The Mineralogical Record articles from March 2002

The Mineralogical Record archives from March 2002

Notes from the editor.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... IRRADIATION IN THE POST The recent biological attacks by a terrorist utilizing the mails as a delivery system have prompted the U.S. Postal Service to consider irradiating all mail. The irradiation process would probably rely upon linear...

Cuprian elbaite from the Batalha mine, Paraiba, Brazil.(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2002... Copper-bearing "Paraiba tourmaline," a geochemical oddity, was discovered in Brazil in 1988. Its rich and unique colors have given it extraordinary gemstone value, resulting in the preservation of very few good crystal specimens. Renewed...

Stibnite from the Wuling antimony mine Jiangxi Province, China.
March 1, 2002... Two Chinese antimony mines have produced collector-quality stibnite crystals in recent years. The most recent of these to yield fine specimens is the Wuling antimony mine in Jiangxi Province. Highly lustrous, razor-sharp stibnite crystals and...

Artificial "Sicilian" sulfurs.
March 1, 2002... In the mid- 1970's a prominent Italian ornithologist and natural history enthusiast experimented successfully with growing artificial sulfur crystals in the same habit and size range as natural crystals from the famous Sicilian sulfur deposits....

The Book on the Bookshelf. (Book Reviews).
March 1, 2002... by Henry Petroski, published (1999) by Alfred Knopf New York; 6 x 9.6 inches. Hardcover or Paperback, 290 pages, $26, $13. ISBN 0375706399. Henry Petroski, a professor of civil engineering and history at Duke University, has developed a...

Mineral Collections of Russia. (Book Reviews).
March 1, 2002... Mineralogical Almanac, vol. 2 (2000), Part I. Published (2000) by Ocean Pictures Ltd., Moscow Softcover, 22 x 27 cm, 136 pages; Price: $45. Order from Terry Huizing, 5341 Thrasher Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45247. (Make checks payable to...

Minerals of the Kovdor Massif. (Book Reviews).
March 1, 2002... by G. Yu. Ivanyuk and V N. Yakovenchuk. Published (1997) by RAS Kola Science Center Publishing, Apatity, Russia. Hardcover, 21 x 31 cm, 117 pages, in Russian and English. Distributed by Christian Weise Verlag, Orleansstrasse 69, D-8l667...

Madagaskar: das Paradies der Mineralien und Edelsteine. (Book Reviews).(Review)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Published (1999) by Christian Weise Verlag, Orleansstrasse 69, D-81667 Munchen, Germany Softcover, 21 x 30 cm, 96 pages; published as ExtraLapis no. 17, ISBN 392 1656-50-8; price: DM 34.80. ExtraLapis numbers come thick and fast and each...

Lovozero Massif: History, Pegmatites, Minerals. (Book Reviews).(Review)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... by Igor V Pekov. Published (2000) by Ocean Pictures Ltd., Box 368, Moscow 103009 Russia. Distributed in the USA and Canada by Excalibur Mineral Co., 1000 North Di-Vision St. Peekskill, N.Y 10566. Hardcover, 22 x 28 cm, 480 pp, $79.00 (plus...

Diamanten. (Book Reviews).(Review)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Published by Christian Weise Verlag, Orleansstrasse 69, D-81667 Munchen, Germany Softcover, 21 x 30 cm, 104 pages; published as ExtraLapis no. 18, ISBN 3921656-53-2; price: DM SO. Following the practice used for the previous monographs in...

L'Emeraude. The Emerald. Connaissances actuelles et prospectives. (Book Reviews).(Review)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Edited by Dider Giard, published (199?) by Association francaise de gemmologie, 48 rue du Faubourg, Montmarte 75009 France. Softcover 21 x 30 cm, 235 pages, price: contact the publishers This is a beautifully illustrated series of papers on...

Gold in der Schweiz. (Book Reviews).(Review)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... by P Pfander and V Jans, published (1999) by Ott Verlag, Thun. Second edition, hardcover, 188 pages, ISBN. 3-7225-6300-3; price: DM 43.80 postpaid. This is the revised edition of a guide to Swiss gold localities first published in 1996, in...

Abstracts of new mineral descriptions.
March 1, 2002... Bigcreekite Orthorhombic Ba[Si.sub.2][O.sub.5].4[H.sub.2]O Locality: The type locality is the Esquire #7 claim (Section 27, T11S, R25E, Mount Diablo Meridian, Lat. 36[degrees]55' N, Long. 119[degrees]14'42" W), along the west side...

Pacific Mineral Museum gold show. (Gallery Reviews).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... [October 1--December 9, 2001] The Pacific Mineral Museum in Vancouver, British Columbia first opened its doors to the public on January 22, 2000. On October 1, 2001 they mounted a remarkable show devoted to element 79. For this event they...

Ralph Clark. (Collector Profile).
March 1, 2002... Interested in building a "small" collection of large significance? Look no farther for a role model than Ralph Clark, a thumbnail collector from Denver, Colorado. His amazing accumulation of little jewel-like one-inch specimens shows...