The Mineralogical Record articles from September 1998

The Mineralogical Record archives from September 1998

Famous mineral localities: the Castle Dome District, Yuma County, Arizona. (old mining district)(includes related articles on mineral veins discovered in the Castle Dome District)(Editorial)
September 1, 1998... The Castle Dome district is one of the oldest and longest-lived mining district in Arizona. The Hull and Puzzler mines have produced attractive combinations of barite, cerussite, fluorite, unusual green vanadinite, yellow wulfenite and green...

Microminerals from the Bushveld Complex, South Africa. (Earth's largest geological layered complex which contains the world's largest deposits of platinum and chromium)
September 1, 1998... The Bushveld Complex is not only a fascinating geological feature, but also the source of numerous interesting micromineral species including carminite, scorodite, crocoite, linarite, julgoldite, anatase and munirite. INTRODUCTION The...

A new mineral ... almost: 1,5-Dinitronaphthalene from the Boarezzo Mine, Varese, Italy.
September 1, 1998... About a year ago Mr. F. Cassani, a mineral collector from Varese (Italy), sent to one of us (P.O.) a specimen from the Boarezzo mine bearing elegant minute pink crystals to be identified. The Boarezzo mine is related to a small deposit of galena...

Identifying unknowns. (minerals)
September 1, 1998... Many beginning and even advanced collectors of minerals feel that, if they cannot identify a mineral visually, it is acceptable to ask a more advanced collector or even a professional to identify it. Not so! It is the author's opinion that they...

Handbook of Mineralogy, vol. 3.
September 1, 1998... Volume III: by John W. Anthony, Richard A. Bideaux, Kenneth W. Bladh, and Monte C. Nichols. Published (1997) by Mineral Data Publishing, P.O. Box 37072, Tucson, Arizona 85740. Hardcover, buckram, without dustcovers, 18 x 26 cm, 628 plus ix pages,...