The Mineralogical Record articles from November 2000

The Mineralogical Record archives from November 2000

THE ALTO LIGONHA PEGMATITES MOZAMBIQUE.(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 2000... The Alto Ligonha pegmatite field was an important producer of fine crystallized pegmatite minerals during the 1930's to 1970's. Though it has been less productive in the 1980's and 1990's, it is currently enjoying a revival phase. Specimens...

Delaware Show 2000.(mineral show)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... [March 4] The Delaware Show is held in Claymont, Delaware, each year. This year Broken Back Minerals of Newark was disbursing a collection of Pennsylvania minerals from classic locations; they had a good selection of almandine crystals to...

Bologna Show 2000.(Italy)(Bologna Mineral and Fossil Show)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... [March 10-12] Escaping the heat of a Phoenix summer to attend a mineral show is something anyone can understand. But to leave in early March when the desert is blooming and the weather is gorgeous--what could make an otherwise sane mineral...

Spring Shows 2000.(United States mineralogical shows feature specimens from around the world)
November 1, 2000... For me, the spring show schedule starts with the Rochester Mineralogical Symposium. While not actually a show, it does have a number of fine dealers who often come up with new things. The Symposium was held April 13-16 and boasted 41 dealers...

A Language Lesson.(geologists encounter translation difficulties)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... This story is a cautionary tale concerning the snares and pitfalls of dealing in languages not one's own. Some decades ago, at a time when my wife and I were just starting to set up shop as American expatriates in Germany, we set off one...

A Highgrader's Story.(personal narrative of geology education)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... As a new student of geology at Pasadena City College in 1959, I had been recently introduced to the field of mineralogy. And of all the minerals we were studying, the most fascinating to me were the tourmalines. On December 31, two of my...

Forgotten Emeralds?(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... My favorite line is, "I usually don't find anything good," but this time it was different. I met Earl and Jack in King's Mountain, North Carolina. I'd heard stories about large spodumene crystals from the famous Foote mine in Cleveland County,...

Ultimate Standard of Mineral Value.(mineralogist anecdote)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2000... In the middle 1970's one hat that I wore was that of consultant on the restoration of early American houses. It was an amateur hat, of course, but one of which I was quite proud. I had finished restoring my own house by then (see "Beardsley...

Letters.
November 1, 2000... MOGUL MINE Stephen Moreton's article on the Silvermines district, County Tipperary, Ireland (vol. 30, no. 2) was most interesting; I can add some facts about the occurrence of galena and other minerals at the Mogul mine. In late 1978...