The Mineralogical Record articles from March 2005

The Mineralogical Record archives from March 2005

Our new website!(notes from the EDITORS)(Editorial)
March 1, 2005... Check out our new website, at www.mineralogicalrecord.com! It has been completely remodeled, with many new features that we hope will be of broad use to our subscribers: Tom's column First of all, Tom Moore has his own new website...

Died, Louis Perloff, 96.(notes from the EDITORS)(Editorial)(Obituary)
March 1, 2005... The micromounting world experienced a grave loss with the death on January 16, 2004, of one of its most famous members, Louis (Lou) Perloff. Lou was the last of the real old-timers from the New York area; the last of the boyhood friends of Neal...

Died, Julius Weber, 89.(notes from the EDITORS)(micromount collections)(Editorial)(Obituary)
March 1, 2005... Noted photomicrographer Julius "Julie" Weber died on March 9, 2003, at the age of 89, leaving behind one of the largest and most remarkable micromount collections ever assembled. For decades, Julie and his close friend Lou Perloff (1907-2004)...

Died, Willard L. Elsing, 93.(notes from the EDITORS)(Editorial)(Obituary)
March 1, 2005... Willard Elsing, consummate rockhound and founder of the Elsing Museum in Tulsa, was born in Kansas on July 22, 1911, and died at the age of 93 on October 17, 2004. His father Walter had emigrated to America from Germany in 1890 and established...

Jean-Pierre Cand.(notes from the EDITORS)(Correction Notice)
March 1, 2005... Further to the obituary for Jean-Pierre Cand which appeared in the September-October 2004 issue (vol. 35, no. 5, page 363): It was stated that Cand died "from injuries caused by falling rock while collecting benitoite and neptunite" in San...

Famous mineral localities: the Cripple Creek mining district Colorado.
March 1, 2005... The Cripple Creek District, discovered in 1891 by Cowboy Bob Womack, was the last of the great Colorado bonanza camps. It has yielded over 600 metric tons (22 million troy ounces) of gold from its 500 mines, making it the third most productive...

A lucky man: Jack Halpern and his colorful collection.
March 1, 2005... Jack Halpern's 43 years of experience as a collector of aesthetic mineral specimens has given him a feeling for connoisseurship and a deep appreciation for the joys of the hobby. His basement collection of over 3,000 fine specimens is...

Criteria for selecting crystallized mineral specimens for a display collection.
March 1, 2005... Every collection reflects the particular eye and mindset of its collector. In a sense it amounts to his or her mineral fingerprint. But despite these variations the tastes of experienced collectors tend to have certain basic tenets in common....

Microminerals.
March 1, 2005... Reflections on reflections [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] All photomicrographers are aware of one major problem--specular reflections. Just as one lines up a particularly nice crystal under the microscope, there are annoying bright flashes...

Abstracts of the 26th annual Tucson Mineralogical Symposium: China!
March 1, 2005... The Development and Future Potential of China as a Supplier of Mineral Specimens Rock H. Currier 13100 Spring Street Baldwin Park, CA 91706 With the fall of the Iron Curtain, specimens began flooding out of former Soviet-bloc...

Abstracts of new mineral descriptions.
March 1, 2005... Megakalsilite Hexagonal KAlSi[O.sub.4] Locality: The Khibina alkaline massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia Occurrence: In a large body of hyperagpaitic pegmatite in ijoliteurtite, near their contact with apatite-nepheline rocks....

Pakistan: Minerals, Mountains & Majesty.(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... Pakistan: Minerals, Mountains & Majesty [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Edited by Giuseppe Agozzino, Dudley Blauwet, Miranda Jarnot, Shafiee Muhammad, Gunther Neumeier, Gloria Staebler and Tom Wilson. Published (2004) by Lapis International,...

Minerals of Nevada.(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... Minerals of Nevada by Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock, published (2004) by the University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557. Hardcover, 7 X 10.5 inches, 512 pages. Price: $75 plus shipping. Any time a complete new state...

Calcite: The Mineral With the Most Forms.(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... Calcite: The Mineral With the Most Forms [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Edited by Terry Huizing, Miranda Jarnot, Gunther Neumeier, R. Peter Richards and Gloria Staebler. Published (2003) by Lapis International LLC, available from the...

Geology of Gems.(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... Geology of Gems [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] By Eugenii Ya. Kievlenko. English edition edited by Art Soregaroli. Published (2003) by Ocean Pictures Ltd. Hardcover, 8.25 X 11 inches, 432 pages, $98 from minbooks@online.ru or from Terry...

Gold: The Noble Mineral.(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... Gold: The Noble Mineral Edited by Robert B. Cook, Edward R. Coogan, Dr. Gunther Neumeier and Gloria Staebler. Published (2003) by Lapis International, LLC, available from the Mineralogical Record, P.O. Box 35565, Tucson, AZ 85740; e-mail...

Mine Hill in Franklin and Sterling Hill in Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey: Mining History, 1765-1900.(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... Mine Hill in Franklin and Sterling Hill in Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey: Mining History, 1765-1900 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] By Pete J. Dunn. Published (2002) by Dr. Pete J. Dunn, 7821 Fort Hunt Rd., Alexandria, VA 22308,...