The Mineralogical Record articles from March 2003

The Mineralogical Record archives from March 2003

Collection disposal via executor. (Guest Editorial).(Editorial)
March 1, 2003... Anyone who has been, or is likely to be, named in someone else's last will and testament as the disposer or executor of that person's mineral collection when they pass away should carefully consider the ramifications. On the surface it would...

Notices.(Jean-Marie Pendeville obituary)(Obituary)
March 1, 2003... Died, Jean-Marie Pendeville, 66, in Antier, Belgium. Pendeville (born in Charleroi on April 19, 1936; died in Anlier on May 29, 2002) created one of the finest collections ever assembled in Belgium. He specialized in the minerals of...

Recollections of mineral collecting and dealing in India.
March 1, 2003... Rustam (Rusty) Z. Kothavala Prior to 1972, fine collectable specimens from India were virtually unknown in the West. Today they comprise a prominent share of the international mineral market. Yet the hobby of mineral collecting still...

Nikischerite: a new mineral from the Huanuni tin mine, Dalence Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia.
March 1, 2003... ABSTRACT Nikischerite, ideally [NaFe.sup.2+.sub.6][Al.sub.3] [([SO.sub.4]).sub.2][(OH).sub.18][([H.sub.2]O).sub.12], is a new mineral from the Huanuni tin mine, Dalence Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia. It occurs as small micaceous...

The Baumann prospect Chickencoop Canyon, Tulare County California.
March 1, 2003... The Baumann prospect, once explored for its barite potential in the late 1920's, hosts a number of barium minerals including alforsite, barite, bazirite, benitoite, celsian, fresnoite, hyalophane, krauskopfite, macdonaldite, sanbornite,...

Sulfur isotope analysis for the identification of sulfur sources.
March 1, 2003... A recent article in the Mineralogical Record (Pagano, 2002) described how some purportedly natural Sicilian sulfur specimens sold in the 1970's had actually been manufactured, and cannot be readily distinguished from natural specimens on the...

Microminerals.(Obituary)
March 1, 2003... John Sinkankas, Micromounter Captain John Sinkankas (USN, Retired) died on 17 May 2002. Most of us will think of him as an author on mineralogical and gemological topics. Others may think of him as a bookseller and proprietor of Perilithon...

What's new in minerals.(39th annual Mineralientage Munchen and the British Museum of Natural History )
March 1, 2003... Munich Show 2002 [October 24-27] To most of the world, October in Munich means just one thing: beer, beer and more beer. But for the mineral intelligentsia, Munich means minerals. I arrived on October 22nd in the afternoon, after...

Emeralds of the World.(Book Review)
March 1, 2003... Edited by Dr: G. Giuliani, Dr. M. Jarnot; Dr. G. Neumeier, T. Ottaway, J. Sinkankas and G. Staebler. Published (2002) by LapisInternational LLC, available from the Mineralogical Record, P.O. Box 35565, Tucson, AZ 85740; e-mail order:...

Tourmaline.(Book Review)
March 1, 2003... Edited by A.U. Falster, MD. Jarnot, G.A. Neumeier, WB. Simmons and G.A. Staebler. Published (2002) by LapisInternational LLC, available from the Mineralogical Record, P0. Box 35565, Tucson, AZ 85740; e-mail order: minrec@aol.com. Stiff...

Eye of the Blackbird: A Story of Gold in the American West.(Book Review)
March 1, 2003... by Holly Skinner. Published (2001) by Johnson Books, 1880 South 57th Court, Boulder, CO 80301. Softcover, 5.5 x 8.5 inches, $17.50. ISBN 1-55566-312-5. This book is what its subtitle says: a story of gold in the American west, and of the...

Minerals of the World (Princeton Field Guides series).(Book Review)
March 1, 2003... by Ole Johnsen, published (2002) by Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey; 5.5 x 8 inches. Hardcover or Paperback, 440 pages, $49.50, $24.95. ISBN: 0691095361, 069109-537X. There have been many mineral field guides through the...

Le Miniere di Brosso.(Book Review)
March 1, 2003... by Italo Campostrini, Published (2001) by Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Via Giolitti, 3 - I-10123 Torino, Italy as Monografie XXIX. Hardcover, 25 x 18 cm, 185 pages, in Italian. Price: [euro]37.00 plus postage. Works on local...

Minerali delle Alpi Marittime e Cozie Provincia di Cuneo.(Book Review)
March 1, 2003... by Gian Carlo Piccoli, published (2002) by Amici del Musec "F. Eusebjo" - 1-12051 Alba, Cuneo, Italy Hardcover, 30 x 21 cm, 366 pages, in Italian. [euro]62.00 plus postage. The Maritime and southern Cozie Alps mark the border between Italy...

Abstracts of new mineral descriptions.
March 1, 2003... Baumstarkite Triclinic [AgSbS.sub.2] Locality: The San Genaro mine, Huancavelica Department, Castrovirreyna District, Peru. Occurrence: In high-grade silver ores of hypogene origin. Associated minerals are: (dominant)...

More illustrated specimen labels. (Notes from the Editors).
March 1, 2003... A number of collectors who possess specimens that have been pictured at some time in the Mineralogical Record have availed themselves of our offer (repeated in vol. 33, no. 6) of free "Illustrated Specimen" labels to accompany their specimens....

Indian Zeolites follow-up.
March 1, 2003... We are pleased to include in this issue a memoir of mineral collecting and dealing in India by Rustam Kothavala. Rusty has been out of the business for about twelve years, but he is still well-remembered. His Crystals of India business was a...