[Milsurplus] Last crystal comment

Richard Brunner brunneraa1p at comcast.net
Mon Jan 6 21:07:31 EST 2020


Nothing would surprise me either.  Further, quartz has been "grown" in 
the laboratory for the last 50 or 60 years which provides good quality 
control.  I expect a significant portion of quartz from the wild was 
unsuitable for various reasons.  There may be a case for stockpiling  mica.

Richard, AA1P

On 1/6/2020 8:50 PM, CL in NC via Milsurplus wrote:
> When Reagan was Prez. he went about cleaning house a bit and stopping things that needed stopping, sort of a real time answer to  Sen. Proxmire's, 'Golden Fleece Award'.    Up until that time, the US was still buying and stock piling radio grade quartz, plus mica, used in various components of the day, apparently more than any other time.  All this because we had a shortage of it in 'The Great War'.  Wonder who bought all the quartz  at auction?  Hope they didn't just bury it.  Or maybe it is still in the warehouse with the Ark of the Covenant and the Roswell aliens.  The last comment only makes sense if you watched all the Indiana Jones movies.
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> Charlie, W4MEC in NC
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