today's odd fact found

[kareina]

My log for the day tells me that I've taken plenty of down-time from studies--adding up the breaks gives me 2 hours of "social time" and almost 3.5 of reading (fiction, e-mail, live journal, blogs, etc) (and food too--I read when I eat, but I don't necessarily eat when I read, good thing to, or I'd be round!), just over an hour of "useful tasks", over 8.5 of sleep, and I've still managed almost six hours of uni work so far today. Those six hours saw 1,048 new words written on my thesis, and four new figures/tables.

I also discovered something interesting about one sample that I'd never noticed before. This one has garnets in three sizes "large & elongate" (up to 2.5 mm long), "medium & round" (just under 2 mm diameter) and "timy" (~0.7 mm wide). The medium ones show the sorts of zoning pattern one might expect from garnets in this area, and the tiny one has a composition that is a bit more extreme than the rims of the zoned crystals, which is "normal". However, the large grains are nearly homogeneous, and intermediate in composition between the medium and tiny grains. They are also located over 37 mm away from the other grains. It is always a good idea when dealing with mineral equilibrium questions to only use grains which are very near one another, and this is a good example of why--one thin section, two halves, two very different garnet populations. Good thing I'd used only grains near one another for calculations, I won't have to re-do anything.

There is still a bit of time left in the day--time to go get some exercise, since an astute reader would have noticed the lack of that variable in my report of time spent today. Time to MOVE!

Comments

[kahnegabs.livejournal.com]

Your daily report is rather like a diet diary, isn't it? If it keeps you on track, maybe I should keep one for my physical therapy. Now that I no longer have a coach, it tends to slide too much. Perhaps I'd do better if I reported on myself. Thanks for the idea.

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[corva.livejournal.com]

I will admit to being lost about what all the words about the garnets mean but I LOVE GARNETS!

[kareina.livejournal.com]

You are welcome! I will look forward to reading your progress. Heck, I've found that since I have to be on LJ to report progress, I often find something else interesting to share as well. Not that you are slack in your postings, but sometimes the extra impetus helps anyway.

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[kareina.livejournal.com]

Ok then, *when* you come to Australia, plan on heading out to Alice Springs, and then heading from there out into the desert hills for some sight-seeing. The garnets I've got in my Tasmanian rocks are interesting from a science point of view, but they are kind of deformed, and hard to separate from the rocks. But there are places out in the Northern Territory where good sized garnets are weathering out of the rock. I brought home a handful for my jewellery making apprentice, so that someday he can use them in art projects. Let me know when you are ready for that trip, and I'll send you maps and other details...