I am not sure exactly when I first met Larry Meinert. I certainly knew of him long before I met him; as a stalwart of the Society of Economic Geologists and later, as the Editor of their flagship journal Economic Geology. It is likely that I met him as a post-doc at one of the “Hydrothermal Fluid Society” (HFS) events that Larry organises at various conferences around the globe. To gain access to one of these meetings, one must buy a bottle of wine and send the details to Larry in advance. He then sends you an address, where you...

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我不确定我何时初次见到拉里·迈纳特（Larry Meinert）。我当然很早就认识他。是经济地质学家协会的坚定支持者，后来成为其旗舰杂志《经济地质》的编辑。我很可能是在拉里（Larry）在全球各种会议上组织的“热流体协会”（HFS）活动之一中担任博士后的。要获得其中一个会议的权限，必须购买一瓶葡萄酒并将详细信息提前发送给Larry。然后，他给您发送一个地址，您在那里...