The Mineralogical Record articles from March 2008

The Mineralogical Record archives from March 2008

New Glossary is out!(notes from the EDITORS)(Glossary of Mineral Species for 2008 )(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... The 10th edition of Fleischer's venerable Glossary of Mineral Species for 2008 made its debut at the Tucson Show last month and was very well received. Malcolm E. Back, coauthor of the 9th edition with the late Joseph A. Mandarino, has taken...

Died, Al Ordway, 72.(notes from the EDITORS)(Obituary)
March 1, 2008... Albert C. Ordway, consummate California field collector, was born in Los Angeles, California on August 28, 1935, the son of Marie and Albert J. Ordway. He lived in Bloomington, California for 25 years, until his retirement, at which time he and...

The first rock trimmers for mineral collectors: the earliest mechanical rock trimmer designed for use specifically by mineral collectors was invented around 1875 by New Jersey mining engineer and mineral collector Frederick A. Canfield and marketed by the newly opened mineral dealership of Albert E. Foote in Philadelphia.
March 1, 2008... The first mechanical rock trimmer for trimming mineral specimens was invented by Frederick A. Canfield (1849-1926) of Dover, New Jersey around 1875. Canfield, one of America's leading mineral collectors of the early 20th century, was born April...

The Palomo mine Huancavelica Department, Peru.(Report)
March 1, 2008... Since 2000 the Palomo mine has sparingly produced excellent and distinctive specimens of realgar--the author of this article brought a fine lot of realgar specimens to the 2007 Tucson Show. Since mining formally ended in 2000, a few remaining...

Pseudomorphs from Peru: pseudomorphs, crystals that have been replaced by another species while retaining their original shape, have been found in remarkable variety in the mines and mineral deposits of Peru. They provide evidence of changing chemical and physical conditions within ore deposits, and also make fascinating specimens.(Report)
March 1, 2008... INTRODUCTION Pseudomorphs (replaced crystals) and perimorphs (molds of dissolved crystals) are a rare but very interesting part of the mineral kingdom. They are scientifically important, some of them are aesthetic, and they are very...

George Washington Fiss (1835-1925) and his Micromount Collections.(Report)
March 1, 2008... George Washington Fiss, one of the first and greatest of all micromounters, created two remarkable collections--one of them built, in part, by the extraordinary expedient of breaking small pieces off of specimens in one of the greatest private...

Ca-Mg-Fe-rich rhodonite from the Morro da Mina mine, Conselheiro Lafaiete, Minas Gerais, Brazil.(Report)
March 1, 2008... Large and superb crystals of translucent to gemmy, brilliant red rhodonite found in a manganese mine near Conselheiro Lafaiete, Brazil have been reaching the mineral market in recent years. The crystals have been analyzed and proved to be...

Tidying up mineral names: an IMA-CNMNC scheme for suffixes, hyphens and diacritical marks; Mineral names which do not conform to the current nomenclature guidelines of the Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification have to be corrected, and in the future a suffix-based nomenclature is to be used for new mineral names.(International Mineralogical Association - Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names )(Report)
March 1, 2008... INTRODUCTION In 2004, Peter Bayliss successfully proposed (IMA 04-C) to change the two-word mineral name cesium kupletskite to kupletskite-(Cs). In October 2005, Bayliss submitted a proposal to the Commission on New Minerals and Mineral...

Podlesnoite Ba[Ca.sub.2](C[O.sub.3])[.sub.2][F.sub.2]: a new mineral species from the Kirovskii mine Khibiny, Kola Peninsula, Russia.(Report)
March 1, 2008... INTRODUCTION The famous Khibiny massif on the Kola Peninsula is the world's largest alkaline complex, covering an area of 1327 [km.sup.2]. Huge deposits of a magmatogene apatite are actively mined there, and the Khibiny massif is the...

Fragile minerals and the TSA.(Legal Nuggets)(Transportation Security Administration)
March 1, 2008... Crocoite, scolecite, mesolite, cerussite--such specimens and other fragile delicacies are highly desired by avid mineral collectors. Yet, they strike fear in the hearts of the stoutest among us when we contemplate how to get them home intact....

The museum directory.(Directory)
March 1, 2008... Colburn Earth Science Museum Curator: Phillip M. Potter Tel: (828) 254-7162 Fax: (828) 257-4505 Website: www.colburnmuseum.org Pack Place Education, Arts & Science Center 2 South Pack Square Asheville, NC 28801...

Mineral Identification: A Practical Guide for the Amateur Mineralogist.(Book review)
March 1, 2008... Mineral Identification: A Practical Guide for the Amateur Mineralogist By Donald B. Peck, published (2007) by Mineralogical Record, Inc., P.O. Box 35565, Tucson, AZ 85740; stiff-cover, spiral-bound, 8.5 x 11 inches, 262 pages plus CD....