The Mineralogical Record articles from May 1995

The Mineralogical Record archives from May 1995

The Kipushi Mine, Zaire.
May 1, 1995... Kipushi is famous as a rich pipe-like deposit of zinc, copper and associated rare metals. Bearing similarities to Tsumeb, and situated near the Shaba Crescent, it has yielded many valuable specimens. Kipushi is the type locality for renierite and...

The Bolivian death switch. (searching for specimens)
May 1, 1995... In October 1993 my friend, Gary Moss of San Francisco, was going to do some consulting work for the new giant copper mine of Escondida in northern Chile. Concurrently another friend, Dr. Alfredo Petrov, of Cochabamba, Bolivia, wrote me a letter...

Inhibited growth of crystals.(Microminerals)
May 1, 1995... Crystals showing inhibited growth in particular directions are fascinating things. They are in some ways the opposite of crystals formed by dendritic growth, although the resultant crystal forms can be somewhat similar. One example is the...

What's new in minerals?
May 1, 1995... Tucson Show 1995 [February 1-12] As "Tucson week" approached, I was plotted against perniciously by that Pacific Child, the weather-causing "El Nino" phenomenon, which by its devious methods sent a howling blizzard to hit the Providence, Rhode...

Amethyst.
May 1, 1995... Dr. Werner Lieber, for many years Chief Chemist with Heidelberger Zement AG in Germany, and a driving force among mineral collectors in that country, is also well known to North American mineral collectors as an Associate Photographer for the...

Minlog. (mineral collection cataloguing software)
May 1, 1995... Probably the most important thing anyone can do with a mineral collection [or a mineral photo collection. Ed.], besides housing it in a clean, dry place, is number and catalog it. Don't hope that labels will stay with specimens; any collector who...