TABLE OF CONTENTS 1940
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| January | Whole #102 | 15:1 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY | 2 | |
| ASBESTOS | O. Jay Myers | 3 |
| AN INTERESTING TOURMALINE SPECIMEN | 12 | |
| HUGE EMERY VEIN FOUND NEAR PEEKSKILL, N. Y. | Peter Zodac | 13 |
| NEW HAVEN MINERAL CLUB | 13 | |
| OHIO GEMOLOGISTS HEAR CLAYTON ALLBERY | 13 | |
| ALESSI - MINERAL DEALER | 13 | |
| THE MASSIF | W. I. Throssell | 14 |
| WORLD'S LARGEST CHRYSOBERYL CRYSTAL | 19 | |
| NOTES FROM A COLLECTOR'S DIARY | M. Allen Northup | 20 |
| BARNEY BALLEW (Obituary Notice) | 22 | |
| TWO NEW MINERALS FOUND IN CALIFORNIA | 23 | |
| ZONED MICA FROM CONNECTICUT | 23 | |
| CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES CLUB PUBLICATIONS | 24 | |
| CLUB EXHIBITS MINERALS | 24 | |
| EHRMANN ADDRESSES PLAINFIELD CLUB | 24 | |
| PLAINFIELD MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY | 24 | |
| NEW YORK MINERALOGICAL CLUB | 25 | |
| COLLECTORS' TALES (Death Valley Plays a Trick) | Peter Zodac | 26 |
| INDEX TO ADVERTISERS | Third Cover | |
| February | Whole #103 | 15:2 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY | 38 | |
| CAPLAN RETURNS TO BRAZIL | 38 | |
| EHRMANN'S EXHIBITION SALE BIG SUCCESS | 38 | |
| QUARTZ GEM STONES OF CALIFORNIA | Henry H. Symons | 39 |
| A WAR INCIDENT | 44 | |
| GEODES OF THE KEOKUK AREA OF IOWA | Frank L. Fleener | 45 |
| SCHOOL'S UNIQUE COLLECTION | 47 | |
| A SATISFIED 'ROCK HOUND' | 47 | |
| SYNTHETIC EMERALDS AND CORUNDUMS | 48 | |
| THE OVER-MONTGOMERY EXHIBITION SALE | 50 | |
| RECENT GOLD STRIKE IN GEORGIA | 58 | |
| COLLECTORS' TALES (The tables turned) | Peter Zodac | 59 |
| MINERAL DAY AT THE WORLD'S FAIR (Announcement) | 60 | |
| CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES EAST BAY MINERAL SOCIETY | 61 | |
| NEW HAVEN MINERAL CLUB | 61 | |
| CLUB PUBLICATIONS | 61 | |
| YEDLIN MOVES TO MAINE | 61 | |
| DESERT MAGAZINE HAS MINERAL DEPARTMENT | 61 | |
| INDEX TO ADVERTISERS | Third Cover | |
| March | Whole #104 | 15:3 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY | 74 | |
| COLLECTING MINERALS IN SCANDINAVIA | Gunnar Bjareby | 75 |
| WORLD'S LONGEST ASBESTOS FIBRES FOUND IN RHODE ISLAND | 80 | |
| ADDITIONS TO THE MINERALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND VICINITY | Titus Ulke | 81 |
| ASBESTOS INDUSTRY IN 1938 | Oliver Bowler and K. G. Warner | 82 |
| FOSSIL DEER SKELETON FOUND IN SOUTH DAKOTA | 84 | |
| WESTERN MINERALOGICAL EXPOSITION | Clark Harrison | 85 |
| ANOTHER WEIRD EXPERIENCE | Oscar R. Smith | 86 |
| GEODES IN KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE | Harry W. Mauntel | 87 |
| NEWLY REVISED MOTION PICTURE FILM VISUALIZES PRODUCTION AND USES OF SULPHUR | 87 | |
| GIANT TOPAZ ACQUIRED BY HARVARD UNIVERSITY | 88 | |
| CORRECTIONS | 88 | |
| PROF. PALACHE TENDERED DINNER | 88 | |
| A CHERT LOCALITY IN ALABAMA | Peter Zodac | 89 |
| MINERAL DAY AT THE WORLD'S FAIR (Announcement) | 89 | |
| INCLUSIONS IN QUARTZ | Nicola G. D'Ascenzo | 90 |
| COLLECTORS' TALES (The courtesy of Southern State Troopers) | Peter Zodac | 96 |
| CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES MICHIGAN MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY | 97 | |
| NORTHERN OHIO GUILD HOLD BUSINESS SESSION | 97 | |
| NEW HAVEN MINERAL CLUB | 97 | |
| THOMAS ROCK AND MINERAL CLUB | 97 | |
| INDEX TO ADVERTISERS | Third Cover | |
| April | Whole #105 | 15:4 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY | 110 | |
| THE STORY OF THE GREAT NOTCH QUARRY | Walter P. Sachs | 111 |
| LEXINGTON, VA., AND THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY | Herbert B. Pomerantz | 116 |
| FLUORESCENT DIAMONDS IN MUSEUM EXHIBIT | 118 | |
| NOTES ON AMETHYST IN VIRGINIA | Arthur Bevan | 119 |
| GEODES | Ernest J. Palmer | 120 |
| COLLECTING AT ALSTEAD, N. H. | Rudolf C. B. Bartsch | 124 |
| CALIFORNIA MINERAL PRODUCTION FOR 1939 | 125 | |
| ANOTHER YEAR AT TILLY FOSTER | John N. Trainer | 126 |
| MINERAL DAY AT THE WORLD'S FAIR (Announcement) | 129 | |
| COLLECTORS' TALES (When is enough enough) | Peter Zodac | 129 |
| CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES NEW HAVEN MINERAL CLUB | 119 | |
| NEW YORK MINERALOGICAL CLUB | 130 | |
| NEW YORK STATE GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION | 123 | |
| QUEENS MINERAL SOCIETY | 130 | |
| THE CHISELLERS | 125 | |
| VALUE OF MINERAL PRODUCTS OF THE UNITED STATES 1937-1938 | 131 | |
| OBITUARY NOTICES | 132-133 | |
| BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES | 133 | |
| May | Whole #106 | 15:5 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY | 146 | |
| THE LUMINESCENCE OF CALCITE | M. Allen Northup | 147 |
| LINCOLN CAVERNS OF PENNSYLVANIA | 158 | |
| MINERAL DAY AT THE WORLD'S FAIR (Announcement) | 161 | |
| ATLAS QUARRY NEAR PINE ISLAND, N. Y. | Peter Zodac | 162 |
| NEW ENGLAND NOTES | Rudolf C. Bartsch | 165 |
| AS TO ASBESTOS FIBER LENGTH | 166 | |
| WORLD'S LARGEST TOPAZ CRYSTAL IN NEW YORK MUSEUM | 166 | |
| CRYSTALLOGRAPHY (POEM) | J. C. Bole | 166 |
| COLLECTORS' TALES (A CROW THERE WAS AND HE A FOOLISH BIRD) | Peter Zodac | 167 |
| ASSOCIATION MEMBERS GIVEN PUBLICITY | 167 | |
| 8th NATIONAL OUTING OF THE ROCKS AND MINERALS ASSOCIATION | 163 | |
| CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY OF HARTFORD | 169 | |
| NEW HAVEN MINERAL CLUB | 169 | |
| NEWARK MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY | 169 | |
| OHIO GEMOLOGISTS GUESTS OF MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY | 169 | |
| CALCITE CRYSTALS FOUND BELOW SEA LEVEL | 169 | |
| BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES | 170 | |
| CLUBS AFFILIATED WITH THE ROCKS AND MINERALS ASSOCIATION | Third Cover | |
| INDEX TO ADVERTISERS | Third Cover | |
| June | Whole #107 | 15:6 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY | 182 | |
| SOME NOTES ON ST. LAWRENCE CO., NEW YORK | Leo Neal Yedlin | 183 |
| AMETHYST OF THUNDER BAY | F. E. Corbett | 187 |
| MINERAL DAY AT THE WORLD'S FAIR (Announcement) | 189 | |
| SOME INTERESTING PROPERTIES OF HYDRATED MINERALS | Mary S. Shaub | 190 |
| NEW CAVERNS DISCOVERED IN VIRGINIA | 193 | |
| OLD KING COAL | Eric L. Armstrong | 194 |
| A GEOLOGICAL PARK IN WORCESTER, MASS. | Harry C. Parker | 196 |
| HOW TO BE A BUSINESS MAN AND A ROCK HOUND | Edith McLeod | 199 |
| NEW EDUCATIONAL MOTION PICTURE FILMS ON STEEL | 201 | |
| NEW ENGLAND NOTES | Rudolf C. B. Bartsch | 202 |
| COLLECTORS' TALES (DON'T TRUST A COLLECTOR) | Peter Zodac | 203 |
| CALIFORNIA CONCLAVE AT SANTA BARBARA | Clark | 201 |
| CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES BAY STATE MINERAL SOCIETY | 205 | |
| MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY OF HARTFORD | 205 | |
| NEW HAVEN MINERAL CLUB | 205 | |
| OHIO GEMOLOGISTS VISIT MUSEUM | 205 | |
| BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES | 206 | |
| CLUBS AFFILIATED WITH THE ROCKS AND MINERALS ASSOCIATION | Third Cover | |
| INDEX TO ADVERTISERS | Third Cover | |
| July | Whole #108 | 15:7 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY | 218 | |
| THE HARDYSTON JASPER OF THE READING HILLS IN PENNSYLVANIA | Richmond E. Myers | 219 |
| MINERALOGY - A novel program of educational recreation | J. Claudius Boyle | 226 |
| A RARE DENDRITE | A. C. Hawkins | 230 |
| IMPORTANT NONMETALLIC MINERAL INDUSTRIES SHOWED INCREASED ACTIVITY IN 1939 | 231 | |
| NEW FIND OF VERMICULITE IN NEW YORK CITY | 231 | |
| OBSERVATIONS OF SOME OLD MICROMOUNTS | William S. Newcomet | 232 |
| MARYLAND MOUNTAINS TO BE STUDIED | 235 | |
| AN ARIZONA ROCK HUNT | Lloyd M. Demrick | 236 |
| NEW ENGLAND NOTES | Rudolf C. B. Bartsch | 238 |
| LAZARD CAHN (Obituary Notice) | 238 | |
| COLLECTORS' TALES (Paying for a mistake) | Peter Zodac | 239 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES | 237, 239 | |
| ROCKS AND MINERALS ASSOCIATION OUTINGS IN CALIFORNIA | 240 | |
| IN CONNECTICUT | 240 | |
| IN MASSACHUSETTS | 240 | |
| IN NEW JERSEY - NEW YORK | 241 | |
| IN RHODE ISLAND | 241 | |
| IN VERMONT | 241 | |
| CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY OF HARTFORD | 241 | |
| NEW HAVEN MINERAL CLUB | 241 | |
| NEW MEXICO MINERAL SOCIETY | 241 | |
| OHIO GEMOLOGISTS | 241 | |
| COLLECTOR'S KINKS. Mineral identification tabs | E. H. Sarles | 242 |
| CLUBS AFFILIATED WITH THE ROCKS AND MINERALS ASSOCIATION | Third Cover | |
| INDEX TO ADVERTISERS | Third Cover | |
| August | Whole #109 | 15:8 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY | 254 | |
| FIFTY YEARS OF MINERAL COLLECTING - From Maine to Florida | James G. Manchester | 255 |
| GEODE LOCALITY IN OHIO | Howard R. Goodwin | 260 |
| 1939 AMERICAN GEOLOGY BOOKS - An Annotated List | Franklin B. Hanley | 261 |
| CORRECTIONS | 264 | |
| MUSEUM SECURES FOSSIL BEAVER | 264 | |
| MINE PRODUCTION OF SILVER IN THE UNITED STATES, 1939 | 265 | |
| A PETRIFIED WOOD LOCALITY IN ARIZONA | Walter Mayes | 268 |
| THE MOST BEAUTIFUL QUARTZ CRYSTALS | Donal Hurley | 269 |
| WILBUR AT GEOLOGY CAMP | 269 | |
| OTERSENS HAVE FINE COLLECTION | 269 | |
| THE REJUVENATION OF TARNISHED CHALCOPYRITE | O. Ivan Lee | 270 |
| OVERITE AND MONTGOMERYITE | 271 | |
| TWO INTERESTING FINDS IN NORTH CAROLINA | 271 | |
| THE DISCOVERY OF ROMAN CEMENT | James Watson | 272 |
| TWO ANSWERS TO 'WHY THE 'DEVIL'' | 273 | |
| NEW ENGLAND NOTES | Rudolf C. B. Bartsch | 274 |
| COLLECTORS' TALES. (Tales from Old Mexico) | Peter Zodac | 275 |
| READING HILLS TOUR | 275 | |
| BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES | 276 | |
| NEW OCCURRENCE OF BORNITE IN VIRGINIA | 277 | |
| CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES | 277 | |
| COLLECTOR'S KINKS | 278 | |
| COLLECTORS DO CRAZY THINGS | 278 | |
| NEW LOCALITY FOR ANTLERITE | 278 | |
| CLUBS AFFILIATED WITH THE ROCKS & MINERALS ASSOCIATION | Third Cover | |
| INDEX TO ADVERTISERS | Third Cover | |
| September | Whole #110 | 15:9 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| CHIPS FROM THE, QUARRY | 290 | |
| A MINERALOGICAL TRIP THROUGH THE MICHIGAN IRON RANGES | Kiril Spiroff | 291 |
| THREE CONNECTICUT LOCALITIES | Wilbur J. Elwell | 298 |
| GEOLOGY OF THE UNDER-RIVER SECTION OF THE QUEENS MIDTOWN TUNNEL | Thomas W. Fluhr | 299 |
| TOE RIVER FAIR | 304 | |
| MASTODON SKULL ADDED TO MUSEUM'S EXHIBIT | 304 | |
| PERPETUAL ICE CAVES OF NEW MEXICO | Clark Harrison | 305 |
| NATURALIST'S DIRECTORY | 305 | |
| OUTLOOK FOR FINDING DOMESTIC DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC MINERALS MORE ENCOURAGING THAN ANTICIPATED ACCORDING TO BUREAU OF MINES | 306 | |
| ICELAND SPAR | E. V. Van Amringe | 303 |
| NEW-ENGLAND NOTES | Rudolf C. B. Bartsch | 310 |
| TITANITE NEAR CROTON FALLS, N. Y. | 311 | |
| CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES MINERALOGICAL CLUB OF HARTFORD | 311 | |
| NEW HAVEN MINERAL CLUB | 311 | |
| COLLECTOR'S KINKS | 311 | |
| AN OPAL DISPLAY BOTTLE | 312 | |
| MORE ABOUT MINERAL IDENTIFICATION TABS | A. L. Flagg | 312 |
| COLLECTORS' TALES (Watch your step) | Peter Zodac | 313 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES | 314 | |
| CLUBS AFFILIATED WITH ROCKS AND MINERAL ASSOCIATION | Third Cover | |
| INDEX TO ADVERTISERS | Third Cover | |
| October | Whole #111 | 15:10 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY | 326 | |
| NEW LOCALITIES IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N. Y. | Evelyn Waite | 327 |
| SANIDINE OR LABRADORITE? | Ronald L. Ives | 330 |
| SILICIFIED BONES FROM AN INDIAN GRAVEYARD | Walter S. Amos | 332 |
| THE MIOCENE EXPOSURES IN TIDEWATER VIRGINIA | George C. Barclay | 333 |
| THE QUARTZ OF BERKELEY SPRINGS, WEST VIRGINIA | A. C. Hawkins | 336 |
| THE GEOLOGY OF TRINITY LAKE, N. Y. | Thoma W. Fluhr | 338 |
| GAILOR LIMESTONE QUARRY IN SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y. | Peter Zodac | 340 |
| FIELD MUSEUM SENDS OUT GEOLOGICAL EXPEDITION | 341 | |
| OPENING A COAL MINE | Eric L. Armstrong | 342 |
| DIAMOND CUTTING AND MARKETING ORGANIZATION TO BE ESTABLISHED IN THE UNITED STATES | 345 | |
| AXINITE FOUND BELOW SEA LEVEL | 346 | |
| NEW ENGLAND NOTES | Rudolf C. B. Bartsch | 347 |
| COLLECTOR'S KINKS | The Cyclops Eyes | 348 |
| CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES MINERALOGICAL CLUB OF HARTFORD | 348 | |
| NEW HAVEN MINERAL CLUB | 348 | |
| R. & M. A. TOUR | 348 | |
| COLLECTORS' TALES (A tale of a coffee cup) | Peter Zodac | 349 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES | 350 | |
| CHLOROPHANE NEAR EAST HAMPTON, CONN. | 350 | |
| PETRIFIED WOOD NEAR ROSSVILLE, N. Y. | 350 | |
| AMERICAN MUSEUM LECTURES | 350 | |
| CLUBS AFFILIATED WITH THE ROCKS AND MINERALS ASSOCIATION | Third Cover | |
| INDEX TO ADVERTISERS | Third Cover | |
| November | Whole #112 | 15:11 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY | 362 | |
| BERMUDA, A PRODUCT OF THE ICE AGE | C. M. Allen | 363 |
| STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP | 368 | |
| A TALC QUARRY NEAR CHESTER, VERMONT | Peter Zodac | 369 |
| MORSE HAS SUCCESSFUL FIELD TRIP | 371 | |
| A PLEA FOR THE DESERT | Edith McLeod | 372 |
| RECENT FINDS OF INTEREST | 375 | |
| A CHLOROPHANE OCCURRENCE NEAR EAST HAMPTON, CONN. | Peter Zodac | 376 |
| MARYLAND EXPEDITION YIELDS 1,000 SPECIMENS | 377 | |
| A MESOLITE LOCALITY IN OREGON | 378 | |
| NEW SOUND FILMS ILLUSTRATE ALLOY STEELS AND ARIZONA MINERAL RESOURCES | 379 | |
| GYPSUM CRYSTALS FROM VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI | A. C. Hawkins | 380 |
| MANY MINERALS USED IN WELDING | 381 | |
| A SELENITE LOCALITY IN MARYLAND | 382 | |
| J. WILLARD BAKER (Obituary Notice) | 382 | |
| NEW ENGLAND NOTES | Rudolf C. B. Bartsch | 383 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES | 384 | |
| COLLECTOR'S KINKS. A Unique Crystal Mount | 385 | |
| COLLECTORS' TALES. (Mineralogy has charms) | Peter Zodac | 386 |
| CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. Plainfield Mineralogical Society | 386 | |
| INDEX TO ADVERTISERS | Third Cover | |
| December | Whole #113 | 15:12 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY | 393 | |
| MICRO MINERAL MOUNTS | Jay T. Fox | 399 |
| MOJAVE DESERT (Calif.) MINERAL SHOW | Clark Harrison | 407 |
| WEDDING BELLS | 409 | |
| PERPETUAL ICE CAVES | W. E. Howarth | 410 |
| NEW EDUCATIONAL MOTION PICTURE FILMS TELL STORY OF NICKEL MINING, MILLING, SMELTING AND REFINING | 411 | |
| ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW MINE-RESCUE STATION OF BUREAU OF MINES AT ALBANY, N. Y. | 412 | |
| CAMELS ONCE LIVED IN SOUTH DAKOTA | 412 | |
| SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO COLLECT | 413 | |
| WITH OUR MEMBERS | 413 | |
| NEW ENGLAND NOTES | Rudolf C. B. Bartsch | 414 |
| COLLECTOR'S KINKS. An Opal Rock Garden | N. H. Seward | 415 |
| NORTHWEST FEDERATION CONCLAVE | Clark Harrison | 416 |
| CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES: BRIDGEPORT MINERAL CLUB | 417 | |
| MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY OF THE RARITAN BAY DISTRICT | 417 | |
| PLAINFIELD MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY | 417 | |
| NORTHERN OHIO GUILD | 417 | |
| BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES | 418 | |
| COLLECTORS' TALES. (We recently heard this one) | Peter Zodac | 419 |
| THE LAYMAN SCIENTIST IN PHILADELPHIA | 419 | |
| CLUBS TO INTEREST YOUNGSTERS IN MINERALOGY | 419 | |
| GENERAL INDEX OF AUTHORS AND CONTENTS | 431 | |
| CLUBS AFFILIATED WITH THE ROCKS & MINERALS ASSOC. | Third Cover | |
| INDEX TO ADVERTISERS | Third Cover |