August 2011
23 posts
# 223....The Principal Rare Earth Elements... →
U.S. Department of the InteriorU.S. Geological Survey
Go to page 12 in report for chart showing the Bastansite (Bastnaesite from Excalibur) Rare Earth Rations in Mountain Pass CA, and in Bayan Obo, China…
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# 219....Tin set to re-test record highs on China... →
ANOTHER STRATEGIC MINERAL?
By Harpreet Bhal
LONDON | Tue Aug 23, 2011 12:16pm BST
“(Reuters) - Tin is likely to return to the record high it hit in April later this year, after being the laggard in the London Metal Exchange, as an expected rise in demand from China’s manufacturing and electronics sectors combines with a tight supply outlook.
Analysts say China’s...
# 217...Who & What Conditions Determine What Is A...
4-Terra has a totally different take on what constitutes a ‘Rare Earth’. The minerals making the list are all tied into the international finance system, where people are being commercially exploited as part of a ‘demand’ marketplace. The glamour of this mass valuation is at play here - it is purely a collective, conditioned, consumer interest. No consideration is given...
# 216....China rules the rare earth →
The global race to grab a share of rare earth metals in Central Asia has begun.Pepe Escobar Last Modified: 19 Aug 2011 10:31
“Asia is at the centre of an inevitable development of our digital world: the coming mineral wars.
The computer you are using to read this article is already involved in a global war.
Oil wars? Water wars? Sure - they will continue to define the geopolitics of...
# 215....NOAA / Space Weather Prediction Center →
“Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force. Updated 2011 Aug 10 2200 UTC
Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity
SDF Number 222 Issued at 2200Z on 10 Aug 2011
IA. Analysis of Solar Active Regions and Activity from 09/2100Z
to 10/2100Z: Solar activity was low. Region 1263 (N17W93) produced
a C6...
# 214....NOAA ANNOUNCES NEXT SOLAR STORM CYCLE... →
April 26, 2007
“The next 11-year cycle of solar storms will most likely start next March and peak in late 2011 or mid-2012—up to a year later than expected—according to a forecast issued by theNOAA Space Environment Center in coordination with an international panel of solar experts. The NOAA Space Environment Center led the prediction panel and issued the forecast at its annual Space...
# 213....Severe Solar Storm to Create Global Chaos... →
By IBTimes Staff Reporter | August 7, 2011 2:00 AM EDT
“The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a scientific agency that monitors atmospheric and ocean conditions, has predicted a state of maximum solar activity that may strike Earth, causing total darkness this decade.
Forecasters and operators at the agency are keeping a close eye as the sun enters a phase of...
“# 210….”Also of course there were very rare stones that we found. ...”
– Quotes from Geologist Anatoly Firsovich Petrov in Yakutsk, Siberia.
From Ian Frazier’s Travels In Siberia, page 293.
There is also this ‘documented’ source from my stone provider:
“It was described as a new mineral in 1978 [Rogova, V.P. , Rogov, Yu. G. et al..in...
“# 209….For, just as in the visible world of the vegetable and animal...”
– Joseph Campbell, 1960, quoted in Astrology, Psychology, & the Four Elements by Stephen Arroyo
“# 207….Anything which serves as a medium for the transmission of the...”
– Quote from Paracelsus, from chapter~ Hermetic Pharmacology, Chemistry, and Therapeutics ~ in The Secret Teachings of All Ages, by Manly P. Hall, page 347
# 205....Juno probe heads for Jupiter from Cape... →
5 August 2011 Last updated at 12:31 ET
“The Atlas 5 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station after a brief delay caused by a helium leak.
A $1.1bn (£0.7bn) unmanned space mission has launched from Florida on a journey to the planet Jupiter.
The Juno spacecraft will cruise beyond Mars to put itself in orbit around the gas giant in 2016.
It is the first solar-powered...
“# 204….I believe that the planets are part of the order of the cosmos...”
– Zipporah Dobyns (1971) 