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The Mineralogical Record articles from March 2001
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The Mineralogical Record archives from March 2001
FILER COLLECTION.(Russell and Alexandra Filer of Filer's Minerals)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Most people involved in mineral collecting are acquainted with Russell and Alexandra Filer of Filer's Minerals in California. Alexandra, now a feisty 85 years old, became the country's first female graduate in Metallurgical Engineering...
MONT SAINT-HILAIRE.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... For those who enjoyed our special Mont Saint-Hilaire Issue (vol. 21, no. 4, still available for $12), and are still craving more, the Italian journal Rivista Mineralogica Italiana has recently published an entire issue (July-September 2000)...
ANTIQUARIAN REPRINTS.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... We recently completed publication of the eleventh edition in our Antiquarian Reprint Series, a project aimed at saving from extinction some very rare, old, illustrated mineral books. This time around we reprinted Joseph Baumeister's...
SMALE MINERALS.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... In this issue we begin a third year featuring a mineral specimen in each issue from the beautiful collection of Steve and Clara Smale. Some readers are a little confused about these, thinking that he must be selling specimens, but noting that...
CORRECTION.(Correction Notice)
March 1, 2001... In this column in the previous issue we erroneously gave Bill Smith's former title at the National Security Agency as "Deputy Director"; he was, instead, "Office Chief."
Famous Mineral Localities: RUDABANYA, HUNGARY.
March 1, 2001... The only famous classic mineral locality in present-day Hungary, Rudabanya has a long and interesting history. Beginning in the Bronze Age, and for thousands of years after, the deposit was mined for copper, silver, lead and iron. More than 120...
Famous Mineral Localities: THE RIST AND ELLIS TRACTS HIDDENITE NORTH CAROLINA.
March 1, 2001... The Rist and Ellis properties near Hiddenite, North Carolina, are among the best-known emerald deposits in North America. Many fine gemstones, as well as crystals of monazite-(Ce), xenotime, rutile, tourmaline, quartz and green spodumene...
Gallery Reviews: The R. S. McLaughlin Mineral Hall: Royal Ontario Museum.
March 1, 2001... When the planning and development of a mineral and gem display stretches out for an unreasonably long period of years such that responsibility for it passes through a succession of hands, unfortunate consequences are almost predictable. So it...
Mineralogie du Massif du Mont-Blanc.(Review)
March 1, 2001... published (1999) as Hors Serie V by Le Regne Mineral, L. D. Bayle editor I bis, rue du Piat--43120 Monistrol-sur-Loire, France. Softcover, magazine-format, 21 x 30 cm, 78 pages, $18 plus $3 postage (Visa accepted).
This beautiful special...
Museums, Their History & Their Use.(Review)
March 1, 2001... by David Murray. First published in Glasgow in 1904, now reprinted (2000) by Pober Publishing, 35 Stratford Road, Staten Island, NY 10301. Hardcover three volumes in two, printed on acid-free paper and smythe-sewn, 1057 pages total. ISBN:...