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The Mineralogical Record articles from July 2004
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The Mineralogical Record archives from July 2004
Airport inspections.(Notes from the Editors)
July 1, 2004... We have been hearing horror stories lately about collectors having their carry-on luggage inspected by clumsy, careless security personnel who damage or destroy fragile specimens in the process. If, after seeing your carry-on items on the X-ray...
Sorbonne collection endangered.(Notes from the Editors)(Editorial)
July 1, 2004... "Begun by Hauy in 1809 and nurtured by such luminaries as Beudant and Delafosse, the mineral collection of the Sorbonne (University of Paris) achieved international stature with the acquisition of a part of the Vesigne Collection in 1953. The...
Died, David Michael Shannon, 62.(Notes from the Editors)(Obituary)
July 1, 2004... Long-time Arizona mineral collector and dealer David Shannon died in Mesa on January 2, 2004 following a flare-up of a painful chronic spinal condition.
Born in Moline, Illinois in 1942, David was about two years old when his family moved...
The museum directory.(Directory)
July 1, 2004... 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
...
Internet directory.(Directory)
July 1, 2004... AdvancedMineral.com
TNs to Cab Specs, Worldwide, esp. SE USA
www.advancedmineral.com
e-mail: acmemining@hotmail.com
Alpine Mineral Company
Fine Alpine and Gem Pegmatite Minerals
www.alpineminerals.com
e-mail:...
History of the Okiep copper district: Namaqualand, Northern Cape Province South Africa.
July 1, 2004... The copper mines in the Okiep district of Namaqualand are steeped in the history of South African mining and geology. The most famous mineral specimen-producing copper mine in the district was the Jan Coetzee mine, where several thousand quartz...
Large clintonite crystals: from the Crestmore quarry Riverside, California.
July 1, 2004... The famous Crestmore quarries at Riverside, California have yielded over 200 contact-metamorphic and skarn mineral species since 1909 and are the type locality for ten of them. Large crystals of clintonite have been found there since 1916, but...
California dealers.(Coogan Gold Company)(Brief Article)(Directory)
July 1, 2004... Coogan Gold Company
Ed and Kay Coogan
P.O. Box 1631
Turlock, CA 95381
Tel: (209) 634-5222
Micromounts, TN's, Min., Cab.
Si and Ann Frazier
Si and Ann Frazier
Suite 306, 6331 Fairmont Ave.
El Cerrito,...
Abstracts of new mineral descriptions.
July 1, 2004... Alsakharovite-Zn
Monoclinic
NaSrKZn (Ti,Nb)[.sub.4][[Si.sub.4][O.sub.12]][.sub.2] (O,OH)[.sub.4]*7[H.sub.2]O
Locality: Lepkhe-Nelm Mt., Lovozero alkaline massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia.
Occurrence: A hydrothermal mineral in...
Mineralogical record.
July 1, 2004... Mineralogical Record Inc.
Board of Directors
Patricia A. Carlon 1110 E. Emerson Bloomington, IL 61701 carlon@gte.net
Thomas M. Gressman (pres., treas.) 7753 Emerald Peak Littleton, CO 80127 tgressman@aol.com
Anthony R. Kampf...