RUST BELT research blog is so polite.  You can almost hear the tea and scones bustle as you read their introduction:  “We stared this blog after so much frustration in our own research, trying to find information from suppliers, processors, and other jewelers about their materials and methods.”

In their posting for 31 March 2008, they record an interview with Mark Logsdon.  I knew and worked with him so long ago that I forget the details–and I forgive him if he cannot recall me.  All I recall is that he is a nice, technically competent person.  Now he is President and Principal Geochemist of Geochimica.  Here are some quotes from the interview:

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