There were large seams of it in only one part of the mine. Probably many hundreds of pounds worth. The seams (more sheet like than vein like) were about 3 or 4 inches wide and ran 30 feet or so before pinching out. There were many of these seams, but they were all on the ceiling, so we had to whack it with a big metal pole. The picture in the post was the best cluster that I recovered.
Thanks! I’ve leaning more into being a better story teller for science, so I’m happy to hear that I’m getting better at it :) this is not the kind of writing I was talking about in school lol.
That was exactly what stopped us in our tracks when we saw it happen. We’d been talking about dormancy and preservation for days, but watching that color shift in real time — that was totally unexpected.
Excellent article Aaron. I recently wrote about the mineralogy of the Boulby Mine. How much volkovskite was there?
There were large seams of it in only one part of the mine. Probably many hundreds of pounds worth. The seams (more sheet like than vein like) were about 3 or 4 inches wide and ran 30 feet or so before pinching out. There were many of these seams, but they were all on the ceiling, so we had to whack it with a big metal pole. The picture in the post was the best cluster that I recovered.
Thanks! I’ve leaning more into being a better story teller for science, so I’m happy to hear that I’m getting better at it :) this is not the kind of writing I was talking about in school lol.
That was exactly what stopped us in our tracks when we saw it happen. We’d been talking about dormancy and preservation for days, but watching that color shift in real time — that was totally unexpected.