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The Mineralogical Record articles from September 2007
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The Mineralogical Record archives from September 2007
Philadelphia Academy to keep Vaux collection.(notes from the EDITORS)(Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences and William S. Vaux)
September 1, 2007... As readers may recall, the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, after letting its historic mineral collection languish uncurated for decades, decided last year to divest itself of the collection and invest the money generated by the sale...
Tennant Medal.(notes from the EDITORS)(James Tennant)(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... David Greenwood of the Kirkaldy Society in Hertfordshire, England kindly sent us the accompanying photo of a medal commemmorating James Tennant (1808-1881), British mineralogist, mineral dealer, and Professor of Mineralogy at Kings College,...
How times have changed.(notes from the EDITORS)
September 1, 2007... Half a century ago the mineral world was a very different place compared to what it is today. There were a few elite collectors and hard-core amateur mineralogists, to be sure, but there were also huge numbers of rockhounds--people who enjoyed...
Mineralogical Record receives printing award.(notes from the EDITORS)(Gold Ink Awards)(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... The 20th annual Gold Ink Awards ceremony and banquet was held September 10, 2007 at McCormick Place in Chicago. The prestigious Gold Ink Awards competition, sponsored by two prominent trade journals (Publishing Executive and Printing...
Famous mineral localities: Bou Azzer, Morocco.
September 1, 2007... Bou Azzer has produced the world's finest specimens of erythrite, roselite, roselite-beta, talmessite, wendwilsonite, skutterudite and gersdorffite. About 215 mineral species have been identified from the district, of which six were new to...
The museum directory.(Directory)
September 1, 2007... 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...
Sam Gordon and the Tsumeb azurite.(Biography)
September 1, 2007... Sam Gordon (1897-1952) was a prominent Philadelphia mineralogist, and the author of many works on descriptive mineralogy and crystallography, including The Mineralogy of Pennsylvania (1922) and the description of nine new mineral species. He...