The Mineralogical Record articles from July 2001

The Mineralogical Record archives from July 2001

notes from the EDITORS.
July 1, 2001... EDITORIAL: HELP FOR THE EDITOR I'm told that in the Catholic faith there is a patron saint for just about every profession except politicians (they have no one to pray to, and it shows). Journalists, on the other hand, are blessed with tow...

Famous Mineral Localities: ROSSIE, NEW YORK.
July 1, 2001... George W. Robinson [*] Steven C. Chamberlain [*] The Rossie lead mines are a fatuous early America mineral locality While best known for large crystals of calcite and galena collected there in the 1830's--1860's, recent studies have...

WAVELLITE, FLUELLITE AND MINYULITE FROM THE WILLARD MINE, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA.
July 1, 2001... A new occurrence for superb phosphate minerals has recently been discovered at the abandoned Willard open-pit mine complex near Lovelock, in Pershing County, Nevada. Locally abundant specimens of large and well-crystallized wavellite, fluellite...

GERMANIUM-RICH BEUDANTITE FROM TSUMIEB, NAMIBIA.
July 1, 2001... Several specimens of a germanium-rich beudantite crystals to 1.5 cm, which are regarded as the finest in the world, have been found in old collections of Tsumeb, Namibia, minerals. INTRODUCTION Beudantite...

Tourmaline--Romancing the Stone: The Many Faces of Tourmaline Harvard Mineralogical Museum.
July 1, 2001... [February 10, 200] through January 20, 2002] This review is a bit of a departure from others that have appeared in this space in that it covers a temporary exhibit that is scheduled to close in less than a year from opening. The new...

Letters.
July 1, 2001... SAXON WIRE SILVERS [Ed. Note: Some people have been concerned about the authenticity of a large lot of Saxon wire silvers that appeared on the market a few years ago. One reason was their lack of a precise locality and provenance. German...

MINERAL SPECIMEN MORTALITY.
July 1, 2001... An essay on the many ways in which mineral specimens can meet their end, illustrated by true stories from the archives of mineral collecting. A thing of beauty is a joy forever: Its loveliness increases; it will never Pass into...