The Mineralogical Record articles from May 2004

The Mineralogical Record archives from May 2004

Famous mineral localities: the Bastnas mines; Riddarhyttan ore field, Bergslagen district, Vastmanland, Sweden.
May 1, 2004... The remarkable cerium occurrence in the Bastnas ore field was the first deposit ever mined for cerium, and one of the few localities in the world for cerium minerals. For a long time it was the only known locality for cerite. It is also the...

Zagi Mountain: Northwest Frontier Province Pakistan.
May 1, 2004... Zagi Mountain and related sites near Peshawar on the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan have recently begun to produce what are probably the finest specimens of bastnasite, xenotime, and baotite known. The minerals occur in alpine-type...

The Trimouns quarry: Luzenac, Ariege, France.
May 1, 2004... In recent decades, the Trimouns quarry has become well known as a source of outstanding crystals of several rare earth element-bearing minerals, including familiar species such as allanite, parisite and bastnasite, as well as very rare ones...

Tucson show 2004.(What's New in Minerals)
May 1, 2004... [January 31--February 15] Omne ignotum pro magnifico est The Latin motto above means "Anything we haven't seen before is marvelous." This is apt for the "What's New" column, of course, and also as advice for those show goers who are...

The museum directory.(Directory)
May 1, 2004... New York State Museum Curator (Geol.): Dr. William Kelly Tel: 518-474-7559 Collections Mgr. (Geol.): Michael Hawkins Tel: 518-486-2011 Fax: 518-486-3696 3140 Cultural Education Ctr. Albany, NY 12230-0001 ...

Internet directory.(Directory)
May 1, 2004... Advanced/Mineral.com TNs to Cab Specs. Worldwide, esp. SE USA www.advancedmineral.com acmemining@hotmail.com Alpine Mineral Company Fine Alpine and Gem Pegmatite Minerals www.alpineminerals.com e-mail:...

California dealers.(Directory)
May 1, 2004... Attard's Minerals John & Kathy Attard P.O. Box 17263 San Diego, CA 92177 Tel: (619) 275-2016 www.attminerals.com Coogan Gold Company Ed and Kay Coogan P.O. Box 1631 Turlock, CA 95381 Tel: (209)...

Peanuts.
May 1, 2004... Reprinted with permission of Charles M. Schulz [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Sports are the culprit!(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
May 1, 2004... I thoroughly enjoy reading the Mineralogical Record, front to back. After having read in your "Notes from the Editors" column about slipping subscriptions I had to comment: I used to belong to a gem and mineral club here in Texarkana, but...

Microscope supplement.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
May 1, 2004... Just wanted to let you know that the supplement on petrographic microscopes was superb. As a long-time optical mineralogist, I was delighted to see the wealth of information made available. While such techniques may be waning in the...

Huanzala fluorite.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
May 1, 2004... In the Peruvian update (May-June), Jaroslav Hyrsl wrote that there have been no new finds of pink octahedral fluorite from Huanzala. However, during my trip to Peru in May of 2002 I purchased a pink, modified cube of fluorite on matrix that was...

Mineralogical Record.
May 1, 2004... Mineralogical Record Inc. Board of Directors Patricia A. Carlon 1110 E. Emerson Bloomington, IL 61701 carlon@gte.net Thomas M. Gressman (pres., treas.) 7753 Emerald Peak Littleton, CO 80127 tgressman@aol.com...