The Mineralogical Record articles from September 2004

The Mineralogical Record archives from September 2004

Slipcase boxes now available.(Notes from the Editors)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Years ago the Highsmith Company produced slipcase boxes designed to hold issues of The Mineralogical Record. The boxes proved handy for many people because they were much less expensive than hardcover binding, and they allowed access to and...

Died, F. John Barlow, 89.(Notes from the Editors)
September 1, 2004... John Barlow, one of America's most prominent private mineral collectors, was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on July 12, 1914 and died at his home in Appleton, Wisconsin on June 5, 2004. In 1932 he graduated from Washington High School, where he...

Died, Jean-Pierre Cand, 66.(Notes from the Editors)
September 1, 2004... Mineral dealer Jean-Pierre Cand was a free-spirited person who loved nature and had a passion for minerals. He was born in Geneva, Switzerland on January 14, 1938, and died in San Benito County, California on May 25, 2004, from injuries caused...

Died, Norman Pellman, 81.(Notes from the Editors)
September 1, 2004... Norm Pellman was born on July 5, 1922, in Manhattan and died unexpectedly at his home in Green Valley, Arizona on April 4, 2004. He and his wife Roz (Roslyn, whom he married in 1969) built a beautiful display collection of nearly 500 colorful...

Died, Fred DeVito, 66.(Notes from the Editors)
September 1, 2004... Fred DeVito was among California's leading micromounters and field collectors, and a long-time member of the Southern California Micro-Mineralogists. Alfred (Fred) DeVito was born August 14, 1937 in New Jersey and died March 20, 2004 in...

Died, Edward Henry Oyler, 89.(Notes from the Editors)
September 1, 2004... Ed walked into my U.S. Geological Survey office and into my life in 1961. He had a specimen of a mineral that he hoped I might be able to identify. I took a very tiny bit of the mineral, made an X-ray powder diffraction photo of it, and found...

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

Pezzottaite: Cs([Be.sub.2]Li)[Al.sub.2][Si.sub.6][O.sub.18]; A spectacular new beryl-group mineral from the Sakavalana pegmatite, Fianarantsoa province, Madagascar.
September 1, 2004... ABSTRACT Pezzottaite is a new mineral from the Sakavalana pegmatite, located 25 km south of the village of Mandosonoro, southwest of the town of Antsirabe, 140 km southwest of Ambatofinandrahana, in Fianarantsoa province, central...

The museum directory.(New York State Museum)(Directory)
September 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 ...

Famous mineral localities: Green Monster Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska.
September 1, 2004... Fine specimens of epidote and Japan-law twinned quartz from Prince of Wales Island, Alaska have long been familiar to collectors, despite having appeared only sparingly on the specimen market since the locality was discovered early in the 20th...

Alpine milarite.
September 1, 2004... Milarite, characterized as a species in 1870, is more familiar to micromounters than to collectors of larger specimens: crystals larger than 1 cm are rare. There are numerous world localities, but most of the best milarite specimens come from...