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The Mineralogical Record articles from November 2002
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The Mineralogical Record archives from November 2002
Collection disposal. (Guest Editorial).
November 1, 2002... What to do with one's mineral collection now that the golden years have arrived and there are no apparent heirs, at least interested ones, in the picture? This is a classic dilemma and one certainly not unique to mineral collectors. But such...
Notes from the editors.(mineralogical discoveries, illustrated specimens)
November 1, 2002... HISTORY OF MINERAL DISCOVERIES
An interesting article appeared in the November-December 2001 issue of the Russian journal Zapiski Vserossiyskogo Mineralogichesko Obschestva ["Proceedings of the Russian Mineralogical Society"]. Authors A....
Hubeite, a new mineral from the Daye mine near Huangshi, Hubei Province, China.
November 1, 2002... ABSTRACT
Hubeite, ideally [Ca.sub.2][Mn.sup.2+][Fe.sup.3+][[Si.sub.4][O.sub.12](OH)]][([H.sub.2 ]O).sub.2], is a new mineral from the Daye mine near Huangshi, Hubei province, China. It occurs as radiating aggregates of intergrown crystals...
Into the Heart of Darkness: searching for minerals in the democratic Republic of the Congo.
November 1, 2002... Intrepid adventurer and mineral dealer Rock Currier traveled to Darkest Africa (The Congo) in 1997, searching for malachite, carrollite, cobaltoan calcite, uranium minerals, and other treasures. Here is his report on the condition of some of...
The Nueva Vizcaya mine: Burguillos del Cerro Badajoz, Spain.
November 1, 2002... Superb, idiomorphic, La-dominant allanite / REE-rich epidote crystals have been found in the Nueva Vizcaya mine, Burguillos del Cerro (Badajoz Province). The occurrence is remarkable for the beauty, sharpness and size of the crystals (to 4 cm)....
Manganotantalite from the Alto do Giz area, Equador, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
November 1, 2002... Remarkable twinned crystals of both black and red manganotantalite have been recovered from two recently discovered pegmatites near Alto do Giz, Equador, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
INTRODUCTION
Granitic pegmatites in the...
Quartz scepter crystals from the Entia Valley, Harts Range, Central Australia.
November 1, 2002... Scepters and other unusual growth habits are found in colorless, amethystine and smoky quartz crystals from Entia Valley. The formation of scepter crystals may result either from co-crystallization of quartz with calcite or from quartz...
What's new in minerals.(14th annual East Coast Gem and Mineral Show)
November 1, 2002... Springfield Show 2002
At sunrise on Friday August 9th I was on my way to my 14th annual East Coast Gem and Mineral Show in West Springfield, Massachusetts. The Northeast was locked into an extended heat wave with temperatures expected to...