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_. THURSDAY, APHIL 15; 1971 |

[Prospectors cor

Courtesy - NORTHERN B.C.
CHAMBER OF MINES

Minerals are found as
crystals or masses, Crystals are
shaped with distinctive forms
and are divided into six groups
depending upon the number of
flat surfaces or planes are
present. Masses of mineral are
either crystalline or
amorphous. Crystalline, refers
to masses of crystals which are
called ‘cryptocrystalline’ if the
crystals can be seen only with a
microscope. Amorphous,
means a mass of mineral
without crystal structure.

Some words used to describe
crystalline structure and
amorphous mineral are as
follows:
acicular - (needle
pronounced. askular:
botryoidal - (like small eggs):
bladed; columnar - (looks like
colurnns); compact, capilliary-
(hair like)
dendritic-(branching like a tree
or fern); foliated-(in plates and
leaves)

Branular-closely packed
Brains); domatic-Clooking like
domes)

drusy-(rough surface due to
many small crystals)
plumrose-.feathery); reniform-
(kidney shaped); tabular-(élat,
tablet like).

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Many minerals split easily
along definite surfaces, this is
called ‘cleavage’. The plane
along which the mineral splits is
called the cleavage plane, and
is the plane of the crystal
structure of the mineral, thus
‘cubic’ cleavage splits along a
face that is parallel to the faces
of a cube, One must be certain
that what appear§ to be
cleavage is not bedding of
sedimentary or volcanic rock,
or fracture, Cleavage may be
described as - _ perfect,
imperfect, distinct, easy, and
so forth,

Crystals are divided into the
following systems;
CUBIC - Four sides with flat
ends,
HEXAGONAL - Six sides with
pointed ends.
TETRAGONAL - a wedge with
sharp edges at both ends at
right angle to each other.
ORTHORHOMBIC - may be
approximately described as
being two pyramids, . joined at.

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their bases and pointing in
opposite directions.
MONOCLINIC - rectangular,
having wedge shaped ends.
TRICLINIC - rectangular with
wedge shaped sides and end.

The study of Crystals is very
interesting and becomes quite
complicated as there are many
variations of each crystal
Structure in nature, simple
crystals are rare. -

Types of crystals can be
adequately described only by
drawings or models or both.

In a laboratory, erystais are
studied with X-Rays, Electron
Microscope, In thin-section,
and in many other ways with
sophisticaled equipment. The
Crystal pattern tells us of the
molecular make-up of the
mineral asitis the way in which
molecules of the mineral are
connected or structured, that
delermines the shape of the
crystal.

‘The crystal, it has been said,
is the flawer of the mineral
kingdom,

Honour ca:
home.

What does this octogenarian
who has forty decendents,
including eleven great
grandchildren, feel about -the
future? “This Good Friday was
different than the old days,”
said Mrs. Moore sadly.
“Christian leaders set an
example in the past, special
days and Sundays were
appreciated for what they were,
days off respect.”

-““Fhe main problem within
the Indian people’s own lives
dates back to the days when
liquor became available to
them.” :

Other factors responsible for
the fall of some native pecple
Mrs. Moore thinks, is the
influence of the white man’s

values made so attractive, in

movies, radio and television.

“But,’’ this wonderful oldster
who is the last of the original
Native Officer of the Northwest,
concludes, ‘‘the answer to
everything is in the Good Book,
all we have to do is read and
then live it.”

Have we
changed?

The following items were taken
from a list of Centennial memos
issued by the B.C, Centennial
‘71 Committee.

Indians blamed white men for
smallpox and this was one of the
reasons given for the massacre
of a road crew at Bute Inlet i in
May 1865,

In Satellite Channel off
Saanich Peninsula in 1861,
several hundred Haida Indians
on, a periodic visit from. the
north, looted the trading vessel
Laurel after they were sold
watered whiskey.

An Indian curse fallows
Fernie according to an old
legend. It was invoked when a
white man married an Indian

girl to learn the location of coal:

despoit, then abandoned her. In
1902 a mine disaster killed 127
men. Strikes and fires plagued
the community for the next six
years, then it burned to the
ground, killing nine residents.

A note to the Centennial
memos from the Editor.
Haven't progressed far have
we?

Frank conrad

round of audience questions to

the candidates.

The leadership convention
being held at Otlawa’s Civic
Centre April 21 is to replace
Tommy Douglas who has
headed the party for the past 10
years. Approximately 1800
delegates are expected to
attend,

A Tommy Douglas night is
being televised from 7:30 to 9:30
on April 22 when presentations
of gifts will be made to the
popular former leader and Mrs.
Pouglss.

To err is human; to. really
foul things up| requires a
computer
; — O'Neill (Neb.) Holt County
Independent "

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Memories of half a century went up in smoke Tuesday night when firemen razed the old Creelman, Mills , Hobenschield home in the 3400. block Kalum ‘Street.

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