The Mineralogical Record articles from November 2001

The Mineralogical Record archives from November 2001

Old yuma mine. (notes from the editors).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Another great mineral locality has now been closed for good. Arizona collectors in particular are fondly familiar with the long-famous Old Yuma mine near Tucson (see R. L. Jones, "Famous mineral localities: the Old Yuma mine," in vol. 14, no....

The Collector's Edge Minerals, Inc.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... About our company... Collector's Edge specializes in locating, exploring and developing mining properties for their mineral specimen potential. We have developed special specimen location and extraction techniques that dramatically...

Famous Mineral Localities: The Bristol copper mine Connecticut.
November 1, 2001... The Bristol mine in Connecticut has produced world-class specimens of crystallized chalcocite and bornite, fine examples of which are held in major museums and private collections around the world. Although production of the best specimens was...

A Guide to Mineral Localities in Bolivia.
November 1, 2001... Bolivia, a landlocked nation three times as large as Montana, has been producing great mineral wealth since pre-Incan times, and remarkable mineral specimens for the last century and a half. Over the years, inadequate documentation, inaccurate...

Spring Shows 2001. (What's New in Minerals).(Brief Article)(Column)
November 1, 2001... As usual, my spring show schedule started off with the Rochester Mineral Symposium held this year April 19 through 22. Pickings were rather slim for things that were truly new, but did catch up on a few things that showed up at Tucson that I...

Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines Show 2001. (What's New in Minerals).
November 1, 2001... [June 21-24] The town of Ste.-Marie-aux-Mines, situated at the intersection of several narrow, heavily forested valleys, can be reached via Route 416 from Ribeauville, along lovely, winding roads through beautiful green countryside....

Springfield, Massachusetts Show 2001. (What's New in Minerals).
November 1, 2001... [August 10-12] In retrospect it does not seem like another year has passed already since the Springfield 2000 show. Fortunately, I was able to attend the show this year, but with an added responsibility: writing the show report. As...

Adamsite-(Y): Triclinic. (Abstracts of new mineral descriptions).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... NaY[([C0.sub.3]).sub.2].6[H.sub.2]O Locality: Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada. Occurrence: A late-stage, low-temperature hydrothermal phase in cavities in a large alkaline pegmatite dike....

Antiquarian reprint #12. (notes from the editors).
November 1, 2001... Another year has passed, and we are finally ready to issue the next volume in the Antiquarian Reprint Series: #12, Pierre Joseph Buc'hoz' The Marvellous Gifts of Nature in the Mineral Kingdom (1776-1782). Buc'hoz ("Boo-Koh") was a French...

Back issue reminder. (notes from the editors).
November 1, 2001... Remember that all $10 back issues will be going up to $12 as of January 1, 2002. Now is a good time to place an order and fill out your collection as much as possible while we still have the ones you need. See the complete listing of available...

Submitting articles electronically. (notes from the editors).(Editorial)
November 1, 2001... We hate contradicting ourselves after just two months, but we have been developing a system to handle electronic article submissions faster than we expected. Several trial runs involving articles submitted as e-mail attachments [we prefer...

Batiferrite: Hexagonal. (Abstracts of new mineral descriptions).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Ba[[Ti.sub.2][Fe.sup.3+.sub.8][Fe.sup.2+.sub.2]][O.sub.19] Locality: The Slabik company quarry at Udersdorf (5 km SSW of Daun), the Stolz quarry at Graulai (1 km NNE of Lammersdorf) and Altburg (1.5 km W of Schalkenmehren), western Eifel...

Dashkovaite: Monoclinic. (Abstracts of new mineral descriptions).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Mg[([HCO.sub.3]).sub.2] . 2[H.sub.2]O Locality: From a borehole at the Korshunovskoye boron deposit, Irkutsk district, Siberia, Russia. Occurrence: In dolomite marble. Associated minerals are: shabynite, iowaite, ekaterinite,...

Fluorannite: Monoclinic. (Abstracts of new mineral descriptions).
November 1, 2001... [KFe.sup.2+.sub.3][AlSi.sub.3][O.sub.10][F.sub.2] Locality: The western suburb of Suzhou City, about 80 km west of Shanghai, People's Republic of China. Occurrence: In the Huangshan granite. Associated minerals are: quartz, hafnian...

Fluoro-magnesio-arfvedsonite: Monoclinic. (Abstracts of new mineral descriptions).
November 1, 2001... Na[Na.sub.2][(Mg,[Fe.sup.2+]).sub.4][Fe.sup.3+][[Si.sub.8][O.sub.22]] [(F,[H.sub.2]O).sub.2] Locality: The west slope of the Ilmen mountain ridge, Ilmen Nature Reserve, South Urals, near Miass, Chelyabinsk region, Russia. Occurrence: In...

Gladiusite: Monoclinic. (Abstracts of new mineral descriptions).
November 1, 2001... [Fe.sup.3+.sub.2][([Fe.sup.2+],Mg).sub.4]([PO.sub.4])[(OH).sub.11]([H .sub.2]O) Locality: The Kovdor alkaline-ultramafic complex, southwestern Kola Peninsula, northwestern Russia (Lat. 67[degrees]35' N, Long. 30[degrees]20' E). ...

Kapitsaite-(Y): Triclinic. (Abstracts of new mineral descriptions).
November 1, 2001... [(Ba,K).sub.4][(Y,Ca).sub.2][Si.sub.8][(B,Si).sub.4][O.sub.28]F Locality: The moraine of the Dara-i-Pioz glacier, Garm region, Tajikistan (Lat. 39[degrees]30' N, Long. 70[degrees]40' E). Occurrence: Associated minerals are: quartz,...