The Mineralogical Record articles from January 2006

The Mineralogical Record archives from January 2006

Died, Brian Shelton, 76.(notes from the EDITORS)(Obituary)
January 1, 2006... Brian Charles Shelton, a well-known Australian mineral dealer during the 1970's and 1980's, died in hospital in the Victorian town of KooWeeRup on July 21, 2005. Born in the nearby town of Pakenham on November 18, 1928. Brian lived in the area...

Died, Charles E. Freed, 74.(notes from the EDITORS)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
January 1, 2006... Charlie Freed was born October 20, 1930 and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. Following his stint in the Service he settled in California where he joined the Mineralogical Society of Southern California and eventually served as its President. He...

Died, Abraham Rosenzweig, 80.(notes from the EDITORS)(Obituary)
January 1, 2006... Abe Rosenzweig--mineralogist, crystallographer, author, educator and long-time Associate Editor and Member of the Board of Directors of the Mineralogical Record--died October 9, 2005 in Florida. Abe was born June 10, 1925 in Philadelphia and...

Famous mineral localities: the Francon quarry, Montreal, Quebec.
January 1, 2006... The Francon quarry ranks as the second most prolific type locality in Canada after Mont Saint-Hilaire. It has yielded ten new mineral species: weloganite, dresserite, hydrodresserite, strontiodresserite, sabinaite, franconite, doyleite...

Abstracts of the 27th annual FM-MSA-TGMS Tucson Mineralogical Symposium: Canada!
January 1, 2006... Introduction Robert B. Cook Symposium Chairman The 27th Annual Mineralogical Symposium, sponsored by the Mineralogical Society of America, the Friends of Mineralogy, and the Tucson Gem and Mineral Society, will be held on...

Springfield show 2005.(What's New in Minerals)
January 1, 2006... [August 12-14, 2005] Harvard! Harvard! Harvard! resonated through my mind as I drove from my new home in Macungie (translates to "Bear Swamp" in Native American), Pennsylvania toward the Martin Zinn extravaganza at this year's Springfield,...

Denver show 2005.(What's New in Minerals)
January 1, 2006... [September 13-18, 2005] Enacting a ritual as firmly fixed in Nature (or so it can seem to mineral collectors) as the migrations of cranes and salmon, a goodly number of the world's mineral people flocked to Denver again in September. At...

Munich show 2005.(What's New in Minerals)
January 1, 2006... [October 28-30, 2005] The Munich Show this year was greeted by spectacularly fine and sunny weather--a nice "welcome back" for my first trip to the Show since 1991. No longer held at the old Messegelande ("Fair-grounds") by the Theresian...

The museum directory.(Directory)
January 1, 2006... New York State Museum Curator (Geol.): Dr. William Kelly Tel: 518-474-7559 Collections Mgr. (Geol.): Michael Hawkins Tel: 518-486-2011 Fax: 518-486-3696 3140 Cultural Education Ctr. Albany, NY 12230-0001 ...

Troost's diamonds.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
January 1, 2006... Thomas Moore's article on Diamond Crystals (v. 33, no. 1) mentions several historical collections containing diamonds. Gerard Troost (1776-1850), was a prominent early 19th collector in the U.S. His collection has been part of Louisville,...

Devonshire collection.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
January 1, 2006... I recently passed a 10-hour journey, in the back of a minivan, that was thoroughly enjoyable because it gave me the opportunity to reread the May-June 2005 issue, particularly the article by Mick Cooper on the Devonshire Mineral Collection....

Correction.(Correction Notice)
January 1, 2006... In the Clear Creek mine paper, the distance between the upper and lower workings was stated to be 100 meters; that should instead be 1,000 meters.