Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Structure of Gold Nuggets

1895

The structure of gold nuggets was the subject of a paper recently read before the New South Wales Royal society. Nuggets upon being cut through and polished and then etched by chlorine water were found to exhibit well marked crystalline structure closely resembling that shown by most metallic meteorites, except that in the nuggets the crystals are more or less square in section and show faces which belong to the octahedron cube.


A Sure Thing

Jess — So their engagement is off. How did it happen?
Bess — He knew himself so well that he was sure she would get tired of him. — Kate Field's Washington.

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