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The Mineralogical Record articles from May 2003
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The Mineralogical Record archives from May 2003
Record-keeping for mineral collectors. (Editorial).(Editorial)
May 1, 2003... The arrival of a big mineral event like the Tucson Show, where a collector may acquire a substantial number of specimens in a brief, hectic time, always raises the issue of record-keeping. Many find this chore too bothersome to deal with at...
Fifty-year History of the Tucson Show book.
May 1, 2003... February 2004 will mark the 50th Tucson Gem & Mineral Show. The Tucson Show has had a effect on all our lives-imagine how different, and how much less exciting, life would have been without it!
To celebrate this momentous event Bob Jones...
The Bishop copper prospect: near Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia. (Famous Mineral Localities).
May 1, 2003... For many years turquoise crystals were known from only one locality in the world: the Bishop copper prospect near Lynch Station) Virginia. At least 26 other locations worldwide have now been documented as producing crystals of turquoise) but...
"The Father of Bolivian Geology: Friedrich (Federico) Ahlfeld (1892-1982).
May 1, 2003... Bolivia is fortunate to have had the lifetime services of the renowned and distinguished geologist Friedrich (Federico) Ahlfeld, respected as "The Father of Bolivian Geology." In a career of over fifty years in mining geology in his adopted...
A new cd-bearing phosphate mineral from the Gold Quarry mine, Eureka County Nevada. (Goldquarryite).
May 1, 2003... ABSTRACT
Goldquarryite, idealized formula Cu[Cd.sup.2][Al.sub.3][([PO.sub.4]).sub.4][F.sub.2][([H.sub.2]O).sub. 10][([H.sub.2]O).sub.2], structure-derived formula [([Cu.sub.0.70][**.sub.0.30])].sub.[SIGMA]1.00][([Cd.sub.1.68][Ca.sub...
Peruvian minerals: an update.
May 1, 2003... The Peru Issue, published in 1997, surveyed the history, productivity and mineralogy of the most important Peruvian mines and mining districts. Since that time, famous localities such as Pasto Bueno, Pachapaqui, Uchucchacua, and Huanzala, as...
Abstracts of new mineral descriptions.
May 1, 2003... Kanonerovite
Monoclinic
[MnNa.sub.3][P.sub.3][O.sub.10].12[H.sub.2]O
Locality: Kazennitsa pegmatite vein, Alabashka pegmatite field, Middle Urals, Russia ((Lat. 57[degrees]47' N, Long. 61[degrees]03' E).
Occurrence: In...
Carnegie Show 2002. (What's New in Minerals).
May 1, 2003... [December 20-22]
The Carnegie Show in Pittsburgh has been special right from the start. Curator Marc Wilson created a show with class, in a classy setting--right in the museum itself, among the exhibits and elegant trappings of a bygone...
Tucson Show 2003. (What's New in Minerals).
May 1, 2003... [February 2-16]
Late in January a Tucson newspaper, anticipating the city's biggest annual public event, invited everyone to the "lollapalooza" of a gem and mineral show. Although I doubt that I've heard or read that word since maybe the...