The Mineralogical Record articles from March 2004

The Mineralogical Record archives from March 2004

It's the artifacts, stupid!(Guest Editorial)(Editorial)
March 1, 2004... What is the function of a public museum? Public museums were originally established to collect, store, study, and make available to scholars and the general public objects deemed worthy of preservation. These objects were of many sorts:...

The sclerometer and the determination of the hardness of minerals.
March 1, 2004... After nearly 200 years, Mohs' ten-step hardness scale is still valid as a quick and approximate analytical method for mineral identification. The sclerometer was invented in the nineteenth century to give a more accurate measurement of mineral...

Recent discoveries at the Jeffrey mine Asbestos, Quebec.
March 1, 2004... The Jeffrey mine in Asbestos, Quebec, Canada, is world-famous for beautiful crystals of orange, pink and green grossular; vesuvianite crystals of many colors, as well as violet manganoan vesuvianite; and well-terminated crystals of prehnite and...

Aragonite from Cicov Hill in the Czech Republic: new discoveries have recently been made at the well-known aragonite occurrence at Cicov Hill, near Horenec, near Bilina, Czech Republic. Development work at the locality between 1990 and 1995 has yielded loose gemmy crystals of aragonite to record sizes.
March 1, 2004... INTRODUCTION Aragonite from Cicov Hill (pronounced "Chee-choff"), near the town of Horenec which is near the larger town of Bilina ("Spitzberg near Horschenz near Bilin" in older German literature) is known throughout Europe. Fine crystals...

Costa Mesa show 2003.(What's New in Minerals)
March 1, 2004... [May 16-18] Try new things, I always say, and the Costa Mesa show (in fact, southern California in general) was very much a New Thing for me, and thus it was cheerfully and expectantly that I accompanied Wendell Wilson to Marty Zinn's...

Sainte-Marie aux Mines show 2003.(What's New in Minerals)
March 1, 2004... [June 26-29] Monday Among the most interesting of all mineral shows is that which takes place at Ste.-Marie-aux-Mines in France's Alsace region. On Monday morning, my eldest son William and I arrived. Sales tents were being set up,...

Springfield show 2003.(What's New in Minerals)
March 1, 2004... [August 8-10] As I drove into the parking lot of the Eastern States Exposition Center in Springfield on Friday August 8th, I noticed a small crowd of people staring into the sky. I soon realized they were looking at a pair of nesting bald...

Denver show 2003.(What's New in Minerals)
March 1, 2004... [September 10-16] The Denver International Airport lies many long miles east of the Merchandise Mart (the "main" show) and the Holiday Inn site of Marty Zinn's hotel show, and yet, however eager he is to reach that mineral mecca, the...

Munich show 2003.(What's New in Minerals)
March 1, 2004... [October 31-November 2] Munich 2003. Had it been a year already? Time doesn't just fly, it moves like a cruise missile and, a la Slim Pickins in Dr. Strangelove, I was riding it towards one of the world's greatest mineral shows. Yee-haw!...

The museum directory.(Directory)
March 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 ...

Check list of available Back Issues of the Mineralogical Record: complete your set! (All Back Issues are $12 each, except as noted).
March 1, 2004... Postage and handling for U.S. subscribers is $2.00 per copy for 1-5 copies. For more than 5 copies the shipping cost is $1.00 each. For shipping to subscribers outside the U.S. the cost is $3.00 per copy for 1-5 copies, or $2.00 each for more...

Internet directory.
March 1, 2004... AdvancedMineral.com TNs to Cab Specs, Worldwide, esp. SE USA www.advancedmineral.com acmemining@hotmail.com Alpine Mineral Company Fine Alpine and Gem Pegmatite Minerals www.alpineminerals.com e-mail:...

Abstracts of new mineral descriptions.
March 1, 2004... Allabogdanite Orthorhombic (Fe,Ni)[.sub.2]P Locality: The Onello iron meteorite found in 1997 in the alluvium of the Bol'shoy Dolguchan River, Onello River basin, Aldan shield, Sakha-Yakutia, Russia (Lat, 62[degrees]20' N, Long....