized amber being a mineral. As you point

> out since it from an organic life form, it does not fit the definition

> of a mineral.

>

Hi Again Will, Folks....

After years of mineral being inorganic, recently....In the 80's I

believe, they did open an organic class into the minerals...

The thing, is, for all the time before, a mineral was classed as an

inorganic...Such I was taught in school....

Then they go change the rules on us, and it takes a while to work it

into the knowledge base...

So...in reality Will, you were correct, according to the most modern

classification....Amber, though organic, is considered a mineral...

It's like when my beloved brontosaurus, that I, and everybody else had

read about for many years, was renamed apatosaurus, as that had actually

been its name first, but brontosaurus had got all the publicity......

Care....

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W. Bourbonais

L'Hermite Aromatique

A.J.P. (GIA)

http://www.facebook.com/Le.Hermite

PS...At one point they were going to redefine many of the dinosaurs as

archosaurs....Sheesh...!