April 21, 2006

• That’s mine, not yours

  
  
  I’m sorry in the delay of this post. I was up until 2 AM Wed night grading papers, and I still have to re-go-over-them, at the prof’s request. Just one more thing I have to do this weekend. So, now, before move pics, here is the U-trip (that’s U for 238U and 235U, not UofU) to Moab!
  
  
  
  With me was Aly and Steph.
  
  
  
  Of course, when you driving down, why not stop at the local national park? Here’s Balenced Rock at Arches NP.
  
  
  
  And we were required by law to stop at our state landmark. I wonder what people use for a landmark in Kansas or Delaware…
  
  
  
  We camped down south of Moab, close to the Uranium mines, but not that close. I mean, were crazy, not crazy. This was the cool rock behind us. The first night, it howeled and rained, and we hardly slept.
  
  
  
  The next morning, we went to the Mi Vida mine with fellow U-mineral hound Carl and Mel. This was a very profitable mine in the moddle part of the 20th century, and most of the U here was weapons-grade, though Homer could’ve used some too…
  
  
  
  They had fancy geiger-counter-like devices to find the minerals.
  
  
  
  Just so you know, U minerals form on redox boundaries, like where this red (oxidized) and green (reduced) layers interfinger.
  
  
  
  It was an awesome trip, and we all saw some cool things, like dewatering structures.
  
  NEXT: The move-in!

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