The Mineralogical Record articles from September 2006

The Mineralogical Record archives from September 2006

Thanks to Uli Bahmann ...(Notes from the EDITORS)
September 1, 2006... We owe special thanks in this issue to Uli Bahmann, coauthor of the comprehensive article on the mineralogical treasures of the Erongo Mountains in Namibia. Uli's financial support made possible the inclusion of 342 figures--far more than we...

Died, Gilbert Gauthier, 81.(Notes from the EDITORS)(Gilbert Joseph Gauthier )(Obituary)
September 1, 2006... Gilbert Joseph Gauthier was born December 24, 1924, in Belgium and trained as a geological engineer. He received strong mineralogical instruction while he was a student at the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium. His primary mineralogical...

Biographies added to the label archive.
September 1, 2006... www.MineralogicalRecord.com Harold Arndt Peter Bancroft Florian Cajori Jean-Pierre Cand Frederick Canfield Allan Caplan Fred W. Cassirer Steven C. Chamberlain Lawrence H. Conklin Mahlon Dickerson...

Famous mineral localities: the Erongo Mountains Namibia.(Cover story)
September 1, 2006... Minerals have been collected in the Erongo Mountains of Namibia for nearly 90 years, culminating in the 1999 discovery of some of the finest Namibian aquamarine, schorl and jeremejevite ever seen. Other aesthetic species have also been...

Ste.-Marie-aux-Mines Show 2006.(What's New in Minerals)
September 1, 2006... [June 22-June 25] At the end of June 2006 in central Europe, World Cup frenzy ruled (with cheering and beering natives, bare skins and Mohawk hairdos painted in various national colors, filling the streets of towns); the weather was hot...

Ed McDole Remembered.(Letters)(Obituary)
September 1, 2006... Some mineral collectors are as interesting as the minerals they collect. One such person was Ed McDole. Around 1949 I received a cigar box wrapped in paper bearing the return address "Ed McDole, Lincoln Hotel, Butte, Mont." Inside the box were...

The museum directory.(Directory)
September 1, 2006... Colburn Earth Science Museum Curator: Phillip M. Potter Tel: (828) 254-7162 Fax: (828) 257-4505 Website: www.colburnmuseum.org Pack Place Education, Arts & Science Center 2 South Pack Square Asheville, NC 28801...