TABLE OF CONTENTS 1955 |
| January/February | Whole #244 | 30:1-2 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| THE MINERALOGY OF FOSSILS | James H. Benn | 3 |
| ITALY AND THE RIVIERA | Commander John Sinkankas | 21 |
| PEGMATITE MINERALS OF THE UNITED STATES , PART 3 | David M. Seaman | 34 |
| QUASI-CLEAVABLE QUARTZ | G. H. Halden | 38 |
| WORLD NEWS ON MINERAL OCCURRENCES | 24 | |
| MINERAL SHOP'PER'S GUIDE | Charley A. Thomas | 41 |
| THE AMATEUR LAPIDARY | Commander John Sinkankas | 45 |
| FOSSIL DEPARTMENT | 46 | |
| THE SAND COLLECTOR | Peter Zodac | 48 |
| COLLECTOR'S COLUMN | A Cal Lector | 53 |
| CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES | 54 | |
| CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY | 2 | |
| THE GOOD EARTH (POEM) | C. C. W. | 20 |
| NOVICE COLUMN | 40 | |
| LOOKING BACK - 25 YEARS AGO IN ROCKS AND MINERALS | 53 | |
| OBITUARY NOTICES (W. H. OTERSEN, JR. AND CHARLES PALACHE) | 63 | |
| PUBLICATIONS RECENTLY RECEIVED | 64 | |
| THE TERM 'DIAMONDS' | CLAUDE A. SMITH | 65 |
| INDEX TO ADVERTISERS | 112 | |
| March/April | Whole #245 | 30:3-4 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| HALITE | Don Alfredo | 115 |
| BARCELONA - A SPANISH GEMSTONE LOCALITY | Commander John Sinkankas | 121 |
| EGYPTIAN SPHERES, FORMS AND AGATE PEBBLES | Dr. Claude H. Barlow | 124 |
| HOLDENITE COMES OUT OF RETIREMENT | John S. Albanese | 127 |
| LAWSONITE CRYSTALS ON TIBURON PENINSULA, CALIF. | Ben. J. Chromy | 130 |
| BLUE JOHN LOCALITY IN ENGLAND | Mrs. Robert R. Barker | 133 |
| WHY NOT ROCKHOUNDS | Bevan M. French | 135 |
| PEGMATITE MINERALS OF THE UNITED STATES, PART 4 | David M. Seaman | 137 |
| COLLECTOR'S COLUMN | A Cal Lector | 140 |
| WORLD NEWS ON MINERAL OCCURRENCES | 141 | |
| MINERAL SHOPPER'S GUIDE | Charles A. Thomas | 155 |
| FOSSIL DEPARTMENT | Howard V. Hamilton | 159 |
| THE SAND COLLECTOR | Peter Zodac | 160 |
| CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES | 168 | |
| CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY | 114 | |
| NOVICE COLUMN | 126 | |
| NEW INSTRUMENT TO REVOLUTIONIZE URANIUM PROSPECTING | 128 | |
| GALENA (ILL.) BOASTS ONLY MINERAL MUSEUM IN 1,000 MILE STRETCH | 129 | |
| TRADING | COL. C. M. JENNI | 165 |
| THE COMPANY WHICH SEEKS, FINDS AND GIVES IT ALL AWAY | R. E. RIECKER | 166 |
| LOOKING BACK - 25 YEARS AGO IN ROCKS AND MINERALS | 175 | |
| PUBLICATIONS RECENTLY RECEIVED | 176 | |
| May/June | Whole #246 | 30:5-6 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| NEW DISCOVERY OF TOPAZ CRYSTALS NEAR CONWAY, N. H. | B. M. Shaub | 227 |
| REMARKABLE OCCURRENCE OF ALLANITE AND ZIRCON CRYSTALS FROM A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PEGMATITE | Paul F. Patchick | 237 |
| NEW HAMPSHIRE GEM MINES | Philip Morrill | 247 |
| CALIFORNIA FIELD TRIP | E. L. Banion | 252 |
| COLLECTOR'S COLUMN | A. Cal Lector | 254 |
| WORLD NEWS ON MINERAL OCCURRENCES | 255 | |
| THE AMATEUR LAPIDARY | Commander John Sinkankas | 266 |
| MINERAL SHOPPER'S GUIDE | Charley A. Thomas | 270 |
| FOSSIL DEPARTMENT | Howard V. Hamilton | 273 |
| THE SAND COLLECTOR | Peter Zodac | 274 |
| CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES | 279 | |
| CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY | 226 | |
| WORLD'S DEEPEST WELL ABANDONED | 236 | |
| SPOTTING URANIUM | 236 | |
| ULTRA-VIOLET PRODUCTS, INC., ACQUIRES NEW LOCATION | 265 | |
| SPRING FEVER (POEM) | C. C. W. | 278 |
| ROCK PULPIT (POEM) | F. E. SCHILLER | 278 |
| PUBLICATIONS RECENTLY RECEIVED | 286 | |
| LOOKING BACK - 25 YEARS AGO IN ROCKS AND MINERALS | 288 | |
| NOVICE COLUMN | 289 | |
| INDEX TO ADVERTISERS | 336 | |
| July/August | Whole #247 | 30:7-8 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| WORLD NEWS ON MINERAL OCCURRENCES | 367 | |
| COLLECTOR'S COLUMN | A Cal Lector | 378 |
| THE AMATEUR LAPIDARY | Commander John Sinkankas | 379 |
| MINERAL SHOPPER'S GUIDE | Charles A. Thomas | 381 |
| FOSSIL DEPARTMENT | Howard V. Hamilton | 385 |
| THE SAND COLLECTOR | Peter Zodac | 387 |
| CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES | 392 | |
| CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY | 338 | |
| A 'SQUARE' IRON ROSE FROM FRANKLIN, N. J. | John S. Albanese | 350 |
| UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA OWNS COLBURN COLLECTION | 359 | |
| NEW METHOD FOR DETECTING THE POSSIBLE PRESENCE OF SCHEELITE OR POWELLITE | Otto G. Bartels | 360 |
| LOOKING BACK - 25 YEARS AGO IN ROCKS AND MINERALS | 378 | |
| NOVICE COLUMN | 384 | |
| PUBLICATIONS RECENTLY RECEIVED | 398 | |
| IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU! | 400 | |
| FIRST RESULTS OF AGE DETERMINATION OF FOSSIL WOOD IN POLAND BY RADIOCARBON METHOD | TOMASZ TURLEY | 401 |
| INDEX TO ADVERTISERS | 448 | |
| ARANDISITE - A UNIQUE SPECIMEN FROM THE NAMIB DESERT | Ernest W. B. Miller | 339 |
| DOUBLE-INTEREST LOCALE IN PENNSYLVANIA | W. H. HAYES | 343 |
| PECOS VALLEY 'DIAMONDS' | J. L. Albright & R. M. Bauer, Jr. | 346 |
| 90 MINERALS FROM 1 CONNECTICUT HILL | Richard Schooner | 351 |
| PEGMATITE MINERALS OF THE UNITED STATES, PART 5. | David M. Seaman | 361 |
| UNION LIMESTONE QUARRY, UNION, MAINE | Daniel S. Barker | 365 |
| September/October | Whole #248 | 30:9-10 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| SOME FOSSIL WORM TUBES OF WESTERN WASHINGTON | Wilbert R. Danner | 451 |
| TOURMALINES BY THE CASE | Commander John Sinkankas | 458 |
| BROWN TOURMALINE-A NEW AMERICAN LOCALITY | Elmer B. Rowley | 461 |
| THE SOMABULA FOREST DIAMOND FIELD, SOUTHERN RHODESIA | M. C. Bandy | 464 |
| PROSPECTING IN 1954 | John Dillingham | 474 |
| WORLD NEWS ON MINERAL OCCURRENCES | 479 | |
| IT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU! | 490 | |
| THE SAND COLLECTOR | Peter Zodac | 492 |
| FOSSIL DEPARTMENT | Howard V. Hamilton | 497 |
| COLLECTOR'S COLUMN | A. Cal Lector | 501 |
| CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES | 502 | |
| CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY | 450 | |
| OUR ROCK COLLECTING VACATION | James Smedley | 472 |
| FIELD TRIP (POEM) | Francis E. Schiller | 473 |
| BARITE CRYSTALS IN TREE CASTS | Ralph E. Platt | 478 |
| AMERICA'S FIRST MICA MINE | Paul M. Tilden | 499 |
| NOVICE COLUMN | 500 | |
| COLLECTOR'S KINKS - Hardening Laumontite | Joseph Barr | 507 |
| LOOKING BACK - 25 YEARS AGO IN ROCKS AND MINERALS | 507 | |
| PUBLICATIONS RECENTLY RECEIVED | 508 | |
| INDEX TO ADVERTISERS | 560 | |
| November/December | Whole #249 | 30:11-12 |
| Title | Author | Start Page |
| USE OF REFRACTIVE INDICES TO IDENTIFY MINERALS | Otto G. Bartels | 580 |
| COMBING THE CLIFFS OF NOVA SCOTIA | John F. Mihelcic | 596 |
| QUICKSAND-WHAT IS IT? | Chas. S. Knowlton | 602 |
| WORLD NEWS ON MINERAL OCCURRENCES | 583 | |
| THE SAND COLLECTOR | Peter Zodac | 598 |
| CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES | 606 | |
| IT CAN HAPPEN TO- YOU! | 615 | |
| PUBLICATIONS RECENTLY RECEIVED | 616 | |
| CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY | 562 | |
| A ROCKHOUND'S FAITH (Poem) | Bevan M. French | 577 |
| NODULES-GEODES-CONCRETIONS | Peter Zodac | 577 |
| DEATH TRAPS URANIUM HUNTERS | 581 | |
| FIRST WINNER OF THE WOODRUFF TROPHY | 595 | |
| LOOKING BACK 25-YEARS AGO IN ROCKS AND MINERALS | 597 | |
| PEBBLE PUP TO ROCK HOUND | Helen Moore Strickland | 605 |
| LOUIS BOYER BENTLEY (Obituary notice) | Don Alfredo | 614 |
| NOVICE COLUMN | 617 | |
| GENERAL INDEX OF AUTHORS AND CONTENTS, Vol. 30, 1955 | 670 | |
| INDEX TO ADVERTISERS | 672 | |
| GARNET DEPOSITS NEAR WRANGELL, ALASKA | J. R. Houston | 563 |
| SIMPLIFIED AUTORADIOGRAPHY | Ronald L. Ives | 570 |
| NOTES ON THE GLAUCOPHANE SCHISTS OF THE CALIFORNIA COAST RANGES | Lu Watters | 572 |
| INTERESTING QUARTZ CRYSTAL LOCATION | Capt. George W. Owens | 578 |