Recently added articles from The Mineralogical Record:
Free digital Library.(Notes from the Editors)(Gem and Mineral Research Library)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2009 ... An announcement made at the end of the August 3 "what's new in the mineral world" installment on our website is worthy of repetition here. In fact it's worthy of some elaboration, since what is involved is an enormous quantum leap forward in the dissemination of information in our field of ...
Rocks & Minerals magazine sold.(Notes from the Editors)(Letter to the editor)
Nov 01, 2009 ... Heldref Publications (part of the non-profit Helen Dwight Reed Educational Foundation) has announced that it has sold its entire stable of 37 magazines and journals (including Rocks & Minerals) to Taylor & Francis, a for-profit UK-based publishing company. Taylor & Francis currently ...
Why police need to know mineralogy.(Notes from the Editors)(mistaken identification of a mineral as methamphetamine )(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2009 ... On June 12 Elvira Zatarain, a 49-year-old Tucson mother of two, was stopped for a minor traffic infraction by a Pima County Sheriff's Deputy while driving home from work. The deputy conducted a field sobriety test, but there was no sign of intoxication. He asked if there were any illegal ...
Died, Harold W. "Hal" Miller, 88.(Notes from the Editors)(In memoriam)
Nov 01, 2009; ... Harold William Miller was born in Walton, New York, in 1920 and died March 19, 2009 in Boulder, Colorado. After high school, he traveled in Germany and enrolled at the University at Marburg. After a year of study, however, he left Germany because of World War II. Hal received his B.S. in ...
Died, Campbell R. Bridges, 71.(Notes from the Editors)(In memoriam)
Nov 01, 2009; ... On August 11, 2009 the gem and mineral community lost one of its true legends. Campbell Bridges, pioneer British geologist and gem miner, was ambushed and killed while returning to his mine near Tsavo in Kenya. His son, Bruce Bridges, and two of his employees were wounded in the fight. The ...