Yeah, I've tasted calcite without checking cleavages before. Bleaugh. The _worst_ ones are the ones that taste salty even if they're _not_ halite, because that just means that they've been sweated upon a little too much.
Have you ever _smelled_ your samples? Some oxides smell like metal, and I swear that some igneous rocks smell like gingerbread...
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Re: 7 weeks?!
Date: 2004-09-01 03:16 pm (UTC)Have you ever _smelled_ your samples? Some oxides smell like metal, and I swear that some igneous rocks smell like gingerbread...