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class="hidephone hidetablet">Topics</th><th class="hidephone">Posts</th><th align="left" class="hidephone">Last Post</th></tr> <tr> <td width="55%"> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160809220635/http://www.mindat.org/msgboard-6.html">General</a></h3> <p>For general comments about the site</p> <a class="icon icon-feed" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160809220635/http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?feed,6,replies=1,type=rss">RSS</a> </td> <td align="center" width="12%" nowrap="nowrap" class="hidephone hidetablet"> 10,709 </td> <td align="center" width="12%" nowrap="nowrap" class="hidephone"> 103,276 </td> <td width="21%" nowrap="nowrap" class="hidephone"> August 09, 2016 08:45PM </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="55%"> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160809220635/http://www.mindat.org/msgboard-114.html">Fluorescent Minerals</a></h3> <p>Discussion about all types of fluorescence in minerals and related properties.</p> <a class="icon icon-feed" 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