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Wow, congrats to Penncrest on their first State title! (but oh nooo, the 16 year streak is dead :[ ) Represent us well at Nationals with Harriton! Looking at the scores, seems like Harriton (and several other good teams) got screwed by ExpDes... which was apparently really weird anyway. I have a fe...

Now that the dust has settled, congratulation to all of the teams for a great competition--regardless of how it all fluxed out, everyone should be proud of their performance!

Any idea what time the results'll be released today?

REvive?

inluvwyth_WANTED wrote:

Please give chemical formula (Click to Show Hidden Text)

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The rules state: "The students must use at least two of the provided materials to design and conduct an experiment." 2014 Rules, Section 3, Paragraph a, Lines 5-6 If I was judging I would have tiered you. Yes, and the provided paper clips and rubber bands were used. Two provided materials.

My team took a surprising and disappointing 17th at Regionals this year--we contacted the proctor of the event, who told us we were tiered for not following the directions. Barring anything we forgot to read, the directions commissioned us to perform an experiment testing the effect of stress on a ...

The answer isss|Apatite! I think that white scarring/ghosting/impurities/whatever you want to call it is really indicative of Apatite, though it can be confused with Sodalite. A good example of what I'm talking about is on this specimen [img]http://www.charmsoflight.com/Images/Gemstones/Apatite%20r...

My team took a surprising and disappointing 17th at Regionals this year--we contacted the proctor of the event, who told us we were tiered for not following the directions. Barring anything we forgot to read, the directions commissioned us to perform an experiment testing the effect of stress on a p...