The Mineralogical Record articles from July 2007

The Mineralogical Record archives from July 2007

Photographs: a priority for museums?(Editorial)
July 1, 2007... Much has been written over the years regarding the place of mineral museums in society, and the various services and functions that curators can perform. Nothing, however, has been said about the responsibility that museums have for showing...

The lost arts of mineralogy.(notes from the EDITORS)(Mineral Identification: A Practical Guide for the Amateur Mineralogist)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... Back in the "old days," before the ready accessibility of X-ray and microprobe analysis services for the mineral collector, we had to (gasp!) know how to do our own mineral identifications in our own home, on a desktop or workbench laboratory....

Big bucks in Tucson.(notes from the EDITORS)(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... The Metropolitan Tucson Convention and Visitors Bureau estimates that the January-February 2007 "Tucson Gem, Mineral and Fossil Showcase" (their term for the agglomeration of 49 individual shows including the Tucson Gem & Mineral Society's show...

Died, Sidney A. Williams, 72.(notes from the EDITORS)(Obituary)
July 1, 2007... Sidney Arthur Williams died in his home in Douglas, Arizona on December 8, 2006 from lung cancer. Sid was born December 26, 1933 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the son of Edward Watkin and Helen (Southgate) Williams. He attended the Michigan College...

Died, Ernie Schlichter, 77.(notes from the EDITORS)(Obituary)
July 1, 2007... Ernest S. "Ernie" Schlichter was born in Minesite (Lower Macungie), Pennsylvania on May 30, 1929, the son of Cora Reese and Jacob Schlichter, a house carpenter. He grew up in Pennsylvania and graduated from Allentown High School in 1946, then...

Online Label Archive is now the Biographical Archive.(notes from the EDITORS)(Mineralogical Record website)
July 1, 2007... We have recently renamed the Label Archive portion of our website as the "Biographical Archive," so that we can feel free to add biographies and portraits of anyone in the mineral world, even if they have not left labels. Naturally the Label...

Production Editor for the (British) Mineralogical Society.(notes from the EDITORS)
July 1, 2007... An enthusiastic Production Editor with a science-editing background is required for the Mineralogical Society's modern Twickenham office. Working closely with colleagues and the scientific editors of the Society's journals and books, you will...

Call for papers! Tucson 2008!(notes from the EDITORS)
July 1, 2007... The 29th annual Mineralogical Symposium sponsored jointly by the Friends of Mineralogy, the Tucson Gem and Mineral Society, and the Mineralogical Society of America will be held in conjunction with the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, Saturday,...

Correction.(Correction notice)
July 1, 2007... In our Tucson Show Report in the previous issue we erroneously reported that Carolyn Manchester won only the Best Australian Thumbnail Award. She also won Best Australian Miniature and Best Australian Large Cabinet Award. Congratulations...

Some recent additions to the Biographical Archive at www.MineralogicalRecord.com.(notes from the EDITORS)
July 1, 2007... Parker Cleaveland Forrest E. Cureton II Rock Currier Susie Davis Paul Desautels Laszlo Dudas Thomas Alva Edison Benny Fenn Walter F. Ferrier Lewis Feuchtwanger Gustav Flink Jacon Forster ...

Famous Mineral Localities: the Trepca mine, Stari Trg, Kosovo.
July 1, 2007... The war-torn region of Kosovo in the Balkans has a long and involved history of mining. Over the years the world-famous Trepca mine has yielded millions of tons of lead and zinc as well as thousands of tons of silver and bismuth. More than 60...

The David Eidahl Mineral Collection: the small but superb mineral collection of the late David Eidahl (1956-1982) has now found a permanent home in the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, thanks to a commitment from his parents, Duane and charlotte Eidahl.
July 1, 2007... The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County is pleased to announce the donation of a portion of the David Eidahl Mineral Collection by Duane and Charlotte Eidahl, parents of the late collector. The Eidahls have placed the remainder of the...

Abstracts of the 28th annual FM-MSA-TGMS Tucson Mineralogical Symposium, February 10, 2007: gems and minerals from down under.(Abstract)
July 1, 2007... Pegmatite mineralogy of Western Australia Mark I. Jacobson 108 Farmington Drive, Lafayette, LA 70503, USA John Reeve 13 Buchan Place, Hillarys, WA 6025, Australia Sue Koepke 46 Gemmell Way, Hillarys, WA 6025,...

Kristalle--Schonheit durch Fehler ["Crystals--Beauty through Imperfection"].(Book review)
July 1, 2007... Kristalle--Schonheit durch Fehler ["Crystals--Beauty through Imperfection"] by Werner Lieber. Published (2006) by Christian Weise Verlag GmbH, Orleansstr. 69, 81667 Munchen, Germany. Hardcover, 8.5 X 12 inches, 178 pages. Price [euro]59...

Minerals First Discovered in Switzerland and Minerals Named after Swiss Individuals.(Book review)
July 1, 2007... Minerals First Discovered in Switzerland and Minerals Named after Swiss Individuals by Philippe Roth. Published by Philippe Roth; the Swiss Academy of Sciences; the B. & T. Tissieres Martigny Foundation; and the Museum of Geology,...

The museum directory.(Directory)
July 1, 2007... Colburn Earth Science Museum Curator: Phillip M. Potter Tel: (828) 254-7162 Fax: (828) 257-4505 Website: www.colburnmuseum.org Pack Place Education, Arts & Science Center 2 South Pack Square Asheville, NC 28801...

Philadelphia Academy of natural sciences.
July 1, 2007... In the early years of the Republic, Philadelphia was known as "the Athens of America" because of its cosmopolitan egalitarianism and its many learned institutions. But up until the 1790's no one in America knew anything about mineralogy. The...