TABLE OF CONTENTS 1948 |
| January | Whole #198 | 23:1 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| NEW MOM APPROACH | Lloyd M. Demrick | 20 |
| BLUE BARITE NEAR STERLING, COLO. | Guy B. Ellermeier | 21 |
| DEVELOP FIRST AUTOMATIC RECTIFIER FOR PHOTO MAPPING | 22 | |
| AN INTERESTING ROCK DUMP AT ELMSFORD, N. Y. | D. B. Sabine | 22 |
| KING ARTHUR STILL LIVES AT TINTAGLE! | 23 | |
| THE GREATER MUSEUM | 24 | |
| THE VAN MINE OF WALES | W. E. Howarth | 25 |
| BARIUM IN CALIFORNIA | 26 | |
| NEW YORK ROCKS IN CHICAGO MUSEUM | 27 | |
| DR. BADER ON 'ICE CRYSTALS AND THE SNOW AGGREGATES' | Charley A. Belz | 28 |
| WORLD NEWS ON MINERAL OCCURRENCES | 31 | |
| PYROPHLLITE | 33 | |
| WAVELLITE | 37 | |
| CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES | 34 | |
| ROCKS AND MINERALS ASSOCIATION | 40 | |
| 'INDEX TO ADVERTISERS | 100 | |
| CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY | 2 | |
| PLUNGE POOLS, POTHOLES, AND RELATED FEATURES | Ronald L. Ives | 3 |
| MINERALOGICAL TRIP TO GEM LOCATIONS OF DEVON AND CORNWALL, ENGLAND, PLANNED FOR AUGUST 1948 | 10 | |
| EXHIBIT OF FINE AUSTRALIAN OPAL | 11 | |
| WATER-BORED 'POT-HOLES' UNCOVERED IN BED OF DROUTH PARCHED SUSEQUEHANNA | 12 | |
| WHAT PRICE RUTILE | J. C. Boyle | 16 |
| MUSHROOM CALCITE | Charles A. Thomas | 17 |
| PETRIFIED FOREST DISCOVERED IN KAOKOVELD | 18 | |
| February | Whole #199 | 23:2 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY | 98 | |
| MYSTERIOUS GIANTS OF THE DESERT | Charles Packard | 99 |
| CHICAGO MUSEUM TO CONDUCT FOUR GEOLOGICAL EXPEDITIONS IN 1948 | 104 | |
| VICINAL FORMS ON GARNET | John N. Trainer | 105 |
| RAMBLINGS OF A ROCKHOUND | R. F. Henley | 108 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES | 110 | |
| WATAUGA DAM, TENNESSEE, UNDER CONSTRUCTION | 111 | |
| NEW MINING LAW PROPOSED FOR NEW YORK | 112 | |
| LABRADORITE | 112 | |
| THE RUDISIL GOLD MINE OF CHARLOTTE, N. C. | Peter Zodac | 113 |
| STANLEY FIELD AGAIN HEADS CHICAGO MUSEUM | 113 | |
| QUARTZ | 114 | |
| COLOR MICROSCOPY PROCESS SPEEDS IDENTIFICATION OF MATERIALS | 115 | |
| FLUORESCENCE AND PHOSPHORESCENCE OF MINERALS | R. L. Sylvester | 116 |
| SCIENTIST DISCUSSES DIFFRACTION GRATINGS FOR SPECTROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS | 117 | |
| MOMENT OF SUSPENSE | J. C. Boyle | 117 |
| NEW MICRO MOUNT | James A. Taylor | 118 |
| MONAZITE AND THE RARE EARTH METALS | 119 | |
| CENTENNIAL MINING REPRESENTATIVE | 120 | |
| WORLD NEWS ON MINERAL OCCURRENCES | 121 | |
| ROCKS AND MINERALS ASSOCIATION | 131 | |
| CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES | 132 | |
| INDEX TO ADVERTISERS | 192 | |
| March | Whole #200 | 23:3 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| THE GEOLOGY OF LOWER MILFORD TOWNSHIP, LEHIGH COUNTY, PA. (Part 1) | Charles W. Brown | 212 |
| GIZZARD STONES FROM OREGON TURKEYS SHOWN | 215 | |
| SECOND ANNUAL DINNER MEETING OF THE MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA | Philip R. Cosminsky | 216 |
| WAVELLITE LOCALITY CORRECTED | Woodland G. Shockley | 218 |
| MISSISSIPPI AGATES | Rockhound Waldo E. Ford | 218 |
| HOLDEN ON 'GROWING CRYSTALS FROM SOLUTION' | Charle A. Belz | 219 |
| ODD PROSPECTING METHODS | 221 | |
| WORLD NEWS ON MINERAL OCCURRENCES | 222 | |
| THE ROCK CANDY MOUNTAINEERS TAKE ANOTHER CRACK AT IT | Clara Braitman | 228 |
| L. H. McMURRAY FEATURED | 229 | |
| CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES | 230 | |
| NEW COLUMBIA ROAD | 234 | |
| THE ORIGINAL KING SOLOMON MINE | 234 | |
| INDEX TO ADVERTISERS | 288 | |
| CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY | 194 | |
| THE SKULL VALLEY AREA, UTAH | Ronald L. Ives | 195 |
| AN OCCURRENCE OF PSILOMELANE, VARIETY LITHIOPHORITE, IN FALLS CHURCH, VA. | Philip R. Cosminsky | 204 |
| KYANITE OR DUMORTIERITE? | S. B. Butler | 205 |
| BERT A. RHOADES FEATURED | 205 | |
| COLLECTING AT SAINT PETERS DOME, COLORADO | Wendell Mohr | 206 |
| CITY OF SCULPTURE | Anthony W. Thurston | 208 |
| LOCAL 'GLACIERS' | Samuel C. Brown | 211 |
| April | Whole #201 | 23:4 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY | 290 | |
| THE CAMELBACK CAVES | Ronald L. Ives | 291 |
| A GARNET REACTION | 299 | |
| JOHN L. FUNK (Obituary Notice) | 299 | |
| A ROCKHOUND GOES VISITING | J. J. Brown | 300 |
| HERBERT PERCY WHITLOCK (Obituary Notice) | 311 | |
| A DAY AT THE MIRABEL AND SULPHUR BANK MINES | Harris D. Mathewson | 312 |
| TITANIUM | 316 | |
| BEGINNER'S LUCK | Mrs. Dana B. Putnam | 317 |
| FAHEY ON RARE CARBONATES | Charles A. Belz | 318 |
| MAUNA KEA, HAWAII | 319 | |
| WORLD NEWS ON MINERAL OCCURRENCES | 320 | |
| THE GEOLOGY OF THE LOWER MILFORD TOWNSHIP, LEHIGH COUNTY, PA. (Part 2) | Charles W. Brown | 323 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES | 326 | |
| CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES | 327 | |
| INDEX TO ADVERTISERS | 384 | |
| May | Whole #202 | 23:5 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY | 386 | |
| THE GEODES OF OPUTO | Ronald L. Ives | 387 |
| A FAMOUS QUICKSILVER DEPOSIT IN CALIFORNIA | R. F. Henley | 391 |
| GEM STONE BUTTONS | L. M. Shrpley | 392 |
| ROCKHOUND'S 'ESCAPE' | Karl Hudson | 394 |
| NEEBISH ISLAND, MICHIGAN | Joseph A. Mandarino | 395 |
| HEAVY GRAVITY MINERALS IN THE SANDS OF FLORIDA | William C. Casperson | 396 |
| THEY PAVE ROADS WITH JASPER IN KENTUCKY | Peter Zodac | 398 |
| FOSSILS AND MINERALS FROM INDIA REACH CHICAGO MUSEUM | 400 | |
| COAL IN NOVA SCOTIA | Samuel C. Brown | 400 |
| THE GEOLOGY OF LOWER MILFORD TOWNSHIP, LEHIGH COUNTY, PENN. (Part 3) | Charles W. Brown | 401 |
| QUARTZ CRYSTAL CASTS AFTER ANHYDRITE FROM PATERSON, N. J. | Merton McKown | 406 |
| A VISIT TO THE IVIGTUT (Greenland) CRYOLITE MINE | John Sinkankas | 408 |
| PETOSKEY STONES | Philip R. Schnabel | 410 |
| HUGE FOSSIL GIFT TO CHICAGO MUSEUM | 412 | |
| FREEDMAN ON BUCK CREEK, N. C. | Charles A. Belz | 413 |
| PHILIP R. SCHNABEL (OBIT. NOTICE) | H. A. Everhart | 415 |
| RADIOACTIVITY IN MINERALS | Kempton H. Roll | 416 |
| INDOOR ROCKHOUND | Oscar A. Anderson | 419 |
| WORLD NEWS ON MINERAL OCCURRENCES | 422 | |
| ATTENTION MICRO-MOUNT COLLECTORS | Leo N. Yedlin | 423 |
| ZIRCONIUM | 424 | |
| OPTICAL FIRM DEVELOPS NEW TYPE INTERFEROMETER | 425 | |
| MINERALS OF GRANBY, MO. | T. A. Patterson | 426 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES | 427 | |
| THE AMATEUR LAPIDARY. HIGH SCHOOL LAPIDARY CLUB | 428 | |
| YOU CAN'T SOMETIMES ALWAYS TELL | J. C. Boyle | 430 |
| PRODUCE WORLD'S HIGHEST WINDOW | 430 | |
| CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES | 431 | |
| June | Whole #203 | 23:6 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY | 482 | |
| MINERAL COLLECTING IN MAGNET COVE, ARKANSAS | Woodland G. Shockley | 483 |
| BRACHIOPODS ON-HUDSON | Sandy T. Rodgers | 495 |
| A SAPPHIRE AND GARNET OCCURRENCE | Guy B. Ellermeier | 496 |
| RAMBLES IN A COLLECTOR'S PARADISE | Horace W. Slocum | 497 |
| ARGONAUT MINE ABANDONED | 503 | |
| LOS ANGELES MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY FIELD TRIP TO THE DARWIN MINES | John A. Quinn | 504 |
| MOLYBDENITE OCCURRENCE AT NEW YORK TUNNEL | T. Orchard Lisle | 507 |
| GOETHITE IN A 'KEOKUK' GEODE | W. D. Kelley and Cornelius S. Hurlbut, Jr. | 508 |
| A UNIQUE AMETHYST GEM | Peter Zodac | 509 |
| BIRTH OF A NOTION | J. J. Parsons | 510 |
| OLD LEAD AND ZINC MINE To REOPEN | 511 | |
| CELESTITE IN CENTRAL TEXAS | Dr. T. R. Havins | 512 |
| LARGE PARK LEVELED AND GRADED IN TWO DAYS BY VOLUNTARY EFFORT | 513 | |
| SOMETHING NEW IN ROCK STORES | 514 | |
| WILL FRIEDENSVILLE BE THE FRANKLIN FURNACE OF PENNSYLVANIA? | 515 | |
| THE AMATEUR LAPIDARY. SOME TIPS ON THE USE AND CARE OF A DIAMOND GRINDING WHEELS FOR LAPIDARY WORK | A. H. Milner | 516 |
| FAMOUS GEM MINES REOPENED | 517 | |
| THE MICRO MOUNTER | Leo N. Yedlin | 518 |
| POST OFFICE BOX NUMBER DEALERS | MaryAnn Kasey | 519 |
| HERBERT PERCY WHITLOCK 1868 - 1948 | F. H. Pough | 520 |
| CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES | 523 | |
| INDEX TO ADVERTISERS | 576 | |
| July | Whole #204 | 23:7 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| STORY OF GOLD MOVIE | 601 | |
| ON THE OCCURRENCE OF NATIVE SULPHUR AT LANGLEY, VA. | Dr. Titus Ulke | 601 |
| WORLD NEWS ON MINERAL OCCURRENCES | 602 | |
| NEW DIAMOND FIELD DRAWS PROSPECTORS | 610 | |
| DIAMOND LEDGE, WEST STAFFORD, CONN. | Peter Zodac | 611 |
| FISHING FOR GOLD IN ALASKA | 611 | |
| WHO HAS THE LARGEST FACETED GEM? | 612 | |
| AN IDEA FOR CLUB SECRETARIES | Mrs. F. Rankin | 613 |
| A NEW MICRO-MOUNT METHOD | Dr. Wm. S. Newcomet | 614 |
| TERROR BIRD OF ELEVEN MILLION YEARS AGO RESTORED | 615 | |
| VOLCANO SMOKE IS MOLTEN PUMICE | 615 | |
| MR. PARKER | Arthur Montgomery | 616 |
| PERLITE | 617 | |
| WORLD'S LARGEST FLESH-EATING ANIMAL | 617 | |
| GRIQUALAND WEST CONTRIBUTES MANGANESE TO AMERICAN DEFENCE RESERVES | Almero De Villiers | 618 |
| THE MICRO MOUNTER | Leo N. Yedlin | 619 |
| THE AMATEUR LAPIDARY. A QUESTION ABOUT TECHNIQUE | Dr. C. H. Barlow | 620 |
| CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES | 622 | |
| BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES | 628 | |
| INDEX TO ADVERTISERS | 672 | |
| CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY | 578 | |
| RAMBLES IN A COLLECTOR'S PARADISE. (Part 2) | H. W. Slocum | 579 |
| CAN YOU TOP THIS? | French Morgan | 590 |
| GEOLOGIC TIME COMPUTATIONS | Ronald L. Ives | 591 |
| THE LEAD MINES OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY, MASS. | E. C. Foster | 594 |
| MINERAL COLLECTING ON DUMPS | S. C. Brown | 597 |
| TEXAS MINERAL SHOW GOES OVER BIG | Peter Zodac | 598 |
| August | Whole #205 | 23:8 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY | 674 | |
| RAMBLES IN A COLLECTOR'S PARADISE. (Part 3) | H. W. Slocum | 675 |
| MINAS GERAES AND ITS GEM MINERALS | Kilian E. Bensusan | 681 |
| BAUSCH & LOMB DEVELOPS SPECTROGRAPHIC ACCESSORIES | 686 | |
| RADIOACTIVE MINERALS, THEIR SOURCE AND DISTRIBUTION | George Heilborn, B.S. | 687 |
| ADDITIONS TO THE MINERALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND VICINITY | Dr. Titus Ulke | 693 |
| AN INTERESTING OCCURRENCE OF SMOKY QUARTZ | C. H. Smith | 694 |
| SALAMANDER SKIN | Robert H. Mitchell | 696 |
| GEOLOGIC MAPPING NEAR NEW YORK CITY | Thomas W. Fluhr | 698 |
| THE OLD SAILOR ON THE NUMBERS RACKET | Timber Hitch | 700 |
| OPTICAL FIRM BUILDS UNIQUE UNDERGROUND LABORATORY | 703 | |
| THE OURAY, COLORADO, AREA | Karl Hudson | 704 |
| NEW FRIEDENSVILLE ZINC MINE | Char. A. Thomas | 705 |
| RELIGION AND THE MINERALOGIST | Anthony Thurston | 707 |
| DECORATIVE MARBLES - THE GLORY THAT WAS ROME | J. S. Albanese | 709 |
| SOME MINERALS OF BEDFORD, N. Y. | Daniel Black | 710 |
| THE FAIRBURN AGATE | G. H. Sherrill | 713 |
| FEDERATION MEETING A GREAT SUCCESS | 715 | |
| TWO PIEDMONTITE LOCALITIES IN MASSACHUSETTS | Gunnar Bjareby | 715 |
| THE AMATEUR LAPIDARY. ADDING COLOR TO STONES | Lucille Sanger | 716 |
| NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MINERAL DEALERS. (FIRST MEETING OF COMMITTEE) | 717 | |
| LARGE KIDNEY ORE FOUND IN MICHIGAN | 717 | |
| CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES | 718 | |
| BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES | 720 | |
| THE MICROMOUNTER | LEO N. YEDLIN | 722 |
| FIRST EXHIBITION OF FOSSILS FROM UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO | 722 | |
| INDEX TO ADVERTISERS | 768 | |
| September/October | Whole #206 | 23:9-10 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY | 770 | |
| RAMBLES IN A COLLECTOR'S PARADISE. (Part 4) | H. W. Slocum | 771 |
| RAY LETSON FEATURED IN SHOP'S MAGAZINE | 777 | |
| ROCKS AND MINERALS (POEM) | N. H. Seward | 778 |
| ALL SEEK B.C. URANIUM | 778 | |
| THEORIES OF EARTH ORIGIN | Ronald L. Ivey | 779 |
| HUMAN RELATIONS AND THE ATOM | David E. Lilenthal | 793 |
| AMETHYST NEAR HIGHTOWER BALD, GEORGIA | 796 | |
| RAMBLINGS OF A ROCKHOUND | R. F. Henley | 797 |
| THE GERHARDT PYROPHYLLITE DEPOSIT | C. Henry King | 800 |
| UNUSUAL LIMONITE FORMS FROM MICHIGAN | Jeff Hill | 802 |
| HUGE ORE DISCOVERY IN CANADA | 806 | |
| AGATE HUNTING TRIP TO BELLEVUE, IOWA | Helen Kennedy | 808 |
| JACK-HAMMER VIRGINIA | T. Orchard Lisle | 810 |
| TOPABRI GOLD MINE OF GEORGIA | 815 | |
| WHY I LIKE TO BUY FROM DEALERS! | 816 | |
| BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES | 817 | |
| NORTH JERSEY MINERALOGISTS' FIELD TRIP | K. B. Kauth | 818 |
| THE MICRO MOUNTER | Leo N. Yedlin | 820 |
| WORLD'S LARGEST STAR SAPPHIRE | 821 | |
| QUARTZ MINERALS | Gertrude M. Bryant | 822 |
| STEEL COMPANIES SAMPLYING NEW YORK IRON DEPOSITS | 824 | |
| GEOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS | Peter Zodac | 825 |
| NEW METHOD OF 'SILVER PICK' MINING | Dan Barker | 825 |
| QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 826 | |
| GLACIAL DEPOSIT NEAR WHITE HAVEN, PENN. | Carol Van Wagenen | 827 |
| FOSSILS AT DOWNSVILLE, N. Y. | Thomas W. Fluhr | 827 |
| COLLECTOR'S KINKS | M. V. N. | 827 |
| COLLECTOR'S COLUMN | A. Cal Lector | 828 |
| SAN DIEGO COUNTY FAIR GEM AND MINERAL EXHIBIT | 829 | |
| CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES | 830 | |
| INDEX TO ADVERTISERS | 880 | |
| November/December | Whole #207 | 23:11-12 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY | 882 | |
| HENRY L. LUOMA PASSES AWAY (OBITUARY NOTE) | 882 | |
| VESUVIANITE | Dr. Lloyd W. Fisher | 883 |
| RAMBLES IN A COLLECTOR'S PARADISE. (Part 5) | H. W. Slocum | 892 |
| OUR SUMMER ACTIVITIES OF 1948 | E. Lawrence Sampter | 899 |
| TODAY'S BRAZILIAN GEM MARKET | Allan Caplan | 903 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES | 905 | |
| VESUVIANITE CRYSTALS FROM ESSEX COUNTY, N. Y. | E. B. Rowley | 906 |
| MONAZITE OCCURRENCE AT YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N. Y. | O. W. Bodelsen | 908 |
| ANOTHER STONE FACE | Anthony Thurston | 910 |
| PRE-CAMBRIAN CONGLOMERATE NEAR PEEKSKILL, N. Y. | Thomas W. Fluhr | 912 |
| GEOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS | Peter Zodac | 912 |
| ONYX QUARRY AT TOLENAS SPRINGS, CALIF. | R. F. Henley | 913 |
| DYER'S APOPHYLLITE | Char. A. Thomas | 914 |
| JAMES GREENFIELD MANCHESTER (1871-1948) | Dr. A. C. Hawkins | 916 |
| X-RAY MICROSCOPE DEVELOPED | 918 | |
| STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP | 919 | |
| IMPRESSIONS OF LIGHTNING RIDGE, AUSTRALIA | S. J. Squires | 920 |
| WINSLOW GIVES MINERAL COLLECTION TO LIBRARY | 922 | |
| NORTHWEST FEDERATION CONVENTION | 924 | |
| THE MICRO MOUNTER | Leo N. Yedlin | 926 |
| QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 930 | |
| WHY I LIKE TO BUY FROM DEALERS | 931 | |
| REDISCOVERY OF A VARISCITE DEPOSIT | 932 | |
| ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION DESCRIBES ITS PRESENT INTEREST IN THORIUM | 933 | |
| CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES | 934 | |
| COLLECTOR'S COLUMN | 941 | |
| INDEX TO ADVERTISERS | 989 | |
| GENERAL INDEX OF AUTHORS AND CONTENTS | 990 |