
| TABLE OF CONTENTS 1943 | 
| January | Whole #138 | 18:1 | 
| Title | Author | Start Page | 
| CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY | 2 | |
| A SURVEY OF THE CARNEGIE MUSEUM MINERAL COLLECTION | Davd M. Seaman | 3 | 
| NOTES ON GYPSUM CRYSTALS IN MORTON COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA | Robert H. Mitchell and Wilson M. Laird | 10 | 
| TUNISIA RICH IN MINERALS | 11 | |
| A 'RESTFUL' VACATION | Enid M. Lisle | 12 | 
| NEW GUINEA RICH IN GOLD | 15 | |
| COLLECTORS' TALES. Some blasting | P. Zodac | 17 | 
| CLUBS AFFILIATED WITH THE R. & M. ASSOCIATION | 18 | |
| COLLECTORS' KINKS. Easing a tight cabinet | 19 | |
| G STANDS FOR GRENZIG! | 19 | |
| SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LOCALITIES. 3. Rincon, San Diego County | Jack Schwartz | 20 | 
| QUEENS MINERAL SOCIETY | 14 | |
| NEW YORK MINERALOGICAL CLUB | 21 | |
| CONNECTICUT VALLEY MINERAL CLUB | 21 | |
| QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 21 | |
| WITH OUR MEMBERS | 22 | |
| WITH OUR DEALERS | 22 | |
| INDEX TO ADVERTISERS | 32 | |
| February | Whole #139 | 18:2 | 
| Title | Author | Start Page | 
| QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 53 | |
| WITH OUR MEMBERS | 54 | |
| COLLECTORS' TALES. (Through the fire) | Edwin Skidmore | 54 | 
| WITH OUR DEALERS | 54 | |
| INDEX TO ADVERTISERS | 64 | |
| CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY | 34 | |
| THE ROYAL GORGE AND CENTRAL COLORADO | J. E. Andress | 35 | 
| PHOSPHORESCENT CALCITE CRYSTALS | C. F. Diegnan | 39 | 
| MINERALS OF SKYLINE DRIVE AND THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY | A. C. Hawkins | 40 | 
| TRIBOLUMINESCENT STREAK | 41 | |
| SOME MINERALS OF ALGERIA | 42 | |
| A GLOSSARY OF ARABIC WORDS | 45 | |
| DRUSY QUARTZ NEAR EUREKA SPRINGS, ARK. | 45 | |
| MINERALOGICAL MUSINGS | George H. Porter | 46 | 
| THE CELO CYANITE MINE | Kent C. Brannock | 47 | 
| SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LOCALITIES. 4. Lavic | By Jack Schwartz | 48 | 
| NEW YORK MINERALOGICAL CLUB | 49 | |
| NORTHERN OHIO GUILD | 49 | |
| MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY OF ARIZONA | 49 | |
| MONTANA SOCIETY OF NATURAL AND EARTH SCIENCES | 49 | |
| CLUBS AFFILIATED WITH THE R. & M. ASSOCIATION | 50 | |
| COLLECTORS' KINKS. (Cleaning marcasite and pyrite) | Edwin Skidmore | 51 | 
| A LODESTONE OCCURRENCE IN THE BELGIAN CONGO | H. C. Ray | 51 | 
| BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES | 52 | |
| March | Whole #140 | 18:3 | 
| Title | Author | Start Page | 
| CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY | 66 | |
| HOBBYIST OF THE MONTH - RAYMOND R. HIBBARD | Irving G. Reimann | 67 | 
| SCHORTMANN EXHIBITION SALE - Dec. 11-12, 1942 | 70 | |
| LARGE CHRYSOBERYL FOUND AT PARIS, ME. | Philip Morrill | 77 | 
| MINERAL PAPERS. 1. Field Trips. | Roy A. Redfield | 78 | 
| FOSSIL GRAPEVINE FROM VIRGIN VALLEY, NEVADA | 79 | |
| SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LOCALITIES. 5. Jensen quarry | Jack Schwartz | 80 | 
| SLAG IS NO MINERAL | 80 | |
| CALIFORNIA MINERAL PRODUCTION FOR 1942 SHOWS INCREASE | 81 | |
| CLUBS AFFILIATED WITH THE R. & M. ASSOCIATION | 82 | |
| COLLECTORS' TALES (Golden memories) | L. Tielmann | 83 | 
| NEW YORK MINERALOGICAL CLUB | 84 | |
| MICHIGAN MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY | 84 | |
| NEW JERSEY MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY | 84 | |
| NORTHERN OHIO GUILD | 84 | |
| MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY OF ARIZONA | 84 | |
| NORTHERN CALIFORNIA MINERAL SOCIETY | 85 | |
| PACIFIC MINERAL SOCIETY | 85 | |
| QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 85 | |
| COLLECTORS' KINKS (Wax for easing a tight cabinet) | By J. C. Boyle | 85 | 
| LEIGH BAMBER BERGEN (Obituary notice) | 86 | |
| MRS. FLORA HAINES LOUGHEAD (Obituary notice) | 86 | |
| WITH OUR DEALERS | 86 | |
| Index TO ADVERTISERS | 96 | |
| April | Whole #141 | 18:4 | 
| Title | Author | Start Page | 
| CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY | 98 | |
| A FLUORSPAR ADVENTURE IN NEWFOUNDLAND | A. J. Wallace | 99 | 
| A TRUE STORY IS WORTH REPEATING | John A. Grenzig | 105 | 
| MINING-NUMBER ONE WAR INDUSTRY | James H. McGraw, Jr. | 106 | 
| A WAR TIME SUGGESTION | Willard S. Winslow, Jr. | 108 | 
| NESTS OF ICELAND SPAR 'EGGS' IN MONTANA | 108 | |
| PAN AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING ENGINEERING AND GEOLOGY | 109 | |
| WANTED! QUARTZ CRYSTAL FROM MISSISSIPPI | 109 | |
| A NEW OCCURRENCE FOR MEYMACITE | 109 | |
| COLLECTORS' KINKS (Cleaning Quartz Crystals) | Edwin Skidmore | 109 | 
| MINERAL PAPERS. 2. Buying and Exchanging | Roy A. Redfield | 110 | 
| SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LOCALITIES. 6. Borate | Jack Schwartz | 112 | 
| A LETTER FROM ALBANESE FROM DOWN-UNDER | 112 | |
| QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 113 | |
| WATCH FOR THIS PICTURE! | 113 | |
| CLUBS AFFILIATED WITH THE R. & M. ASSOCIATION | 114 | |
| COLLECTORS' TALES (One way to get even) | 115 | |
| BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES | 115 | |
| NEW YORK MINERALOGICAL CLUB | 116 | |
| SNAKE RIVER GEM CLUB | 117 | |
| NEW JERSEY MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY | 117 | |
| NORTHERN OHIO GUILD | 117 | |
| TEXAS MINERAL CLUB | 117 | |
| LOS ANGELES LAPIDARY SOCIETY | 117 | |
| MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY OF ARIZONA | 117 | |
| R. & M. A. HONOR ROLL | 118 | |
| WITH OUR DEALERS | 118 | |
| INDEX TO ADVERTISERS | 128 | |
| May | Whole #142 | 18:5 | 
| Title | Author | Start Page | 
| CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY | 130 | |
| MINERALOGICAL PHOTOMACROGRAPHY WITH KODACHROME FILM | Jay T. Fox | 131 | 
| X-RAY DIFFRACTION PROVES CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLE IS BLACK JADE | 135 | |
| KUNZITE IN MATRIX | 135 | |
| THE PEKIN QUARRY AT LOCKPORT, N. Y. | Paul E. Killinger | 136 | 
| AN INTERESTING LABEL | 137 | |
| PROSPECTORS; PAST AND PRESENT | Frank H. Waskey | 138 | 
| A VACATION SUGGESTION | R. F. Henley | 139 | 
| A LETTERED SPECIMEN FROM UTAH | 139 | |
| BRANNOCK GRADUATES FROM V.P.I. | 139 | |
| MINERAL PAPERS. 3 - THE MINERAL HOBBY | Roy A. Redfield | 140 | 
| QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 141 | |
| SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LOCALITIES. 7. LAST CHANCE CANYON | Jack Schwartz | 142 | 
| COLLECTORS' KINKS. (Petrified wood display) | Jack Schwartz | 142 | 
| JOHN THOMAS VLISMAS (Obituary Notice) | 143 | |
| BALES NEW PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY | 143 | |
| JOHN VLISMAS. (Obituary Notice) | Brig. Gen. J. S. Hatcher | 144 | 
| JAMES G. MANCHESTER, JR. (Obituary Notice) | 145 | |
| ECONOMIC MINERAL MAP OF CALIFORNIA. NO. 4 - TUNGSTEN | 145 | |
| MR. MANCHESTER ADDRESSES ST. PETERSBURG SHELL CLUB | 145 | |
| CLUBS AFFILIATED WITH THE R. & M. ASSOCIATION | 146 | |
| COLLECTORS' TALES. (He was never seen again) | Peter Zodac | 147 | 
| R. & M. A GOOD NERVE TONIC | Ronald K. Miller | 147 | 
| CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES | 148 | |
| BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES | 149 | |
| R. & M. A HONOR ROLL | 150 | |
| WITH OUR DEALERS | 150 | |
| INDEX TO ADVERTISERS | 160 | |
| June | Whole #143 | 18:6 | 
| Title | Author | Start Page | 
| CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY | 162 | |
| STRATEGIC MANGANESE | M. L. Segeler | 163 | 
| KILLINGER ON BUSINESS TRIP TO MEXICO | 167 | |
| MORE ABOUT TILLY FOSTER | John N. Trainer | 168 | 
| SOME PETRIFIED WOOD OCCURRENCES IN CALIFORNIA | William C. Chandler | 169 | 
| ON THE SIZE OF SPECIMENS | Harry Y. Drake | 170 | 
| AN INTERESTING CAVE IN BORNEO | 172 | |
| TIBET NOTED FOR BORAX | 173 | |
| SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LOCALITIES. 8. Pala | Jack Schwartz | 174 | 
| COLLECTORS' KINKS. (A display kink) | Jack Schwartz | 174 | 
| ANOTHER LETTER FROM ALBANESE | 175 | |
| A FOSSIL OCCURRENCE IN ARABIA | 175 | |
| PATERSON MUSEUM | 176 | |
| ROCKS & MINERALS FREE SAMPLES FUND | 176 | |
| TO A ROCKHOUND (a poem) | Inez Pettit | 176 | 
| MARK FOSTER STAKES OUT SCHEELITE CLAIMS | 177 | |
| COLLECTORS' TALES. (A 'human' ingredient in bell casting) | 177 | |
| CLUBS AFFILIATED WITH THE R. & M. ASSOCIATION | 178 | |
| WITH OUR DEALERS | 179 | |
| CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES | 180 | |
| BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES | 181 | |
| R. & M. A. HONOR ROLL | 182 | |
| QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 182 | |
| INDEX TO ADVERTISERS | 192 | |
| July | Whole #144 | 18:7 | 
| Title | Author | Start Page | 
| CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY | 194 | |
| THIRD ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF GEM STONES BY LOS ANGELES LAPIDARY SOCIETY | Lelande Quick | 195 | 
| PRECIOUS OPAL DISCOVERIES IN OREGON | Benj. L. Handley | 199 | 
| PEGMATITES | David M. Seaman | 200 | 
| PANTELLERIA ISLAND | 207 | |
| MINERAL PAPERS. 4. Memberships and Subscriptions | Roy A. Redfield | 208 | 
| DID YOU SPOT THIS? | 209 | |
| FETID QUARTZ AT S. DOVER, N. Y. | 209 | |
| CLUBS AFFILIATED WITH THE R. & M. ASSOCIATION | 210 | |
| SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LOCALITIES. 9. San Jacinto Mts. | Jack Schwartz | 211 | 
| CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES | 212 | |
| WITH OUR DEALERS | 213 | |
| R. & M. A. HONOR ROLL | 214 | |
| QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 214 | |
| INDEX TO ADVERTISERS | 224 | |
| August | Whole #145 | 18:8 | 
| Title | Author | Start Page | 
| CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY | 226 | |
| VIRGINIA'S GEOLOGIC RESOURCES IN WAR AND PEACE | Arthur Bevan | 227 | 
| AMERICA'S FIRST MINERAL COLLECTION | 232 | |
| SEEING OPAL IN THE PROCESS OF FORMATION | Mark M. Foster | 233 | 
| KERN RIVER GEOLOGICAL EXCURSION | 234 | |
| A REFERENCE COLLECTION OF MINERALS | H. Stanton Hill | 236 | 
| WORLD'S FINEST FLOS-FERRI COMES FROM AUSTRIA | 237 | |
| GILPIN COUNTY, COLO., THEN AND NOW | Rafael D. Stotts | 238 | 
| AN EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE HIGH GRADE QUARTZ CRYSTAL | O. Ivan Lee | 239 | 
| THE CALVERT COLLECTION | John C. Pohl, Jr. | 240 | 
| BROWN COLLECTION DONATED TO HIGH SCHOOL | 241 | |
| CLUBS AFFILIATED WITH THE R. & M. ASSOCIATION | 242 | |
| SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LOCALITIES. 10. Redondo Beach and Palos Verdes Estates | Jack Schwartz | 243 | 
| CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES | 244 | |
| WITH OUR DEALERS | 244 | |
| QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 245 | |
| BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES | 235, 245 | |
| R. & M. A. HONOR ROLL | 246 | |
| TRAINER BUYS A GARNET COLLECTION | 246 | |
| INDEX TO ADVERTISERS | 256 | |
| September | Whole #146 | 18:9 | 
| Title | Author | Start Page | 
| CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY | 258 | |
| THE CALVERT MUSEUM | 259 | |
| PARICUTIN, THE WONDER OF THE HEMISPHERE! | Paul E. Killinger | 264 | 
| FIRST INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBIT | 265 | |
| CORK MOUNTING MICROS | Ernest Marcellus Skea | 266 | 
| NOTES ON MAMMOTH, ARIZONA | Franci Wire | 267 | 
| MINERALS OF MOUNT DESERT ISLAND, MAINE | George H. Chadwick | 268 | 
| STATE TAKES OVER MINE FOR WAR USE | 269 | |
| VLISMAS STOCK FOR SALE | 269 | |
| MINERAL PAPERS. 5. Portrait of a collector | Roy A. Redfield | 270 | 
| A MESSAGE FROM MR. BROCK | 271 | |
| THE GEOLOGY OF SPRING MOUNTAIN IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PENN. | Richmond E. Myers | 272 | 
| CLUBS AFFILIATED WITH THE R. & M. ASSOCIATION | 274 | |
| SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LOCALITIES. 11. Malibu Beach | Jack Schwartz | 275 | 
| ROCHESTER ACADEMY OF SCIENCE | 276 | |
| TEXAS MINERAL SOCIETY | 277 | |
| QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 277 | |
| WITH OUR DEALERS | 278 | |
| INDEX TO ADVERTISERS | 288 | |
| October | Whole #147 | 18:10 | 
| Title | Author | Start Page | 
| CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY | 290 | |
| COLLECTING MINERALS AT LLALLAGUA, BOLIVIA | Gerald U. Greene | 291 | 
| DEAN KAY, LEADING U. S. GEOLOGIST, DIES | 294 | |
| THE COLORADO NATIONAL MONUMENT | W. C. Minor | 295 | 
| OCCURRENCE OF PREHNITE AT KING PHILIP'S CAVE | Giraud V. Foster | 298 | 
| THE ROCKS OF MOUNT DESERT ISLAND, MAINE | George H. Chadwick | 300 | 
| SOUDAN, MINN., IRON MINE | 302 | |
| PARICUTIN, THE WONDER OF THE HEMISPHERE. Part 2. | Paul E. Killinger | 304 | 
| FIELD MUSEUM OF CHICAGO 50 YEARS OLD | 305 | |
| CLUBS AFFILIATED WITH THE R. & M. ASSOCIATION | 306 | |
| SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LOCALITIES. 12. Tustin | Jack Schwartz | 307 | 
| CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES | 308 | |
| WITH OUR DEALERS | 308 | |
| R. & M. A. HONOR ROLL | 309 | |
| COLLECTORS' KINKS (Balsa base for micro mounts) | Thomas N. Walthier | 309 | 
| INDEX TO ADVERTISERS | 320 | |
| November | Whole #148 | 18:11 | 
| Title | Author | Start Page | 
| CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY | 322 | |
| SOME MINERALS OF NEBRASKA | Prof. E. F. Schramm | 323 | 
| EYLES MOVES TO COLORADO | 326 | |
| STILBITE AT WATERTOWN, CONN. | Peter Zodac | 327 | 
| A MINERAL DINNER. | Mrs. Edith McLeod | 328 | 
| NOTES ON THE DETERMINATION OF THE POSITIVE AND OR NEGATIVE RHOMBOHEDRON FACES OF QUARTZ CRYSTALS | O. Ivan Lee | 330 | 
| THE QUARRY AT UPPER MONTCLAIR, N. J. | Harry Y. Drake | 332 | 
| NEW ENGLAND NOTES | Rudolf C. B. Bartsch | 334 | 
| RATE OF WEATHERING OF A SANDSTONE | K. O. Emery | 335 | 
| SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LOCALITIES. 13. Riverside City Quarry | Jack Schwartz | 335 | 
| PARICUTIN, THE WONDER OF THE HEMISPHERE. Part 3. | Paul E. Killinger | 336 | 
| ORE MICROSCOPY | W. R. Jones | 338 | 
| THE KASAI DIAMOND FIELDS AND THEIR MINERALS | Horatio C. Ray | 340 | 
| COLLECTORS' KINKS. (How to display quartz, 'diamonds.') | Gunnar Bjareby | 341 | 
| WITH OUR DEALERS | 342 | |
| CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES | 342 | |
| INDEX TO ADVERTISERS | 352 | |
| December | Whole #149 | 18:12 | 
| Title | Author | Start Page | 
| CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY | 354 | |
| A BUS TRIP TO VIRGINIA | B. M. Brehm | 355 | 
| SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LOCALITIES. 14. SEARLES LAKE | Jack Schwartz | 357 | 
| THE NIPOMO 'BEAN FIELDS' | Mrs. Jane Hagar | 358 | 
| MOTION PICTURE ON STAINLESS STEEL | 359 | |
| A MEXICAN OPAL MINE | Paul E. Killinger | 360 | 
| GROTTOES OF HAN-SUR-LESSE, BELGIUM | Ernest Cassells | 361 | 
| HOW THE HOBBY GREW | Bernice B. Wadsworth | 362 | 
| AN ABORIGINES FLINT QUARRY | Robert H, Mitchell | 363 | 
| TO GET MORE ENJOYMENT FROM YOUR MINERALS | A. C. Hawkins | 364 | 
| TWO MORE STAFF MEMBERS OF FIELD MUSEUM JOIN ARMED SERVICE | 365 | |
| WHAT'S IN A NAME | Edward I. Marcin | 366 | 
| QUARTZ CRYSTALS IN MIFFLIN CO., PENN. | F. Albert Urhmann | 367 | 
| A PORTABLE ARGON CLUSTER LAMP | W. J. Sando | 368 | 
| SAPPHIRES BY THE BUCKETFUL | 369 | |
| WITH OUR DEALERS | 370 | |
| CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES | 371 | |
| INDEX TO ADVERTISERS | 386 | |
| GENERAL INDEX OF AUTHORS AND CONTENTS, Vol. 18, 1943 | 387 |