the crystal world

The Crystal World Reader v.01

v.02 forthcoming

Alan Holden and Phylis Morrison Crystals and Crystal Growing

Robert Smithson Robert Smithson: The Collected Writings 1979

Georgius Agricola De Re Metallica 1556

JG Ballard, The Crystal World 1966

Felix Guattari, The Proliferation of Margins 1990

Erwin Schrödinger, What is Life 1944

Claudia Mongrini The art of critique in the age of precarious sensibility 2011

Franco 'Bifo' Berardi, Transmediale 2011, Berlin; Life at Work: Bioeconomy and the Crisis of Cognitive Capitalism 2011

Jonathan Kemp Dark Materials 2011

Decrystallization workshop: impressionistic video 2011

Erkki Kurenniemi Electronics in the World of Tomorrow 1964

• Recycling
  • Recycling of gold from electronics: Cost-effective use through ‘Design for Recycling’ Design for Recycling 2010
  • Recycling electronic waste in India & China 2005
  • Sheng, P. Recovery of gold from computer circuit board scrap using aqua regia 2007 Recovery of gold
  • Hydrometallurgical Process for Extraction of Metals from Electronic Waste Extraction of Metals from Electronic Waste 2009
  • Recycling computers documentary 2007
  • Afterlife video documentary

• Water Crystal Cryptography
  • Dr. Masaru Emoto - The Hidden Messages in Water

• Synthetic Geology
  • Microwave smelting: http://www.rexresearch.com/hwang/hwang.htm and http://www.periodictable.com/PopSci/2003/09/1/index.html. David Reid Technique (1000°C) http://home.c2i.net/metaphor/mvpage.html and 1200°C kit http://home.c2i.net/metaphor/rt.html - extended tests with various susceptors - materials which heat up when exposed to microwaves - was that two substances, graphite and magnetite, working together were required to achieve the kind of heating required. See also http://open3dp.me.washington.edu/?p=632

• Diy FET transistors
  • General early semi-conductor resource: http://n4trb.com/AmateurRadio/SemiconductorHistory/SemiconductorDocuments.htm, and also: plan from old amateur radio magazine (jk to scan)