{"id":140,"date":"2021-07-09T12:58:55","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T16:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geol.umd.edu\/facilities\/lmdr-temp\/?page_id=140"},"modified":"2026-02-26T11:58:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T16:58:04","slug":"commentaries","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.geol.umd.edu\/facilities\/lmdr\/commentaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Commentaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-140\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-140-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-140-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-140-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h1>Commentaries<\/h1>\n<h2 id=\"u959-2\">Posters<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geol.umd.edu\/facilities\/lmdr-temp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/lmdr_poster_mdday2011-2.pdf\">Magma Makers Poster<\/a>\u00a0(PDF)<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"nonblock\" href=\"https:\/\/www.geol.umd.edu\/facilities\/lmdr-temp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/md-day-2016-indium-poster-3.pdf\" data-href=\"upload:U1079\">Indium Poster\u00a0<\/a>(PDF)<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"nonblock\" href=\"https:\/\/www.geol.umd.edu\/facilities\/lmdr-temp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/md-day-2017-minerals-mining-and-human-innovation-poster-2-extrabeous-removed.pdf\" data-href=\"upload:U1083\">Minerals, Mining and Human Innovation Poster<\/a>\u00a0(PDF)<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"nonblock\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=97jMsqJADpc&amp;t=234s\">Granite Melting Video (2017)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"u959-20\">Definitions<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"nonblock\" href=\"https:\/\/www.geol.umd.edu\/facilities\/lmdr-temp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/econgeolterms.pdf\" data-href=\"upload:U963\">Some Terms Used in Economic Geology<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"u959-26\">Commentary<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"nonblock\" href=\"https:\/\/www.geol.umd.edu\/facilities\/lmdr-temp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/lmdrblurb.pdf\" data-href=\"upload:U965\">Exploration for Earth's Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"u959-33\">Geochemical Databases<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"nonblock\" href=\"http:\/\/georoc.mpch-mainz.gwdg.de\/georoc\/\">GeoROC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"nonblock\" href=\"https:\/\/earthref.org\/GERM\/\">GERM<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"nonblock\" href=\"http:\/\/www.navdat.org\/NavdatHome\/FAQ.cfm\">NAVDAT<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"nonblock\" href=\"https:\/\/www.earthchem.org\/petdb\">PetDB<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span id=\"u959-47\">Sites of Interest<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"nonblock\" href=\"https:\/\/www.segweb.org\/\">Society of Economic Geologists<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"nonblock\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infomine.com\/\">Info-Mine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"nonblock\" href=\"http:\/\/www.csicop.org\/si\">The Skeptical Inquirer Magazine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"nonblock\" href=\"http:\/\/www.martindalecenter.com\/\">Martindale's Reference Desk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"nonblock\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ucmp.berkeley.edu\/help\/timeform.php\">Geologic Time<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commentaries Posters Magma Makers Poster\u00a0(PDF) Indium Poster\u00a0(PDF) Minerals, Mining and Human Innovation Poster\u00a0(PDF) Granite Melting Video (2017) Definitions Some Terms Used in Economic Geology Commentary Exploration for Earth&#8217;s Resources Geochemical Databases GeoROC GERM NAVDAT PetDB Sites of Interest Society of Economic Geologists Info-Mine The Skeptical Inquirer Magazine Martindale&#8217;s Reference Desk Geologic Time<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center 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