Mineralogical Record back issues from March 2005:
Died, Willard L. Elsing, 93
Mar 01, 2005; ... Willard Elsing, consummate rockhound and founder of the Elsing Museum in Tulsa, was born in Kansas on July 22, 1911, and died at the age of 93 on October 17, 2004. His father Walter had emigrated to America from Germany in 1890 and established a cleaning business in Pittsburg, Kansas in the ...
Died, Louis Perloff, 96
Mar 01, 2005; ... The micromounting world experienced a grave loss with the death on January 16, 2004, of one of its most famous members, Louis (Lou) Perloff. Lou was the last of the real old-timers from the New York area; the last of the boyhood friends of Neal Yedlin, and one of the last to have come under the ...
Died, Julius Weber, 89
Mar 01, 2005; ... Noted photomicrographer Julius "Julie" Weber died on March 9, 2003, at the age of 89, leaving behind one of the largest and most remarkable micromount collections ever assembled. For decades, Julie and his close friend Lou Perloff ( 1907-2004) collaborated in their micromounting efforts, each ...
notes from the EDITORS
Mar 01, 2005; ... Our New Website! Check out our new website, at www.mineralogicalrecord.com! It has been completely remodeled, with many new features that we hope will be of broad use to our subscribers: Tom's column First of all, Tom Moore has his own new website column devoted to a ...
CRITERIA for SELECTING CRYSTALLIZED MINERAL SPECIMENS FOR A DISPLAY COLLECTION
Mar 01, 2005; ... Every collection reflects the particular eye and mindset of its collector. In a sense it amounts to his or her mineral fingerprint. But despite these variations the tastes of experienced collectors tend to have certain basic tenets in common. Here are the ideal characteristics which I have found ...
Jean-Pierre Cand
Mar 01, 2005; ... Further to the obituary for Jean-Pierre Cand which appeared in the September-October 2004 issue (vol. 35, no. 5, page 363): It was stated that Cand died "from injuries caused by falling rock while collecting benitoite and neptunite" in San ...
A Lucky Man: JACK HALPERN AND HIS COLORFUL COLLECTION
Mar 01, 2005; ... Jack Halpern's 43 years of experience as a collector of aesthetic mineral specimens has given him a feeling for connoisseurship and a deep appreciation for the joys of the hobby. His basement collection of over 3,000 fine specimens is overwhelming to first-time visitors and to returning admirers ...
Pakistan: Minerals, Mountains & Majesty
Mar 01, 2005; ... Pakistan: Minerals, Mountains & Majesty Edited by Giuseppe Agozzino, Dudley Blauwet, Miranda Jarnot, Shafiee Muhammad, Günther Neumeier, Gloria Staebler and Tom Wilson. Published (2004) by Lapis International, LLC, available from the Mineralogical Record, P.O. Box 35565, Tucson, AZ 85740; ...
Microminerals
Mar 01, 2005; ... Reflections on reflections All photomicrographers are aware of one major problem-specular reflections. Just as one lines up a particularly nice crystal under the microscope, there are annoying bright flashes from neighboring crystals or cleavage planes that interfere with the composition ...
Calcite: The Mineral With the Most Forms
Mar 01, 2005; ... Calcite: The Mineral With the Most Forms Edited by Terry Huizing, Miranda Jarnot, Günther Neumeier, R. Peter Richards and Gloria Staebler. Published (2003) by Lapis International LLC, available from the Mineralogical Record, P.O. Box 35565, Tucson, AZ 85740; e-mail order: minrec@aol.com. Stiff ...
Gold: The Noble Mineral
Mar 01, 2005; ... Gold: The Noble Mineral Edited by Robert B. Cook, Edward R. Coogan, Dr. Günther Neumeier and Gloria Staebler. Published (2003) by Lapis International, LLC, available from the Mineralogical Record, P.O. Box 35565, Tucson, AZ 85740; e-mail order: minrec@aol.com. Stiff softcover, 8.25 x 11.7 ...
Minerals of Nevada
Mar 01, 2005; ... Minerals of Nevada by Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock, published (2004) by the University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557. Hardcover, 7 x 10.5 inches, 512 pages. Price: $75 plus shipping. Any time a complete new state mineralogy is published, mineral collectors should ...
Mine Hill in Franklin and Sterling Hill in Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey: Mining History, 1765-1900
Mar 01, 2005; ... Mine Hill in Franklin and Sterling Hill in Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey: Mining History, 1765-1900 By Pete J. Dunn. Published (2002) by Dr. Pete J. Dunn, 7821 Fort Hunt Rd., Alexandria, VA 22308, available only from the Franklin Mineral Museum, Evans Street, P.O. Box 54, Franklin, NJ ...
Geology of Gems
Mar 01, 2005; ... Geology of Gems By Eugenii Ya. Kievlenko. English edition edited by Art Soregaroli. Published (2003) by Ocean Pictures Ltd. Hardcover, 8.25 x 11 inches, 432 pages, $98 from minbooks@ online.ru or from Terry Huizing, 5341 Thrasher Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45247 (e-mail: tehuizing@fuse.net); ISBN ...
Famous Mineral Localities: THE CRIPPLE CREEK MINING DISTRICT: Colorado
Mar 01, 2005; ... The Cripple Creek District, discovered in 1891 by Cowboy Bob Womack, was the last of the great Colorado bonanza camps. It has yielded over 600 metric tons (22 million troy ounces) of gold from its 500 mines, making it the third most productive gold district in the history of the United States ....