Recently added articles from The Mineralogical Record:
Tanzania: a gem crystal paradise.
Sep 01, 2009 ... Thanks to an ancient and massive orogenic episode, called the Pan-African Tectonothermal Event, Tanzania today is home to an extensive constellation of important metamorphic gem and mineral localities of which Merelani is the jewel in the crown. The discovery there of tanzanite, the ...
The Merelani tanzanite mines: Lelatema Mountains, Arusha Region, Tanzania.(Famous Mineral Localities:)
Sep 01, 2009; ... Since their discovery in the 1960s, the Merelani tanzanite deposits have produced countless thousands of beautiful crystals of gem-grade zoisite in a range of colors, including the coveted deep purplish blue material called tanzanite. Other highly attractive minerals have been found there ...
The Museum directory.(Directory)
Sep 01, 2009 ... 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 ...
Internet directory.(Directory)
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Editorial: polished specimens.(Editorial)
Jul 01, 2009 ... The Mexico-V Issue (November-December 2008) contained an article on Mexican agates which, personally, we found fascinating and interesting. But it was unusual for the Mineralogical Record in that it dealt with polished mineral specimens. We were braced for a possible backlash from readers, ...