The Mineralogical Record articles from May 2000

The Mineralogical Record archives from May 2000

Notes from the EDITOR.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... NOTICES Died, Cynthia Peat, 74, accomplished amateur mineralogist, collector and long-time Canadian subscription agent for The Mineralogical Record; in Toronto, of multiple myeloma. Cynthia was born in Henley-on-Thames, England, in 1925,...

RARE SULFOSALTS FROM THE VAN SILVER MINE BRITISH COLUMBIA.
May 1, 2000... In British Columbia the Silver Tunnel of the Van Silver mine has produced hundreds of rare and beautiful crystal specimens of lead and silver antimony sulfides, including fizelyite crystals which are among the best in the world. The ore at...

THE BROWNLEY HILL MINE ALSTON MOOR DISTRICT, CUMBRIA, ENGLAND.
May 1, 2000... The Brownley Hill mine is situated about 4 km east of the market town of Alston in the historic lead mining district of Alston Moor. It has recently produced exceptional specimens of the rare mineral alstonite, which was first discovered at the...

A NEW ZN-BEARING HEMATOLITE-LIKE MINERAL FROM LANGBAN, VARMLAND, SWEDEN.
May 1, 2000... ABSTRACT Arakiite, idealized as (Zn,[Mn.sup.2+])[([Mn.sup.2+],Mg).sub.12][([Fe.sup.3+],Al).sub.2]([As .sup.3+][O.sub.3])-[([As.sup.5+][O.sub.4]).sub.2][(OH).sub.23], is monoclinic, space group Cc, with unit-cell parameters refined from...

The Giant Chloritoid.
May 1, 2000... Mineral shows can get long, especially for dealers who have to spend hour after hour in their booth or their motel-room shop. Sometimes, just to pass the time, they challenge each other, test each other, or work some other kind of mineralogical...

Surprise Crystals.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2000... In the early 1970's I was introduced to the Red Mountain Pass area between Ouray and Silverton in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado by Tom Rosemeyer. We collected at the National Belle mine, situated at the former town of Red...

The Smithsonian's Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems and Minerals.
May 1, 2000... This quite new mineral and gem gallery (opened September 1997) merits many compliments. Before proceeding with those, however, an admission is in order, in the interests of full disclosure. The reader must be told that I have long been...

What's New in Minerals.
May 1, 2000... Tucson Show 2000 [Feb. 1-14] As the new millennium opens, and no apocalyptic misfortunes have so far kicked in (unless you count certain presidential candidates), it is a pleasure to note that in the mineral world our greatest show has...

Barcelona Show 1999.(mineral exhibition)
May 1, 2000... [November 5-7] The Barcelona Show is Spain's most important annual mineral bourse, where news of local and international mineral discoveries reaches the Spanish collecting community. This year there were 74 dealers, most of them from Spain...